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To: green iguana
How in the world did I miss those 2(!) on your profile??? Just shoot me...

Can't shoot you. We're gonna need you to crew when Ready4freddy captain's us on his Sou'wester 61 trans-at & up the Thames for next years' TdF start in London!

41 posted on 07/11/2006 7:41:42 AM PDT by leilani (Galley Slave at Your Service!)
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To: leilani
We're gonna need you to crew when Ready4freddy captain's us on his Sou'wester 61 trans-at & up the Thames for next years' TdF start in London!

You need more crew? ;>)

44 posted on 07/11/2006 7:45:02 AM PDT by Aeronaut ("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
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To: leilani; green iguana; Aeronaut
LOL, wouldn't that be a hoot! Blackbird has never been in salt water, she was delivered on the deck of a ship from Southwest Harbor, ME to Traverse Bay.

While a trip like that would be fun, can you even imagine the time it would take? Lessee, at an average of 7.5kn, it would take over a week just to get to salt water, and that would be motoring almost all the way - I've sailed the St Lawrence River, Atlantic to Montreal, one time, never again!

Then, about 3-4 more days to get down south to pick y'all up, unless we wanted to embark at Newfoundland. Then... ~18-21 days across the pond, maybe 2-3 more up the Channel & Thames. I've seen it done in a lot less, but that was with 25 of us driving an 85-footer hard 24/7, every other off-watch spent on the rail!

She'll sleep 10/12 in exteme comfort, tho. Best to bring a lot of laptops, to avoid fighting over the 2 PCs for FReeping, LOL!!

But then, there's getting her back... how many of y'all are willing to go for the trip back? Hmmm, that's what I thought.... ;>)

We're gonna need you to crew when Ready4freddy captain's us on his Sou'wester 61 trans-at & up the Thames for next years' TdF start in London!

LOL on your tagline Galley Slave at Your Service! , leilani!

78 posted on 07/11/2006 1:25:33 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("What time is it? You mean now?")
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