Was: Congratulations all! Re: [Rhodes22-list] Raven Now: Signs of Spring

[Jim White]

Mary Lou,
Wish I could push some of this warm Gulf weather your way.... I am already 
seeing the pita blooming on the Spanish Daggers (Yucca)....a sure sign of 
spring! Our bird populations are changing their feeding patterns 
too....another good sign...
jw
Jim White
Le Menagerie

At 08:10 AM 2/14/2005, you wrote:
>Congratulations Peter and Tana and Mark and Julie!
>Peter, Glad to hear you'll be sailing!
>Mark & Julie - sounds like you're spending more and more time on Rachel.
>All to the good - there were 7 robins in the yard this weekend and the 
>snow is almost gone so even we northerners have hopes of an early spring!
>
>Mary Lou
>1991 R22 Fretless
>Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD
>
>
>At 09:36 PM 2/13/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hello Rhodies,
>>
>>I am a happy sailor today!  Yesterday Mark and I closed the deal and now 
>>Raven sits in my driveway.  She's a beauty, a real time-capsule 
>>boat.  Many thanks to Stan for building such a fine craft, to Gary 
>>Sanford and Mark and Julie Kaynor for taking such good care of this '88 
>>unrecycled boat.   Tana and I will be R22 sailing this year instead of 
>>next year or beyond, which would be the earliest probable time that I 
>>could find the time to complete renovations to Phoenix, while also 
>>running a small business and spending 12-15 weekends a year racing Tanzers 16s.
>>
>>This year Raven will be dry-sailed on Kerr Lake, near  where the Carolina 
>>Sailing Club races at Henderson Point on the NC/VA borderline.  On T16 
>>race weekends Raven can serve as lake lodging too.  Perhaps Raven and I 
>>will join the local PHRF fleet next winter, or Tana and I  will venture 
>>up into the Chesapeake again- who knows.  It's just a great feeling to 
>>have an "Admiralty Craft" ready ro go in great shape.
>>
>>Fair winds,
>>
>>PT
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