tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070501212840737822024-03-05T13:09:46.781+02:00sailing catch 22~ the other side of sailing ~Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-60909374504655847582014-09-26T13:57:00.001+02:002014-09-26T13:57:08.358+02:00Change of AddressAfter I have tried on numerous blogs, I finally found the one that fits me perfectly:<br />
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<a href="http://sailingonelbowgrease.blogspot.com/">Sailing on Elbow Grease</a>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-12825397121773732992014-03-25T18:04:00.001+02:002014-03-25T18:04:18.704+02:00Visit my new blog<div style="text-align: center;">
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Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-17804117450720215732012-05-18T12:19:00.001+02:002012-05-18T12:26:14.546+02:00Change of Address<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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Holiday time, finally!<div><br />
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<i>If you have not yet wrapped my yacht, can you please put one of these in there too?</i><br />
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<i>Sincerely </i><br />
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<i><b>smilicus</b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at the Local Fish & Chips joint</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seagulls resting at Biblia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An oldie getting some new paint</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the old fishing boat wrecks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another one</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fisherman going out to catch</td></tr>
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from <a href="http://gcaptain.com/marit-montag-november-twenty-twentyeleven?34085" target="_blank">GCaptian's Maritime Monday</a><br />
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Or is it only in your head? <a href="http://gcaptain.com/seasickness-ways-tackle?32716"><b> gCaptain</b></a> has just posted a new post on seasickness and 50 ways of preventing/curing it. But mainly they say it is all in your head. If so, get cured and go sailing.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We used to camp next to a tidal river and we used a system similar to this to change the position of our boat (reel in to board at high tide or move the boat further out at low tide. It worked pretty well and you could almost get in without your feet getting wet.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The System</b> - drop your anchor in deeper water with enough anchor chain and a small length of rope. At the end of the rope secure a good quality marine pulley. Then you create a loop of rope with two hook clips on (boat length apart on that loop - to clip you boat on to)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then there is another anchor on the beach with a line that is connected with a pulley to the loop. This way you can reel your boat in and out from the boat or from the beach. You use the free side of the loop (the side where no hook clips are) to cleat it off at the correct position you want your boat. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It sounds complicated, but once you set it up once it is a piece of cake.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Meet Frederik, he is now the local fisherman on my Goldfish pond and hopefully he will soon catch the "big one" for supper. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">More detail - Boat - 4 inches / 10 cm Frederik 2 inches / 5 cm<br />
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Thanks Joe, your postcard is on its way, might be there by Xmas.<br />
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.Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-44033948267182679102011-09-19T09:30:00.001+02:002011-09-19T09:38:00.272+02:00Aaargghhh!!<div style="text-align: center;">Aye me matey, its talk like a pirate day. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Come on all ya scallywags, join the fun on <a href="http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=96326">sailinganarchy forum</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">P.S. Talk like a Pirate, meaning the fun times we had as children, not the current problems we are having near Somalia. Our thoughts are with the kidnapped sailors and their families today</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So am I a racing sailor or am I a cruising sailor? The more I feed my need for speed and to outsmart the next sailor, I feel I am a racing sailor, all guts and glory. BUT the more I read about other sailors adventures over the horizon I become a cruising sailor again.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So what to do? Maybe only time will tell, but for now maybe I should race, since I am still young and don’t want to be the <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/">odd one out on a laser when I am 70 trying to cheat the nursing home</a>.</span><br />
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</span>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-36997123010459033752011-07-28T10:56:00.000+02:002011-07-28T10:56:15.790+02:00B-O-A-BWe all know that BOAT stands for Bail-Out-Another-Thousand, btu the Yacht History Supreme takes it to a whole new level that one would need to use BOAB - Bail-Out-Another-Billion.<br />
