First sailing day of the season with pix....

[Tim Diebert]

If you are interested.

It is a little bit long with lots of images. Beware.

This was Tuesday last.

http://www.timtone.com/tt/ttphotos/PhotosSailingNorthEnd.htm

[brian watkins]

A beautiful set of pictures and a nice article to boot! Am I correct in assuming this is in B.C.?

[Stump]

Very nice post. Looks like you had a great day!! 8)

[Guest]

Stunning is the only word for the link!! 8) ragotvvss

[John B]

very cool thanks Tim. what a neat area. not so sure about the "9 "part though

Newfie eh. they're everywhere y'know. One just left this house about 10 minutes ago. ( Neighbour).

[Dave R1]

Great story and pictures, Tim. Looks like a fun time was had by all.

[Tim Diebert]

Thanks Folks.

Brian, yes. BC. I am located at about the geographic center of the province, but just a couple of miles north of the WA state border.

2 1/2 hours due North of Spokane.

Oyster...what the heck does ragotvvss mean? :?: Thanks.

John B. You let a Newfie into yer house? On purpose? Lord Liftin Jaysus man! Did you lock the liquor cabinet? Hide yer violin and send the wimin to the mall?

So you have a Newfie neighbour in NZ? wondrous. As kid I lived three winters...well three years (all I remember is the winters) on Prince Edward Island. Met lots of Newfs there. Played hockey against a few. If you listen to a Newf and an Islander have an argument, most folks need a translator. Took me a while to build an ear to the dialect. It's almost as bad as Beakers......but not Shanes.

The best Newfie "imitation" I have heard lately (and laughed my butt off when I did) was Jim Carey doing that old Sea Captain character in that movie ...something about An unfortunate series of events....It's worth the price just to see those scenes. I bet Jim used his Canadian roots and just copied a few Newfies to come up with that one. At least that's what it sounded like to me.

The only opposing player that is harder to deal with than a Newfie...is a PEI farm kid.... who seem to carry cows around for fun.... none of them boys even had pads. Magazines in their socks for shin pads is all. All mismatched uniforms. Tough as nails. I was from the local Air Force base (a gypsy lad was I) and we had clean matching uniforms and full gear. They beat the crap out of us every time...actually can't remember ever winning a game.

John....what "9" part? Whatchutalkingabout? Edited when I realized you mean the temps. A little cool for you southerners eh? Hell, a little cool for anyone. Not by choice, it was 18 when we started out that morning. It has been cool ever since that day. Bugger.

Yes, it was fun. Turns out Daphne was pretty pissed at me though...but not until yesterday when she read the page I put together. "Don't ever make me do that again!" referring to steering the boat into the wind and waves whist I when swimming on the foredeck. Turns out she didn't like that much. Go figure. Like a good lad I told her I would arrange for better weather next time.

[Barry Pyeatt]

Looks a lot like normal Spring sailing in this country. Well done and nicely photographed.

You will love Lake Okanogan too. Used to sail it when I was in my 20's. Had to split my time between sailing and horses then. Really enjoyed both but there are less rattlesnakes on the lake.

[Tim Diebert]

Yes, quite a normal Spring for us here. You have to pick your days between systems moving on through. But, eventually it will all settle down and then we will complain about lack of wind and the heat.... :?

I have sailed OK lake before as well. Very nice. What occasion brought you to a foreign land Barry? Vacationing?

Yes, the Rattlers are an issue around here as well as the Okanogan. I just won't set up my tent on a south facing rock.

My brother in law got bit by one years ago (Okanogan Falls area) man, that was serious business.

If it's not bears around here it is nasty snakes over there.

I have always spent a lot of my time out in the animals living room. I have been lucky so far. I just give them all the respect and space they deserve. The price you pay to share. A lot of folks stay home because of the critters out there. I have always found ways to deal with it.

[Barry Pyeatt]

I had an uncle that managed several apple orchards around the Tonasket area. He kept my two trail horses for me for a number of years. We would come over for a long weekend and just head East from there and camp out along the way. His brother had two trailerable sailboats, a 16' open cockpit and one that was an 18' cuddy cabin cruising boat and we would take one of them and head up to Lake Okanogan. Either pitch a tent if in the open boat or sleep on the boat if the other one. Loved it!

Never really had a problem with rattlers personally other than once I hitched a ride to Tonasket with a guy in a Jeep one weekend. He hauled me over from Seattle and said he would pick me up on Monday morning to come back. He did and placed my bag in the back and I crawled into the front seat with a bunch of burlap bags on the floor and all over the back where the seat would be normally. I had ridden about a quarter of a mile when the bag under my left leg began to move. :shock: I was out of there in one move at about 35 mph and rolling on the shoulder of the road. He pulled over and backed up to see if I was OK.

I asked him what was in the bags. He said rattlers, he had caught about 30 of them over the weekend and was taking them back to Seattle.

NO THANK YOU! :? I got my bag and walked back to Tonasket and looked for another ride.

He and his father has a business of supplying venom to labs to make snake bite anti-venum and for research. He apologized and said he should have asked me if it would bother me.

He didn't and it did.

Havn't been that close to one since.

[Tim Diebert]

Wow. Funny story Barry.

I have been through the Tonasket area many times. I love it. Desert and cowboy land.

What I like about OK lake , as opposed to our local lake....and many in the region, is it is not so 'rough' or wild. There are many beaches and a lot more areas suitable for anchoring. Lots of camping and even quite a few mooring balls available these days. There are lots of little towns and marinas along the way. Lots of pubs too. It is also one of the only southern lakes with nautical charts available. (I should say chart ) There is even local weather and wind forecasts for the lake on VHF.

I would love to live closer one day, but for now, sailing there a time or two a season is good enough. Penticton is only 3 hours away for me....and a nice drive. The lake is 70 miles long and offers lots of adventure to be had.

It would be a great place for a messabout some day. All you PNW lads could wander up here one summer weekend. I know a really nice chap in Vernon (the north end of the lake) that sails a Bolger Micro with a Junk Gaff rig. I am sure there are lots of small boat folks in the area. I guess I might find some of them during my trip.