St Anthony update.

St Anthony update.

I have news from Tony, up in St Anthony, Newfoundland.

I met Tony when I was up there with the Wanderbird last year.

Tony writes:

"Here's a picture I shot today....the coast guard picking up someone off their ship Ann Harvey.

Ann Harvey was the Grace Darling of Newfound land, you know the Grace Darling story ???

Spring is here.....70 % of the harbour is still covered with ice 2 feet thick.

Still good for cross country skiing, riding on snowmobiles and ice fishing.

There have been a few polar bears passed our town, one hung around. They had to close the ski trails a couple of days.

We see bears every spring at this time."

It seems there is so much contained in what Tony wrote, the Ann Harvey story in particular.

Hopefully I'll get back up to that part of the world with Rick & Karen in the Wanderbird later this year.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Floating dock

Now here's a good idea.

One so simple, but so effective.

All you do is let the air out of the dock to launch your RIB (HBI), then pump air back into the system to lift the RIB out of the water again.

Apparently not that much pressure is needed, so one of those small electric pumps can easily do the job.

All the advantages of having your boat out of the water, with none of the hassle of loading it onto a trailer, or having it hoisted out of the water all the time.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Spring

Now it's spring, I thought "what could be more appropriate than a picture of a spring?"

So here you are.

Click on the picture for a better view.

Taken on a recent day out.

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