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"Michael Mon" Launching Day - November 1, 2001
The strange name is what my son called himself when he started to talk.
My brother took a number of pictures and this one was printed in the
"Launchings" section of WoodenBoat Magazine. |
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September Sail 2013
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Launching Day
The launching was in the Cooper River in New Jersey. It really
isn't much of "river," but convenient. |
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Launching Day
Even in a developed area some tranquil scenes can be found. |
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Launching Day
Another picture from the first sail... |
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Launching Day
The whole family was aboard for the first sail. |
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Cooper River - November, 2006 |
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Cooper River - November, 2006
This shot my brother took made a nice desktop background. |
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Union Lake - December 2, 2006
It looks pretty tranquil here, but we are in the lee of a point of land
- it was a pretty windy day. As you can see, the sail has been
reefed to the first set of points (and did not set perfectly). It seemed a little conservative
when we set out, but we were sure glad later as we pounded along tacking
into waves which fetched across the long (~2.5 miles) length of lake in
December 2006. |
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Union Lake - December 2, 2006
Another photo from Union Lake - notice the spray on the deck. The
water looks fairly calm, but there was a short 1 foot chop with
whitecaps. The nice thing was that the boat always seemed under
control. and we weren't hanging over the side as we were used to doing in
other small boats. |
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Union Lake - December 2, 2006
Reefed sail. Even with the reefed sail we went over 6mph a few
times. Hull speed (~5.3mph) was fairly common. The reef
points should really be tied under the sail and not under the boom. |
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Union Lake - December 2, 2006
Pulling out after an afternoon sail. |
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Cooper River - September 2013 |
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Cooper River - September 2013 |
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Cooper River - September 2013 |
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Cooper River - September 2013 |
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September Sail 2013
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