Sunday, September 13, 2020

51: The Figure-8 Sailing Race is today

 Wil and Root*Center*Son will be sailing through the Inner Bay and Outer Bay, through The Cut, then out onto the Broad Lake to sail a figure-8 around two large islands in Lake Champlain, then all the way back again!  I hope to be at this location to get some photos of the race from shore.

UPDATE: High winds have postponed the race by one week.

21 comments:

  1. Renee--amended answer to your question, on previous thread.

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  2. 0800 hrs--overcast sky, sun invisible, cool, light slightly yellow, visibility perhaps slightly less than yesterday.

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    1. Only a slight smell of smoke.

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    2. I feel better when I hear that the Creek Fire is mostly contained.

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    3. 12:40 PM and it still looks like winter, although it is warmer.

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    4. I read that containment of the Creek Fire is projected for mid-October.

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  3. VT: 1684 (+7)
    58deaths (46days)
    121 active cases
    Recovered:1505(+9)
    In Hospital 1 (0)
    Tests 150,673 (+1012)

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  4. OHIO: As of Sunday afternoon there have been at least 137,405 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 4,415 deaths, and 14,314 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

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  5. Has Trump spent his election war chest before the war really starts? [Click] The lead photo, of one of Trump’s airport rallies, is certainly underwhelming.

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  6. Sim-swap fraud is on the rise. How can you stop it happening to you? [Click] “Criminals who take over your phone can get into your bank account – and cases have risen dramatically over five years”

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  7. Aha! We have seen our squirrel shower in action! Two squirrels peeked up over the edge of the bluff and very, very, very cautiously approached the wrought iron fence (about a yard in from the edge), seeming to keep an eye on the sprinkler. As one of them put its head through the fence, the sprinkler was triggered, and the squirrels instantly turned and galloped (flew?) back down the slope below the edge.

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    1. I think I will make a slight adjustment in the sprinkler.

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  8. In Trump’s Virtual World, Real Catastrophes Do Not Compute [Click] The disastrous West Coast fires may influence the political debate far less than images of violence amid protests in Portland, Oregon, will. [Even if the images of violence are from Catalonia.]

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  9. Hey! The clouds or smoke overhead has become thin enough that the sun is shining through! At ground level there is still obvious smoke.

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    1. If he said he got the "Biggest Pig Award" I'd believe him.

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  11. I hope our raisins won't taste of smoke--but I am reminded of this story:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/distilling-the-beast-fort-mcmurray-captures-wildfire-in-a-bottle-1.3822005

    Maybe we will get something special.

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