http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling Copyright 2008 SailBlogs.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:49:20 -0500 720 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:49:20 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling?xjMsgID=65469 Big things are happening at home this weekend! Lyn Waller is walking 60 km in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer and has already raised more than six thousand dollars. Way to go Lyn! Congratulations, we are very proud of you! Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:38:43 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling?xjMsgID=65469 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling?xjMsgID=65395 I've been spending a lot of time listening to Italian lessons and have managed to master a selection of useful phrases, like "It's a car!" "I'd like an orangeade and a panini please", and "Would you like to dine with me tonight?" Unfortunately, not a single one of those phrases was even remotely useful when the guardia costeria arrived to tell us that we had to move our boat off the Trapani town dock. Rick had abandoned his efforts to communicate with them and asked them to wait a "momento" while he summoned me to the bow. Presumably they were expecting him to return with someone who could actually speak their language, but instead they found themselves faced with me, in a nightgown. saying the Italian equivalent of "No may here??" "Must to go now??" "May here later??" and even worse, clearly not understanding a single word they said in response. Still, it was obvious that they wanted us to move to the laid moorings at the entry to the harbour. There seemed to be a glimmer of hope that we would be able to come back to the dock later, but I couldn't fully understand that part. Bonnie Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:47:48 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling?xjMsgID=65395 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling?xjMsgID=65042 Somewhere off Isola di Sant Antioco, Rick downloaded the grib files with the weather and we realized that our visit to the Golfo di Oristano and Tharros would have to wait for another season. There was a narrow weather window between the 8th and 10th when things looked good for the sail to Sicily, but by Aug 11th the wind would be Force 6-7, ON THE NOSE. We decided that Carloforte, on Isola di San Pietro, would be our turnaround point. Bonnie Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:28:09 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/aisling?xjMsgID=65042