On Saturday, October 17th the BOC hosted an open musical jam session at the BOC Floating World Headquarters. A beautiful evening of music and friendship was shared by BOC members and friends. Here's a small sample of some of the many "awesomely sweet" performances of the knight... enjoy:
To save myself the work of writing two stories about two great BOC weekend adventures, I've compiled the evidence into one short video.
BOC Prez Ed tunes his starboard shroud to a C sharp (OOPS)... while sweet baby James Alumbaugh provides the musical score. Good Times on the Rio Grande.
Nothing happened before Olive arrived as far as we know.
Olive took Swee'pea to the HQ in hopes that the sailors there would figure out her, as it turned out, elementary rigging.
Nothing happened before Olive arrived as far as we know.
The weather service didn't scare the numerous boats encouraged by Dusty to Get Out There! And actually the weather herself didn't scare the boats. Just a bit of refreshing rain when we were going in anyway. I seem to remember nine boats at the HQ Saturday night. A sane amount of food evident. And beverages. Some people cooked sort of in the rain, because we've "always done it that way".
When were the mousetraps set, tantalizingly near our toes as we stood at the counter? Saturday night? Sunday night?
Did the Bread arrive that day? Did we have Banana Bread, just a bit, as soon as Gary arrived? Yes.
Which night did wily Steve sit, still as a sailbag, in Pleiades cockpit in wait, with a bench brush, for a horrible boat mouse --some thought he had dozed off -- for what seemed an hour? But NO! when the vile mouse finally emerged and got well clear of cover, Steve swiped it gracefully into the water! There was boisterous rejoicing and congratulations.
Mouse evidence was found in the Great Boat also. The Bread gift was stowed in the standing ice box, the Mice Box. When were the mousetraps set, tantalizingly near our toes as we stood at the counter? Saturday night? Sunday night? Anyway, mice were caught.
I've not done an all important badger report since early spring and no doubt many of the BOCers have been left hanging in the wind, so to speak, and many are probably quite happy to be left that away because they are sailors after all. But, nonetheless, after my second glass of wine this afternoon, I feel compelled to do so in the interest of all concerned and not concerned, so this is for everybody, like it or not, and throw me in the lake if you do not, please, only do it rather soon because later the water will be too cool for my liking.
Greetings all!
Badger report: I would like to say there have been "NO STINKING BADGERS" this year but as many have heard, the good ship Kunundrum was attacked just recently by some--some by air and some by water. Only by the skill of the captain was the ship brought to the safety of a briny bay where she could be retrieved in shallow waters after the attack and subsequent sinking. In fact, according to Capt. Don, the good ship will sail again soon as repairs are nearly finished.
There have also been reports of several badgers swimming in the lake at night with big flat tails and eating branches and the like but these are not badgers at all so nothing to worry yourself about, but rather BOC officers searching for clams and items fallen overboard.
Well, I wish there was more to report on but that's about it. My wine glass is empty and so I'm done. It's been a beautiful summer with more to come and best wishes to all and I'll keep you posted if any new badger news comes up. Like it or not.
Summer is definitely here! ...and so are the thunderstorms that build over the mountains and roll across the lake in the afternoons. Last week they were not particularly huge but they scored some direct hits that caused considerable damage.
Kunundrum Passes the BOC Initiation Test with Flying Colors
The Macgregor 25, Kunundrum, formerly owned by Cochiti Man, was caught on the lake as it tried to seek shelter in a cove by wind surfer point. The high winds flipped the boat on its side and capsized it when the keel was raised for clearance in the shallow water. As luck would have it, the companionway hatch was open and Kunundrum's cabin was completely filled with water. It rested on the bottom of the cove for a couple of days before it was retrieved. The sailboat was considered a total loss - whether it will ever be rebuilt remains unkown. Fortunately, no human or wildlife casualties were sustained in the sinking incident.
Another micro burst from a different storm about four days later scored a direct hit on the BOC Floating World Headquarters in BOC Bay and made a mangled mess of steel tubing out of the upper deck shade structure. The canopy skeleton and what was left of the white awning cover were removed this weekend by BOCers who discovered the damage on Friday (7-31-2009).
BOC Floating World Headquarters is Missing the Upper Deck Awning (8-2-2009 photo)
In addition to these expensive damages, there was also some wind damage to tarps, sail covers, biminis, and other external accessories on several of the sailboats stored in the mast-up lot behind the C-Store. The little $50 airplane that rests at the top of the mast of the sailing vessel "Blue Frog Too" took off during one of these storms without filing a flight plan and has not been seen or heard from since.
Every mushroom shaped cloud has an orange-colored bottom.
Exercise caution around any blue, black or bright orange clouds this summer... it's a wild, wild, wild, wild world out there.