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The 100 ft yacht has a price tag of $4,8 Billion and one can believe it if you look at the following trimmings:<br />
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<ul><li>100 000 Kilograms gold & platinum </li>
<li>Meteoric Stone wall inlays</li>
<li>Petrified T Rex Bone</li>
</ul><div>For more visit <a href="http://gcaptain.com/blingitty-bling-bling-history?28112">G Captain</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>.</div>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-11790094155496571352011-06-13T10:03:00.001+02:002011-06-13T10:05:25.198+02:00Over the Top<div style="text-align: left;">Part of my winter hibernation routine is getting a good "yachting" biography, this year it is Over the Top. It's the story of Adrian Flanagan, the first ever person to sail solo Vertically around the world.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Adrian, like most of the solo sailors, could feel the ocean calling him from a young age, but other than most of us, he took the plunge and made his dream a reality....hats off to you Mr Falangan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is quite an interesting read about a guys obsession of sailing the seas alone and challenging the conventional sailing routes. It reads more like a story than a boring biography sand I would definitely recommend it for some arm chair sailing this winter with a glass of port or red in hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">.</div>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-43490026182469477662011-06-07T10:17:00.001+02:002011-10-25T13:17:39.773+02:00The Ice Dream<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="243.75" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/opChLhLMFmU" width="400"></iframe></div><br />
What would be better than a glass of pure icy water with a good measure of bourbon?<br />
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A glass of pure icy water with a good measure of bourbon enjoyed on your yacht in Greenland while the sun sets.<br />
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.....now, that would be a perfect ending to a good day sailing.<br />
.Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-80684129469616499552011-06-04T12:00:00.002+02:002011-06-05T17:28:55.417+02:00Bad Weather Sailing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div>Every year when winter approaches and the rain starts falling, I start building model boats. It keeps my hand steady and me day dreaming of the days of old square riggers and majestic clippers.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The one I am busy with currently was a present from the wife and is a 1:250 scale relica of the J.S. Elcano that was launched in 1927 at Cadiz. It was a Spanish Navy training vessel and was capable of 15knts. She was 94.13 meter and could carry 36 Officers, 143 Sailor trainees and 70 marines.</div><div><br />
</div><div>This model has many small bits and pieces and very, VERY tiny intrinsic rigging work, so hopefully I will finish before the summer time.<br />
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</div>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-4789191234806480532011-05-19T14:27:00.000+02:002011-05-19T14:27:50.872+02:00Taxman<div style="text-align: center;">..Let me tel you how it will be</div><div style="text-align: center;">Theres 1 for you, 19 for me</div><div style="text-align: center;">'cause I'm the Taxman</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I'm the Taxman..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">~ from Taxman by The Beatles ~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Beatles knew and so do we....Damn the Taxman. These days there is Tax on everything, even when you are on your boat, in the middle of the ocean visiting the head, Readers Digest in hand, you are reminded in bold letters VAT incl. You cant escape him, not him, not the Taxman.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">But if you are so lucky to escape the Taxman at sea, you still hear "theres 1 for you, 19 for me". </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Davy Jones takes as he wants and has no need for forms, records or formalities. His locker has claimed quite a few items from me over the years, there was my favorite baseball cap, a few anchors, dive mask , etc. But the worst was the last bottle of beer on a hot South African day. I still wake up some nights in a cold sweat and scream:"No, not the Heineken!!!"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Out of what have Davy Jones conned you?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2011/05/please-please-me.html">in reply to Tillerman's writing project</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-89607018328131948602011-05-16T14:41:00.002+02:002011-05-16T14:45:29.411+02:00Fitness? What Fitness?