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If you are referring to the stone pathways, they are called a labyrinth.
You walk the pathways for meditation.
Tuolumne Meadows was, as always, a special place. T- shirt weather at 8,800'. On a four mile hike along the Dana Fork of the Tuolumne we encountered no one. The pools were tempting, but a bit too nippy for a dip
Looking west, Unicorn Peak in distance/center.
Sleddog practicing some rock climbing moves....No worries, the photo got rotated clockwise 90 degrees.
Looking west, Unicorn Peak in distance/center.
Sleddog practicing some rock climbing moves....No worries, the photo got rotated clockwise 90 degrees.
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It's tarantula season in the Sierra foothills. I believe this Man in Black to be a male Johnny Cash tarantula, first found near Folsom Prison in 2015. He crossed my path in Mariposa about 4 in the afternoon.
But a really serendipitous discovery was this praying, Praying Mantis, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church memorial grotto near the little town of Tres Pinos, south of Hollister.
The lava grottos at Tres Pinos.
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BobJ
Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
https://www.iceboat.org/2022/10/22/a-new-world-record-biggest-iceboat-in-the-world/
And here's a fun article about Bill Mattison, who rebuilt the previous record-holder (for size) in 2006:
https://www.iceboat.org/tag/deuce/
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And here's a fun article about Bill Mattison, who rebuilt the previous record-holder (for size) in 2006:
https://www.iceboat.org/tag/deuce/
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Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Oh dear. A whole new culture to explore, distracting me from installing my new, beautifully rebuilt exhaust manifold and elbow (thank you, Karl Swartz and Cree Partridge).
I'll be visiting Madison Wisconsin in early December, where it has been warmer there than here. Ice freezing may not occur until my next visit after that. I'll make a point of scheduling it so I can attend an ice sailing regatta.
https://www.iceboat.org/
Sailors have the NOAA forecasts. People in Wisconsin have this site:
https://www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco/lakes/msnicesum.html
I will introduce myself as a “soft water” sailor.
I'll be visiting Madison Wisconsin in early December, where it has been warmer there than here. Ice freezing may not occur until my next visit after that. I'll make a point of scheduling it so I can attend an ice sailing regatta.
https://www.iceboat.org/
Sailors have the NOAA forecasts. People in Wisconsin have this site:
https://www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco/lakes/msnicesum.html
I will introduce myself as a “soft water” sailor.
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No matter how you cut it, Tomales Bay south of Tomasini Point on the East and Teachers Beach on the West, is a frickin' wind tunnel most afternoons when the prevailing breeze is from the west to north quadrant. This is due to a narrowing of the Bay and the hills and mountains on either side. When wind is against a strong ebb, things can be festive indeed. This unintentional watercraft was recently spotted sailing zero-handed ....southbound
So how do you tack a 138' J Boat displacing 183 tons with 58 feet of combined overhang? Not like you might think. Here's the scene aboard Jim Clark's HANUMAN:
Navigator Stan Honey, "10 seconds to layline for windward mark."
Tactitian Brad Read, "Ready about!"
Skipper Ken Read, '5,4,3,2,1 Helm's Alee."
(30 crew begin to change sides)
At this call, Ken Read takes his hands off the wheel without changing course and steps back. Simultaneously, the full width main sheet traveler is hydraulically pulled rapidly to windward causing massive weather helm that begins to turn the boat. The inertia of the rotational momentum of the overhangs keeps turning the ship while the jib sheet is cut (released) and an hydraulically powered winch on the opposite side begins to turn , sheeting the jib home.
As soon as HANUMAN is on her new course, skipper Ken Read returns to the helm and begins steering on the new tack, as the main is recentered on the traveler. The reason tacking a J Class yacht is done this way is that if the tack was done by forcefully turning the massive rudder, the rudder would act as a water brake slowing the boat. This way of "Look Ma, no hands" barely slows HANUMAN at all.
Navigator Stan Honey, "10 seconds to layline for windward mark."
Tactitian Brad Read, "Ready about!"
Skipper Ken Read, '5,4,3,2,1 Helm's Alee."
(30 crew begin to change sides)
At this call, Ken Read takes his hands off the wheel without changing course and steps back. Simultaneously, the full width main sheet traveler is hydraulically pulled rapidly to windward causing massive weather helm that begins to turn the boat. The inertia of the rotational momentum of the overhangs keeps turning the ship while the jib sheet is cut (released) and an hydraulically powered winch on the opposite side begins to turn , sheeting the jib home.
As soon as HANUMAN is on her new course, skipper Ken Read returns to the helm and begins steering on the new tack, as the main is recentered on the traveler. The reason tacking a J Class yacht is done this way is that if the tack was done by forcefully turning the massive rudder, the rudder would act as a water brake slowing the boat. This way of "Look Ma, no hands" barely slows HANUMAN at all.
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Howard Spruit
Member
the add read "Sleeps 4, doesn't go to weather"