the Ferret
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Day 178 .... 53-mile early morning ride @ 72 degrees, overcast and sprinkles for the last 5 miles
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Hunters? In the 90s my job had me in the Hunter factory in Alachua at least once a month. Another regular customer was a commercial boat yard in St. Augustine that was across the San Sebastian River from the Luhrs factory which was another customer. The brothers Luhr owned both Hunter and Luhrs at that time. It was there I met Steve Pettingill aboard the solo ocean racing Hunter 50 Hunter's Child as it was being commissioned at the boat yard. A year or so later I was honored to beat Hunter's Child on both corrected and elapsed time in the biannual Daytona-Charleston Gulf Streamer Race. HC was the largest presumably fastest boat in the race. The Gulf Streamer race was all about managing the alongshore currents and the offshore Gulf Stream for 225 miles. A lot of boats made the wrong choice that year but I stumbled Angel's Wing onto the right choice for the conditions and won my class and beat half the field including HC on actual time. I did not repeat the second and third successive attempts.Close, that particular vessel is 22' LOA (Capri 22). The sailing school owns two of them. My current boat is 23.5, I stepped down from a 26.5 last fall. And the 23.5 is for sale now, because I've only had her out one time so far this year and it looks like I won't have a chance again through the summer. Which means...maybe there's an S10 in my future...
Dang. Nice ride but not good the rain and destruction.I left early on Saturday and went for a ride around the central part of Pennsylvania, coal country. I made a big loop through some pretty areas of the state. It was 72 deg. F at 5:00 am when I woke up that morning and the temperature was approaching 80 deg. F when I left at 6:30. A great ride but very humid and hot on the way home. I was hoping to catch the rain storm I could see ahead of me to get cooled down. Good thing I didn't catch it. The storm dropped 4 to 5 inches of rain in an hour. Flash floods caught 11 cars killing 5 and 4 people are still missing. 350 miles for the day.
Went on a memorial ride w 16 other bikes and a few classic cars and they went my normal 120 mile loop , but stopped at the Coloma Club , Georgetown Hotel and Ice House Resort ,trip took 4 hrs , but wasa nice memorial 1st Rodger's Ride and we all flew jolly rodger flags
I'm a tall guy so I normally step over from the left, but sometimes as a lark I'll mount the bike like a horse.I use my left peg for mounting and dismounting. Not tall enough to do it otherwise lol.