That's Great! Btw- In the artists world we also collect photos and drawings related to our project(s) and we call the 'Swipe Files' - with the project name on the tab. Enjoy the process....
Fair Winds, Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Working, working, cruising, cruising - long > Hi Gordon, > > Your suggestion about writing a book has met with enthusiastic support > from the Admirable. > > I've started a file and am dropping in remembrances as we rethink and > recall our experiences. > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > In Germany; German sailors have a strong belief in the Klabautermann - > Father Neptune - if you will. > > Prior to departing on a voyage a small glass of schnapps is ceremoniously > poured into the water for the Klabautermann; to make certain that he is > happy and thereby insure a safe and uneventful voyage. > > We are sailing in the Adriatic. Mid summer. Not a breath of wind. > Water surface like a mirror reflecting the few small clouds in the sky. > > We are about three miles off shore at the end of the Istrian Peninsula, > having gotten there under power from Pula. > > Nothing around us; no other vessel within a mile of us. > > It's 90 degrees: no ice; and the beer in the bilge is warm. > > So, I put 6 bottles of beer (Pivo; in Yugoslavian) from a cardboard > carrier in a net; tied a line around the net opening; closed it tightly; > then lower it down about 30 meters where the water was a bit cooler. > > The family strips off bathing suits and jumps overboard to cool off by > swimming around the boat. No sense in sitting around in wet bathing > suits after a swim. > > An hour later, I pull up my line, the net and the beer bottles. > > The beer has cooled off, but, instead of 6 bottles in the net there are > now only 5! > > How did one bottle disappear from a well closed net? > > Still nobody anywhere near us; no other boats; no scuba divers > .............. > > No cut in the net; everything in proper order, with the line tied with > the same knot I had made prior to lowering it. > > It has to be the Klabautermann collecting his dues. There is no other > explanation. > > Having sailed in Germany for years: I believed it! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > In Connecticut, the world is still all white; OAT is about 32 degrees (a > heat wave after days of 14 degrees temperatures), and poor LEPPO is > sitting out in the snow with the snow up over the trailer tires. > > BUT SPRING WILL COME! Think Spring and sailing! > > Connie > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
