A Hobie 33, not ours, with a white spinnaker (front sail) up. The the jib (middle sail) was just raised and the crew is about to drop and stow the spinnaker.
Like in past years, I spent the weekend crewing on a boat in the Lahaina Return Race from Maui to Oahu. My ride was a Hobie 33 owned by a friend who I have raced interisland with multiple times along with another friend. This boat ideally needs more than three people so the owner invited a younger sailor who had experience with catamarans but this was his first real time on a racing monohull. If we expected more winds then we would have had to try and trick invite another person or two.
This model of boat is made for racing so it is narrow, spartan in comforts, and with a low cabin (belowdeck area) that even a vertically challenged person like me could not stand up in. But this model is well constructed, fast, and has a deep and narrow cockpit (place to sit and work the sails and steering) so you feel safe.
Most years in Hawaii there are three interisland sail races: Molokai to Oahu, Oahu to Kauai, and Maui to Oahu. Unless unusual atmospheric conditions cause the Trade Winds to fail, all three are downwind races. So people racing have to work to windward either before or after the race. Last year the panicdemic overreaction caused the state to cancel all three races. This year this race was the only interisland race to not be cancelled. Some of the surrounding events were cancelled, but since the Hawaiian government determined that we would not be like the Venetian fleet introducing the bubonic plague to Europe the race was permitted. Because we had lost the opportunity for the interisland 2020 races, we were determined to sail this race and had originally planned for a four day cruise/race. We planned for a night on Molokai and a night on Lanai on our way to Maui. After a night on Maui we would race all the way back to Oahu. But the atmosphere had other plans. As we approached our departure day, the remnants of Hurricane Linda were approaching our archipelago. On Friday the winds in the channel between Oahu and Molokai were blowing in the mid-thirty knot range with heavy seas. Since we had options and the work levels with those winds are so high we pushed back departure one day and dropped our night on Lanai.
On Saturday we got a nice earlyish start and sailed across to Molokai with the winds blowing in the mid-twenty knot range. We were heading over to the small Lono anchorage on Molokai with a double reefed main and a smaller jib. That is, we made the mainsail smaller by folding some of it up, and we used a smaller version of our forward sail. It was a wet crossing with the boat well heeled (leaned over). The swell was around 8 feet, but spread out so it should have been comfortable, except there were cross wind waves as well, so we spent much time crashing and splashing. It wasn’t bad, just wet and loud. The helmsman (driver) had to constantly make small course changes to try and ride across the waves instead of through them. The other three people were sitting on the windward (high side) edge of the boat with our legs hanging over so our combined weight helped hold the boat upright.
Each boat has an optimum amount of heel. Some heel enables you to sail faster, but too much heel spills wind over the top of the sails which slows you down. During the crossing we switched positions every hour or so. That kept the helmsman fresh and everybody got a break from the waves soaking you. The conditions were rough enough we skipped making sandwiches below and just had some apples, Oreos, and fluids as we crossed. After we reached Molokai’s lee the final three miles was in much nicer seas and reduced wind. We made Lono in about eight hours and tied the boat up.
A crowded Lono Anchorage with our boat on the right. Later in the day the number of boats almost doubled.
Lono used to be a commercial harbor from which building materials were shipped to Oahu to help make the Waikiki area properties. Since it was abandoned from commercial use, the anchorage is known as a nice place to relax by locals and visiting boaters.
We had some rum drinks then grilled some buffalo steaks and fixings which we enjoyed with a bottle of red wine. After the workout from the trip over we retired early. Saturday night was very clear and dark with no moon so many satellites, stars, galaxies and planets were out to be watched.
Labor Day weekend crowds on the beach at Lono Anchorage
The next day we left for the pre-race anchorage on Maui. We worked the final thirty miles of Molokai by tacking up the south coast as the winds increased up to the mid-twenties. We stayed in between twenty and eighty feet of water so it was very choppy, but we stayed out of the swell and the adverse current. It was wet again, but not as bad as the day before. We kept a close watch to make sure we didn’t hit any coral and kept up the hourly switching of positions. When we cleared the east end of Molokai the winds stayed up since the Trade Winds get channeled between the Molokai and Maui. However the good news was once we entered the channel between the islands the chopped died and the swell was only six feet making it a comfortable and sunny ride. The channel is about ten miles and as we approached Maui we came into the lee again so the winds and seas dropped as we approached the anchorage. As we sailed into the anchorage the winds were zephyrs and water calm. We dropped the anchor in about fifteen feet of water, backed the boat to get the anchor to grab and let out enough line to get a nice 7:1 scope which would keep us moored all night.
