My View of Life on the Dock
In case any of my loyal readers thought I was going to leave you hanging on the complete abandonment Lazy Daizy Restoration Project, here is the latest photo of it’s progress in the month of June. I wonder how much the rent is each month on a boat that doesn’t leave the dock.
Lazy Daizy Restoration Project 6/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
If you notice on the rudder there is a silver zinc and also on the bottom of the keel.
The reason that boat owners replace the zincs when they haul out is because electrolysis eats away at metal under the water line on a boat but it eats away at the zincs first so the rest of the metal goes untouched by the electrolysis. If the boat owner keeps up on replacing the zincs when they get eaten away the other metal below the boat will stay in better shape over time.
Rudder and Prop on The Holy Mackerel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Hauled out for paint and new zincs.
Holy Mackerel Hauled Out At Rose’s Marine, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Junior Seine Boat Crews Prepare To Practice 4:40AM 6/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Women’s Crews Pick Dories and Lanes Video
Originally uploaded by captjoe06
Erik Dombrowski & Jimmy T, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Winners:
Junior exhibition race- Joe Harmon and Ben Favazza def. Kyle Edmonds and
Joe Ciolino
Note: Kyle Lucido and Randy Parisi won American eliminations
but were unable to race due to medical concerns.
Women- Canadians Natalie and Nicole Jones def. Americans Katherine
Richmond and Laurie Fleming
Masters- Americans Mark Duval and Joe Sanfilippo def. Canadians Tim Mair
and Kenny MacDonald
Open- Erik Dombrowski and Glenn Harrington def. Canadians Wylie Blades
and Donny Mahanney
Mixed- Canadians Nicole Jones and Trevor Swim def. Americans Laurel and
Jim Tarantino
Saint Peter’s Altar Update 4:38AM 6/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Junior Seine Boat Crew Relentless prepares for practice days before the race of their lives.
Junior Seine Boat Crew Relentless 4:55AM 6/24/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Harbor Beach 4:55AM 5/6/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
When someone wants to force the teen pregnancy story down your throat to tell you how horrible a place Gloucester is, ask them where they live.
Then when they tell you Plaineville USA, ask them if they have a Schooner Festival there.
Then ask them if they have the Horribles parade and as many fireworks displays throughout the year that we have.
Then ask them if they have a beach that compares to Good Harbor, Wingersheek or Niles.
Then ask them if they can name their neighbors that live more than one house away from them.
Then ask them if they have the number of killer little mom and pop places to eat around their town instead of the generic chains.
Then ask them how many people they recognize when they walk into the local coffee shop if they even have a local coffee shop.
Then ask them if have the Dory Races and an ability to pay $50 for yearlong use of a Grand Banks Dory with a tie up spot on the water.
Then ask them if they can launch a small boat or kayak from a public landing in their town.
Then ask them if they can walk down to just about any spot on the harbor and take pictures or enjoy a sandwich watching the boats go by.
Then ask if they have an arts community that is one tenth as strong as ours.
Saint Peter’s Altar Update 4:50AM 6/24/06, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Saint Peter’s Altar Update 4:50AM 6/24/06, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Hey, what do you think about this idea presented to me by lobsterman Mark Ring. He tells me that the shroud that covers the City Hall tower looks like a big green condom when he looks at it from the harbor while hauling traps.
We turn lemons into lemonade and sell naming rights for the City Hall Restoration project to Trojan Brand Condoms. They could market new big huge green condoms that look like the shroud that covers City Hall right now. We could get the expensive project completely taken care of with a few timely banner ads.
Maybe another birth control pill company might sponsor the other side and we could get the sewer project paid for too. With all the media exposure those pharmaceutical companies would surely jump at the chance at that advertising opportunity! Now that’s some outside the box thinking right there!
In case any of you are wondering, no I’m not serious.
WINDOW BOX HISTORY
Main Street’s beautiful window box flower displays have delighted residents and visitors alike since 2001.More than seventy of the window boxes that grace Gloucester’s Main Street were installed in a collaborative downtown enhancement program between 2001 and 2005. The program was initiated by William Taylor and Peter Perthou (Grant Circle Flower Fund) and was enhanced and extended by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and the City of Gloucester’s Community Development Department. Through this cooperative effort, window boxes were installed at Main Street businesses free of charge. Main Street merchants plant and maintain their own window boxes, expressing their own unique style – and brightening all of Main Street in the process.
Saint Peter Statue Out On Tour, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Saint Peter’s Altar Update 4:40AM 6/22/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beer is good. I bought my first growler yesterday. The heffeweisen. By the time you read this hopefully I should have enjoyed a couple of pints.
Cape Ann Brewing, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
A perfect spot for an afternoon meeting or an evening cocktail party.
Click here for a slide show of pictures from The Manor Inn Steakhouse
The Manor Steakhouse, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
