Lived up to my tag line this past Saturday morning as Shane and I sailed truly as slow as we could. Steady half knot breeze, gusting to 1. Dry to start, then a light drizzle. All in all a useful way to spend a few hours.
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My one-armed helmsman, Shane Eyre. Out sailing in a VERY light breeze along with a touch of drizzle for atmosphere. Dressed for the occasion but still a bit damp.
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Caught fondling the varnish.
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Still fondling the varnish. It was great to have him on board, we had a nice little sail in spite of the conditions. I gave him the grand tour of Beaton’s, pointing out the various Herreshoff’s scattered around the yard.
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Running home in the rain. Almost missed the landing; needed a bit of rudder sculling to finish the job.
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What a treat to have his Dingoness on board. I think he makes the seventh WoodenBoat Forumite to sail on Sjogin
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On the porch, in the Cloud. Our correspondent keeping up with his public. I may have done a terrible thing and pushed him to start a blog. The world will never be the same.
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Channeling his inner Bruce: “… the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin’ fortunes better than they do.”
Bruce Springsteen: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 1973
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You can just make out the drool on the edge of Shane’s beard. He’s watching the uh….keel of our fine young waitress, Miss Mary Margaret.
He’s now had a sail on Tidbit with Forum friend Joe Foster and is in Guilford, CT with “mum and dad”. We’ll see him at the WoodenBoat Show this weekend.
See the thread linked to below for his continuing hi jinks. He’ll be here another few weeks before returning to Oz. Based on what we’ve seen, Shane should be a regular visitor to our shores.
More pics on Flickr.