<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In summer time we all have our own ways of keeping down the weight and staying fit. <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/"><b>Tillerman</b></a> likes to run (away from the nursing home I presume); <a href="http://odock.blogspot.com/"><b>O Dock</b></a> does an ever increasing list of repairs on his yacht (thanks to Sir Neptune); <a href="http://horsesmouth.typepad.com/"><b>Joe</b></a> likes to, well, I actually don’t know what he does. Me, well I like to do some <a href="http://muddyvines.blogspot.com/"><b>Mountain biking</b></a> and gym’ing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As winter creeps up on us, there will be less duelling it out around the cans and more sitting in doors than is good for us. But this post is not about physical fitness but rather mental fitness and what one does to remain sharp for the coming summer’s regattas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So how does one keep ones wits up during the winter?. I guess everyone has their own method. I presume <a href="http://propercourse.blogpsot.com/"><b>Tillerman</b></a> keeps “fit” by duelling an online game of Nautical Chess with Kasparov. <a href="http://odock.blogspot.com/"><b>O Dock</b></a> on the other hand likes a bit more mischief and keeps “fit” by finding new clever ways of yanking Tillerman’s chain in the comment section of <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/"><b>Propercourse</b></a>. <b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://opencontainer2.blogspot.com/">Doc Häagen-Dazs</a></span></span></b> is like usual keeping himself busy on Virtual Regatta. <a href="http://horsesmouth.typepad.com/"><b>Joe</b></a>, well again, I don’t actually know what he does, but then again, do they have a winter season in paradise?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">What will I be doing this winter? Well, I still don't have the faintest idea.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Do your bit and sign the petition & send your message across the ocean. <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ocean-story/">Click Here</a><br />
.Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-15468755942634729382011-05-03T11:17:00.004+02:002011-05-03T14:10:51.935+02:00Adventure at nightSouth Africa is the place to be in April. We have so many public holidays that one almost don't need to take a day off to have a good short holiday. <br />
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BUT somehow my short holiday left me more tired. With the rain season finally here, I have spent a lot of time researching boats that I can build in my garage and this left me with night long adventures, rolling around in my sleep.<br />
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Every night I would dream of a new adventure : <i>Sailing the high seas in a <a href="http://home.windstream.net/ifida/home.alltel.net_000001.htm">Paradox</a>, Wining the Mykonos pursuit race on board an <a href="http://www.i550.org/">I550</a> and just kicking it old school in a <a href="http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/plans/pathfinder/index.htm">Pathfinder</a></i><br />
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Waking up in the morning I would be tired stretching for that first cup of coffee, but felt like I had the time of my life on the water.<br />
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Am I weird, or are there more "sleep sailors" out there?<br />
.Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-59260208359622839222011-04-18T09:13:00.001+02:002011-04-18T09:13:51.068+02:00Lets declare war!!<div style="text-align: center;">Sailors we need to <b>unite</b> against the war on waste in our precious oceans !!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The <a href="http://sailingcatch22.blogspot.com/2009/08/eco-sailor.html">plastic pollution</a> is ever in creasing and there has been numerous accounts of sea life struggling to survive due to mankind's slow poising of the earth. The latest - <b><i><a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/turtle-found-that-pooped-plastic-for-a-month-0">turtle poop plastic for a month </a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>.</b></div>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-24856634993581730382011-04-14T08:33:00.002+02:002011-04-14T08:36:08.252+02:00All kinds of crazy<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="325" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nkjutgBXeUw" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Burque Brothers </div><div style="text-align: center;">.</div>Smilicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00035574249249047158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807050121284073782.post-47359811577640287192011-04-12T12:36:00.000+02:002011-04-12T12:36:59.429+02:00Endless summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HM2O0X7m7wk1TzPdht6mYfACNiZ3VS4AmHiAMPmitHtAjPVxbE-4pzGf16J3sYSMoISOeLx7K1-ZoVl_UQX8_DoU_ba_Ig1uAABerOmMVFyVmqndc1cNrisQQ0TWqQxeVAr9uSE3dhbA/s1600/beach+april.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HM2O0X7m7wk1TzPdht6mYfACNiZ3VS4AmHiAMPmitHtAjPVxbE-4pzGf16J3sYSMoISOeLx7K1-ZoVl_UQX8_DoU_ba_Ig1uAABerOmMVFyVmqndc1cNrisQQ0TWqQxeVAr9uSE3dhbA/s320/beach+april.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Almost mid April and we are still having some good beach days. Come Easter weekend the rain will begin and send us into winter- <i>our unofficial date for the start of winter</i>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><br />
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