MAGICdreamer
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Faux Boat has also done his research well. Will Rogers was born from Native American parents. I gather that the unusual font gave his name, though "Roger, Will" is subtle.
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Yes, I can copy ᏫᎵ ᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers and paste here pretty well.
Thank you for coming up with questions to keep the forum flowing, Skip.
Thank you for coming up with questions to keep the forum flowing, Skip.
Fair winds to John Guzzwell, 94, of TREKKA fame and two time ('98 & 2002) Buglighter in the Singlehanded Transpac. In 1955, at age 25, John set out from Victoria, BC in his 20.5' sloop TREKKA of his own build and circumnavigated as the smallest ocean voyaging yacht to do so for more than 20 years. His story TREKKA Round The World became a classic of seafaring literature and an inspiration to generations of ocean voyagers, including sleddog.
During the circumnavigation, John left TREKKA in New Zealand to join the Smeetons on their epic Pacific crossing from Australia to Cape Horn, the subject of the book Once is Enough.
John once listed the qualities he sought in an oceangoing boat ending with "the most important of all be that the little vessel be constructed with my own hands, for I wish to know every nail and bolt in her, and have handled everyone of her timbers, perhaps then I would have the confidence that TREKKA gave me during her trek round the world."
If visiting Victoria, you can pay pilgrimage to John Guzzwell and TREKKA, a permanent part of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia collection.
During the circumnavigation, John left TREKKA in New Zealand to join the Smeetons on their epic Pacific crossing from Australia to Cape Horn, the subject of the book Once is Enough.
John once listed the qualities he sought in an oceangoing boat ending with "the most important of all be that the little vessel be constructed with my own hands, for I wish to know every nail and bolt in her, and have handled everyone of her timbers, perhaps then I would have the confidence that TREKKA gave me during her trek round the world."
If visiting Victoria, you can pay pilgrimage to John Guzzwell and TREKKA, a permanent part of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia collection.
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Which one of these wooden boat builders has sailed on the oldest wooden boat that has raced both TransPacific and TransAtlantic? (L-R) Robert d'Arcy, sleddog, or Leo Goolden? What was the boat? What is the name and design of the lapstraked wooden boat in the right background that was skippered by the first woman to singlehand CA to Hawaii?
First to answer all 3 questions wins an overnight at CBC. Guess as many times as you wish.
First to answer all 3 questions wins an overnight at CBC. Guess as many times as you wish.
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Answers: Sleddog Skip, Ticonderoga, and Sharon Adams first woman to single hand to Hawaii 1965 on "Sea Sharp".
Design was Folkboat, 39 days to Hawaii !
Good One, Cap! You and MJ win an overnight here at CBC for your 3 correct answers to the Quiz. Although Robert d'Arcy and Holly's beautiful schooner MARTHA, built 1907, raced the 2015 Transpac Race, MARTHA never raced TransAtlantic.
TICONDEROGA, launched 1936, raced 3 Transpacs, 1961, 1963, 1965, as well as TransAtlantic in 1966.
Leo Gooldon's recently rebuilt TALLY HO won the 1927 Fastnet Race, which IMP won 50 years later in 1977. And although TALLY HO, built 1910, has cruised multiple times TransAtlantic, as well as to Hawaii, she has never raced across an ocean.
And yes, Sharon Sites Adams was first woman to singlehand her Folkboat SEA SHARP to Hawaii in 1965.
Sharon was also first woman to solo across the Pacific,to Japan in 1969. I commend her new book, Pacific Lady, to you.
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Critter
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Woo hoo! Thanks Sled. I yield my prize to Fauxboat or whoever else wants to claim it.
Max
WBChristie
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Fun fact - our daughter and Robert d'Arcy and Holly's daughter sail together on the WWU sailing team
Hello Out There! For the first navigational quiz on the new SSS Forum: What giant U.S. West Coast Structure is this? 1) New Naval military structure for electronics near Point Loma Lighthouse 2) New 226 foot lighthouse at Pyramid Head on San Clemente Island 3) Launch pad 3B for Space X near Pt. Arguello Light 4) Fake lighthouse for Disney movie at Pt. Buchon 5) Reconstruction of historical light at Pt. Piedras Blancas 6) Cape San Martin light 7) Pt. Arena Light 8) Point Cabrillo Light 9) Tillamook Rock 10) A lighthouse named for a state-of-the-art tall ship.
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Philpott
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#5 what's my prize?
No prize for you. #5 is not the correct answer. But thanks for trying..
Daydreamer
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I agree with Mr Hedgehog.
#10 Pigeon Point Lighthouse.
#10 Pigeon Point Lighthouse.
At 10:51 this morning I was in my kayak PADDLIN' MADELINE rounding the CG buoy near the Santa Cruz Wharf when my phone rang. "There's been a tsunami warning just issued. Earthquake southwest of Eureka. No time of arrival given," reported my close friend, not immediately realizing I was in my boat near shore in open ocean, a half mile west from the the Santa Cruz Harbor Entrance. I thanked her profusely, turned for home, and for the next 20 minutes paddled as hard as I ever had, during which my phone was beeping with concerned friends. Adrenaline will do that.
