silas thatcher

showing off my ignorance here folks, but what exactly is black ice ???

wish i could remember the wording about the instructions for the royal handgrenade !!!

ok, connie just finished her stays tonite..... like i said, ok, we made some mistakes... the next pair will be better... other than ending up looking like a cardboard tube shape, what else needs improvement ?? is my thinking correct in that the pattern used by lady brower gives more of a vee shape, or do we need to modify our cut a bit ?? it looks like it is placed on the hip correctly, but what about the heighth at the top ?? too tall ?? yeah, we screwed up the tabs, so cut them off for this set :)

ah, yes indeed !! that is what i meant :) correction noted, my good sir.. they do look great... something to strive for !!

they do look better than our first try.... seems like the season for doing stays.... realized mistakes as we went along, and even more once they were done...AND ..... even more after seeing michaels new stays for kate... oh, well... have to start somewhere :)

I don't know why I'm just finding this post, but I am. Silas, what are the names of the boys in this pic? miles, zach, ryan, andrew ... from left to right.... and the big dufus ( sp ? ) in the middle of the fray is..... well you know This is a neat one. Does that man ever stop sneaking into, mugging for and stealing pics? NO !!!!! What was going on here? this was a stunt display by portside tom.... these are the victorious children after giving the drunken portside a good bashing.... wish i was closer to get a pic with tom on the ground, but didn't want to get in the way of the spectators....

GONE !!!

starting our spring cleaning early !! i have about 70 issues of wooden boat magazine dating back to about 1981 and i want to get rid of them.... i am offering them to anyone here for the shipping cost ( maybe 30 lbs ) before i put them on craigslist... ... so if ya want 'em, lemme know, and i'll bill you for the shipping... sorry, but the first person emailing me gets them.... from st. louis, mo

what kinda temperature can we expect for the event???? ( in F, michael... we're yanks :) )

mission, can't wait to see the final result.... and get on sophia to finish hers ( i dunno, is hers done ?? thought maybe she had more to add ?? ).... it's always great to have two decent writers' perspectives..

there ya go jack

fish and chips do sound good..... captain d's ?? slathered in malt vinegar... mmmmmmmm

[quote She didn't want her brother to one-up her being in the pyrate place and her not; good girl !!

that's pretty much what i thought, but never can tell :)

by "adult " you are not meaning anything x rated or the likes, are you ?? i imagine just some rum drinking and adult language, but i do need to ask...

that's a days drive for us..... have to keep it in mind.... trying to attend more events BUT, within a days drive...

geez, looking at everyone else's pics makes me realize how much i missed !! at least we have other people's pics ... a view of hte festival from a different angle :)

hope all is well with you and yours...

mission, i do have a few that i just added to my photobucket page.... these are candid shots which i love, but as with all candid shots, some don't turn out too good. there are three, just pic one that looks the best and decide to use it or not.... http://s360.photobucket.com/albums/oo45/ysail2/PiP%202008/

And they call me the blind guy... sorry to correct you again... it's b-l-o-n-d-e blonde :)

don't know the whole story behind it all..... just that nite... mebbe they were harmless partiers that had too much to drink that nite and had to be reined in a bit.... and yes, they were behaving as well as others later...

well said patrick.... just have fun :)

i believe he was lecturing dutch on........ ????