Crab Louie's Ship's Log - 2010 Season
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Tracks may be viewed using Google Earth; The Google Earth (GE) *.kmz track path files were created by transferring (Garmin) GPS tracks to Maptech Offshore Navigator (5.08), exporting the corresponding *.rtf file, and using GPSbabel (1.3.6_beta) to convert the *.rtf to a *.kml. Since the data are read as waypoints, the GPSbabel option of transforming the data to tracks is selected . After loading the resulting *.kml file to GE, the path component alone is saved to a *.kmz file. The *.kmz files live on a Google server since not all web server software allow for the proper file associations by web browsers. This is a particular problem for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Mozilla Firefox and others do not suffer from this problem.
01/31/2010 - 02/07/2010
We were all in need of a break. Hard to beat a sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands. Here is the link to our Winter 2010 sailing adventure.
02/21/2010
Sheila, Jim and I had a rendezvous with Cathy at the New England Boat Show in Boston. Nice visit with Mark and Dwayne from the BHSC. Went to look at the Sabre 386 on display. Wow! What a great surprise to see my childhood and old family friend Suzanne as part of the sales team! As a child, learned to ski at Heavenly Hill in Quincy which was run by her family. Her dad also taught me how to build model planes as a youngster. Suzanne is now up in Maine, and made a point of coaxing us to join a Sabre rally this summer. Long chat with Paul from Sailboats Northeast; hope springs eternal. Sheila and Jim went to a seminar on how to handle emergencies while we visited the NE Rigger's booth to discuss solid vangs and a traveler upgrade for Cathy's Sabre. Otherwise, cruised the show and inspected the inflatable boats. A Zodiac Cadet 200 may suit.
06/05/2010
Sunny. 90F. Wind 5-10 knots. Motored boat from winter quarters at Admiral's Hill Marina to the summer mooring at the BHSC. <no track>
06/21/2010
Sunny. 80F. Wind 5-10 knots. Crab Louie is sold! Very sad to see her go, but with the purchase of Gryphon IV, our Bristol 29.9, having one boat in Boston and one in Barrington is too much. Capt. Tim McGann of Boston is the new owner. After going over the systems, we had a leisurely sail out to Lower Middle. Crab Louie has served us well. She has gone to a good skipper and capable owner. Fair winds and safe journeys Tim. I hope you'll take me out on her again. Track
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