tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post1022466012403407709..comments2023-07-03T06:51:05.962-07:00Comments on O Dock: More DarkO Dockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-68070434048904131182010-09-08T23:02:16.996-07:002010-09-08T23:02:16.996-07:00Quite alright.
This blog leaves most people confu...Quite alright.<br /><br />This blog leaves most people confused.<br /><br />I've been thinking about sending Tillerman a copy of your book about sailing in our famous currents. I think one glimpse of the view across the bay towards the city front and the bridge will make him forget about the weather.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-52381279700857839112010-09-08T22:45:34.622-07:002010-09-08T22:45:34.622-07:00Kripey, Mikey, I thought I was in a different comm...Kripey, Mikey, I thought I was in a different comment chainUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113943979360977011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-8326857844519305102010-09-08T22:19:01.768-07:002010-09-08T22:19:01.768-07:00It would seem to me that The Tillerman's absen...It would seem to me that The Tillerman's absence would go down in the annals of Laser Masters competition in a manner he would not want passed on to posterity. The Finns warmed-up the Circle this year. Just add butter and syrup.<br /><br />Further, I must note that, absent micro-weather info, only rented convertibles approach the Golden Gate Bridge from the north. At Fisherman's Wharf, they sell scads of sweatshirts to fellow Americans who assumed that SF temps would be like St. Louis temps in summer. <br /><br />And, the summer of 2010 sucked. Mark Twain didn't say it, but somebody said it and it should have been Clemens, "I spent the coldest winter of my life one summer in San Francisco." I've seen it before, but I've never yet seen it two years in a row. Lord, let it be so.Kimball Livingstonhttp://kimballlivingston.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-4714958977511831912010-08-02T08:14:39.898-07:002010-08-02T08:14:39.898-07:00You're sailing through Mavericks at night? T...You're sailing through Mavericks at night? This is surely stone cold crazy. Yikes.<br /><br />Davey as in Davey Jones and his locker.PeconicPuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727526949787504644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-17831875301836081002010-08-02T00:40:32.720-07:002010-08-02T00:40:32.720-07:00Yes, we were motoring, Frankie.
It was one of tho...Yes, we were motoring, Frankie.<br /><br />It was one of those still, foggy nights without a breath of air.<br /><br />Despite its reputation for heavy air, our coast can often be calm, especially at night.<br /><br />San Francisco Bay has its own wind machine that seems to operate entirely independently of the winds just outside the gate. It's common to approach the gate from outside in almost no wind, and then to be slammed by 25 knots as you pass under the Golden Gate bridge.<br /><br />I think the SF chamber of commerce has a contract with Mr. Neptune and his associates to provide wind during daylight hours in the bay proper.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-10646073815458805652010-08-02T00:06:24.299-07:002010-08-02T00:06:24.299-07:00No, but on second thoughts... how come you did not...No, but on second thoughts... how come you did not HEAR your boat turning around? you must have been on engine alone. If you had your sails up (as well as the engine) you would have seen your boom come across.Frankie Perussaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351376237662959662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-53574604329606675212010-08-01T21:15:23.455-07:002010-08-01T21:15:23.455-07:00I think that's the difference between serious ...I think that's the difference between serious ocean racers and me, Zen.<br /><br />They're out there in pursuit of terror wherever they can find it, and I do whatever I can to avoid it.<br /><br />I think the lesson learned was not to put your fate in the hands of anything that runs on double A batteries.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-77749658066372697322010-08-01T20:13:19.378-07:002010-08-01T20:13:19.378-07:00Someone call me?
So what was the lesson learn?
Y...Someone call me?<br /><br />So what was the lesson learn?<br /><br />Your story would have beat Edwards if there was some terror.Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787377470200331937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-14560038485952311682010-08-01T11:00:28.059-07:002010-08-01T11:00:28.059-07:00I don't know what I would have done. Trusting ...I don't know what I would have done. Trusting your instruments when they all go beserk is hard. You were very clever and pretty zen about it!Frankie Perussaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351376237662959662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-75699940755469831572010-08-01T00:17:46.680-07:002010-08-01T00:17:46.680-07:00I remember one of the stories used by people to tr...I remember one of the stories used by people to try to prove the existence of the Bermuda Triangle. It was a group of five Corsairs in WWII, and they got disoriented. Their instruments were telling them that they were in one place, going one way, but looking out the windshield of the plane, the leader of the squadron insisted that the instruments were wrong -- he absolutely knew what islands he was seeing below him. His last communication with the ground was that he was going to ignore the instruments, which said he should be flying west, and he would keep flying east instead.<br /><br />Bermuda Triangle believers say the mysterious forces of the Triangle made his instruments unreliable. Skeptics say he was stupid not to trust his instruments.Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-78554704045172874562010-07-30T21:21:29.579-07:002010-07-30T21:21:29.579-07:00Could have been a vortex, Puffy.