A snorkeler enjoying the clear waters of Honolua Bay.
The Honolua Bay is a nature preserve park with lots of snorkelers which were all over the shore and in the water. This unusual gathering of sailboats gave them an added show. We swam and reduced the boat weight for the race by drinking more rum and just took in the beauty around us. We also had a small pod of dolphins swim around us at slow speed trying to eat fish in the shadows of our hulls. It was interesting to be in the water as these mammals crossed near me at slow speeds. A couple of months back a snorkeler ended up donating a part of his calf as a shark snack here, but since the sea turtles were around we knew that the sharks were elsewhere. We visited with other friends who were racing until a powerful squall came in. Then we crept inside to get dry and went to bed fairly early. Many of the younger racers (or Maui based racers) anchored farther south in Lahaina for the night life. But they would need to leave before dawn to get up the coast to the starting line- while we slept and made final preparations at leisure.
The North coast of Molokai.
The Lahaina Return Race has an option of two finishes, Waikiki or Kanehoe Bay. The K-Bay race is about miles in a straight line. Four Hobie 33’s registered to race and all four decided to finish in K-Bay so there would be a good head to head race within our class. One boat, which I will call The Other Boat, is a well-crewed hot shit boat that wins most of the big offshore races including the premiere race for the last three years. Our class of the race started in a rain squall for most of the ten mile crossing to the north coast of Molokai. We and TOB were within yards of each other the entire way. As our fleet approached the east cape of Molokai the Sun came out and the day turned glorious. The winds stayed in the mid teen knot range and the four foot swells came in from behind us. We raised our spinnaker and had to pick a course far enough out to get current help, but not so far out that we missed the wind effect from Trade Winds hitting the huge sea cliffs. Every few miles we had to jibe. We were well paired with TOB and often crossed within yards of each other. Sometimes we had a small lead and other times they had the advantage. As we raced past Molokai the small swell helped our speed as we would surf some swells for free speed.
Two boats from our class along the north shore of Molokai. TOB has the yellow spinnaker.
The north coast of Molokai has the world’s highest extended series of seas cliffs. There are small coves and cut off valleys as occasional breaks from the 3,000 feet high wall of green and black. Since it had rained for several days the waterfalls were in full force as well. Midway along the coast is the Kalaupapa Peninsula which is the site of the former leper colony. I think it is merely a rumor that this will be the “Reeducation and Fun Time Camp” for identified Glibs.
Approaching Kaluapapa Peninsula.
As we approached the Kalaupapa Peninsula there came a critical course choice for the run to Oahu and the Gap that leads to Kanehoe Bay and the finish line. TOB and we had to make our calls on how the winds would shift over the next forty miles and shape (steer) that course. We steered a bit higher than they did and started the run to Oahu. For the rest of the race TOB and our boat were in easy sight of each other as they sailed to our south. About ten miles out from Oahu the wind shifted from behind of us to more along our starboard side so we could no longer carry (use) the spinnaker. We dropped the spin and put a big jib up. This let us keep our speed up and to sail a bit higher (closer to the apparent wind) with the goal of getting back into a position where we could put the spinnaker back up and gain back that one or two knots of speed. TOB chose to keep the spin flying to gain speed but the wind shift kept them from coming north towards the Gap. I am not a good spinnaker helmsman but I can trim one very well so I spent my race mostly trimming the spinnaker until the jib went up- then I helmed for the next hour plus as we headed to the Gap between the Oahu’s Mokapu Peninsula and the barrier islands.
Midway between Molokai and Oahu. TOB on the horizon between the red and dangling white lines.
As we sailed towards the Gap we kept a sharp eye on TOB to the south. TOB was closer to Oahu than us, but since they were several miles south (near Lanikai Beach) we were actually a small distance in the lead. Then they changed sails and put their big jib up, and we were both now gunning hard for the Gap and the finish line. Once I sailed us through the Gap, I gave up the helm, got in the sail trimmer’s position and we raised the spinnaker to get that additional final burst of speed. We sped at eight or nine knots along the Marine Corps base giving the golfers a show as we raced the last couple of miles. We crossed the finish line at 9:02:35. TOB was visible behind us and crossed the finish line 10:02 later. We were the first boat to reach K-Bay. We put the jib back up and sailed through the channel into the main bay and thirty minutes later tied up at the slip.
