Captain's Log :: Archived in "June 1, 2013"
The Summer Solstice and SUPERMOON !
June 20, 2013The Summer Solstice - The longest day of the year, arrives tomorrow, June 21, at exactly 1:04 am EDT. At that time the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth will reach it’s point of greatest inclination to the Sun. Also known as Mid-Summer, the summer solstice is an important holiday in much of the Northern Hemisphere, and was very important to many ancient cultures. Long associated with…Read More
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Is Renaming a Boat Unlucky ?
June 20, 2013Can it be done without a ceremony ? Will the lords and gods of Sea and Wind be offended ? We try to answer those questions. A quick Google search turns up 83,900 results in 0.29 seconds and a Bing search, 193,000 results, so the answer must be yes… Here’s some of what we found: Remember, everything you read on the internet is true, right…Read More
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Boating Safety - Fenders and Docklines
June 13, 2013Notice: NOT Bumpers or Ropes ! Bumpers are for dinghies and strollers and a dockline (or any line on a boat) stopped being a "rope" the minute you walked out of the store. Seriously, walking the docks you can see a vast array of fenders and various docklines ranging from mermaid fenders, "hole on each end" spherical and "line through the middle" fenders along with docklines which…Read More
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