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TCH

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bursto

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you ask my missus what day it is she says "Wednesday" and its not its a tuesday or thursday or something, but she usually never gets it right
theres no point asking her, if you not sure,

ps. she'll be like its Wednesday and then try to argue about it when you tell her shes wrong, i got an iphone now gave up asking
 
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wakeNbaker46

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happy wednesday, friends! here's my weekly/semi-monthly check-in :lol: in pictures, of course.
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lady #1, the biggest of the three
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lady #2, she's shorter and wider than #1
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lady #3
they're all about 6ft tall right now. i think they may be trying to flower finally. a friend who started seeds the same week i did said his started flower this week, and he's in the same zone as me. here's to hoping!
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last wednesday we took the boat out for a lovely sail on a local lake. we were cruising along for a good hour; i was manning the tiller and the old man was on jib and mainsail duty. he was hanging over the side, we were laughing and having a great time. a gust of wind came out of nowhere and then this happened...
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that's us, trying to pull the boat over with no keel to stand on as it retracted when it all went upside down. we don't have a mast float and from the time the boat blew over until it was completely turtled was less than 10 seconds. we were about 1/2 mile from shore, and from the photo above you can see how unoccupied the lake was that day LOL we spent about 15 minutes trying to turn it, treading water, when a pontoon came by to see what was going on. honestly if that boat hadn't have come by, we were about ready to just swim back because there was zero chance of us being able to turn the boat upright.
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thankfully the pontoon was able to help us; we tied a rope between the boats and after about four tries and a solid hour, we got the girl upright, bailed out all the water, took down the sails, and had the pontoon pull us back to the boat ramp. it was a very quiet ride back :D

it's hot AF here but we're getting a fair amount of rain every few days so that helps. i'm sad that summer is just cruising by and it seems that there's still so much that i want to do before the cold temps come back.
 

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shnkrmn

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happy wednesday, friends! here's my weekly/semi-monthly check-in :lol: in pictures, of course.
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lady #1, the biggest of the three
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lady #2, she's shorter and wider than #1
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lady #3
they're all about 6ft tall right now. i think they may be trying to flower finally. a friend who started seeds the same week i did said his started flower this week, and he's in the same zone as me. here's to hoping!
View attachment 5412510
last wednesday we took the boat out for a lovely sail on a local lake. we were cruising along for a good hour; i was manning the tiller and the old man was on jib and mainsail duty. he was hanging over the side, we were laughing and having a great time. a gust of wind came out of nowhere and then this happened...
View attachment 5412512
that's us, trying to pull the boat over with no keel to stand on as it retracted when it all went upside down. we don't have a mast float and from the time the boat blew over until it was completely turtled was less than 10 seconds. we were about 1/2 mile from shore, and from the photo above you can see how unoccupied the lake was that day LOL we spent about 15 minutes trying to turn it, treading water, when a pontoon came by to see what was going on. honestly if that boat hadn't have come by, we were about ready to just swim back because there was zero chance of us being able to turn the boat upright.
View attachment 5412513
thankfully the pontoon was able to help us; we tied a rope between the boats and after about four tries and a solid hour, we got the girl upright, bailed out all the water, took down the sails, and had the pontoon pull us back to the boat ramp. it was a very quiet ride back :D

it's hot AF here but we're getting a fair amount of rain every few days so that helps. i'm sad that summer is just cruising by and it seems that there's still so much that i want to do before the cold temps come back.
I've been eagerly anticipating your first capsizing! Glad you got assistance and a great lesson lol.
 

Laughing Grass

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happy wednesday, friends! here's my weekly/semi-monthly check-in :lol: in pictures, of course.
View attachment 5412507
lady #1, the biggest of the three
View attachment 5412508
lady #2, she's shorter and wider than #1
View attachment 5412509
lady #3
they're all about 6ft tall right now. i think they may be trying to flower finally. a friend who started seeds the same week i did said his started flower this week, and he's in the same zone as me. here's to hoping!
View attachment 5412510
last wednesday we took the boat out for a lovely sail on a local lake. we were cruising along for a good hour; i was manning the tiller and the old man was on jib and mainsail duty. he was hanging over the side, we were laughing and having a great time. a gust of wind came out of nowhere and then this happened...
View attachment 5412512
that's us, trying to pull the boat over with no keel to stand on as it retracted when it all went upside down. we don't have a mast float and from the time the boat blew over until it was completely turtled was less than 10 seconds. we were about 1/2 mile from shore, and from the photo above you can see how unoccupied the lake was that day LOL we spent about 15 minutes trying to turn it, treading water, when a pontoon came by to see what was going on. honestly if that boat hadn't have come by, we were about ready to just swim back because there was zero chance of us being able to turn the boat upright.
View attachment 5412513
thankfully the pontoon was able to help us; we tied a rope between the boats and after about four tries and a solid hour, we got the girl upright, bailed out all the water, took down the sails, and had the pontoon pull us back to the boat ramp. it was a very quiet ride back :D

it's hot AF here but we're getting a fair amount of rain every few days so that helps. i'm sad that summer is just cruising by and it seems that there's still so much that i want to do before the cold temps come back.
Wow! That's insane. thank god you're both okay and you didn't lose the boat.
 

wakeNbaker46

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I've been eagerly anticipating your first capsizing! Glad you got assistance and a great lesson lol.
i'm surprised it took us this long LOL what we didn't count on happening was the whole thing flipping. i think we both assumed that it would just lay on it's side as most masts have foam in them. ours doesn't. we're getting a mast float before we take it back out.
 

TCH

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happy wednesday, friends! here's my weekly/semi-monthly check-in :lol: in pictures, of course.
View attachment 5412507
lady #1, the biggest of the three
View attachment 5412508
lady #2, she's shorter and wider than #1
View attachment 5412509
lady #3
they're all about 6ft tall right now. i think they may be trying to flower finally. a friend who started seeds the same week i did said his started flower this week, and he's in the same zone as me. here's to hoping!
View attachment 5412510
last wednesday we took the boat out for a lovely sail on a local lake. we were cruising along for a good hour; i was manning the tiller and the old man was on jib and mainsail duty. he was hanging over the side, we were laughing and having a great time. a gust of wind came out of nowhere and then this happened...
View attachment 5412512
that's us, trying to pull the boat over with no keel to stand on as it retracted when it all went upside down. we don't have a mast float and from the time the boat blew over until it was completely turtled was less than 10 seconds. we were about 1/2 mile from shore, and from the photo above you can see how unoccupied the lake was that day LOL we spent about 15 minutes trying to turn it, treading water, when a pontoon came by to see what was going on. honestly if that boat hadn't have come by, we were about ready to just swim back because there was zero chance of us being able to turn the boat upright.
View attachment 5412513
thankfully the pontoon was able to help us; we tied a rope between the boats and after about four tries and a solid hour, we got the girl upright, bailed out all the water, took down the sails, and had the pontoon pull us back to the boat ramp. it was a very quiet ride back :D

it's hot AF here but we're getting a fair amount of rain every few days so that helps. i'm sad that summer is just cruising by and it seems that there's still so much that i want to do before the cold temps come back.
Definitely a great lesson. When we learned to sail in scouts, the first day we went in shallow water and dumped the sunfish where we could just barely touch to practice getting it upright. Once that was figured out, we went to the middle of the lake and did it. One time when a buddy and I checked one out during free time, we decided to practice capsizing and uprighting it. It was fun times when it turtled and we were in the perfect depth water for the mast to bury the top foot or two in the bottom of the lake. Counselors were real happy when they had to help flip that one back over. Hahahaha.


Plants are looking beautiful!!!! Job well done.
 
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