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sail trip update and reformat

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I am at home in WA now. Made it as far as Nanaimo before turning around, I ran out of time to make it to Southeast before my kids would have come and left. From Arlington, OR to Nanaimo and return to Puget Sound is something around 740 Nautical miles, or roughly the distance from here to Ketchikan. I will be flying to Juneau in a few days.

I had a fabulous great time, learned tons and relearned tons of details from the whole endeavor. Number One is this, "my time is in His hand", and friends who pray provide supernatural support. YHWH, God is definitely in control, and I am grateful for that.

A few poor quality pictures follow, hopefully in the order they were made.

first: In Lake Umatilla cruising toward John Day Dam. Some of the train engineers would signal with their horn when I waved at them, and at lease one of them signaled me first. I imagine he had noted the work happening to Ariel, and connected the dots.

second: John Day and Mount Hood gang up to vibrate the massive visual scale dances. The exit from the dam is something a writer could terrify a reader with, but alas I am only a reader.

third: The south side of the Olympics from Westport in Grays Harbor where I waited out the WX.

fourth: The mountains of Glacier National Park from, I think, Rosario Straight.



fifth: The north side of the Olympics from Rosario Strait. The Straight of Juan de Fuca lies against that far shoreline. Hurricane Ridge may be in view, the camera is looking more or less toward Port Angeles.
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Here she is, Miss Ariel, all Heart, and Guts, and happy to sail, and sad to be temporarily decommisioned, and waiting for our reunion to travel some more. She is built for it.

Thanks so much for your prayers, interest, responses, and general good behavior on the fabulous rangelands and mountains we call home.
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Cool beans Grizz, groovy pics , glad all is well safe and sound. 8)
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I luv the pics - Inspiring, to say the least ! :)


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Glad to hear you're back, safe & sound!
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Hey Grizz,
I don't post here much, but I've been following your sail adventures. Very cool. Glad to see you doing it. Take Care.

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There have been a few days that I was worried sick about being in a 16 foot Fibreform between Tacoma and Olympia....I'm not sure I'm cut out for big water on a small boat. :o
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Real pleased you had a great trip, enjoyed all your posts and photos...... :D
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Glad it went well for you. Nanaimo is a neat place especially looking at all the travelers when your waiting for the ferry. Do you have another trip planned? Todd/3leg
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Udy, so nice to see you here, and glad you saw the pictures.

Mikld, good comment. Solo sailing is praying, and hearing back!

Todd/3leg, I am flying to SE Alaska for a month or more, then back here to hopefully get some sailing in around the inlets and bays of Puget Sound. Then it sounds like another Christ mas in Tex as is being hatched. I have an R-65 BMW I haven't had out on a road trip, thinking that Tx run could be a good'un.

And Blain and Griff and Pitchy and All, thanks for following along. You're all good company.

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Wow. Miss a lot of posts this year due to... stuff.

Thank you for the great tour and pix! I am glad that you are safe and sound.
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You're really making me want another sailboat! When we were kids my dad would take us up to the Georgian Bay for a couple weeks every summer. That motor / sailing trip was always a lot of fun. Been thinking a lot about those trips lately.

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I found it to be like riding a bike. It comes back quickly though. I came back with a huge respect and admiration for this tiny little boat. She has a big huge heart and is willing to teach me, slow as I am.

I have a 10' aluminum pram that I built that I use as the shore boat and lighter to get the "stuff" off of the boat. I am going to set it up to sail.

http://directory.boatdesign.net/detail/1046.htm this is the basic design. I converted the offsets to metric, expanded all dimensions until I reached an even 10 feet OAL, and constructed from aluminum sheet. It is a giant compared to the original design, and draws less water with me in it than the original version. It takes hundreds of pounds just to get the chine to kiss the water. It will be a very good gunkholing sailboat when I get the rigging added on.
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It doesn't take a big boat to enjoy sailing, and if anyone is interested in a low-cost but fun way to develop sailing interests in kids and family, the PDR class boat, Puddle Duck Racer, is a very simple way to aquire great sailing experience. Lest anyone think these are just for puddles, PDRs regularly and reliably sail the Texas 200. They are very capable, easy to build, cheap to build, and sail very very well.

http://www.pdracer.com/

they are safe. they are good boats to have around. they store away almost anywhere. and there are probably thousands of them sailing every day around the world.

Here's a good building manual:

http://www.polysail.com/camp%20sailboat.htm

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for anyone interested in more info on the small boat scene I recommend Duckworks.

http://duckworksmagazine.com/

I buy from them whenever I can. They are a big part of the trailer-sailer evolution. There is lots going on all around the country.

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