Saturday, August 9, 2008
Sea Bird
We had a sea bird land on our bow pulpit yesterday afternoon - got several photos. Landing the first time took several attempts, but eventually the bird made it. After that, it would rest a short while and fly around the boat and land again. It got successively better with each attempt. We had a really nice sun rise this AM and very few squalls last night. The weather is definitely milder - yeah. But we were not successful at running the water maker yesterday, most likely due to being on port tack and heeling just a little too much. Rudder seems to be managing OK for now. ETA for Oahu should be about sometime Tuesday morning. Love, John
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8 comments:
Hi John and all Glad the weather is better. Can't wait o see all your pictures including the sea bird.
Love and prayers for a safe trip.
Wyomin Karen
Hi Hal, Thanks for the message - glad everyone is OK. I will e-mail you from NJ and looking forward to hearing from you on Tuesday. Love, Laurie
GLAD WEATHER IS NICER FOR YOU,THE BIRD IS A GOOD OMEN! NO MATTER HOW DISAPPOINTED YOU ARE~~YOU`RE DOING WHAT YOU GOTTA DO~~~~LIFE IS FULL OF CHOICES~~YOU MADE THE RIGHT ONE!
LOVE,aj
Hello to all. Watching your progress with interest, and hoping for favourable winds to take you quickly back to shore. Sending you some from my back pocket. Hope you're still trying to catch a fish.
Warmest regards from Lesley
A sailor was caught AWOL as he tried to sneak on board his ship at about 3 a.m. The chief petty officer spied him and ordered the sailor to stop. Upon hearing the sailor's lame explanation for his tardiness, the officer ordered the sailor, “Take this broom and sweep every link on this anchor chain by morning or it's the brig for you!”
The sailor began to pick up the broom and commence performing his charge. As he began to sweep, a tern landed on the broom handle. The sailor yelled at the bird to
leave, but it didn't. The lad picked the tern off the broom handle, giving the bird a toss. The bird left, only to return and light once again on the broom handle. The sailor went through the same routine all over again, with the same result. He couldn't get any cleaning done because he can only sweep at the chain once or twice before the blasted bird returns.
When morning came, so did the chief petty officer, to check up on his wayward sailor. “What in the heck have you been doing all night? This chain is no cleaner than when you started! What have you to say for yourself, sailor?” barked the chief.
“Honest, chief,” came the reply, “I tossed a tern all night and couldn't sweep a link!”
That's an awfully long buildup for such a bad joke :) Safe travels to Hawaii!!
JeffM
Chris and I are very sorry to hear about the rudder trouble. We hope your spirits are up and we know you guys will make the best of it all. Thanks for keeping us informed.
Chris and Sam Benson
Good Morning "Music!"
What a lovely way to start the day
with a cute joke from JeffM I found
it amusing~~thank you JM, we all need a chuckle to remind us Life is Good!~I hope by now,with sunny skies,you guys and MUSIC are getting dried out a bit & feeling better. Nothing like a "hot toddy" to warm the bones.Lets see,there`s hot buttered rum or keokee coffee(sp)Irish coffee~~speaking of coffee, it`s time for mine~~
Color me gone! Love,aj
Glad to hear you're being visited by birds rather than whales! Great joke! Hope you're eating well.
XO to my Daddio :)
CapnKathy
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