Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Now He Is Monitoring Too Much Energy.....
Those of you who know Jim as the "Monitor of All Things", need to know that now with the new wind generator, up and going, Jim is VERY BUSY monitoring this new toy 24/7. We left the Venetian Islands in Miami yesterday morning and actually sailed south on Biscayne Bay to Pumpkin Key at the beginning of the upper Keys. The wind was only blowing about 7 - 8 knots from the NE, so we put up the Code Zero sail (for light air) and were able to sail at about 3 - 5 knots. Last night the wind started to pick up and today it was blowing 20 knots. The wind generator was spinning wildly! We had a fun downwind sail with our mainsail through Card, Little Card, Barnes, & Blackwater Sounds. By 1330, we set the anchor for the night in Tarpon Basin; well protected from the East wind. It is nice to be sailing again after a couple of months of motoring on the ICW.
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To the wife of the Monitor of all things,
At least now you know where to find him.......at the stern looking up smiling all day long!! Just don't let his golden locks get caught in the blades!!!!!!
Merry Christmas.
Golden??? I think that's a shade of OMY (old man yellow). But at least he's got a pile of it left...the last time we saw him up close anyway.
B&B
Agreed........Jim's "golden" locks are closer to polished aluminum!!
Good thing I'm colored blind when it comes to this sort of stuff!!
There is a dink that looks as beautiful as Porty at the Marathon dinghy dock.......are you there yet??
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