Scantlings

We only ended up 3rd nationally, but still! These newspaper guys have to knock this off!! FAKE NEWS -go away! Well, not you Scantlingers. It would be great to have some of you around.

What to be happy, move to Santa Cruz

I was conceived in CA (Vallejo). It shows.

Been there; done that; ate the mushrooms; transferred to Swarthmore.

I may have already mentioned this, but when the Larger Primary Daughter was a jr. in HS, whilst visiting relatives in Oakland, we did some college visits, one of which was UCSC. I was thinking, god, I would have KILLED to go to school here.

She was not impressed with the campus at all.

I knew then that there was something seriously wrong with her (actually she's fine and an extremely likable person -- so I guess it's really me. And OM transferred away....so it's gotta be me)

Nevermind.

We did have a nice picnic on the beach though!

Wife and I were talking yesterday..she wants to move to Santa Barb. I told her it's too congested. Heck, Dustin Hoffman had to park the car (was it an Alfa or a Sunbeam Tiger, I can't remember) and RUN to Katherine Ross'es wedding! I mean, who needs that?

Growing up I had a great aunt who lived in Sea Cliff/ Aptos area and my middle brother lived in Santa Cruz until he got married and moved over the Hill to San Jose. I really miss spending my school breaks there. My first grown up roller coaster was the Giant Dipper at the board walk. I even still have a metal ring from the carousel ring toss. So many great memories swimming in the freezing water, walking down to the cement boat and getting donuts at the Snow White drive in. My brother sent me photos of the poor cement boat after this last round of storms, so sad...

Farrell's donuts were the best, IIRC, and the best homestyle tex-mex meal I've ever had was at Mona Lisa's in Salinas, where I could not have gone were I not with my roommate Sergio.

Farell's donuts are still GREAT! Indeed, they are FAR TOO GREAT and hit the spot on a drive home after a long day sailing and drinking at the SCYC.

The poor cement ship is falling apart

Eric, you can probably go to the Mexican restaurants in Salinas now, but it helps a lot to try and speak Spanish. I stop there often for huevos rancheros on my way to LA.

The water is still FREAKING COLD! But for some reason the M&Ms don't seem to mind.

Santa Barbara is almost exactly like Santa Cruz but costs about twice as much and doesn't have a giant redwood forest 5 minutes away. The sailing is also a LOT better in Santa Cruz (their harbor silts up each winter too) because we get "real wind" vs the wimpy 6-12 knots they get in SB. .

My brother-in-law hauled in almost 30 lbs of chanterelle mushrooms after the last rain, and we're still getting about a dozen other varieties. (We don't pick the psychedelic ones - I'm crazy enough as it is.)

My beloved granddaughters, the M&Ms, measure themselves against the "You have to be this tall" sign at the Giant Dipper roller coaster each time we go to the boardwalk. They are eagerly awaiting their first ride with Opa. They stay with their YaiYai while I go and yell at them from the car as it speeds by. I shout encouraging things like: "Oh, NO, I'm going to die!!" They now think that's funny. The first time.... well..... not so much. Thankfully YaiYai told them their Opa was crazy and just kidding! (There are a number of really good reasons for marrying a calm reliable woman if you're a nutty guy.)

I had great fun visiting back when my son was sailing El Toros out of SCYC.

One of the reasons that SCYC gets so many great regattas is that there is something for the non-sailors to do right down the road. When the Meges-24 Worlds were in town, almost everyone brought their spouses (well the corinthians did). The ladies went to Carmel shopping, to SF for something or other, etc... When the Laser Nationals were in town, most of the competitors went to the Boardwalk to ride the rides and eat cotton candy after sailing. There are concerts and all sorts of fun things going on and it's a 10 min. walk from the YC. The town is a tourist town, so there are heaps of modest priced hotel rooms. (Some would say too many.) And five or six great music venues. We'll be seeing Joni Mitchell in town soon. Two years ago Stephen Stills and Willy Nelson blew through, and last year we had Winton Marsalis.

It's a fun place to hold a regatta.

The sailings pretty good too.

Harbor too shallow!

kimbottles wrote:Harbor too shallow!

You can anchor out.

kimbottles wrote:Harbor too shallow!

Convert Frankie to a lifting keel.

"Problem" solved. Sheesh.

I put my bill in the mail.

Anomaly wrote:

kimbottles wrote:Harbor too shallow!

Convert Frankie to a lifting keel.

"Problem" solved. Sheesh.

I put my bill in the mail.

Don't laugh, a lifting keel was discussed early on in the design process. We decided we really did not need it on the Salish Sea.

kimbottles wrote:

Anomaly wrote:

kimbottles wrote:Harbor too shallow!

Convert Frankie to a lifting keel.

"Problem" solved. Sheesh.

I put my bill in the mail.

Don't laugh, a lifting keel was discussed early on in the design process. We decided we really did not need it on the Salish Sea.

But if you had a lifting keel you could trailer it.

Kim, run Francis L. up on your beach on the next high tide. I'll bring my sawzall over tomorrow at the low and we'll get to work.

Steve

Panope wrote:Kim, run Francis L. up on your beach on the next high tide. I'll bring my sawzall over tomorrow at the low and we'll get to work.

Steve

I was thinking that a backhoe could dig a nice dry dock berth for her into our backyard, but the City doesn't think that is a good idea. They are real spoilsports.

There is a house in Port Madison with one, they got it through by calling it a saltwater swimming pool. But it was build (dug) many years ago. It is pretty much abandoned now.

Of course in as much as FRANCIS is just intended as a daysailer, maybe a pilothouse boat would be better for the trip down the coast to Santa Cruz.

(Maybe I should talk to Bob and see what could be done along those lines with less draft.)

kimbottles wrote:

Panope wrote:Kim, run Francis L. up on your beach on the next high tide. I'll bring my sawzall over tomorrow at the low and we'll get to work.

Steve

I was thinking that a backhoe could dig a nice dry dock berth for her into our backyard, but the City doesn't think that is a good idea. They are real spoilsports.

There is a house in Port Madison with one, they got it through by calling it a saltwater swimming pool. But it was build (dug) many years ago. It is pretty much abandoned now.

Of course in as much as FRANCIS is just intended as a daysailer, maybe a pilothouse boat would be better for the trip down the coast to Santa Cruz.

(Maybe I should talk to Bob and see what could be done along those lines with less draft.)

You could go with the Conestoga Wagon look:

kimbottles wrote:

Panope wrote:Kim, run Francis L. up on your beach on the next high tide. I'll bring my sawzall over tomorrow at the low and we'll get to work.

Steve

I was thinking that a backhoe could dig a nice dry dock berth for her into our backyard, but the City doesn't think that is a good idea. They are real spoilsports.

There is a house in Port Madison with one, they got it through by calling it a saltwater swimming pool. But it was build (dug) many years ago. It is pretty much abandoned now.

Of course in as much as FRANCIS is just intended as a daysailer, maybe a pilothouse boat would be better for the trip down the coast to Santa Cruz.

(Maybe I should talk to Bob and see what could be done along those lines with less draft.)

There is a design brief for a pilothouse carbon cutter, you could get in on the volume discount.