Quiz time for the sailors

What is wrong with this picture? Anyone who guesses correctly will be held in high esteem by this blogger. Juliet, the Wayfarer has a lot of added parts screwed onto her. From this view, I can see the west shore of Deer Isle as we continue circumnavigating the Island and sail NE in Penobscot Bay Maine.

Shakori Hills Music Festival

Eric and Cilenia came out to the Shakori Hills Music Festival and got in free by volunteering, we did the same.


This is our camp in the woods for the duration of the festival. You need a place to catch some sleep during the day as well as the night. A little campcraft helps. Like a small boat, less is more. A chair, a little food, some totes are enough stuff outside the tent. We kept a little fire going, but at more than one point someone took our firewood. Inside are all manner of sleeping pads, inflatable bed, bags, sheets blankets, cameras, beer, clothes, schedules, stickers, flyers, and camp gear. The music runs from Thursday, through late Sunday night.

photo copyright Todd Gaul

We are lucky enough to be working this weekend at a terrific music festival in Chatham County, NC. The web site explains more about it, but it will keep us away from Carrboro all weekend and in earshot of lots of great music. I'm not getting too much feedback from local sailors, because my blog is so new, but rest assured, if you comment and link a picture of your sailboat, I will feature it as a post. Shakori Hills Festival : http://www.shakorihills.org/

Carrboro Yacht Club

I've decided to start a yacht club. I can think of a few potential members. Paul Van Ness: you are in. Eric Chupp is in. Jason Hoey wants in, but he needs a boat. Jennifer is in. Runyon Woods is probably already a member of some yacht club (Beaufort?) My tattooed friend Eric has a 24 ft Columbia; he's in. I'm going to collect a few photos of local sailors and begin my club. Anyone who is interested in joining may let me know. A photo of you or your boat qualifies. I'll find some more sailors. My next post is going to concern boat maintenance, which is my weak spot. Till then, I'm Chris Marthinson.

Found a nice photo set on Picasa

All Wayfarers from Denmark

http://picasaweb.google.com/monicalindhardt/Rantzausminde2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCMvaxLnWz-j6cg&feat=directlink&fgl=true&pli=1#

Back to Deer Isle

Penobscot Bay offers views of Vinalhaven and the hills of Camden. There were a few boats milling around the Bay, and finally we had some open water to sail. It's a thrill to have a small boat cutting through the larger waves in the bay. Jennifer took the tiller for a while; we were tacking alot because the wind was out of the north. I like to take long tacks, because we don't spill our cocktails as much that way. The longest tack took us nearly to North Haven, which made for an enjoyable long crossing. As you can see the weather was wonderful, with clear skies and top winds around ten knots. I spent a little time working on the scuppers, which beautifully cleared most of the water and much of the trash out. I've always been afraid of my old scuppers, after all, they are holes in the bottom of the boat. But they work almost perfectly, and I watched an acorn drop into the scupper and ... disappear! Jennifer and I had a short discussion about whether to sail on around Little Deer Isle to actually return to the Old Ferry Landing. A much shorter way home was to sail to the Causeway between the islands. Both of us were tired, so that was our destination.

The Scariest Black Widow Picture

Courtesy University of California-Riverside

I'm pretty much over the black widow

I'll get back to sailing real soon. I'm still trying to get the story of sailing around Deer Isle finished, but it takes awhile. I will say that my health care experience was very positive. It cost me less than $100 to visit my doctor and get the prescription for the Oxycodone and Valium. It helped that I let them know that I had a huge deductible that wasn't yet met.
Another friend, Eric, just bought a 24 foot Columbia that needs a bunch of work. He plans to clean it up and live/sail it. I wish him luck and cannot wait to see it. Maybe I can do some before and after pictures of his project. I'd love to get some feedback on what the readers like. Thanks for keeping up with my blog, and I hope to make more connections with sailors this way.