Anyone who has never read “Bedfellows” probably should.
Food, fixes and notes from the casual coastal sailor.
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Cruisin Loser
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Agreed. As timely today as 60 years ago.
The description of Fred somewhat reminds me of Thurber’s Scotty Who knew Too Much.
Having had three dachshunds over the years, I can say that E.B. knew what he was talking about.
Fred was not an aberration.
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We had several in the early years of our marriage. They can unhinge their lower jaw to swallow something bigger than their head. Lot’s of opinions and insist on sharing them.
Our smallest one ate an entire small ham that was left out on a kitchen counter. She barfed that up for days. She also ate an entire bowl of peanuts, and shat Snickers bars for a week.
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Dinner and a show, coastal Maine style.
Yum. We had lobster tails for New Year's Eve dinner last night. Somehow, it's not quite the same sitting in Florida eating them as it is on the boat in Maine...
Wonder what's going to happen to Victory Chimes?
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She could be going home, to the Chesapeake. But it's a long shot at this point in time.
PRESS | VICTORY CHIMES | ROCKLAND ME
This article explains the efforts and hopes underway to preserve the historic schooner VICTORY CHIMES.
www.victorychimes.com
Elegua
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Ah, Maine. My wife keeps commenting, “Why did you come all this way?” “Maine is prettier.” “ I like Maine lobster better” ….etc… I keep telling her it’s so she can appreciate it more. 
We love Maine too, but sailing and snorkeling on New Years Eve is pretty great too. You can always go back and forth!Ah, Maine. My wife keeps commenting, “Why did you come all this way?” “Maine is prettier.” “ I like Maine lobster better” ….etc… I keep telling her it’s so she can appreciate it more.
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We had one that was a sonofabitch to train. Definitely smart but too smart. Instead of just learning not to piss and dump in the house, he learned to be clever and sneaky about it, then he would give us the “Who, me?” innocent look. He would give us the same look after chasing off the neighbor’s dog from our front sidewalk. He wasn’t smart enough to know the poodle fluff sticking to his teeth was a dead giveaway.
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Also there’s a happy middle place. We just had our annual New Year’s Day sail in NC - beautiful here today.
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We're waiting for winter to happen. January is here, it can't be long now.
Elegua
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We really enjoyed our time there in the Fall. Don’t know what the Summer is like. Would love to go back and see more of it.
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1.5 million to fix Victory Chimes in this economy? She's done for.
That's great. We like the early winter and early spring in NC (and visit family there then). If you can choose your days to sail I bet there are good ones all year long.
We're aboard full time so sometimes it feels like we're focused on the outlier bad days more than the good ones. Last week's cold snap was our wakeup call that we lingered too long this year.
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This is LL Bean (left) in 1911 during a field test of his new rubber bottom, leather-topped boots.
I'm wondering if they looked freakier that day than Crocs when they first came out?
I'm also wondering what he would think today if he knew that his hunting boots are fashion wear worn around the world?
I think he would give us the same look.
I'm wondering if they looked freakier that day than Crocs when they first came out?
I'm also wondering what he would think today if he knew that his hunting boots are fashion wear worn around the world?
I think he would give us the same look.
What watermaker did you put in?
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We were 'down to Belfast', yesterday. I couldn't find a photo to take.
Do you really need to see a photo of gray skies, 30F, 20knot East wind, and pelting freezing rain that was taken while walking along the steel gray Passagassawakeag?
Here are some typical summer photos instead.
Belfast is a unique community with NE seasonal weather. If anyone is contemplating moving to coastal Maine, I highly recommend it.
We strolled the town and entered many interesting shops. A real hardware store, vintage clothing and whatnot store that I could have moved into. There's the Green Store, a popular outlet for people looking for simple, easy alternatives and a great mixture of art and photography galleries, restaurants, a really active grocery co-op, you name it. The only thing you won't find is a chain store.
There was a kid on the corner with a billboard barking fire and brimstone for some obscure inland church and even a bar or two open.
There's tolerance in abundance. Do what you want, as long as you don't hurt anyone, this is Belfast.
For the first time, we did a grid search of the residential village, street by street. There is an amazing amount of beautifully preserved housing from the harbor's hay days of the 1800s. Becoming and remaining a little poor through the 1900's, saved more housing than most coastal areas.
There were no boats on the harbor yesterday. Who wants to look at that.
Do you really need to see a photo of gray skies, 30F, 20knot East wind, and pelting freezing rain that was taken while walking along the steel gray Passagassawakeag?
Here are some typical summer photos instead.
Belfast is a unique community with NE seasonal weather. If anyone is contemplating moving to coastal Maine, I highly recommend it.
We strolled the town and entered many interesting shops. A real hardware store, vintage clothing and whatnot store that I could have moved into. There's the Green Store, a popular outlet for people looking for simple, easy alternatives and a great mixture of art and photography galleries, restaurants, a really active grocery co-op, you name it. The only thing you won't find is a chain store.
There was a kid on the corner with a billboard barking fire and brimstone for some obscure inland church and even a bar or two open.
There's tolerance in abundance. Do what you want, as long as you don't hurt anyone, this is Belfast.
For the first time, we did a grid search of the residential village, street by street. There is an amazing amount of beautifully preserved housing from the harbor's hay days of the 1800s. Becoming and remaining a little poor through the 1900's, saved more housing than most coastal areas.
There were no boats on the harbor yesterday. Who wants to look at that.
