Connie, Neat description, I just took a 'micro' trip while sitting at this computer. (btw- The Admirable & I want to take a similar trip from SF, across the Delta & up the Sacramento River.)
Connie, have you considered writing a book? It might help the others that are still 'cultivating' salt water in their veins. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:58 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Working, working, cruising, cruising - long > Hi Bill, > > The Admirable complained that I was always upside down somewhere in the > boat fixing something - tools all over the place. > > You know, I wanted answers to all the minor things, like: > > What's in the bottom of the fuel tank? fuel or water and dirt? > Is the fuel filter clean (and I added a second filter to the system)? > It needed TLC: all hinges squeaked > The mast collar leaked > Things needed rebedding > > But I had expected this and was prepared to fix it all. > > The best part however, was that when the boat was sold - for the same DM > amount as I had bought if for - the dollar / DM exchange rate had changed > massively in my favor. > > The result was that storage costs, insurance, and the hull Allgrip > repainting were more than covered. > > As you said, a free 5 week Danish Islands cruise in your own > boat............ > > Interesting tidbits: > > Danish harbors obviously, are the center of town. You moor bow to the > dock, and get off the ship via the bow. But that would be difficult > except for some smart person that said, why does the bow pulpit have to > go all around the bow? Make a center passage for easy climbing in and > out, (and for lifting the folding bicycles to the dock) and close it with > a cable and pelican hook while underway. Works beautifully! > > The docks have toilets and hot showers for the visitors; and the Harbor > Master comes around about 7 PM to collect your dockage fee for the night. > > Being in the center of town also means that while the Admirable is making > breakfast, you walk to the nearest bakery and buy lovely, fresh out of > the oven, Danish pastry. > > ...............or go to a local restaurant for dinner. > > Girl watching, always excellent in Denmark, can be rather startling at > times. We were anchored at a beach and the children were swimming. I > noticed a lovely young woman lying on a big towel in a Bikini. Suddenly > she got up, took off the Bikini and went swimming.............. When she > come back out, she dried herself off; put on the Bikini and lay back down > on the towel.................! > > Lovely scenery in Denmark! > > Oh, and in the town of Aeroskobing, on the island of Aero, there is a > museum filled with hundreds of ships in bottles, all made by one man; his > life's work................... schooners, brigs, barquentine, full > rigged ships, yachts, tugs, ...an incredible sight. Each model is set in > the bottle with scenery behind it. Waves, lighthouses, seagulls. > > Worth a trip just to see that. > > Connie > > Connie > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
