Happy Long Weekend and a Great MLK Day, Everybody.

and please...

I promise.

Cheers,

Istaboa

Agreed...

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Moment of Zen, Again

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...is a video... Been thinkin' bout our buddy Capt. Spooner so, once again, it's time to run this old video I did a couple of years ago whilst in the Chesapeake. Hope to be heading back up that way pretty soon.
Dave Grusin's arrangement of "Peter Gun" in the background... Video done with an iPhone.

Onancock Run

 

Underwater Crop Circles? + Navigation Software Rant!

Source:spoon-tamago, Deep Sea Mystery, A Love Story

Saw this surfing around a few days ago and thought I'd pass it along.

Aliens of the Deep? No... 

All done by a Puffer Fish. 

A very interesting article here.

Now it's back to rebuilding our whole computer navigation system... I've been an Apple guy for so long now that Windows is truly foreign to me. Drivers and virtual com ports? I'm relearning more than I ever wanted to know.

And... Oh Yeah! A bit of a  rant... 

Nobletec, with whom I used for more than 10 years and spent more than $10K with now informs me I must junk all my nav software and charts and buy all new stuff. No more updates! Start all over again!

So I will, but I'll go with Rose Point's Coastal Explorer instead. I'll still have to redo the whole system, but they're giving me an upgrade, from a package I bought back in 2002, for $99.00 instead of the 399.00 it normally costs. NOAA Charts are included for free and C-Map charts for the Bahamas are relatively inexpensive compared to Nobletec.  Who needs 3D charting anyway?

So there Nobletec, take that!

Rant over.

Cheers,

Istaboa

Just one more thing!

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 Seems Legit

Not to make you feel old, but...

All these songs turn 50 years old this year.

Source:http://rachelandthecity.tumblr.com/ via 16 songs that are now 50

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Nope, not a damn thing to do with boats or cruising, but I love this picture. All that blue and the colors of that dudes turban contrast beautifully.

Our friends left us today only to return to Memphis in ice and sleet.
We all had a very large time and we're hoping to have them accompany us on a sea cruise soon.  Maybe a 2 day run from Marsh Harbour to Charleston after we show them around the islands.
Thanks Denis and April... We had a blast, hope Memphis doesn't stay cold long.
Adios, Mi Amigos

Cheers,

Istaboa

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This, I can relate to...