Look Tills, Sunfish! Do you miss her?
Photo from this year's Sunfish World Championships, where David Loring took the crown.
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Fish On Fridays. A Different Kind Of Fish.
Fish On Fridays. Old School.
Casting a ulua pole.
Old school Hawaiian hang bait method.
The Ito family from Pa`ia, Maui in 1954, with a 100-lb ulua caught from shore by Gene Ito.
Photo from NWHIT.
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It's Not My Job, Man.
Sailing Photo Of The Day. [τριήρης Ολυμπιάδα]
Wednesday Wipeout.
Prince Frederik of Denmark.
What's the big deal? I needed to take a bath anyway!
Count: 2 swims, and 1 headache (there's a reason why they call it a boom)
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Wednesday Wipeout.
Prince Frederik of Denmark.
What's the big deal? I needed to take a bath anyway!
Count: 2 swims, and 1 headache (there's a reason why they call it a boom)
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Wednesday Wipeout. [Video]
This is from the video archives.
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Sailing Photo Of The Day. Cristóbal Colón
In Fourteen Hundred Ninety-Two Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue.
Today is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza in many countries in the Americas, as Día de las Culturas in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day (those Arawak guys were hanging out by their lagoons waiting to be discovered) in the Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Uruguay and as Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Colombus was a bad man.) in Venezuela.
CRONOLOGÍA
AÑO ACONTECIMIENTO
1451 Fecha probable del nacimiento de CRISTÓBAL COLÓN en Génova
1476 El barco en el que viaja de marinero naufraga frente a las costas de Portugal y Colón es llevado a Lisboa.
1478 Se casa con Felipa Moniz de Perestrello. Se introduce en la corte portuguesa.
1484 Ofrece su proyecto descubridor al rey de Portugal, Juan II.
1485 Se traslada a España. Llega hasta el monasterio de La Rábida. Fallece su esposa.
1486 Primera entrevista con los Reyes Católicos.
1492 Capitulaciones de Santa Fe. Primer viaje y descubrimiento de América.
1493 Regreso a la Península. Entrevista en Barcelona con lo reyes. Inicia el segundo viaje.
1494 Exploración de Cuba y La Española.
1496 Regreso del segundo viaje.
1499 Nombramiento de Francisco de Bobadilla para sustituirle en el gobierno de las Indias.
1502 Inicio del cuarto viaje. Descubrimiento del itsmo centroamericano.
1504 Regreso definitivo a España. Intento de que los reyes le restituya en sus cargos.
1506 Redacta su testamento y muere el 20 de mayo.
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Sailing Photo Of The Day.
Sailing Photo Of The Day.
Sailing Photo Of The Day. Sydney Harbour.
From my trip to Oz.
I miss Australia. What a great country!
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More Of, "More Is Less." Sea Kayak Sailing [Video]
So Let Me Get This Straight, It's Chicago Or Rio.
Really? I know I just fell off the turnip truck, but are you kidding me?
Have you met Fernanda and Isabel?
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
Really, is there a choice?
Really? Look at that view!
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
Did I mention the view?
I'm sorry Barry, but I've got to go with my heart....and the better landscape. So it's Brazil (Brasil) by a landslide. (If I had a vote)
Just look!
Olá Peter, olá João!
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It Came From Beneath The Sea .... Or Maybe Sacramento.
Oh, the humanity!
Oh, the horror!
O the Dock?
Yes friends and neighbors, the O Dock has arisen and he is out to conquer the world.
side note: I love all the warning signs on the gate. Please sir, will you let me in if I give you a cookie? I promise not get drunk, swim, let my dog run wild. poop on the dock, pitch a tent, sleep overnight, fish(even though today is Friday), ride a bike or engage in any suspicious activities.
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Extreme High Wind Sailing! [Video]
Okay, you've got me, I was kidding about the title. This video is shows a very cool rig for upwind sailing from KayakSailor.
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Just Another Day On The Bay.
God, I need to stop bitching about this place. Today was perfect.
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Waiting.
Where are the boats?
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"Fair Winds And Following Seas And Long May Your Big Jib Draw!"
A Little Bit Of The Bay, For You Today. [Sailing Video]
Mira, 505s!
Coffee, wind and tapas. How was your day?
Thanks to Ole, who got it from Sailing Anarchy. I've got to renew my habit and start reading it again.
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Sailing On Sunday.
Mike Holt & Carl Smit sailing their 505 downwind on San Francisco Bay (today).
Boat: USA 9002
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