[Rhodes22-list] Musings from the Marina OR Entry for the Worstnon-fiction writing award

[Bob Weber]

Hadz, I would like a copy of VS-3 if you think it would help in my ASA basic 
keeboat sailing class.  Bob Weber
Odyssey Sailing School
www.OdysseySailing.com


>From: Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Musings from the Marina OR Entry for the 
>Worstnon-fiction writing award
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:19:08 -0800 (PST)
>
>Speaking of sailing at the computer ... I just loaded
>Virtual Skipper 4, ... anyone want my copy of Virtual
>Skipper 3, or you can down load the demo version of 4
>online ...
>
>Thanks for the MARINA CHRONICLES!  Now I have a place to
>park my Virtual Boat :-)
>
>happy dry sailing!
>
>(I think cabin feaver is starting!)
>
>
>
>--- elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Rhodies,
> >
> >   As some of you are most likely stuck at a desk sailing
> > vicariously from behind a computer, perhaps a bit of a
> > travelogue may make the day go by faster.
> >
> >   Those of you who are already feeling the wrath of the
> > latest storm being hyped, rest assured that by this time
> > tomorrow we, too,will be laboring under the freezing
> > rain/sleet/snow (one, two or all) they have predicted for
> > us.
> >
> >   So here it is: MARINA CHRONICLES
> >
> >   Marinas have different personalities day by day; the
> > weekdays pass with the lift rumbling by the door with its
> > load swaying slightly as it traverses first the hill and
> > then the sharp turn to the launch slip; the painters &
> > piling guys roam in & out, ostensibly to grab a drink or
> > snack: but, I beg to differ....this is the warmest area
> > around, and they come in to grab a bit of
> > warmth...although it is counterproductive: each time
> > someone enters, 10 degrees leaves.
> >
> >   The clouds build, foreshadowing the aforementioned
> > storm: to the SE it is sunny, but looking off to the NW
> > one can see the high clouds slowly moving in.
> >
> >   Occasionally a slip holder comes by, remarking that it
> > sure is cold & they thought it should surely be warmer
> > since we are farther south from where they live.
> >
> >   The ducks love the protected runways between the docks
> > outside the door: they practice their touch & goes in the
> > creek, finally settling down to diving for whatever they
> > think might be below the ripples.
> >
> >   The dogs race around, getting in the way of cars & the
> > lift, but not getting run over; not sure if that is due
> > to the skill of drivers or speed of the dogs. Whatever.
> >
> >   Soon the UPS man will arrive, bringing with him several
> > hours of  'match the item with the order the guys didn't
> > enter into the system, and OH! by the way, I also forgot
> > to write the order down....it was from either Lewis or
> > Paxton or Fawcett or Mac Boring....
> >
> >   And so it goes.
> >
> >     (Now aren't you glad you are there and not here!)
> >
> >
> >
> >   Here are two pictures to take the memory of that bad
> > writing from your mind (after years of teaching writing,
> > etc., I can write with the worst of them..!)
> >
> >   elle
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can
> > adjust our sails.
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > The fish are biting.
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>HADZ (a.k.a. joe)
>
>"That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and hull and a deck 
>and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is... is freedom."
>-- Captain Jack Sparrow
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