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dmpilc
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Initially Posted - 12/25/2008 : 19:17:00

Nothing big and fancy this year. I'm looking forward to trying out my new West Marine cabin heater. I think I'm going to like it a lot, but I'll have to wait until next week. It's supposed to get up into the low 70's here Sat. I also received a 2009 Ultimate Sailing wall calendar. The pics are awesome, as usual.

Oh yeah, at Thanksgiving our daughter and her boyfriend announced their engagement. Wedding in Spring/Summer 2010, date TBD, after she finishes her grad school classes, 6 months of fieldwork, and passes her board exams to become an occupational therapist.

Meanwhile, boyfriend was recently laid off and is looking for an IT job in the St. Louis area. Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

DavidP
1975 C-22 SK #5459 "Shadowfax" Fleet 52
PO of 1984 C-25 SK/TR #4142 "Recess"
Percy Priest Yacht Club, Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville, TN

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 12/25/2008 : 21:21:57

I dropped a hint and hit jackpot! Peggy gave me a Leatherman Wave multitool. Awesome!

Paul

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 07:40:36

God gave me fantastic weather to sail by! (at least this week-end). I also got a $50 gift certificate for West Marine.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 08:45:10

I got a wooden ships wheel about 2 feet high. Post Katrina. Found by a friend, a surveyor working near a swamp, in a ditch out from New Orleans. Every time I look at it I think of trying to be prepaired for the storm, and the stories it could tell.

And of course, another persons loss. . .

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 09:12:44

Kaija got a new boat hook and a hand-held wind indicator. The Captain got a great day with the Admiral and two of the 4 mates. Life is Good.

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tinob
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 09:57:51

My son finally made it home from school in Ohio(Kenyon)after several flight cancellations. The best gift for the hollidays is to have the family together healthy and happy.
My son found a Segovia cd 1929/1936 for me to be added to my collection of tapes by A.S. Problem with buying new wheels is that the technology doesn't accept the old stereo records. This one will bridge the gap. Now if Santa knows of a marine cd player for Kalista....but I ask too much.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT,#3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 11:19:35

I finally got my boat hoist fixed - only took 5 1/2 months! Now it's back in racing mode...

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 11:19:47

My gift is running about a month late.
Should be ready at the end of [url="http://muselanding.shutterfly.com/"]January (I hope).[/url]

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 13:35:28

I got a Magma grill for the stern rail. Also got several nautical books:

-After the Storm (Disaster and recovery stories at sea)
-Mine's Bigger (The building of the mega-yacht Maltese Falcon)
-Why Didn't I Think of That? (1,198 tips from cruisers)
-2009 Washburne's Tide Tables (day by day tides in the San Juans and Canadian Gulf Islands)

Had a nice party with family and friends.

Looking forward to a new year filled with peace, sailing, and a better economy.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 14:25:13

Beautiful house Tom! Congrats! Did you design/plan this or buy a "model"? My brother designed and built one a couple years ago, ended up doing way to much work himself and had to recoup after he was done for 3 or 4 months before he felt rested. Also cost 30k more than he thought

With that in mind this year I bought one someone else built

Edited by - DaveR on 12/26/2008 14:30:38

OLarryR
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 16:11:43

Tom,

Nice house/retreat and dock for your boat ! I am a little bit familiar with the area - My daughter graduated a year or two ago from ECU and we have explored the surrounding areas - Washington, New Bern, taken the free ferry from east of Washington going south across the Pamlico Sound. We also stay for a beach vacation week every year on the Outerbanks for as long as I can remember. We are doing it again this year during the week starting on July 4th staying in the Ocean Sands area.

Anyway, your house is a great gift - A gift that keeps giving !

Edited by - OLarryR on 12/27/2008 07:45:37

JohnP
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 17:58:50

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Tom Potter
 My gift is...
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">really beautiful!

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 18:14:13

Rita wished for her first ever white xmas, now she wishes she hadn't wished so hard. We've got about 2' on the ground and it's still snowing, more than I've seen since I lived in North Chicago as a kid.

We bought ourselves a Nintendo Wii for xmas, plus the Wii Fit Balance Board to help us both get in better shape.

We decided not to risk the drive to my nephew's house for xmas dinner, sixty miles in the snow just didn't seem like a plan. I just drove down to the local grocery store & back for supplies a few minutes ago, a drive of less than three miles. I saw a number of people spin out & lose control, several more simply get stuck going up the hills, etc. We missed seeing family, but I think we made the right decision.

Rita is also remembering her friends lost four years ago today in the Boxing Day Tsunami. Her sailing club had been in Phuket for the King's Cup Regatta, she lost a couple dozen friends in the tsunami.

The Wii has been a godsend, the ability to go bowling, play tennis, box, ski, etc. right in your living room, when you're basically snowed in, is great.

Edited by - delliottg on 12/26/2008 18:28:31

Gloss
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 18:28:25

Hey Randy

After you read your book on all those sailing tips, please give us a review in a seperate post.
I saw that book listed someplace and I was wondering if it was any good.

A good friend of mine sent me an E-mail and told me his Mom passed away earlier in th e week. So I guesse all our Christmasses or Honukahs were better than his. It's all relative.

I got a bunch of Blu ray movies. My favorite was Ironman so far. Batman wasn't that good. I still gotta watch the Rolling Stones movie.

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 18:37:50

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Tom Potter
 My gift is running about a month late.
Should be ready at the end of [url="http://muselanding.shutterfly.com/"]January (I hope).[/url]

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Very inspiring! Do you have access to the ocean or is this a lake?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 19:12:08

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Blackburn
 [quote]Originally posted by Tom Potter
 ...Do you have access to the ocean or is this a lake?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">It's Pamlico Sound, separated from the Atlantic by NC's Outer Banks, with several inlets to the ocean, but some pretty "big water" in and of itself.

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hinmo
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 19:41:00

An inflatable life preserver, and a pair of Topsiders....Now I need a 50 degree rise in temp.!

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 12/26/2008 : 21:15:00

I'm building in a creek off the Pamlico River. From the mouth of the creek its about 43 miles east across the Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke Island (outer banks). Like Dave said there are several inlets to the ocean however the Sound has plenty of sailing room. I'm also about 4 miles from the ICW.

We found the house plan on the internet and made a few changes. As you might expect its been a scary time building in this economy. The one thing I have going for me is the contractors are not to busy with other jobs. Most of them have told me that I was their only job. Good for me but not for them.

Edited by - Tom Potter on 12/26/2008 21:29:18

piseas
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Response Posted - 12/29/2008 : 14:36:54

My son got my 3 sailing related items. A very nice copper sail boat to add to my collection, a hand carved sail boat for my office and a weather gauge for hanging. Beyond that I got to be with my extended family. It was and still is, glorious.
Steve A

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 12/29/2008 : 16:25:57

Nautical-related: a tide/compass watch. Now I can tell which way the water is going and which way I'm going.

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Deric
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Response Posted - 12/31/2008 : 15:24:37

Tom,
Very nice house, congrats to you.

I received a handheld weather alert radio. Nice to have something that can give me a heads up.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 12/31/2008 : 16:16:13

A travel trailer, see "my new salon" post elsewhere.

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John P
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Response Posted - 03/24/2009 : 21:28:15

I know I know, it's a real old thread, but I felt like sharing...

My neighbor from across the street is slow and is on disability knows that I sail and love anything to do with water, gave me a model ship that he bought for $5 in a yard sale. It is a beautiful single masted close replica of an early Americas Cup contender Endeavor.

This model site proudly in my bay window in my dining room.

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