Jerry! How cool that you hang out at Del Valle. It would be great to get your next year's detailed Del Valle itinerary, so that I can be sure to be hiding in Mexico at that time. I can just imagine you popping up when I'm doing another signature lame-assed thing like trying to raise the jib upside down, and then I'd have to pull out my swiss army knife and commit seppuku.
But before I erase the stain to my honor, I want to tell you what happened as I was trailering yesterday. I was tailgated for 3 miles by an SUV, and when I shakily pulled in to the Anderson Lake pay station, he marched up to me and chewed my ear off for 15 minutes about how he'd been following the boat for the sheer hell of it because he thinks Montgomerys are so great. Ok, a bit wacky, true, but what a wonderful legacy you have made, and it must warm your heart knowing that even after you're *gulp* dead, you will have left in the world something so fine that it causes fanatical sailors to terrorize innocent new trailer drivers, and really isn't that what life is all about? So hats off to you for a lovely boat. Thanks to you, I'll be carrying around pepper spray and "Help! Call police" signs. Knowledgeable folk tell me I have lucked into a very fine boat indeed, and as soon as I learn to raise the jib right, I'm sure I'll agree. Happy sailing! grace M15 #478 "Bob" (maybe) jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Grace- I've been to a million canoe races at Del Valle (well, maybe a dozen or so). None are scheduled there for this year but I'll look for you next year. You'll be in one of the funny wrinkled boats? Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Royce" To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:11 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bob, spouses, Pinto Lake, passing Potters > Grace, > > You're killing me over here! Good stuff! Look forward to tales of Del Valle soon! > > Jeff > > Grace Coville wrote: > Thanks for the kind replies to my "first sail" post. > > The "Bob" name was intended to mean "bob," like a cork, of course, with a side reference to a family in-joke. We're always dragging home puppies, kittens, guinea pigs, lost birds, etc and if the animal doesn't already have a name, we call it Bob. We've had quite a few Bobs in the family. We like to do this to infuriate my husband's long-time business partner Bob (who doesn't quite get the size of this boat and is expecting my family to invite his family on board for cocktail hour). M15 #478 is pre Bob Eeg, but if he wants to join me in some mischief, he's welcome to name his next boat "Grace" and we can both vehemently deny that we have ever met. > > I salute your wife for reading something about sailing. Here is my plan for husbands to get non-sailing wives interested in sailing: You must remind her that she is a saint to put up with you. You must fearlessly account for every penny that you spend on sailing and insist that she spend twice that amount on her own interests. All the time spent working on the boat, dreaming about the boat or sailing the boat must be matched minute for minute by asking how her day went, cleaning the bathroom, and entertaining your in-laws. If she consents to go on the boat with you, you may not say anything, I repeat ANYTHING, critical about how she sails; that includes all commands, instructions, teaching and "helping." Each time she takes the helm, she gets a diamond. If she falls in at the dock, she gets a new car. If she suggests going for a sail, you fly her to Hawaii to renew your vows. > > Yes, Pinto Lake is near Watsonville, CA. Today, when the kids are done with their last day of school, they and I go on our second sail, trailering "Bob" about 60 miles to Del Valle Lake for a couple of days. We feel very daring that since we're not allowed to be on the lake after dark, we're camping in a "pull through" space and sleeping on the boat. At least, I'll be sleeping on the boat. The kids will be on the ground, pulling bucket duty, providing the soothing splash-against-the-hull sounds that I like. > > I bought a temporary-style swim ladder and a bucket-attach potty seat, and following my "spouse laws" this provides my saint husband with enough money to take a friend to drink about a dozen $10 beer at a Giants game and stay home to take care of Bob the bird and Bob the dog. Unfortunately, he won't be there to back the boat into the water, but I figure I'm getting pretty good at going around and around the parking lot; and if one of those power boaters gets impatient with me clogging up the launch ramp, they can get a bunch of their friends, and we'll all hand carry the boat down. > > And no, I swear, I wasn't letting no Potter 15 pass me. We were approaching from opposite ends of the lake, and each time we passed, I made sure we were on a starboard tack, so that we could cut devastingly close to his bow, and fire off the cannons and brandish our cutlasses and let Bob the parrot scream nautical obscenities at him. > > Happy sailing! > grace M 15 #478 "Bob" (maybe) > > No, I have never met Bob Eeg in my life. I don't even know how to pronounce his name. Does it rhyme with "lobe"? > > > --------------------------------- > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! 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