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Even peeing over the side is strictly proscribed offshore in anything but daylight and the mildest conditions. It’s too easy a way to die. We had to pee in a bucket and use the sink in the head to dump it because it was just too much of an effort to get into ones safety gear and back on deck just to pitch a bucket overboard and it was so rough that carrying anything was difficult. Fortunately, this was a real cruising boat and the head had a dorade vent, one of those rotatable air scoops that look look like the bell of a tuba or something and even so it was nearly unbearable in there. We had a 5 gal. bucket, which one of the crew pooped in every day, much to the distress of anyone trapped below with him. Some boats have cockpits open at the stern or with great big drains which can be sluiced out with a bucket of seawater. This boat wouldn’t have worked for that. Fun times.
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02-15-21, 06:04 PM
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Since wind will be here tomorrow we will be riding for pizza in the wind sheltered area.
02-15-21, 07:07 PM
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When you ride above the Hollywood sign, do you have to drive to get there?
02-15-21, 07:21 PM
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You can ride to the entrance. There's an archway you have to dismount and go through, then some stairs, I think, then you can re mount and ride the fire road. I had a bunch of pictures from behind the sign. When I did it people hadn't started putting locks on the fence yet.
02-15-21, 07:23 PM
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When we went there recently it was the first time I had ever been above the sign, my other club rides would go where the common view points are.
02-15-21, 07:31 PM
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When I did it, I had a 50 mile ride to the start of the climb. (Through some fairly questionable areas) I hand wrote out the directions from my Garmin nav. From the car. The hardest part was finding the road going up. Once you get close you can't see the sign, trees and houses block it out.
Then up to the cul de sach where the arch is. Then you finish on the fire road. Lots if people were running it or waking it. One of the home owners was outside answering questions like a tour guide. It was a neat Sunday.
Then I rode back to the hotel.
Then up to the cul de sach where the arch is. Then you finish on the fire road. Lots if people were running it or waking it. One of the home owners was outside answering questions like a tour guide. It was a neat Sunday.
Then I rode back to the hotel.
02-15-21, 07:35 PM
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When I did it, I had a 50 mile ride to the start of the climb. (Through some fairly questionable areas) I hand wrote out the directions from my Garmin nav. From the car. The hardest part was finding the road going up. Once you get close you can't see the sign, trees and houses block it out.
Then up to the cul de sach where the arch is. Then you finish on the fire road. Lots if people were running it or waking it. One of the home owners was outside answering questions like a tour guide. It was a neat Sunday.
Then I rode back to the hotel.
Then up to the cul de sach where the arch is. Then you finish on the fire road. Lots if people were running it or waking it. One of the home owners was outside answering questions like a tour guide. It was a neat Sunday.
Then I rode back to the hotel.
02-15-21, 07:58 PM
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02-15-21, 08:05 PM
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We got a little snow in Ely last night, so the first hour and a half I cruised about 50 mph. Got great mpg
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02-15-21, 08:07 PM
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concrete. lots and lots of concrete. maybe some astroturf if you want some greenery.
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Even peeing over the side is strictly proscribed offshore in anything but daylight and the mildest conditions. It’s too easy a way to die. We had to pee in a bucket and use the sink in the head to dump it because it was just too much of an effort to get into ones safety gear and back on deck just to pitch a bucket overboard and it was so rough that carrying anything was difficult.
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02-15-21, 08:12 PM
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02-15-21, 08:21 PM
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I'm talking about around the house. Most people have something there.
Making it through the day is now my endurance event.
02-15-21, 08:27 PM
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One side of the house has a plant that requires attention. Bridal wreath. Needs to be trimmed a couple of times a year. If it were up to me, I'd tear it out.
02-15-21, 08:35 PM
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02-15-21, 08:54 PM
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02-15-21, 08:58 PM
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2/3 of the people in this thread are the annoying neighbour woman.
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02-15-21, 09:06 PM
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02-15-21, 09:31 PM
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Presidents Day edition:
Jimmy Carter diggin' Muddy Waters.
Jimmy Carter diggin' Muddy Waters.
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02-15-21, 09:55 PM
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