Category Archives: Yachting

Finishing the Windless Side of the Course

Posted on July 7, 2019 by colonialist

(Course find beat chime melt groan shimmer sign water still oath short) Course find for beat; stopwatch chime; starting gun; Melt distance to sound of the rigging’s groan; Shimmer sign water still; round mark to run — With oath stopped … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Niner World Champs, Last Sports, Rainbow that Was

Posted on August 23, 2017 by colonialist

My Yacht Club, Point, has an0ther world champion to add to the one it g0t in its first 100 years, which was Bruce McCurroch who won with Paul Elvstrom in the Solings Worlds of 1974.  (We have raced against him, albeit … Continue reading →

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Whale of a Sail

Posted on July 22, 2016 by colonialist

The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge for the current week has a theme of Cherry On Top. Out to sea for a sail Is enjoyment non-stop, Even on a grey day; Having sight of a whale Gives the cherry on top … Continue reading →

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Partners but not in crime.

Posted on June 26, 2016 by colonialist

With the Weekly Photo Challenge of Partners, here are my three different versions: © June 2016 Colonialist (WordPress)

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Closing down main generator.

Posted on October 29, 2014 by colonialist

Well, this is the last post from the study which has seen so many years of them produced. We are about as ready as an ostrich is to join a swallow migration.  Chaos reigns, and if it rains as well, … Continue reading →

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: AN UNUSUAL POV OF A TURNING POINT

Posted on September 6, 2013 by colonialist

Inspired by the Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV; and also the Daily Prompt on 6th of Turning Point.  You may call it laziness;  I call it multi-tasking! © Colonialist September 2013 (WordPress)

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Really Awfully Long-winded with Long-eared Creatures

Posted on August 1, 2013 by colonialist

  First of month, my normal habits Are to utter loudly, ‘Rabbits!’ – August month has now begun; Hope you have a happy one.  Here, it gives us lots of wind, Which is really most unkind, (Shakespeare really didn’t mind … Continue reading →

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DISTRACTIONS

Posted on May 29, 2013 by colonialist

  I spent most of today in a sub-committee designed to straighten out a constitution which has been so patched up over the years that it is a wonder it doesn’t fall to bits and scatter itself all over the … Continue reading →

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THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH

Posted on April 14, 2013 by colonialist

The only absolute Is that there are no absolutes; If this one would refute, When all the factors one computes, Then reasoning must show Objections seem to be undue, For what you think you know Depends upon the point of … Continue reading →

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SOUNDS LIKE REALLY AWFUL CARD GAME

Posted on November 13, 2012 by colonialist

Let mirthful merriment abound, And let us all be jolly, For at long last I now have found The cause of all the folly, Which sabotaged my DVD And made it play so awfully, Twas in the cards, as I … Continue reading →

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