Adventures In Fruity Drink Land

[hobie16]

Are you wanting the boat or the occupants?

The boat. See below for the occupants.

Big Boats will attract all of your "Best" Friends :D:

[hobie16]

Big Boats will attract all of your "Best" Friends :D:

Case in point. The club boat, an Olson 30, developed a sagging beam under the mast. As I have lotsa time on my hands I got to use a oscillating saw to remove two beams and then grind out a lot of delaminated fiberglass. It's a really crappy job that left me with a terminal case of glass itch. The bonus was a family of cockroaches pouring out of the delaminated beam when I pulled it loose.

To summarize the whole job, remove beams and glass, get new beams laminated up, bed beams, 'glass beams into place, reinstall mast, repair keel, etc.

While I'm doing all this crappy work club members I'd never seen before would drive up and demand to know when the boat would be back in the water as they had friends on island and they wanted to go sailing. But no offers of any help.

After the third one of these experiences I decided to embellish the story. I'd tell one that the keel had a crack in it and had to be shipped back to the factory. Another was told the boat had been condemned by the health department because of worms in the water system (it has no water system). Another one walked off swearing when I told him the mast had been stolen (it was sitting on saw horses next to the boat).

So yes, boats of any size will attract your "Best" friends.

[WEDFan]

Sounds like a really crappy job, Hobie, but I bet it was a great feeling when you were done (and the itching subsided.) I work on old houses a lot and I always enjoy knowing that I helped salvage something and keep it in use for years to come.

When you had an obnoxious person asking, you should have thrown down your tools and said "That's it! I quit! I don't have to put up with this. I volunteer to do this and get nothing but grief. You finish it!" Then storm off, get a drink and see what happens. :twisted:

[hobie16]

We had out first junior sailing class this week.







We had a couple of unregistered students drop in Friday afternoon.

[darph nader]

We had out first junior sailing class this week.







We had a couple of unregistered students drop in Friday afternoon.

(note to self,,,get over to the islands and learn to sail. I will register btw) Should I bring fish?

[hobie16]

(note to self,,,get over to the islands and learn to sail. I will register btw) Should I bring fish?

We got plenty of fresh fish. After the seals left we found floating sea urchin shells sucked dry.

[hobie16]

Except for the hood roll, this commercial has stiff I've experienced while riding my bike.

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[Goofyernmost]

Except for the hood roll, this commercial has stiff I've experienced while riding my bike.

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When this started I thought it was a film about stupid things that car drivers do...turns out it was stupid things that bike riders do. I know people hate to hear it, but it is something that needs to be said. It's easy to blame the guy in the car, but I have seen some pretty dumb things from bike riders myself. Share the road, doesn't mean own the road. There are many headstones out there that might read..."But...I had the right of way". :(

[DisneyMom]

I'm Sure Hobie would not do anything dangerous like that (on the way TO the Hyatt) :twisted:

[hobie16]

I'm Sure Hobie would not do anything dangerous like that (on the way TO the Hyatt) :twisted:

We always ride scooters to the Hyatt. The climb back up the hill is bad enough. With a couple of margaritas on board, it would be impossible.