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Comment on The bow thruster arrived–and now there’s a recall by Arlo, Patti and Charlie

Arlo, Patti and Charlie — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:35:26 +0000

Hey all, so I agree that fhe force50.org site is too valuable a resource to lose. I would be interested in assisting with setting up a new site, setting up the new site, or whatever needs to be done to get once backonline. there are plenty of places to set it up that don’t cost a lot, and I can donate some time and potentially some $$ if necessary with way…. Does anyone know if the data from the old site are still available? That would keep up from starting from scratch again.

Anyway looks like Michael and Normandie crossed over to the dark site with their bow thruster…..Glad to have them there with us. We love our bow thruster!

- Arlo, Patti and Charlie!

Comment on The bow thruster arrived–and now there’s a recall by Normandie

Normandie — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:23:57 +0000

I sent you an email, Vic. We’re in agreement that the site is too valuable to lose, but if we’ve lost it, then we’ll all just have to pool our accumulated knowledge and do it again!

Comment on The bow thruster arrived–and now there’s a recall by windwanderer

windwanderer — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:11:42 +0000

Hi Michael and Normandie,
I trust you are both well, and Happy Easter.
I’ve tried to post a comment here a couple of times but not sure they went through.
Doug, Roger and I have been talking about reviving the Force50 owners site.
We’re hoping you’d like to be involved too. We, and I’m sure many others would be happy to chip in a few $ per year to fund the annual fee and we have a number of people happy to manage the site.
Please email me back directly to vichankins@yahoo.com and if you have contact details, or are in a position to talk to Jim Lay, that would be a huge help too.
Cheers,
Vic (VirtualVagabond)

Comment on The bow thruster arrived–and now there’s a recall by windwanderer

windwanderer — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:02:20 +0000

Hi Michael and Normandie.
I hope your bow thruster woes are behind you.
I was wanting to email you but I don’t seem to have an email address.
As you’ve probably discovered the Force50 site is not functioning. It appears due to lack of funding and admin.
I’ve had discussions with Doug and Roger and they agree it is too good a resource to let disappear. We, and I’m sure many others would be happy to chip in a few $ each year to fund it.

We’d be very interested in your input and thoughts, and of course your participation.
Do you know how to contact Jim Lay?

Hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers,
Vic (VirtualVagabond)

Comment on Still on the Hard by Normandie

Normandie — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:45:40 +0000

Good to hear from you, Dan. Obviously, much has changed in your life! Hadn’t you bought another boat on which you guys were living in CA? Too bad you and Michael didn’t realize you were in many of the same places along the way! Drop us an email sometime. We’d love to catch up…

Comment on Still on the Hard by svcommitment

svcommitment — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:03:01 +0000

Small world! Hey guys it is Dan Hartjoy from the Force 50 Liberty in Richmond. In March of last year I bought an Irwin 65 ketch in Charleston. We did some repairs and sailed it south to the Panama canal and brought it home to Emeryville, CA. I met up with my dad in Colon Panama and he made the trip with my girlfriend and I. Much has changed with me but that’s a long story. You can read a little about the boat and trip at svcommitment.com

Take care and hope you get floating soon!

Comment on While We’re on the Hard by qathy

qathy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:35:05 +0000

We also draw 6.5 feet. We muse over the shallow water. However, we want to go out to the Dry Tortugas, a reprise of our first real cruise, with an instructor from Annapolis Sailing School in 1996. We peruse the charts with an eagle eye, and we won’t be doing any stunts such as slipping into close quarters at high tide. We don’t like the possible consequences of being trapped there by low tide. Cruising is about freedom, after all.
I honor you for your care for your mother. God blesses those who honor their parents, and clearly some of those blessings include your shared joy in being together. How great that she loves sailing.

Comment on While We’re on the Hard by Normandie

Normandie — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:51:16 +0000

Sea Venture is now in Beaufort, NC, having traveled from Mexico to Northern CA and back to Mexico (where we remained for a few years), then south, through the Panama Canal, and up the East Coast, all so that we could get home to take care of my mother when she asked that of us. She loves to sail, and as soon as SV is back in the water, we’ll do so. We probably won’t want to do much ocean cruising with her on board — unless for short hops in calm seas — though Mama has certainly been with us in some messy waters in the Sea of Cortez.

Michael put in to Key West and Miami, but said that FL has far too much skinny water for a boat that draws 6.5 feet. What is your draft? I understand the problem of finding a spot and not wanting to leave it. We felt that way about the Sea of Cortez, which was about as perfect a cruising ground as we could imagine. Still, there’s more to see and places we haven’t yet traveled.

Comment on While We’re on the Hard by qathy

qathy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:35:01 +0000

Oh, my. A cruiser who never prayed for patience would self-destruct in a frenzy of anxiety in less than a week. As you say, it is always something. Just curious where exactly you are, since you say you will be in the ICW. We are in Lake Worth. We are cruising Florida this year, but we stopped at Lake Worth and haven’t been able to motivate ourselves to move on yet.

Comment on While We’re on the Hard by Normandie

Normandie — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:50 +0000

It is cool, Nicole. And bending from the purist will certainly give us the confidence to duck in next to those hard surfaces when we need to.