That reef I was ...Could have been a vortex, Puffy.<br /><br />That reef I was trying to avoid is the same one that makes the water all lumpy for Mavericks.<br /><br />Baydog, you must remember Mr. Jones.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-18215054095780205002010-07-30T20:56:19.603-07:002010-07-30T20:56:19.603-07:00Davey?Davey?Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-17443122783737685952010-07-30T10:46:17.142-07:002010-07-30T10:46:17.142-07:00Great story. All I could think of was that you w...Great story. All I could think of was that you were caught in the vortex of a huge downspout, and were going straight to Davey.<br /><br />"Are you sure?"<br /><br />Oy.PeconicPuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727526949787504644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-49776901825477584352010-07-29T17:59:47.075-07:002010-07-29T17:59:47.075-07:00In a way, the compass saved me.
I was so fixed on...In a way, the compass saved me.<br /><br />I was so fixed on what the GPS was doing, I shut everything else out at first. But then, I noticed the compass was spinning, too, and slowly, very slowly, the fog <i>inside</i> my head started clearing.<br /><br />It's scary how quickly you can become disoriented.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-91433236554147166822010-07-29T16:55:23.463-07:002010-07-29T16:55:23.463-07:00Wow. And that's why fog scares me.
With litt...Wow. And that's why fog scares me.<br /><br />With little wind, there's no way you'd feel the pressure on the wheel/tiller that I was feeling to at least know what the boat was doing. Did you have a compass to go with that GPS (asks the man who can only see his compass dial from inside the cabin)?EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-90406331594140095982010-07-29T16:24:39.653-07:002010-07-29T16:24:39.653-07:00In all fairness, I think few spouses - or sane peo...In all fairness, I think few spouses - or sane people of any marital status - who are not sailors would choose to be out on the ocean in a little boat in the middle of a pitch-black night. That goes against any survival instincts that several million years have bred into our species.<br /><br />It had taken a fair amount of cajoling and logical discourse to half-convince my wife that this would be a sensible and perfectly safe thing to do.<br /><br />Here we were, 30 minutes into our venture, and disaster was closing in on us from all points of the compass. The spinning GPS was Mr. Neptune's way of saying,<br /><br />"Nyah, nyah, nyah!"<br /><br />But, it's for adventure like this that we go sailing in the first place, right?<br /><br />It turned out, that that was one of the few, uh, dark moments of a two-week trip. We both ended up having a great time. It was one of the best vacation trips we've ever done.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-48025522160426531072010-07-29T15:12:15.110-07:002010-07-29T15:12:15.110-07:00O Docker, you and I are alike in that we are alway...O Docker, you and I are alike in that we are always concerned for our wives. Mine, however, prefers being on the bay in the day. <br /><br />Quite a Serling-esque event that was with the spinning headings on the gps. What an Aha! moment it must have been once you realized the auto-helm had slipped. Phew. Hope dinner in Santa Cruz was good.<br /><br />P.S.- My favorite Twilight Zone was the Henry Bemis library episode with Burgess Meredith.<br />I happened to briefly meet him and Carroll O'Connor one night at the restaurant many years ago. Imagine, The Penguin and Archie Bunker at the same table!Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-40868995762119221962010-07-29T06:58:36.415-07:002010-07-29T06:58:36.415-07:00Great idea. Here is my contribution to Dirk Week.Great idea. Here is my contribution to <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2010/07/dirk.html" rel="nofollow">Dirk Week</a>.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-10599837730322538672010-07-29T03:03:11.769-07:002010-07-29T03:03:11.769-07:00I remember a similar problem when luckily we weren...I remember a similar problem when luckily we weren't in the complete black and there was this "hey, what's the moon doing over there?" moment until the realisation sunk in that the auto-pilot had decided to do it's turning round and round in a circle act.<br /><br />Luckily no reefs out where we were.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.com