Off-topic: View from the office..

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Funny! Those are my 4 kids, or so she tells me... <img src=

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The little one in the middle is my newest crew. All the others have already been through the meat grinder.

The boy was crewing on the Hobie 18 when he was 6 and on the Inter 20 at 10. He's 14 now, plays a lot of basketball, but his girlfriend likes to sail. <img src=

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Here's what

The Others

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And some early trapeeze training for the youngest...

But me? I'm usually surrounded by women who all want the same thing...MONEY!

beautiful family Tim.

Those horses still yours?

They're lovely Christmas photos Tim - Is that a Christmas tie as well <img src=

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Have a great Christmas everyone <img src=

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Thanks Robi. The brown one in that picture is gone, but we still have 4 more, all are for sale, you want one? <img src=

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Thanks Dermot, that was a photo from last year at Christmas, thus the tie, and the scratches all over the photo, I don't know what they did to it...? <img src=

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Dermot, I just saw an add on TV for a movie called,

P.S., I love you

featuring Hillary Swank, (and others) looks like it was shot in Ireland in the background shots. Is that the same movie filmed at Blesso and in which you had a part?

That's the one ! The boat shots are all done right in front of the Club. It was released yesterday - I haven't seen it yet, but if it shows the rib coming to the rescue, I'm the one driving the rib <img src=

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Well I'm taking the wife to see it in about 2 hours, I'll let you know how you did in your acting debut! <img src=

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Back from the movies now. Dermot, you got a full frontal shot, not too many lines but a good close up driving the rib! I waited after for all the credits to see if they mentioned you by name but I didn't see it go by.

Nice shots of the lake and the beautiful Blessington country side too. Now my wife wants to go and see it for herself. For all you cat sailors, you will not see any cats, they didn't shoot towards the club at all, they only showed the other shore and the rolling hills behind the lake, but it was very pretty.

Hey could be a cheap way of getting boats to Global Challenge, do you think they would give us a tow <img src=

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I will find out from which Australian Port it embarks from <img src=

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Usually companies running terminals like that are very keen on getting good relations with their neighbours. Having a talk with their HR manager might give surprising results.

I know I am going to check wether our company have any shipments scheduled for GB ports during summer. Would be a great way of getting the boats over and back again, and if there is room, perhaps ourself as well.
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Thanks for the review Tim, I'll have to go and see it now <img src=

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You show me your 757, I'll show you mine <img src=

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Wow! Where is she now? Nice work if you can get it, which you did. Wish I could! <img src=

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Robin Knox Johnston was the Skipper then. After that she was bought by a Dutch sailor Henk de Velde. I think that she is used for day sails in the Caribean now.

Going even further off-topic from the forum..

Her is the view from our front porch this morning. Not much snow just now, but it is blowing gale force winds in the sound. Not a windsurfer in sight <img src=

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Here's a photo of the Surf at Oxwich Bay taken last week. I hope a group of us will sail to Oxwich for lunch after the Global Challenge. With a fair breeze it will only take about 1.25hrs but it shouldn't be missed.

Great photo Mark! What kind of camera did you use and did you put the focus point in the foregrund with purpose?

Sorry about the SIZE. Could someone please explain how you decrease the image so as not to p**s people off.
Rolf the photo was taken with a Kodak Z710 nothing special 10x optical zoom 3xdigital,7.1mp but it has a large lens so a lot of detail can be downloaded if you see what I mean.

Mark, you will have to resize the image before you upload it. I can do a small guide for you if you have MS Windows or Linux on your computer.

Not exactly the view from the office but I hope you'll find this...refreshing !?

Ok this one is for all the sailors that are really sick of the hot sun, and just want to cool off a bit. It really sucks when it is so hot outside that the beer is evaporating faster than you can drink it.

Hey but what could be more pleasing then having a lot of ice at hand for your cold drink ?

I know this is a cat sailing forum but this image clearly demonstrates the fact that you don't need two hulls to have a COOL boat.

January and February are ideal gardening months here. The gardening centers are starting to get new plants i.e. spathiphyllum and lavender.

After I bought the Blade, my gardening duties got short shrift. Bad move! <img src=

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Moral: when your wife tells you to buy a new boat, don't ignore the garden.

btw- what kind of camera are you folks using? My Sony Mavica is not up to the task, but it is as good as the guy pointing it. <img src=

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Pete, you could use some colour in there... <img src=

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This pic is actually view from the

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Preliminary sketch.

The brown stuff in the background is a bouganvilla hedge that has had a severe pruning. By summer there may be too much color!

Good job on your design! The trellis and stone work are particularly nice.

I just could not resist posting this picture from today. End of winter is near! I can not wait until we can see some leaves on the trees again.

In an attempt to make loading this thread less painful, you will have to click on the attachment to see the picture.