After we tied up we saw TOB approaching their slip so we stopped what we were doing to go and welcome them to Oahu. In a head to head race the old farts beat the young hot shots. Later the K-bay finishers had a post-race party, with free whiskey drinks and lots of pupus. That was my Labor Day weekend except for cleaning things and finding out how we did in the race. That would have to wait and people perform math to determine. Two days later we partially found out.
Computing racing performance in boats can be easy. If one design of boats is racing as a fleet, then whichever boat crosses the finish first wins. Easy-peasy. But this race had a wide variety of lengths, makes and models- plus two different finish lines with different course lengths. Now comes the math. First- each make and model of a boat basically gets a handicap number, called a “rating,” which is how many seconds per mile the boat receives compared to the mythical “hypothetical” boat. This is done to equalize the boats and emphasize the crew’s ability to sail the boat fast. This keeps a good crew with a smaller boat or inherently slower design able to compete with a poor crew with a much faster boat. But this only goes so far because despite ratings the theoretical performance of different makes/models of boats there is no way to completely equalize a mixed fleet. The second thing a large race will do is to lump boats with similar ratings into groups (classes) so boats and crews have a more equal race.
So how did we do? Well, we won our class by thirty-two seconds. “But wait,” you cry, “didn’t you cross the finish line 10:02 ahead of TOB?” We did, but there were more boats than just Hobie 33s in our class. Another boat with a slower rating finished around an hour after us, but when you subtract those few seconds per mile over eighty miles it adds up. So in the parlance of the times they corrected to thirty-two seconds behind us and took second in the class ahead of TOB. The final comparison between classes will be released before the end of the week.
It was a good weekend with friends and the sea. We enjoyed laughs together and meshed well enough as a crew to sail our boat just better than our friends and competitors on other boats. I woke up Tuesday sore from working the helm and nonstop sail adjustment, but it was the good sore from working my body in the open. Of course I did have the usual bruises in odd places, “When did I hit the boat hard enough under my armpit to cause that bruise?” But Dawn Riley, skipper of an America Cup challenger, said it correctly – “The purpose of life is not to arrive at the grave well rested. It is come sliding in exhausted and bruised exclaiming ‘Holy shit, that was a hell of a ride!’”
Never that big, But I love Sailing! Thank You Sir! Huzzah and Shit!
Nice. The only time I got on the water in Hawaii, I did a kayak tour from Kailua around the mokes. Lots of fun, but forgot to sunscreen the tops of my feet.
The Park Lane Oktoberfest was a lot of fun – pics on my twitter. Great food, and some nice 1/2 liter (or liter option if you wanted them) imports for $7 and up. Will try again next weekend if I can get a buddy from work to come.
Better music link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MAg_yWsq8
You stealing Ted’s schtick?
ARE you stealing Ted’s schtick?
Beautiful write-up. Thanks, sir,
Reminds me of Joe vs Volcano, my favorite movie others love to hate.
a wonderful movie! I thought it was just me.
Very exciting–as a luggage problem!
Cool. I haven’t sailed in years but I crewed on a boat from Virginia to Bermuda to Puerto Rico and down across the Caribbean islands. Before that, it was small stuff in the Chesapeake Bay and Hobie Cats in shallow water.
I kind of miss it. There’s some spiritual growth that you get from being a 1,000 miles offshore and knowing that nobody is coming to get you if it all goes to hell.
When I go on Lake Michigan, it won’t be on a sailboat, not at first,
Congratulations!
Nephilium is out of commission. He’s in bed already. Went to an Oktoberfest today. Someone else has to do the Zoom tonight. Later, Girlfriend
Yikes. Nothing serious, we hope?
Went to an Oktoberfest today
A little brown bottle flu never killed anyone.
Neph is serious about his liter steins of bier.
LOL!
This is exactly the kind of state in which he should be the host!
I agree. She needs to go wake him up.
No takers? this is how it ends? oh well, it was nice zooming with you people, well most of you people anyways.
You start one. It appears Swiss or Animal won’t be there so people could actually have a conversation.
Oops, spoke too soon.
Yes. Yes you did.
