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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Barter for Beer
Since we bought the sailboat I’ve been cruising Craigslist to pick up a few things – mostly extra PFD’s for guests and the odd bit gear.
It’s been my newest fun read – some of the ads are hilarious and some are downright brilliant. Like this one in the barter section:
Date: 2007-06-14, 5:23PM PDT
I have 18 ice cold Molson Canadians that have been given to me because i gave them a dog crate. Now I’m a huge Canadian fan and i’m perfectly willing to sit down and drink them but my buddy(starting to wonder) wants to know what i can trade them for. So, any offers. Of course you must be of legal drinking age.
Once again, the power of the internet put to some good use. I hope Molson guy posts an update to let us all know how he makes out.
Smooching Cats
Dragon (on the right) lives across the street, but with impeccable timing, finds his way here just as the food bowl is being filled.
Apparently Ozzie doesn’t mind a bit.
Now if we only got along this well with all our neighbours…
Can Man's Best Friend Iron Your Shirt ?
Yet another example of Ozzie’s many skills. Today he’s ironing my shirts.
Working Lunch
Now this is what I call a working lunch. One of the great benefits of having a home office (and a Starbucks nearby).
Reaching
Matthew’s doing hand jokes for Garnet who’s in the cabin having a bit of a rest after hard work grinding in the foresail.
EB’s looking pretty intent on keeping Madsu going on a nice flat reach about 5 minutes out of our slip at Thunderbird Marina.
Cleveland and the Lions
Cleveland Reservoir in North Vancouver.
A Different Sound of Music
Garnet and his cello and a few hundred friends had a magic night for their Strings Concert at Cleveland Park in North Vancouver.
More pictures on Flickr
For Two Departed Sailors
Our new little boat has a new name.
For my sister Madeleine and my friend and mentor Susan, who both loved sailing the west coast. I miss you both every day. You’ll be with us in spirit when we trim the sheets and crush the egg shells.
Small is the new Big
We’ve jumped on the bandwagon. Small is it.
Our new (to us) sailboat is small – just 22 feet. That means less to maintain, tiny little winches even the kids can manage, and fewer $ paid for moorage.
Consequently, our new tender is the smallest Zodiak made – the C200. It’s just 6 feet long and can be pulled out of a bag and inflated in less than 5 minutes flat. Tired of rowing ? We push it along with a 2 hp Honda outboard. The fuel tank is a whopping 1 litres.
And we get to the marina and back in our tiny but mighty Yaris – a five-passenger five-speed ball of fun that seems to never need gas.