Parade Of Sail

It's always more fun to be at the start of a parade and make everyone else follow the leader.

Happy Birthday

Awesome people do not just grow on trees. They must be carefully selected from the rest of the merely mediocre ones that you see everyday. When you're lucky enough to know three of them, then you have really got something. And when three of the awesomest people you know where all born on the same day? Well, it just boggles the mind.

Christine, Jess, and Ben: I hope you have a mind-bogglingly awesome birthday!

The Windy

Another picture of the Windy, the boat that I lived on this summer. From this angle you can see the port side bow, and if you had X-ray vision that could penetrate the steel hull you would be able to see my bunk down in the fo'c'sle. Now before you tell me that "fo'c'sle" can't possibly be a word, let me say that first of all it is an abbreviation of the word forecastle, and second of all, Wikipedia agrees with me, therefore I am right.

In other news, I am flying home today. And because I want to avoid unnecessary baggage fees, I am only bringing one carry-on with me. If it doesn't fit into my backpack, then it's not coming along. I think this will be an interesting trial to see if I can really travel without lots of unnecessary things.

Tall Shipping

 

 View of Chicago from aboard the Windy.

View from below

 

Nothing like lying in a hammock to get the best view.

Foremast

 

This is the foremast on the Windy with all of her sails up including the foresail, staysail, jib, jib topsail and main topsail.