Seriously, if someone starts one I’ll eat allthese pepperr live on air.
YESSSSS!!! Don’t start without me
See you there…
Fuck.
The little yellow pepper did me in, I can’t go on.
Wimp…
⬆ None of those look hot enough.
Only that bright yellow one had any heat (of the ones I ate so far) but it was plenty hot for me. But yeah, there aren’t any scorpion or ghost peppers in there.
No zooms? Well, shit.
I think I can start one, but I don’t have a fancy unlimited account.
One of the regular hosts is bound to check in within the next half-hour or so.
I’m trying, but I can’t find anyone with an account. Besides, we can just let Agent Sloper have the floor anyways.
Hang on…SP to the rescue. What’s new, eh?
Will post shortly.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82481600054?pwd=VU03bUFNZXJsam5JOXNBQ1Zpemg3QT09
All welcome, even sloper.
We are starting one.
ZOOM
db, please try again. OMWC is an inadequate host, and I handed over to him early on.
OT: pulled from the deadthread because I was too stupid to refresh
So, erm, I think DDG is starting to play around with their search results like Google does. It’s nothing I can prove, just a sense that, when searching for certain COVID terms, the best matches were on page 2 and the “approved” matches were on page 1.
ICYMI, I fixed my problem with Eyepiece. Thx
Good! Glad to hear it. It seems that Edge does weird stuff with the cookies I’m saving, at least based on your experience.
It wasn’t a cookie issue. It was an issue with a custom CSS extension. None of them seem to work right (I’ve tried three now).
Back to plugging them into Tampermonkey ugh.
Ah, gotcha.
Guessing the “approved” matches are the ones that everybody is linking to and that pushes them to the top.
It could be the case. They were usually worse fitting to my search string, which was what caught my attention. It was like the first 10 or 15 matches were CDC or factcheck.org or MSN or CNN articles in the general vicinity of what I was searching about, and then 16-25 were articles/scientific papers/whatever on the exact topic I was searching.
You could always try http://www.millionshort.com if you want a search engine that can cut through the crap.
Didn’t Google buy DDG?
Wat? GTFO.
Is this a joke, or something that happened?
This happened, though.
Okay.
Not the worst problem.
Agreed, just a bit of insight into the company culture. There are other indicators that they seem pretty narrowly focused on their product, so I’m not gonna write them off.
I referred to that as a company buying green indulgences during a staff meeting.
A few people were not amused…
Oh, brother. ?
Not that I’m aware of
I heard that, or thought I heard that. Who knows. You people should know not to trust anything I say by now.
Only been to the Hawai’ian Islands a few times, but this description played out very well in my mind’s eye.
Thanks, dbleagle!
That was interesting.
I didn’t know there was handicapping in sail boat racing.
I am in favor, simply so that there is still variety in boats used.
I agree, but the next thing that popped into my head is that was like rich people bowling.
So apt.
I don’t understand some of it, but I’m completely fascinated!
I understand it all, but doing it? Aye, there’s the rub Matey!
Rats on my Course!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHkNYWSo9Ufr9wQ78
Dude, I got really bad news for you.
That’s not a rat, it’s a fuzzy tailed pseudo rat from hell. And there are people who actually think that thing is cute.
Kill it before it multiplies.
I have a friend who insisted I hunt this Season, my VP of the the club, and my Disc Golf Kids got me this,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dMFe7adkNL3yQMbK8
That looks sweet. Did you shoot it yet?
I would have guessed this for the music.
Or maybe this.
*hurk*
You clicked a Ted S link?
I don’t know which one he’s hurking at.
I made it through (partially) the first one, but the second did me in.
And that’s a nice selfie of you snorkeling.
LOL. I can’t claim credit for that. My TPTB editor was kind enough to add her.
David Crosby had a reputation as a solid sailor in the day. This song is good from multiple aspects, including the sailing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9gLjEGJrw
Unfortunately this time of year the SC is up during the day. When we are back Molokai this winter prepping for that race it will be out.
I heard Crosby was a hell of a sailor. I would not know the southern cross if I saw it, and or had seen it. Love the song though.
I’ll never see the Southern Cross from my latitude, that’s for sure.
For more precision:
Edmonton, Alberta — 53.5461° N, 113.4938° W
(I’m assuming this is the geographic centre of the city, but can’t be arsed to verify . . . )
It gives me the corner of “104 Ave NW” and “101 St NW”.
