My "office" View Yesterday.....
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Your radar installation is crooked :>)
Thanks for the response on my fuel fill bedding ! Much appreciated.
Looks like a nice peaceful day in the fog with just the sound of the harbor around you and the birds. I don't get those kinds of days anymore, now I just get sunshine, warm weather, and nice breezes. Then in the fall the breezes pick up a little into the low hundreds.
Thanks for the response on my fuel fill bedding ! Much appreciated.
Looks like a nice peaceful day in the fog with just the sound of the harbor around you and the birds. I don't get those kinds of days anymore, now I just get sunshine, warm weather, and nice breezes. Then in the fall the breezes pick up a little into the low hundreds.
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Looking at the fog in your pic, makes me think of how my friends laugh at me as I like to sail in the soup. Twice a year, Spring & Fall the sea fog can show up in minutes. Sometimes it's hard to see the bowsprit. But, it does sharpen your senses and invigorating to the more daring of us.
I've had this fascination ever since I was a kid. I dunno, I think at first it was the stealth factor, and the maybe the silence of something ghostly within the visuals & sounds. But it's always been there. As a kid, I always thought it was TOO cool.
The good part is that sailing out of JP Florida, is not a working type harbor really, A couple of rentals, fuel docks & a gambling ship or two.
That & pleasure/charter/fishing boats mostly, with an occasional barge.
Just a very short channel to clear Gulf water. The inside pass itself is small.
When I do take folks out, they always come back with a fog appreciation of sights-n-sounds.
First thing I give my guests are, life jackets (to the more timid) & my trusty old fog horn. It's fun to have them run thru & practice the signals. Best of all the horn is not battery powered & always works. Having my guests trade signals with the gambling boats & larger vessels adds to their excitement & enthusiasm.
Also as the top water calms, I have people sit quietly at the bow (legs dangling under the lifelines)to watch for sea life. It's surprising how much you see as you stealth up to dolphins, turtles, pelagics, rays etc.
Anyway pal , your pic made me write this.
Here's a older shot of the pass I come into before I redid the deck......
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Looking at the fog in your pic, makes me think of how my friends laugh at me as I like to sail in the soup. Twice a year, Spring & Fall the sea fog can show up in minutes. Sometimes it's hard to see the bowsprit. But, it does sharpen your senses and invigorating to the more daring of us.
I've had this fascination ever since I was a kid. I dunno, I think at first it was the stealth factor, and the maybe the silence of something ghostly within the visuals & sounds. But it's always been there. As a kid, I always thought it was TOO cool.
The good part is that sailing out of JP Florida, is not a working type harbor really, A couple of rentals, fuel docks & a gambling ship or two.
That & pleasure/charter/fishing boats mostly, with an occasional barge.
Just a very short channel to clear Gulf water. The inside pass itself is small.
When I do take folks out, they always come back with a fog appreciation of sights-n-sounds.
First thing I give my guests are, life jackets (to the more timid) & my trusty old fog horn. It's fun to have them run thru & practice the signals. Best of all the horn is not battery powered & always works. Having my guests trade signals with the gambling boats & larger vessels adds to their excitement & enthusiasm.
Also as the top water calms, I have people sit quietly at the bow (legs dangling under the lifelines)to watch for sea life. It's surprising how much you see as you stealth up to dolphins, turtles, pelagics, rays etc.
Anyway pal , your pic made me write this.
Here's a older shot of the pass I come into before I redid the deck......
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That is not even considered "fog" here in Maine. That is slightly over cast...
We love the fog it is beautiful & serene..
We love the fog it is beautiful & serene..
That boat was at Five Islands but the fog is pretty thick here in Cumberland today....
Fog is beautiful. As long as you are at the dock, moored, or anchored. I love to watch it. But I don't like to navigate in it.
We were in Montauk a week or so ago and the fog was around - moving in and out. Very eerie. At the point we'd seen fishing boats appear out of fog banks and disappear again, all while the general visibility was pretty good. And the sounds from the water were muffled. As we drove back West we were in and out of fog - they call it sea smoke. I like when it's around. My wife not so much.
We were in Montauk a week or so ago and the fog was around - moving in and out. Very eerie. At the point we'd seen fishing boats appear out of fog banks and disappear again, all while the general visibility was pretty good. And the sounds from the water were muffled. As we drove back West we were in and out of fog - they call it sea smoke. I like when it's around. My wife not so much.
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