Archive for 'Fun'
The Olympics, from the water
One of the primary benefits of cruising is going interesting places and doing fun things there, and there may be no place that is at once as interesting and fun as a hosting city during the Olympic games. Vancouver is alive with the buzz of fans and athletes, a special place at a special moment [...]
Full StoryThe Great Seattle Boat Show
So if you live anywhere in the Puget Sound area media market my post title has just set off that cursed jingle from the commercials in your head where you won’t be able to shake it off until sometime in March. You’re welcome! It’s that time of year again, though, and everyone is getting excited [...]
Full StoryThe kindness of Canadians
I’m not saying Americans aren’t kind, particularly here in the Pacific Northwest (where we have something of a reputation for altruism, at least, if not strictly kindness), and certainly not among or around boaters and marina workers we have encountered, who are with very few exceptions complete gems and entertaining to be around in the [...]
Full StoryChristmas travel as sailing analog
So I’ve been missing sailing in between being busy and not having the weather for it, and with Christmas now intruding on our time (yes, yes, I’m a veritable Scrooge, I know) I didn’t figure we’d be getting in any sea time for a couple of months. But it turns out that the Christmas travel [...]
Full StoryNo Room at the Inn
I think I might have mentioned here before that Mandy and I have, through what luck I do not know, tickets to the Vancouver Winter Olympics coming up here in only a couple of months. Specifically, we’re going to the luge, an event to which neither of us have any particular connection, and which doesn’t [...]
Full StoryFor your entertainment: SailO
Peter Roach takes the “VHF as a form of entertainment” paradigm to the next level with his game of SailO.
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Marty McOmber
Scott Wilson