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  1. #1761
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    West Marine sold for $9.80 a share Friday
    Several years ago it above $15.

    When I met Randy he had a Cal 29 and was selling rope out of his garage in Santa Clara.


    West Marine, Inc.
    NASDAQ: WMAR - Nov 25, 1:11 PM EST
    9.80USDPrice increase0.06 (0.62%)
    Pre-market: 9.79Price decrease0.11%
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    I stand corrected regarding WM's availability on the stock exchange. Its slide, however, might explain the change in focus. And there is a Cal 29 next to Dura Mater in Grand Marina for sale for $1500 or $2500, I forget which. With an atomic inboard.

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    A year or two ago, WM closed the only south bay San Jose store between Santa Cruz and San Carlos; now they are closing the South SF store, which served Brisbane and the Oysters, and to a lessor extent, the city.
    But still they have Alameda and Oakland stores maybe 2 miles apart, bracketing Sven's.

    In the last few years, I've occasionally run up against sales associates who I don't think have ever been out/on/in the water by any means.
    Drawing pictures with crayons wouldn't help trying to communicate to these people; if it wasn't in the catalog they couldn't help.

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    Those keeping their boats in Point Richmond are fortunate to have Whale Point Marine nearby. It is a functional marine supply house. Lots of good boat stuff, reasonable prices. East of KKMI on Cutting Blvd Whale Point has a great supply of boat hardware, blocks, paints and resins, stuff for your boat trailer. And it is located with a full hardware store. They also have work clothing and a selection of real rubber boots.

    KKMI has a very well stocked chandelry with a huge assortment of line. There is also a West Marine in Point Richmond. SDK

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    Quote Originally Posted by H Spruit View Post
    The answer was that sailing people were always angling for and shopping for a special price...
    This is certainly true in my case. In public accounting we have a professional standard known as "incompatible occupations." Long ago I concluded that from a financial standpoint, accounting and racing a keelboat are incompatible occupations.

    We're back from Spain (and a brief stop in London). What a beautiful country, filled with wonderful people who become insane when behind the wheel. One reason might be that every street corner is a roundabout. Roundabouts work fine for sailors, who are accustomed to maneuvers requiring two tacks and two gybes. But all the drivers in Spain must be motor boaters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobJ View Post
    We're back from Spain. What a beautiful country, filled with wonderful people who become insane when behind the wheel. One reason might be that every street corner is a roundabout. Roundabouts work fine for sailors, who are accustomed to maneuvers requiring two tacks and two gybes. But all the drivers in Spain must be motor boaters.
    Amen to that!

    Here in Mexico, there's a new sheriff in town, Flippy the foot protector.

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    Now the Flipster is back in residence at Annie's Casa Dragonfly. No roundabouts here. There's no cars.

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    Even with the jungle and its fascinating creatures just out the back door, it never gets old just looking at the ocean out front. Yesterday we saw a beautiful brown and yellow vine snake pretending it was a stick.

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    Today a whale swam by the mouth of Yelapa Bay. It clouded over about 1500 hrs., and tropical weather blew in from the south, complete with thunder and lightning. One particular cell, with 30 knots of SE wind preceding intense downpour, knocked out power for about two hours....we had the candles and flashlites ready.

    About sunset the power resumed as billowy clouds and a rainbow lit up horizon. Now, after dark, its almost a continuous light show with distant thunder.

    Never a dull moment, though one would might think differently, given our location. Helping run Casas Santa Cruz, a small resort (3 palapas, each holding up to 8 guests), resembles running a boat. Bottled water and propane to be brought in, plumbing to unplug, walls to paint. Knot tying skills came to the fore this afternoon as I hung a couple of hammocks.

    Tomorrow should be interesting, as Casa Luna and Casa Sol will be occupied by 12 women celebrating a friend's 40th birthday. It's likely they will meet "Godzilla" and family, garrobos lizards that live in a cleft in the rocks just outside the front door of Casa Luna. Garrobos are similar to iguanas, and Godzilla is about 3 feet long. Harmless unless provoked, garrobos favor being hand fed pink hibiscus flowers and banana peels.

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    ~sleddog checking in at 20-29'-27.8" N x 105-27'-07" W
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    Hard working reptiles. Keeping the rodents and bugs under control. SDK

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobJ View Post
    We're back from Spain (and a brief stop in London). What a beautiful country, filled with wonderful people who become insane when behind the wheel. One reason might be that every street corner is a roundabout. Roundabouts work fine for sailors, who are accustomed to maneuvers requiring two tacks and two gybes. But all the drivers in Spain must be motor boaters.
    I was in Madrid 30 years ago. One of my clear memories is that at a normal intersection, not roundabout, it is totally normal, once the traffic light turns green, for a few of the left turners to dart across the intersection before the straight aheads get going. Reminds me of a well executed port tack start.

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    For sheer virtuosi afloat, double-handed, windward/leeward, close-course racing, it's hard to beat watching the Best-Of-The-Best racing their Star Class 22 footers in the recently completed Star Sailor's League (SSL) in Nassau. Bahamas.

    With $200,000 at stake in prize money, these 25 professional sailing teams are the creme de la creme. Heavy hitters as Paul Cayard, Augie Diaz, Tayor Canfield, Torben Grail, Jochen Schumann, and recent Finn Bronze Medalist Caleb Paine didn't even qualify for the Quarter Finals.

    The Star has been around since 1911, for 105 years the home of some of the best sailors on the planet. To win a Gold Star in the Worlds Championships stands for something significant. Malin Burnham, Skip Etchells, Bill Ficker, Lowell North, Dennis Conner, Tom Blackaller, Buddy Melges, John Kostecki, and Vince Brun have all won Gold Stars.

    https://www.starclass.org/history/index.htm

    With the final 4 qualifiers bow to bow, the recently completed SSL Finals came down to the last downwind run. The French team of Rohart/Ponsot were leading at the final windward mark, then made a questionable decision: to jibe or not to jibe.....

    Though the first 4 days of earlier qualifier racing were in lighter winds, it is worth watching at least one race of the last day (Day 5) of the SSL series, the "Dash for Cash". Winds were 15-18 knots, the course twice-around windward/leeward, with an offset mark at the windward mark, and a gate at the leeward mark. See it on replay here: http://finals.starsailors.com/portfo...5-qf-sf-final/
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