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Comment on Friends of Georgetown Sailing Auction: A Weekend Watching the Log Canoes by Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:49:22 +0000

Berry,

Yetsgo is 32′ not 28′

Comment on Friends of Georgetown Sailing Auction: A Weekend Watching the Log Canoes by Inch

Inch — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:40:03 +0000

Awesome.

Comment on Red, the New Pink by Johnny Scrappleseed

Johnny Scrappleseed — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:35:09 +0000

Love the new shirts, and especially the allusion to that 2002 century throwdown. To this day, one of the best parties I’ve ever attended. That was my third season aboard Blossom, and late that night as the caterers tried to break down the bar area (drinks served on Sweet Corn’s old deck!), a boardman’s mutiny ensued.

I recall Sean Callahan Jr. defiantly thrusting his leg into a big pail of wine to hold it down, and finally the ladies gave up and left us with an ample supply of … white zinfandel. So, um, yeah, we were chugging throatfuls of pink wine in the wee hours of the night.

That night also marked the founding of the “true” boardman’s union, and the inaugural singing en masse of the boardman’s anthem, “Trust Your Boardman,” penned that summer aboard Blossom.

We hitched a ride back to Billie P. Hall’s spacious base-yacht, Limmershin, which graciously put us up and served us coffee in the morning, blissfully unaware we had stolen a stash of their shamrock neckties, which we wore on the racecourse.

Supposedly John Farrell of Billie P. slept under either a car or a bush in your grandparents’ lawn. And one more fond memory was Sean Jr. sitting up on the bar crosslegged, facing the late Jimmy Wilson in a mirror-image staredown, and he leaned in and said to Jimmy: “Goddamnit, Jimmy, teach me how to be an asshole!”

What I liked best about that party is that just about anyone who had ever been involved with log canoes in any capacity was welcome. What a throwdown. I guess the next is … what, Jay Dee and Noddy in 2032?

I’ll only be 56, so count me in. Maybe I’ll have my own boardman offspring to share the festivities with.

Comment on Red, the New Pink by Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:17:17 +0000

Fuck yes.

That is all.

Comment on Rock Hall Regatta: Pre-Race 1–Breeze On! by Johnny Scrappleseed

Johnny Scrappleseed — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:52:47 +0000

What’s this? Silver Heel’s Ailing? I’m so sorry to hear it.

I don’t like sailing without the jib because — aside from the pressure it can put on the foremast — I think it makes tacks messy and less predictable.

Good to see you guys are blogging here. Come join the fun at blogcanoe.com when you get a chance also. We have lots of talk about the Candy Corn.

–chappie

Comment on Silver Heel Sailing, an abridged autobiography by John

John — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:11:41 +0000

Great Blog! I use wordpress from my blog, Blogcanoe.com obviously and it’s great!
I ran into a few of the Silver Heel crew and ended up on Bojan last night (Sunday evening after Harleigh), while at schooners, and was told about your blog. I’m very happy to see other people interested in doing this! It’s important to keep this going and get new people interested in Log Canoes. I will put a link to this blog on blogcanoe if your interested. I’m trying to be neutral and fair for the fleet, despite the many pictures of JayDee and such, I just need other crews to send me stuff and I’ll gladly post it.
Also there are great pictures of Silver Heel on my flickr account [http://flickr.com/photos/blogcanoe/]
Feel free to use them on your blog if you want.

-John Jallade
(primay) Boardman Jay Dee
http://www.blogcanoe.com