By: The Philosophical Fish|30 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . boating . photography
211/365 (July 30, 2010) – I know that B usually only goes to 15, but for us the winning number was B59. We have been members of a yacht club for almost 3 years now, and we have signed on to almost every available morrage posting in that time. But it takes time and patience to build up seniority, and…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|26 June, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . boating . photography
177/365 (June 26, 2010) – The late afternoon sun poked through the clouds and lit up the sails of Canada Place while we enjoyed the scene from the breakwater at Burrard Yacht Club. Friends had called around and an impromptu BBQ suddenly developed out on the docks. What started out as four or five, multiplied to more than a dozen.…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|21 March, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . boating . photography . weather
80/365 (March 21, 2010) – Early this morning (well, it felt early since we were up partying until 2am), before we got the Student Cruise underway, the clouds were thick and heavy but a splotch of sunshine lit up the water and a boat in the distance. I love these mornings, it feels like the world is still safely tucked…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|06 March, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . boating . photography
65/365 (March 6, 2010) – Home again, home again. Bring on the weather. The day was stunning and we got out on the scooter and visited Granville Island for some much needed groceries. The city seems to be breathing a collective sigh of relief. The Olympics are over. Canada did amazingly. And things are getting back to normal in Vancouver.…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|05 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: boating . vancouver . weather
Hmmm, we were scheduled to go boating this weekend. Norvan’s first Labour Day weekend cruise to Gibsons. I woke up at some point and heard Milo digging somewhere, thought I should check it out, luckily he was being busy in the right place. I thought it odd that he was up and using his litter box in the middle of…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|11 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: boating
First we wanted a boat. Then we got a boat. Then we realized it wasn’t exactly the perfect boat. Then we realized the perfect boat doesn’t actually exist. We love our boat, Chantelle (we didn’t choose her name, she came with it and it was painted on so nicely we chose to live with it), but we are outgrowing her…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|20 May, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: boating . seasons
It finally arrived! The beginning of boating season. The official shakedown cruise. Summer! OK, I know it’s still May, but as far as boaters go, this is the start of summer. We were (understandably) concerned that our boating season would have a bumpy start. After all, last summer consisted of three weekends that did NOT involve rain, and our engines…
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