Looks kind of downtowney. Was hoping you didn’t GPS yourself…
Yeah, it’s *kinda* “downtowney” (lots of history to how Edmonton became “Edmonton,” most of it involving amalgamation with smaller ‘burbs over the last century or so). At that very-close-to-exact location is one of the best Chinese restaurants I’ve ever eaten in. And I’ve eaten in a *lot* of Chinatowns all over North America. Mostly resulting in sadness and disappointment. I’d hoped that someday I’d be able to spend a week or two in Hong Kong checking out the better stuff, but that dream’s dead now, and won’t be resuscitated during my lifetime, sadly . . .
This song works as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7MoZuP3JBo
For a classical theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDuQp_AfVJk
For a classical theme.
Vibes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKwRW0l-Qk
or the alternative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjf4RogusJc
We swam and reduced the boat weight for the race by drinking more rum…
YES! I am envious DBL that sounds like way too much fun. During a small portion of my previous life I always routed myself through Hawaii once they let me buy my own plane tickets. My previous life ended before I was ready for it to end. Hawaii is awesome in spite of the idiots in charge of the government there.
I am bowing out for a few hours for a sail. Just a fun cruise along Windward Oahu for a few hours. Friends, rum, and anchoring to grill some meat. Too early in the year for the whales, but we should have turtles and manta rays.
Mahalo for your kind words. I will look for questions and answer them if I can
How many friends do you need along to grill up the whale?
Dude, you can’t talk about illegal whale grilling here, this is a family friendly site!
“I am bowing out for a few hours for a sail.”
Dude, it’s dark out. Do you have headlights and radar on that thing? Or at least maybe some guide sharks with laser beams on their head?
Honolulu is 83 degrees of longitude west of my location. Since darkness fell here around an hour ago, he should have 4-1/2 or so hours of daylight left, depending on how short dusk is.
You and your sciency time zone stuff, smartass!
I really hate to OT before I even read the post. But I have an urgent news update.
Today, I bought the sacred holy paper (I think that’s the proper term for that stuff in these difficult times) at the Giant. I got 3 of the 24×3=96 ultra soft Charmin. And I already had enough TP for at least the next 3 years.
So my wife says ‘OMG! Mr Hyperion, what are you going to do with all this paper? We already have!’. And I’m like ‘3 months from now, I’m going to trade what’s left of that for a mansion and a yahct and probably a private jet’.
I guess maybe I exaggerated a little. But at least the mansion and yacht and 2 authentic pedigree pack Llamas and an emu?
Worst case, you’ll be able to wipe your backside for a while longer.
Well, you know, that was always plan B.
I am a lumber Billionaire,
All those splinters were worth something after all.
Did you buy out Suthen? You going to turn part of that into a disc golf course? Watch out for the gator hazards!
“gator hazards!” They really exist, Larf,
Firearms. You can always trade for firearms.
Bullets too.
Anyone who had bullet reloader equip, brass, primers and gun powder are pretty much able to print wealth in the end times.
I even have a gun lathe to machine barrels and 3D printer to make misc parts to make Sure my fellow patriots are set.
I seriously contemplated buying these recently:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07SKPFZD9/
Stupid YouTube has been feeding me prepper channels.
*sigh*
While there may be some songs with the word sail in the title or lyrics that don’t suck eggs, songs about sailing are without exception god-awful.
Not fan of yacht-rock?
One of my favorite SeriusXM stations.
Sounds about right.
I heave a lot,
Homeward sailor!
My treat, don’t mention it.
Sailing
Drugs be fallin’ out yo ass, mang.
It’s one of those cases in which I don’t look down on opportunists.
Preferred their surf or auto themed tunes?
https://youtu.be/MWJXTdCVsKI
Ahh, the finishing and waiting to see how your class did.
Here on the east coast J Boats are the usual guys for monohulls. I sailed cruising class which was everybody else with more money than common sense.
https://jboats.com/
This looks nice.
https://jboats.com/j45
I won’t go bluewater in anything less than 40.
27 feet was my cutoff.
Yeah, too short for me when far offshore. I got into some storms between Bermuda and Puerto Rico that I would seriously not have enjoyed in a smaller boat.
Big blue water I agree. 40 minimum. But you need more crew.
Yeah, three person crew minimum. Four is preferable.
