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NQ6U
07-13-2022, 03:23 PM
Signed on as a deckhand on a 136' wooden schooner this morning. It felt suspiciously like hard work…

https://i.imgur.com/wL1Fe5P.png

https://i.imgur.com/JRbGCVE.png

Alas, no photos of her under sail because once them things went up, I was too busy to pull out my phone.

More info here: https://tallshipsamerica.org/vessels/bill-of-rights/

KG4CGC
07-13-2022, 10:15 PM
THAT'S!
REALLY!
COOL!


A 136-foot two-masted gaff rigged schooner, clipper-bowed, long and lean in the sheer,

Aye! Just how I likes me womens! Long and lean in the sheer! ARRRGH!

Now if that doesn't bequeath you with an aura of romance and adventure then I don't know what will.

On Harbor Dr in Barrio Logan?

NQ6U
07-14-2022, 01:46 PM
No, it’s tied up here in Chulajuana, at the same marina where I keep my boat.

KG4CGC
07-14-2022, 09:08 PM
No, it’s tied up here in Chulajuana, at the same marina where I keep my boat.

Well yeah because the map says that Barrio Logan is to far away. I just wanted to say, Barrio Logan.

NQ6U
07-15-2022, 11:36 AM
Well yeah because the map says that Barrio Logan is to far away. I just wanted to say, Barrio Logan.

Si, señor. Barrio Logan is a good place to get Mexican food. It’s also a good place for a pinche gabacho to get his cabeza peeled if he’s not careful.

My boat and the Bill of Rights are at the blue dot:

https://i.imgur.com/Xfwg9Br.png

KG4CGC
07-15-2022, 12:45 PM
I need to correct a typo.

"too"

NQ6U
07-15-2022, 01:53 PM
I need to correct a typo.

"too"

I need too do that to — I double-tagged the image and spelled cabeza wrong.

VE7DCW
07-17-2022, 06:01 PM
Si, señor. Barrio Logan is a good place to get Mexican food. It’s also a good place for a pinche gabacho to get his cabeza peeled if he’s not careful.e

My boat and the Bill of Rights are at the blue dot:

https://i.imgur.com/Xfwg9Br.png

The Pale Blue Dot? :mrgreen: