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• What was some of the most interesting thing this season? (not nessarily boating)
  • Two "minks" on a dock in Portland? I'm not sure what you meant, Doug? ;^)
    • Re: Two "minks" on a dock in Portland? I'm not sure what you meant, Doug? ;^)
    • You obviously don't live in Maine, Steve. Around here, a mink is just a mink.
  • Garbage man at Great Harbor.
  • We have had a family of mink at our club for as long as I can remember
  • Seeing a sub nearby
  • Watching a fast ferry return to the dock
    • That is remarkable.
    • That is amazing. We tried to stop a bus outside of Portsmouth NH.
      • in Bradenton Beach, Fl, they have free trolleys. Riding to the grocery store, and left my cap on
    • Bodo Norway!! Now there's a name from the past. Flew into there in Apr, 1963 to carry an engine in
  • Minks?
  • Mink? Maybe rat?
  • Interesting - no, bizzare, yes: wrapping four(4!)lobster buoys-at one time, around my prop!
    • what would you have done if you could not free yourself, Tom?
      • You can always get free then sail off if there's wind.
        • Yeah, or anchor. I think I had several options before a tow was needed.
          • I've freed myself without going in the water.
            • What do you do it the line is wrapped around the prop and/or keel -- and knotted?
              • You can always winch enough of the "anchor" line up to cut yourself loose.
                • Calm conditions help a lot
          • I thought she'd be flipping the coin and calling whether it's heads or tails
    • Turning the shaft from inside is a great idea.
      • Jerico Bay was easy yesterday...
    • That is a nasty area in there south of the Sister islands...
  • The arrival of L'Hermione, the replica of the French frigate that came to Castine in 1780.
    • Wish I'd seen that. We visited the museum in Castine and saw the details posted. Nice museum btw.