I was stuck with the captain and his wife for a couple of weeks as the sole “crew”. They were fighting and started asking me to cast the tiebreaker vote. That was about when I decided to get off at the next island and fly home.
No kinky threesomes?
But that would be a good island hopping size in the Caribbean.
But if I had to choose
https://www.beneteau.com/us/oceanis-yacht/oceanis-yacht-54
They fucking buried the draft. It draws over 8 feet with the standard keel.
I’d be aground in the waters I sailed.
I was happy with my Prindle 16, and yep, a money pit, WooHoo!
Oh! that’s her behind me in me Avatar!
Yeah nobody should buy a boat expecting to save money.
BTW Mexican Sharpshooter – Hardywood puts out a crapload of stuff every year. Most of it is pretty good – love their fruit stuff and lighter stuff (and some of their holiday stouts), but they always have a few duds.
Trashy brought up DDG and Google with COVID searches.
I search “Covid immunity”
DDG top result
CDC results
Google result (after ads)
NPR story on super immunity after COVID.
Earlier the year I the “stanford mask study”. For the sturdy out of Stanford that showed masks do no good and much harm.
Google. nothing about it in over ten pages.
DDG. Half the first page had links about the study – the study itself was published on the CDC site.
Believe it or not, Bing’s search results actually align very closely with DDG. Google is flat out evil at this point.
The winds stayed in the mid teen knot range and the four foot swells came in from behind us. We raised our spinnaker and had to pick a course far enough out to get current help, but not so far out that we missed the wind effect from Trade Winds hitting the huge sea cliffs.
An eminently sensible plan of a tack.
Although talking about mid-teens in knots might not preserve tha family-friendly rating.
Aussies continue apace down the slippery slope to extermination camps
Ya, it is scary there.
Oh please, if they haven’t done anything wrong, they shouldn’t fear the nice policeman at their door. I mean, really.
I agree totally.
*crosses arms and taps foot in annoyance*
THEY.ARE.THE.GOOD.GUYS.
Right? Three agents of the government asking you about posts you made on the internet is totes cool. Right? ?
Between the death adders and the cops I don’t think I want to visit.
https://archive.li/Lc2zx/27ee8f7071e6e7f4d6102e217a7134d8290bd068.jpg
LOL!
That is not what I expected but thumbs up anyways.
I’ll tell you what.
Bobby!
Yeeeee-up.
Dang it, Bobby!
That buoy ain’t right.
Is that the S&M fan that’s been whacking off in my shed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwKxgmAbR0c
The parts where I saw bikinis were really cool.
Dare I call the curly haired girl thicc? Is it still thicc when it’s muscle? She’s impressive.
I saw some amazing kite surfing in Aruba.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FALOwJ4UcAIRaEa?format=jpg&name=900×900
Ha!
That’s different! Or something.
OT but recap of last night on AZ audit.
Breibart article summarized the election fraud into it categories:
el presidente biden was certified for 10,457 over Trump in AZ
49,718 questionable ballots total…
(1) 23,344 from old address
(2) 9,041 were more ballots received than history for voter history
(3) 5,295 voted in multiple counties
(4) 3,432 cast more than one ballot
(5) 2,592 cast more duplicates than original ballots
(6) 2,382 moved out of maricopa county before 29 days of election
(7) 2,081 moved out of maricopa county within 29 days of election
(8) 1,551 were counted in excess of voters in excess of certified phase
(9) 3,587 votes were counted across 14 findings
34,448 Early Vote Ballot return envelopes (EVBs) were duplicates, submitted by 17,126 individual voters, most of whom submitted two ballots, but some of whom submitted either three or four.
Awesome time db! That sounds like a blast. I’ve sailed on Brazil a few times including one three night trip that turned into a (awesome) fiasco in every way. We got the boat and ourselves back to harbor.
I’m now watching season 5 of Magnum PI in your honor.
The NY Post is upset that Biden isn’t authoritarianing hard enough or fast enough.
Cry harder, bully.
“as Delta raised fear across the country”
Uh-huh
I’m back from my sail. It was a good afternoon. WE had a bit of excitement when a squall blew in during our return. But warm rain is no big deal and we shortened sail. Luckily we arrived at the dock before the post squall sail really set in.
While anchored we also did “spinnaker flying”. You hoist the sail with a rope seat hanging below it and let the wind carry you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKkZUgVSAg
With a good safety man on the line they can turn you around to face the other way.
