Travel Photos

Ryan and Courtney took these photos of the trees that blew down last weekend, just missing our condo in North Conway.
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I'll bet Katelyn will have a hard time topping this with her travel pictures from London and Paris. She's due back home tomorrow.
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Hopefully we'll see her interpretive photographic montage of London and Paris this weekend.

Adjustments

I was right. The weekend flew by.
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Looks like I'm going to have to forego the Denver trip tomorrow. Mrs. Jellison's wake, along with some bid meetings take precedence over the meet and greet.

Tender wins the dilemma

Might have missed the last good fishing day, unless I spring for a vacation day before the month is out.
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The interior gunwales and spacers were a bigger challenge than I anticipated. Had just enough clamps to get the job done.
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Even though the spacers are a throw back to when these boats were built with steamed oak ribs, they give a nice detail to the look of the boat.
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Now I have to build and install the centerboard case and the floorboards. Then a couple more coats of epoxy and interior sanding.
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I'm kind of resigned to the fact that I won't have the sailing components ready for the Thansgiving launch, but it is still an even bet that we can row this thing by then.
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Also, Buffalo dropped another to the Pats, who are starting to look dominant. Now at 5 and 1 on the season.

Transatlantic Call

Kate called from Paris. She and Jill are having a great time and taking lots of pictures. She said that Paris is so historical and she is reading every plaque to find out why. Also doing a lot of walking and eating.
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Yesterday, Ryan called from NH to tell us that a couple of trees had blown down at the No. Conway condo.
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Doesn't matter where they are. It's nice when your kids think of you.

Phoebe Joined the Circle Today

Congratulations to Pat and Sarah as Phoebe Piscatelli made her debut into the world today at the healthy weight of 7 Lbs, 14 Oz. We'll be checking back on Pheobe from time to time and are expecting great things.
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We also found out this weekend that Courtney's grandmother died from complications after falling on an escalator. She was 89. Condolences to the Jellison's for the loss of a wonderful woman.
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Circle of Life.

Sunday Dilemma

It's a crisp, still, cloudless Sunday morning in October. Not many more fishing days left. If I don't go gang busters on the tender, I won't make the Thanksgiving launch. I'll let you know how this dilemma plays out.

Halloween is Scary

Thank God it's Halloween. Otherwise I'd really be nervous about these guys.
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McBurney with a sword worries me more than McMahon in a Supergirl suit. Mike and Vona could be in trouble.
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I hope this night ends allright.
Ronick and I are concerned.

Short Weekend

It will no time before I have to get up Monday to go to Denver. It would be awesome if I could accomplish the work below on the Herreshoff.

Pick up West System 207 clear epoxy hardener.

Saturday

1. Plane and Sand the Breasthook
2. Rout and Glue spacer blocks to interior Gunwale Stock
3. Spile and cut the floorboard supports - Install
4. Make CenterBoard Case - Install

Sunday

1. Install floorboards
2. Cut and Install interior gunwales

This would set me up to finish the interior epoxy, install the seating and varnish. I'm thinking of making bow and transom compartments to store fishing stuff under the seats. This should also aid bouyancy.

Might make it by Thanksgiving afterall.

Cute Photo of Blonde Chick with Nice Pussy

Homeward Bound

LAX is my favorite people watching airport. Time to get back to Boston.

Herreshoff Tender Poll Results

Interesting that most responses wanted me to make a fool of myself, posing as a Viking in Marblehead harbor. I actually found a plastic viking helmut in SF, and Dave took a photo of me wearing it, but I won't be sharing that on the Blog.
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Results
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Put pictures of it on the web and force people to look at it a lot.
1 vote
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Give it to my kids and build a bigger one.
2 votes
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Put a Viking Helmut on and row around Marblehead Harbor
7 votes
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Put a Sprit Sail up and join the Marblehead to Halifax Race
1 vote
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Leave it in my driveway until my family tried to chop it up for kindling.
4 votes

Phoenix, San Diego and LA

Met more Friends - great round of golf at the Biltmore Arizona with Dick Bollen, who btw kicked Bobby's golfing ass. Even though I parred 4 holes, I still didn't break 100. Too inconsistent. I'm going to have to resort to lying to get my score down. Dave videoed one of my drives. Boy, do I really look that bad??? Must have been the camera angle.
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Flew to San Diego and got up for a meeting with Jim Sonberg. Darwinians had a black mark in his market, but he was willing to give us another chance. Good insight into the Sustainment effort because it is apparent that both the Phoenix and San Diego markets have significant pieces of the puzzle in place. A menu driven approach makes sense to them.
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Made the drive north to LA and met some of the deployment team for the TP effort.
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All in all, a decent road trip. Planting seeds that have a fair likelyhood of sprouting. I'll be happy to get back to Marblehead tomorrow night for a recuperative weekend hopefully.
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Next Mon. and Tues. - Colorado and PA. Ouch.