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Ben - FL
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Initially Posted - 04/19/2003 : 10:40:26

Hey all,
arrived back at my house at 0500 this morning with Chick-a-pea in tow. We had a beautiful trip with beautiful weather and beautiful seas. Only minor problems with the boat.

We had 12 boats all together. Others are still on the road home and four have traveled on to the Berry Islands.

After I get my land legs back and more sleep and everything ship shape, I'll be posting more.

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
<img src="http://www.members.aol.com:/benraye/pictures/fullsail.jpg" border=0>

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/19/2003 : 10:51:49

Welcome back! I can't wait to hear of your Bimini adventure...I'm soooo green with envy <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>!

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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North Star SR/FK

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 04/19/2003 : 11:54:16

Ben... been watching the weather and see that things went well that way for yall...

Anxious for all the details and pics.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 04/22/2003 : 23:40:15

Here are some of the pictures I took with my digital web cam.

[url="http://groups.aol.com/_cqr/tsbiminibunch?mmch_=0"]Trailer Sailor Bimini Bunch[/url]

I'm still trying to catch up on "home" work. But I'll have more info soon. Brother Dave, my navigator, is going to save the GPS tracks on his Garmin chart plotter as GIFs and I can post them.

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
<img src="http://www.members.aol.com:/benraye/pictures/fullsail.jpg" border=0>

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 04/23/2003 : 10:16:12

Hey Ben!

Thanks for the link to the photos ... that's the next best thing to being there. It sure looks like y'all had a GREAT time ... I'm green with envy! <img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

Buzz Maring
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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 04/23/2003 : 11:21:47

Hi Ben,

Thanks for sharing those great photos.

Paul

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 04/23/2003 : 17:43:33

Ben...thanks for sharing the pics... I had about gotten over the dissapointment of having to cancel... and that was renewed when I saw your pics... but I'll get over it. Maybe not fully until maybe next year when we have resolved to try again.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/23/2003 : 18:14:39

Excellent pic's.

The next time you go, if you find a stowaway in one of your lockers, every now and again, throw some food to me...uhhh, I mean...to him. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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North Star SR/FK

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folido
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Response Posted - 04/27/2003 : 09:15:28

It is nice to see that other catalinas went to the Bahamas. I was in the Exumas from January to April on Folido. Just got back.
JGuy

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 04/27/2003 : 10:02:20

JGuy.<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I was in the Exumas from January to April on Folido.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>If you're saying you sailed a Catalina 25 or 250 to the Exumas for four months, I think there might be a few of us here who would be interested in reading more than two sentences about that experience if you've got the time and feel like prodiving more details!<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

-- Leon Sisson

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folido
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Response Posted - 04/30/2003 : 10:05:49

It has been my first project as a retired person. I will try to put up something on the web...photos and experiences (good and bad) like water infiltration , broken rudder... but nothing verry serious.... A great experience . Since the weather in Quebec was the worst they have had for a very long time I was the more happy to be under the sun all winter. I rode my boat on the trailer down to Miami (1600miles) The weight of the truck,boat,trailer was a little over 12,400 lbs. (3 axle trailer) . By the way , the alcool pressure stove worked realy well with a mixture of ethanol and methanol. I'm radioamature so I could comunicate with home and get weather every day by phonepatch and winlink. If you have any question , please don't hesitate.
JGuy

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 05:28:03

I finally got the video uploaded to my computer. Here is one small clip at medium resolution. This clip at hi res is 3mb and exceeds my ftp space. The whole video is 83mb. Still learning how to do this stuff. The file is a Windows Media Video. It was done with Windows Movie Maker. If anyone else has any advice on how to do this kinda stuff, please let me know.
[url="http://www.members.aol.com:/benraye/pictures/biminiclip.wmv"]Bimini clip[/url]

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
<img src="http://www.members.aol.com:/benraye/pictures/fullsail.jpg" border=0>

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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 08:50:46

Hi Ben,

My media player won't open it.

Are any of you also having this problem?

Hey Ben, What was the INS check in like. Pretty smooth?

PW

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 08:55:52

I checked in with customs, but I'm a native Floridian, not an immigrant so I didn't check in with INS.

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 10:02:24

Thanks Ben...very nice video clip.

Yes, video clips eat up storage allocations fast.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 10:29:57

Hi Ben,

I new you were a Floridian. I read an article that said all incomming boats must report to the INS.

I just read this morning that Customs has the authority to do the INS clearance too.

I hope to do this trip someday. I'm tired of being a wannabee. I'm sure it was a blast.

My windows media player won't play the clip.

Error message..."the request is invalid in the current state"

huh!

PW

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 10:55:46

Hi Ben,

I'm sure it was a cool trip.

My windows media player won't play the clip.

Error message..."the request is invalid in the current state"

huh!

PW


Me too ... bummer ...

Buzz Maring
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~~Freya~~
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 05/10/2003 : 22:15:04

Works for me at 7pm (Pacific) Sat May 10.
Running latest version of Windows Media Player on XP.

Nice video... Lovely sailing weater and one heckofa nice boat.

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 05/11/2003 : 08:38:20

Sorry, don't know what's up with the message "not valid in current state." I just clicked on the Bimini clip link and it started playing in a new window with Media Player. The trouple with Windows Movie Maker is you can only save it as a .WMV file, not .MOV or .JPM or .VDO.

I'm still trying to find a place to put the other clips. I could swap them out every week. The part where everyone is rigging their boats in the parking lot is the longest but most interesting to me.

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
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