AH>    Season's Greetings Robert,
AH>RK> Well.  this is it took the stick off today :-(  How you doin' out 
there,
  >RK> managed to get into any mischief ?
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  >         What!?  Already!?  My season just started :^)  I took a newish 
&C
  >27 out today for a nice long sail.  The weather forcast was calling for
  >gale force winds so I thought I'd single hand :^)  Lots of fun, but I only
  >did 6 knots (the gale didn't show :^(  I got tired of waiting for a
  >stinkin' bank to give me money for a decent boat, so I decided to charter
  >instead :^)  I joined a charter club that gives me unlimited sailing for a
  >nominal monthly fee (less than the cost of moorage!!)  Not a bad deal, I'd
  >say :^)  As soon as the ""windy season" gets here I'm taking off for a
  >weekend through the islands - I don't know which ones yet, but there are
  >lots of them around so I shouldn't have too much trouble finding a couple
  >
Hey Smartie ...
Season just getting started,  give me a break,  or are you talking
about gale season :( ...  hey dude,  single handling in a gale ain't
that much fun ya know.  I admit if you can have some sail up you can go
like stink as long as it ain't blowing you into shore or the rocks :-)
Glad you found a reasonable way to have some regular sailing.  The
problem with the banks are there are so darn many people claiming
personal bankrupsy they are very cautious these days.  People are so
heavy in debt that they have their backs to the wall and don't pay.  At
our company our bad debt expense has doubled in the past eighteen months
:-) and it's a BIG number.
RK> Am aroung for a few weeks then the heavy travel starts. Any
luck with a vessel ? I see in this month Canadain Yachting that the
Jenneau is still listed.
Has the other deal fallen through.  Drop me a note an let >RK> me know
how you're doing
 yet.  I was close, but the bank managed to find a
last minute >snag (like I switched employers!) so now I'm in search of
another bank! >Definitely *very* odd that the Jeanneau is still up for
grabs!  Sure she >needs work desperately, but it's an overall good sound
boat.  I guess poor >Tom will end up keeping her for the winter... I may
give him a call in the >spring 
Well it may be an old listing but it's there in the October issue :-)
AH>  I started working at Queenship Yachts this week.  Not a bad place but
  >it's a long drive - 50km each way.  Fortunately, I don't have to deal with
  >rush hour.  Unfortunately, I start at 6:00 each day!  I don't know what's
  >happening in Toronto, but on Nov 12th on the Knowledge Network, there's a
  >documentary showing here on BC super yacht builders - I've worked for most
  >of them!   The show's at 21:00 (pst) and I'm trying to find someone
  >around here with a vcr and cable.  I've got a month to do it so I should 
e
  >okay :^)
Augustin why did you change jobs again ?  What kind of boat work is done
at Queenship Yachts ?
Well it's Monday and I did some more work on Toy Box today,  did the
engine,  the generator,  Penny painted the cradle a with rustclad ( a
puuuuuuuuudy blue )  Still have lots to do but ran out of time.  Yet
another thanksgiving dinner.  Hey,  I am not complaining but I had to
stop yesterday and today at about 2:00 pm and I still had lots to do.
The dinners were good though.
Going to Montreal tomorrow for a couple of days and then Haulout is on
Saturday   Oh well it was a good season for us,  I finally
got everything going the way I wanted it too .... yes even the wind
direction indicators  :^).   As a matter of fact I got both sets
working.  Would you believe that after changing everything ( except the
head on the top of the mast )  that's just what it turned out to be.
Hope all is well, when are you coming to Toronto ?  Do you have a mate
out there yet ?  Or you just sniffin' around.  Enjoy Lotus land and send
me the occasion post to let me know how you are doing.
TTFN
Rob
AH>  TTYL
AH>     Cheers,
  >             Augustin~~~===
  >                             National Yacht Club, Toronto - S2STOR - 
VCR
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