tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post1784693026429296063..comments2024-03-15T04:32:47.445-04:00Comments on 2 Gringos in the Caribbean: Happy New Year!La Gringahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373488986584175930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-84619080841450058332012-01-30T14:03:02.217-05:002012-01-30T14:03:02.217-05:00i came down to provo from Denver for a week (sitti...i came down to provo from Denver for a week (sitting in a house on long pay now) with several books to read..instead i've read through this entire blog---so awesome how you've documented everything.<br /><br />ill be subscribed and checking in weekly..thanks for the read!Jack Hamlinhttp://www.facebook.com/jackhamlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-88999853614804359302011-01-22T06:11:11.725-05:002011-01-22T06:11:11.725-05:00Hi Bill, your comment came in just as I was respon...Hi Bill, your comment came in just as I was responding to the others. I did see the Triak when I was looking at kayaks online. There are a few others, too. That's a nice looking design. Very sleek.<br /><br />The Hobie TI was a better choice for us, in our situation. For starters, it's faster. The mast is 18 ft. high on the TI, and each ama is 220 lbs of flotation. It can handle aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-90948758446770501212011-01-22T05:55:26.936-05:002011-01-22T05:55:26.936-05:00Hello Didier, Happy New Year to you, too. Your tr...Hello Didier, Happy New Year to you, too. Your trip to Cambodia and Laos sounds like a good way to escape winter in France. We now have a friend here who spends his summers living on a barge in France, and his winters living on a sailboat here. Nice life. Writing any new books?<br /><br />And it sounds like DaveDownEast has a good sailboat story. La Gringa has one involving her, a Sunfish, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-59185236035219063222011-01-21T22:48:16.961-05:002011-01-21T22:48:16.961-05:00Entertaining post as always! It's always fun ...Entertaining post as always! It's always fun to see how many "Dooley the d..." you can come up with.<br /><br />How does the Hobie TI point to the wind?<br /><br />I saw this neat boat on the web today, a Triak, looks like it is a competitor to the Hobie TI. It has a spinnaker that launches and douses to a sock on the foredeck, pretty neat system. Maybe a DIY project for you?<br billhtttp://www.changingourcourse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-44103637036622727542011-01-20T17:27:40.276-05:002011-01-20T17:27:40.276-05:00Great posts as usual!!!!!!!!
You're saving me ...Great posts as usual!!!!!!!!<br />You're saving me the price of a subscription to International Living, I owe you a cool one.<br /><br />If I was a writer, I'd tell you the story of me, a Hobie Cat and a boat training for The America's Cup on Martinique in 1968. :)<br /><br />DaveDownEastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-59208041822823563722011-01-20T08:26:22.508-05:002011-01-20T08:26:22.508-05:00Happy New Year !
I wish lot of sunrises and sunset...Happy New Year !<br />I wish lot of sunrises and sunsets for la Gringa, "full time vacation" for Byron and a huge T.Rex bone for Dooley...<br /><br />Here it's snowing... But at the end of the month, I'm going with my wife in "Cambodge" and "Laos"... I think about hot températures !!!<br />Amitiés de France<br /><br /> DidierDidier Dufresnehttp://didierdufresne.hautetfort.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-35905750926881955192011-01-18T08:48:02.953-05:002011-01-18T08:48:02.953-05:00Hello Heather,
Thanks for writing. We were wonder...Hello Heather,<br />Thanks for writing. We were wondering what you were up to. Glad you finally made it back home. I spent a whole lot of time in Louisiana over the years. A lot of good memories of good people there. And hot sauces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-72488275275446492082011-01-15T19:50:49.140-05:002011-01-15T19:50:49.140-05:00La Gringa's photos were beautiful! The new boa...La Gringa's photos were beautiful! The new boat looks like a ton of fun. Thanks for the sunshine..we have been literally freezing here! By the way, we finally moved back home to Louisiana over Christmas break. Goodbye Houston summers! (though I'd probably gladly take one right now) ;)<br /><br />HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com