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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 5, 2011 12:54:47 GMT -5
Our friends in Australia just posted this video. The aftermath of the cyclone is shocking, but I would think the terror of riding it out has had a numbing effect.
Our friends are fine. In fact, there was not one life lost. 200 mph winds. Amazing. Someone likened it to living in the Old Testament.
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Post by rogesgallery on Feb 5, 2011 22:00:09 GMT -5
Our friends in Australia just posted this video. The aftermath of the cyclone is shocking, but I would think the terror of riding it out has had a numbing effect. Our friends are fine. In fact, there was not one life lost. 200 mph winds. Amazing. Someone likened it to living in the Old Testament. I have always been curious as to what it would be like to be Smote
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Post by rogesgallery on Feb 6, 2011 0:15:34 GMT -5
I was going to climb the cliff to the big bunker above Unisea ( The Aleutians) one day when I spotted the raggediest sailboat I have to this day seen afloat. It was docked up at Wallescheck's ship repair. It was such a sight that I detoured to take some pictures. It was a wooden sloop about 30 feet. There was a piece of canvas over the cabin, there wasn't a speck of finish left on the deck or the mast. The bull rail was gouged and even cracked in one place. That was only half of it though.
The guy that owned the sloop was an Aussie about 6'2" with long curly red hair that look like it hadn't been combed in a month. His eyes were buggy and he had an intense stare like he had just seen the sign that says "There be Dragons here" He had sailed this little sloop, by himself, all the way from Australia— sailed the caulking right out of the hull.
A real adventure mariner.
I am... reflecting on Aussies I've known Roges
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Post by jspnrvr on Feb 6, 2011 15:07:48 GMT -5
Our friends in Australia just posted this video. The aftermath of the cyclone is shocking, but I would think the terror of riding it out has had a numbing effect. Our friends are fine. In fact, there was not one life lost. 200 mph winds. Amazing. Someone likened it to living in the Old Testament. Thanks, Babe. Having been through a couple similar experiences my heart goes out to the Australians and your friends. Trust me, rog; you don't want to be smote!
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 6, 2011 16:43:25 GMT -5
I was going to climb the cliff to the big bunker above Unisea ( The Aleutians) one day when I spotted the raggediest sailboat I have to this day seen afloat. It was docked up at Wallescheck's ship repair. It was such a sight that I detoured to take some pictures. It was a wooden sloop about 30 feet. There was a piece of canvas over the cabin, there wasn't a speck of finish left on the deck or the mast. The bull rail was gouged and even cracked in one place. That was only half of it though. The guy that owned the sloop was an Aussie about 6'2" with long curly red hair that look like it hadn't been combed in a month. His eyes were buggy and he had an intense stare like he had just seen the sign that says "There be Dragons here" He had sailed this little sloop, by himself, all the way from Australia— sailed the caulking right out of the hull. A real adventure mariner. I am... reflecting on Aussies I've known Roges Great story, Roges!
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Post by joew on Feb 7, 2011 2:10:09 GMT -5
If you aren't wild-eyed before leaving Australia to sail to Alaska, you will be by the time you get there.
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 7, 2011 22:14:10 GMT -5
If you aren't wild-eyed before leaving Australia to sail to Alaska, you will be by the time you get there. Agreed, Joe!
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