Nothing Much...

Our sloop is tied up to the dock in front of our little apartment. We've taken it out a couple of times since Sunday, but it's tough to get the timing on the tide, sunlight, and wind to work out in our favor. Going out for couple hour sessions after work is my hope, but our waterways locally are pretty tidally influenced. A strong incoming tide and we get pushed towards the Cape Fear River and the outgoing tide pushes us out the inlet. Once we're a little more confident under sail, we'll be tearing up the waterways.

I did get out for a nice long afternoon on the beach with my lady and Sparky. The weather is just spectacular, 70's and sunny. Dogs are finally allowed on the beach again and Sparky need some work on the long line. I'm trying to get him to work with dog whistle signals. It'd be pretty badass to whistle commands at him.

I spent an hour out in the water surfing at the end of the day. There were some solid waves rolling through. I've pretty much been surfing the pier at the north end of Carolina Beach nonstop since the end of the summer. There's a pack of little kids that surf a few hundred yards down the beach, but nobody really surf right next to the pier. Maybe it's the big sign that say's 'No Surfing Zone'...I just don't know.

Still trying to fix the camera...

Bah.

The Sloop is in the Water!

We finally put our 17ft Paceship Peregrine Sloop in the water. It's tied up in front of our place as I type. I'd love to put a picture of it up online, but our digital camera apparently gave up the ghost within the past few days. Those freaking cameras work for maybe a year and then turn into paperweights. I'm tired of dropping $300 every year and a bit for fancy desk ornaments. We raised the jib sail for a brief time, but the wind was really whipping and the marina was full of boats, so we motored around for a bit and then heading towards our house. We'll break in the main sail this week when fewer people are out and about on the water.

I had a nice long rant about big Pharma and the flu vaccine all lined up, courtesy of a nice piece of propaganda from 60 Minutes I just watched...but I hit the old delete button. No need to beat a dead horse. If you can't see through all of the scare tactics/blatant lies, then I'm not going to convince you of the massive conspiracy which has overtaken the whole shebang.

I'll try to get my camera fixed, or maybe somebody can donate one to the cause. Catch ya'll later. We have a chilly week coming up around here, highs only in the 70's...

The Chinese Made It Snow...

I came across a headline on Drudge about how the Chinese are modifying their weather by seeding the clouds with chemicals. Does that seem like BS to anyone else? I remember in California there would occasionally be news reports about dangerous pollution levels due to Chinese smog which drifted the several thousand miles across the ocean. Maybe they should stop treating their environment like crap...