the horse's mouth

Yeah Baby, Yeah!

Butt surfing en Mar del Plata - Argentina.

Tags: kayaking, yak surfing, surfyak, paddling, surfing, video

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Have A Better Weekend Than This Guy!

"Team New Zealand I Fly Some Screwy Middle Eastern Airline" bowman
tries out his swimming skills during the America's Cup.

Photo via .sNIPEOUT.

Tags: sailing, america's cup, oops

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Fish On Fridays (2).

The catch of the day.
Carolyn Murphy.

Tags: fishing, wahines

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Dude, What's Up With The Fish?

Show us some wahines!

Tags: flipper

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Fish On Fridays.

Kids, don't try this it at home!

Tags: barracuda, fish, marine life

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Try Doing This On A Shortboard.

Photo via Infinity Surfboards. Travis Macks.

Tags: surfing

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Damn You Puffy!!!!!

Me gustas mucho!
If a shot like that doesn't get your motor running I don't know what will.
Thanks buddy, just what I need.....more confusion...she sure does look sweet!

Tags: windsurfing

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Fireball?????

Dude, are you smoking crack?
I'm building a Sabre dinghy, the last thing I need is another project.
Used Fireball = Fix = Fix = Make better.
No me gusto.

Tags: dinghy sailing, fireball sailing, sailing

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Damn You Tillerman!

I've become obsessed on finding a Laser.
Other boats won't do. How did you brainwash me?

Truth be told there a lot of terrible boats on the used
market. I know, I must have looked at half of them.

How old is this boat? I believe it was built in the 60s.
(note: Beware when no mention of the boat's age is
in the ad. Also, beware when the photo looks like it is from
a manufacturer's website or is a distance shot.)
How about the sail? Original.
Hmmm, the transom looks pretty sketchy.
I used an outboard on it all last summer, she's
solid.

God knows I don't want another project, just a nice
used Laser. Can anyone help me?

Some of you have asked me about using the Banshee
as a Summer play toy.
Banshee downwind = pearling = swimming. It's fine
for the Winter when there is less wind. No me gusto.

Tags: laser, laser sailing, dinghy sailing, in search for a damn laser, sailing

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No One Is Picking Up My Call From The Darkside.

No Lasers to be found. What's a guy to do? Look at scows?



I found an Melges 16 up at Clear Lake on Craigslist.
It looked promising at $700, so I threw a line in the water at SA and came back
with a definite don't buy from a scow guy who said the boat was an old warhorse
from the sixties that should be put out to pasture.
He pointed me toward an MC up in Sac-town.



Isn't it a big Laser that needs a few more blokes to carry it to the water?



I'm starting to think Hobie.
Puffy, she is one of those multi-hull watchamacallits that loves the beach.
I found an '82 Hobie 14 on Craigslist that has no soft spots, new running
and standing rigging for the same price as the Melges.

Should I take the plunge or wait on the beach for a
Laser to wash ashore?

Tags: laser sailing, dinghy sailing, hobie cats, hobie 14, M 16 Scow, MC Scow, beach cats, catamaran sailing, multi-hull sailing, sailing

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Shhh!

Don't Tell The Tillerman.



I want to buy a used Laser for some excitement over the summer while I build
my boats.



The damn things can be so much fun to sail.
The trouble is that used boats are few and far between.
Is a 1980 boat worth $1,000? That's a 27 year old boat!

If you know of a good used Laser please contact me:
jtrouse at gmail.com

Tags: laser, laser sailing, dinghy sailing, sailing

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So This Is It I'm Going To Die.

Lower photo via Craig,

Tags: oops, boating mishaps

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Fish On Fridays.

Name the fish.

Tags: fishing, wahines

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Does The High Cost Gas Got You Down?

Sail is always better than power.

I think, but I could be wrong, that I snagged the above photo from
.sNIPEOUT a couple of years a go.

Tags: sailing, humor, silly

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All Boys Should Learn How To Hold Their Breath Underwater.

It's a good thing to know.

Tags: swimming, wahines, humor, silly

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Dawg, I Am So Tired.

Starting a business is not easy.
Permits! Title 24! ADA! Agggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Meetings, more meetings, mucho meetings.
Email never seems to end, it flows like the Mississippi after a heavy winter rain.
Not another meeting!
Bankers, Lawyers, Accountants, Architects, Contractors oh my.
Blood suckers, they smell money ....... VAMPIRES!
What do you mean it won't be ready by June ... July ... August ...
SEPTEMBER!!!!!!
Delays, more delays, endless delays.
Basta! Screw the job creation, I need a vacation.

Tags: rant, starting a business

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Laser Girls Kick Ass!

They sure do.
FotoHorse
St. Francis Yacht Club

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Why Sail A Sabre?

Try doing this with a Laser.
You can even have a cup holder.

Photo via Sabre Sailing Association of Australia.

Tags: sabre dinghy, sailing, dinghy sailing

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Fish In Fridays 2.

You want fish? Here I am.
That wahine sure looks tasty.

Can you name the fish?

Tags: fishing, wahines

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Fish On Fridays.

.

Where's the fish?

Tags: fishing, wahines

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