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Babylon 5 was on for five or six seasons, so I have more than 100 episodes  
to watch. Unfortunately I have already seen most of them, but it's great  
entertainment anyway. I got the complete set for fathers day from the wife. 
It's  really nice watching them this way because there are no commercials.

Rummy

In a message dated 6/22/2009 11:18:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes:

Nice  while it lasts though :-)

Never seen Babylon 5, but summertime TV is  pitiful.  Let me know how it is.

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Ben,
I had a similar day except for the sailing. Being Fathers  day I slept in  
until 9:00, a real rarity for me. Had a nice bacon  and eggs breakfast with 
a

bloody Mary. Took the wife's boat over to the  marina and filled it with 38 

gallons of premium gas. Got back to our  dock and went for a swim. Took the 

SeaDoo out for a ride and then  another swim. Rum and cokes the rest of the 
day  and watched my new  DVD set of Babylon 5 until 11:30 and then this 
morning back  to  reality. Yuck.

Rummy

In a message dated 6/22/2009 10:45:34  A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com  writes:

We had  our floors redone, and the original plan for  father's day was for 
me
to  spend all day moving furniture back into  the house.  It's been  
hovering
around 100 with little cloud  cover for a couple of weeks.   This would have
been a miserable,  miserable day.

The upside of slow  contractors is that I got this  day instead:

*  Start with an early  morning sail.   Perfect breeze to fly through the 
chop
at hull  speed.  Wind  direction allowed me to go back and forth in  
parallel
with bridges,  so only one change in sails required -- when turning  around 

to
head back.

*  Late morning dockside swim and play   with the kid.

*  Long nap through the heat of the   day.

*  More play and swimming, and an evening   kayak.

*  Steak dinner.

*  Bed.

Now, back  to  reality.

Ben
R22 Velvet Elvis

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]   On Behalf Of Leland
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:20
To:   rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] too   windy

Chris,

Saturday was too wet and Sunday was  consumed  with Father's Day stuff. 
Sunday was too windy for my  enjoyment but I  wanted to go out just for the
high-wind  experience.  I think the  forecast was around 20 mph, but the  
chop
and gusts probably made it more  work than fun.

As a  daysailor, my only destination is the marina at the  end of the  
sailing
day.  If the winds are less than 5 knots, my tacks  are  usually on close
reaches out and back just to keep moving.    Sometimes I'll motor downwind 
at
the end of the day just to get back   quickly.  For winds between 5-10 
knots 
I
usually go wherever I  like  since it's easy to get back home.  Beyond 10
knots I  typically go into  the wind as much as possible.  Boom and board  
down
with sheets run  inside the shrouds.  It's a much  smoother sail heading 
into
the chop  and it's an easy return home on a  run or broad reach when you 
have
a strong  wind.

Did you go out  over the weekend or decide it wasn't worth  it?  Saturday
evening  we thought we saw a Rhodes between the Severn  and bay bridge on  
the
western shore side.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22   At  Ease
Kent Island, MD

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