tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173108274185173540.post5199232574655006464..comments2023-12-14T01:33:12.065-08:00Comments on The Fake's Progress: Day 9: Digression: The theory of waterfront propertyMichael Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514899759538419921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173108274185173540.post-27895522743247298032009-10-08T20:06:28.158-07:002009-10-08T20:06:28.158-07:00The mast isn't wooden anymore? I guess not!The mast isn't wooden anymore? I guess not!Susan Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249426819285565971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173108274185173540.post-80682251216699172792009-10-07T15:26:18.853-07:002009-10-07T15:26:18.853-07:00That clanging of the halyards against the mast is ...That clanging of the halyards against the mast is the most obnoxious part of sailing. I hate it myself, and I have devised a very ghetto-looking arrangement of bungee cords to keep the halyards away from the mast whenever there's the slightest wind. I still get the occasional clang but I don't get that metronomic thwack, thwack, thwack. It's butt-ugly but it's worth it. I just wish all the other boats in the harbor would do the same. <br /><br />Bug spray instead of nasal spray -- wow. That would put you in a surly mood for maybe the next six months, I'd think.Michael Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514899759538419921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173108274185173540.post-4550616260841973412009-10-07T14:03:33.277-07:002009-10-07T14:03:33.277-07:00I've just stumbled across your path -- Susan, ...I've just stumbled across your path -- Susan, I was going to email you to see if you were among the vicarious sailors. <br /><br />It's all too delicious; exercising remarkable self restraint I'm rationing myself to one entry a day. It brings back memories of a night spent with my father on the Adastra (a 26' sloop he designed and built), trying to sleep to the clanging of lines on the mast, and my father's explitatives after discovering he'd used the bug spray in lieu of nasal spray. CharlotteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173108274185173540.post-49760740482733109962009-10-06T11:31:11.992-07:002009-10-06T11:31:11.992-07:00I must say, I'm enjoying this whole trip, and ...I must say, I'm enjoying this whole trip, and I'm not getting wet or cold! Though I did have to wade into Caspian Lake this morning for a bucket of water -- twice -- in my hiking boots, so I have a bit of sympathy. For you, not the people who build houses with nine bathrooms. Nine! Can you imagine? Hmm, where shall I pee this time?Susan Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249426819285565971noreply@blogger.com