I didn't dare stop to talk. And saw a State Park ranger clearing the Seabright Beach with his truck. As I furiously paddled, I hailed 3 outbound lady paddlers a warning, and came into the Entrance as a big swell closed out the western side of the channel. I was pretty sure the set was not part of the tsunami, if there was one, as Eureka was more than 300 nm miles north and even though tsunamis can travel up to 450 knots in deep water, I still had a few minutes of window to get my kayak hauled, in my car trunk, and out of the Harbor parking lot to high ground. It was high tide. And in a previous tsunami, Fukushima in March, 2011, I had seen Santa Cruz Harbor wrecked to the tune of $26 million, with cars, boats, and docks being swept away.
Curiously, VHF 16 was quiet, with no Coast Guard warning. I switched to VHF 9, and the harbor staff was just mobilizing, evacuating the Crows Nest restaurant and parking and, preparing to move the dredge. Several boats were leaving, preferring to weather a tsunami in deep water.
25 minutes after beginning my paddle I was out of potential harm's way. Ultimately, the tsunami warning was canceled after no waves appeared up coast. "No harm, no foul," Chick Hearn would have said.
It could have been different. Very different...
I didn't dare stop to talk. And saw a State Park ranger clearing the Seabright Beach with his truck. As I furiously paddled, I hailed 3 outbound lady paddlers a warning, and came into the Entrance as a big swell closed out the western side of the channel. I was pretty sure the set was not part of the tsunami, if there was one, as Eureka was more than 300 nm miles north and even though tsunamis can travel up to 450 knots in deep water, I still had a few minutes of window to get my kayak hauled, in my car trunk, and out of the Harbor parking lot to high ground. It was high tide. And in a previous tsunami, Fukushima in March, 2011, I had seen Santa Cruz Harbor wrecked to the tune of $26 million, with cars, boats, and docks being swept away.
Curiously, VHF 16 was quiet, with no Coast Guard warning. I switched to VHF 9, and the harbor staff was just mobilizing, evacuating the Crows Nest restaurant and parking and, preparing to move the dredge. Several boats were leaving, preferring to weather a tsunami in deep water.
25 minutes after beginning my paddle I was out of potential harm's way. Ultimately, the tsunami warning was canceled after no waves appeared up coast. "No harm, no foul," Chick Hearn would have said.
It could have been different. Very different...
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To anyone who has not read it, i recommend The Next Tsumami, by Bonnie Henderson. My favorite trivia, explained in her book, is that the last Cascadia megathrust earthquake occurred in the year 1700, on January 26, at 9 p.m. It was Magnitude 9, and generated a tsunami that inundated the west coast and did damage in Japan.
Yesterday, Saturday, 12/14/24. was a major, and serious weather event for much of our central and northern CA...At 6:20 a.m. an intense FROPA, (Frontal Passage} with a small but deep low pressure vortex came through CBC's area in Santa Cruz County with 50-70 knot gusts, heavy rain and thunderstorms, taking down trees and closing roads with landslides. Large areas of power outage resulted, including much of Monterey Peninsula. Later in the day, a tornado touched down in nearby Scott's Valley, capsizing 6 vehicles with injuries.
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Equally injurious to property as the tornado damage, but a whole different can of worms is what happened yesterday morning at Inverness Yacht Club on the shore of Tomales Bay. The tide was scheduled to be one of the highest of the year at plus 6.6 feet. What was not scheduled was a low pressure vortex with gale force winds coinciding with the high tide.. The northwest gale blew down the length of Tomales Bay, also oriented northwest/southeast, pushing a lot of water along with the flooding tide. The low barometric pressure also allowed the tide to rise even more. The result was a high tide of plus 8.1 feet, rather than 6.6' that flooded the lower floor and boat yard knee deep.
Running perpendicular to this high tide and current was the Inverness Yacht Club pier, 250 feet long, with its two small boat hoists. It was not even close. All this extra water picked up the pier deck for it's entire length and floated it off its pilings.
The pier deck now lies floating nearby like an undulating sea serpent while a fully committed work crew is attempting to reposition the pier back on its pilings. Unlikely they will be successful without a barge and crane. But don't underestimate the sheer determination of IYC members.
The below photo taken about 9:15 a.m. Saturday shows IYC's pier as it is being torn adrift. Adrift to windward are the remains of the neighbor's pier which was completely destroyed.
Running perpendicular to this high tide and current was the Inverness Yacht Club pier, 250 feet long, with its two small boat hoists. It was not even close. All this extra water picked up the pier deck for it's entire length and floated it off its pilings.
The pier deck now lies floating nearby like an undulating sea serpent while a fully committed work crew is attempting to reposition the pier back on its pilings. Unlikely they will be successful without a barge and crane. But don't underestimate the sheer determination of IYC members.
The below photo taken about 9:15 a.m. Saturday shows IYC's pier as it is being torn adrift. Adrift to windward are the remains of the neighbor's pier which was completely destroyed.
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