Makes sense
Chuck Wurster, MD (He/Him)
@ChuckWurster
· Sep 22
Should you get vaccinated after you have had Covid-19?
Yes. Absolutely. Both shots.
Why? Because immunity to covid is not guaranteed after infection. Those who have had covid are twice as likely to catch it again than those who are vaccinated. Natural immunity is a myth.
I know they are laying heavy on that term: natural immunity. This is no different than when it trended about ‘coyotes’ in terms of smuggling of persons across the southern border and Trump used it. What are people riding coyotes across the border? Boomer!
And his explanation:
Chuck Wurster, MD (He/Him)
@ChuckWurster
·
Sep 22
You may also not make enough of the best KIND of antibodies. With infection you might make a lot of antibodies, but only some will be protective. These antibodies work against the spike protein of the virus. Vaccines help you produce protective antibodies, but infection may not.
I think the ZH article I linked on the dedthread helps explain why this doctor (why I don’t go to the hospital….this guy) is talking out his ass.
Minus the obvious reasons…I like this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4baAqaBUNQ
TIL how to say “Look at my tits” in Croatian.
This comment convinced me to watch the video. Worth it!
I learned what “Despacito” is in Croatian.
I played it on mute. Did I miss anything?
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Giggity.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody yo
TALL SABBATH CANS!
Corned beef hash, fried eggs, coffee. More coffee to get the nervous system amped up, since I’ve got a steel shoot in a couple of hours.
Good morning, homey, NA, Sean, rhy, & ‘sloper!
A bit chilly out here at TB again this morning, but dadgum it, it’s the last day of my vacation, and I am by golly gonna get in as much back porch time as I can manage!
Best of all, I have ANOTHER week off scheduled in October. Not entirely a staycation this time, either – got reservations at Shawnee State Park Lodge for three nights. (Probably as long as we dare leave the cats alone with each other.)
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…and it’s not too chilly for my hummingbird to come around! ? ::searches unsuccessfully for a hummingbird emoji::
I have some leftover brisket that may pair well with some fried AIGS.
On the other hand, I got drunk and ordered the Crave Case of White Castles yesterday (I think I did- they’re in my fridge). The Dozer may be getting some buns.
Remembered (fortunately!) to pull the turkey sausage roll out of the freezer and put it in the ‘fridge when I got up, so I hope it’ll be thawed in time for our usual brunch at noon (with raspberry waffles!)
Days off are good.
I’m lucky that my employer has a very generous paid-time-off policy, and since I’ve been there more than twenty years, I’m at the second-highest vacation accrual rate. (Highest is after 25 years.) Had to take some at least by October to keep from maxing out at 240 hours.
Mornin’ all. Tall covfefe in lovely Scranton PA. Will be having breakfast with the youngest patzer later this morning.
The two weeks I sent sailing were some of the happiest of my life. Which is really odd, since I’m not into seafood and I’m much more of a forest/mountains guy that a beach person. I’m assuming that the end-of-day exhaustion plus the boat movement at night made for great sleeping.
One number, once, on five lines of Powerball tix.
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No one won the jackpot.
That sounds like my luck. Hence why I rarely buy Powerball.
GF got two numbers and the powerball. $7! ??
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Huzzah! After she pays her fair share should be enough left over for a cup of coffee.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/video-thousands-chant-fk-joe-biden-aaron-lewis-concert/
Fuck Joe Biden.
Nein, danke.
https://www.wgal.com/article/oldest-polar-bear-in-human-care-in-north-america-dies-at-milwaukee-zoo/37736919
I’m amazed it wasn’t covid.
Did they do a test to prove it wasn’t?
https://www.oann.com/4-students-charged-for-planning-columbine-style-attack-at-pa-high-school/
Who said kids these days don’t have goals?
Bottles? Washcloths? Gasoline (cleverly hidden in the gas tanks of cars?)
“Minority Report” here we come…
Not getting an emotional enough pullquote? Go find granny
/journalismism 201
two other teens were charged as juveniles
FBI agents?
Their names were “REDACTED“.
They were planning this for 2024?
Ok, actual murder is a very serious crime. Terrorism too. But these two 15 year old fuckwits playing around with vague 2023 plots are far from a clear and present danger.
They are the reason that we have “juvie”. Use that system.