Mid-Winters Update

Yeah .,.... I know.     The entirety of Western Civilization has been hanging on .... just waiting for final thoughts on Mid-Winters.     Whatever.      Photos are being acquired.     Lawyers lined up.  Legal options being reviewed.

Actually I just can't stop swooning over the wonderful "trophies" Davis Island YC gave as prizes.    FRIGGIN COOKBOOKS!     Oh boy.... such effort.     They probably had a couple of boxes of books they couldnt sell and decided "let's pawn 'em off on those dingy sailors"!

Their creativity is only surpassed by their planning for parking and docking and their hospitalityshown to visitors.    Remember:  "YOUR people are on the lower deck"

Children By The Million Sing for Alex Chilton

A sad day for contemporary music.    One of the greatest but least known singer/songwriter/rockers - Alex Chilton - passed away yesterday.

You may know him best from The Box Tops - "The Letter"

A Kiss of The Fish to Mr. Chilton.

I'm Kaput ...

An exhausting day ... by EVERYONE'S account.    We finally got 3 races in this morning.    Team R barely made the start .... oh, wait ... correction.   We made the 2nd start of the first race.   Guess we must have been busy doing ..... something... somewhere.

3 races ...... wind was 20+ the entire time.   Chop.      VERY tiring.    After 3 races... Matt Fisher (and family) are 1st,  Team Aspery (Beef Boys) are 2nd, and Team R is sitting in 3rd.   

Predictions are for lower winds tomorrow AM and at least 2 races.

Attaching several photos of Interlakers in very stages of drinking or dining.    (mostly drinking).

O......H...

I....O!!!   Oh my.    Two WAY TOO close games and the Buckeyes are in the Big Ten final.    Still ... way cool.    It's good to be a Buckeye.  GO BUCKS!

Can It Get Any Better Than This?

CRAP.    Rain, rain, rain.    "Stuck inside of the clubhouse with those spinnaker blues again".  Postponement until 2pm.   No one is very optimistic about even getting any races in today.   So it goes.

Plenty of conversations to participate in:   Eisert is either talking stocks and bonds or telling jokes.   Joe Joe Hurst and I are hoping to catch the Buckeye BBall game at noon.   Capt Jeff is itching to put the mast up.  Jeff and the Juxtaposer are watching a rerun of the Colbert Report.   So it goes.

Guess it could be worse.   As Eisert says... "you could be in a wheelchair".      Or on the boat stuck with Cara.

Happier to sit here and read.

Blow Me

Whoa ..... just had a gust to 43 knots (approx 50mph).   "I'd keep playing Bishop... I don't think the heavy stuff is going to come down for quite awhile"

Weather Update:

Steady breezes of 24+.     Sooo.... what do SMART Interlakers do?     Oh ... put up a tent, rig a boat, put on a wind indicator.     Here is Team R's doctor of psychology ( team shrink) Alan with the tent.    Next photo is Capt. Jeff deciding about the weather.   Like Bob Dylan said ... "you dont need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows".

Making Friends Wherever We Go

Team R........ Ambassadors of Cheer and Goodwill.    We make an impression wherever we go.   Case in point:  While enjoying a cold beverage by the pool.... Capt Jeff strikes up a conversation with a young lassy from Buffalo NY.    (ok ... in all honesty .... she was at least from Buffalo).  Such a small world ... they both LOVE babershop singing.   And so .... proceeded to entertain (?) the entire hotel complex.  Was it a coincedence that all the songs they knew were old ......   I dont think so.

After about the 4th song ... the lady's husband summed it all up:   "It's gonna be a long night".

This Bites!

Dear Friends..... you arent missing a thing!     We were able to spend about 45 mins yesterday on the beach in feeble in sunlight. But at least the sun was out.   Today (Thursday) it's cloudy, blowing 15 - 25 knots, tornado warnings north of Tampa, and it looks like it might rain at any moment.   This is NOT what I had in mind for a vacation.  Crap.    Might just have to start drinking!!!!!   Forecast for the rest of the week is "breezy" or "windy".   Apparently SUNNY is not in this weeks vocabulary.    More updates to come.

Mainline Florida ....... Oh Say

A tip of the hat to Mr. Clapton for that old song.     All packed and ready to go.    Capt Jeff hit the highway this morning with the boat.    I'm playing rock star and jumping on a plane at 6am tomorrow.   Life is tough.   With my luck I'll probably end up sitting next to 300 lb smelly Bubba on his way to a NASCAR race.   Maybe it would have been better to drive!

Updates on 2010 Interlake Mid-Winters all weekend long!      The Fish Rules!

The Weather Is Here .... I Wish You Were Beautiful

Thank to Jamie the Weatherman for taking care of business.    It appears that conditions are improving.    75 and mostly sunny for Wed.     By 1:00pm Wednesday, you will find me on the beach with a cold hop pop in hand.    Can't decide on which Speedo to wear.     Will post photos !

Come On Jamie .... Show Me Some Love

What good is having a weatherman for a friend if he cant fix the weather?  Its like having a buddy who is an auto mechanic but wont touch your car.    Hrrmph!

 Forecast for Tampa next week is MAYBE 70 .... cloudy.... and showers.     I want to work on my tan!

Bad enough I'm gonna have to spend 3+ plus days listening to Cara babble in gangsta speak.  Now I'm gonna have to be cold, wet, AND annoyed!

OH Baby,,, baby

Many thanks to the individuals who voted on our current survey.    Expecially the ones who voted on coming to Mid -Winters in order to have sex with Team R.

Unless that was Tom Eisert's votes.    Aint gonna happen!

Advertisers welcome!

A thought just occurred to me.      If any commercial entities out there would like to become 'oFISHal' sponsors/supporters/friends of Team R .......... (oh ... say NORTH SAILS).... we'd be happy to provide a link.

And a little nice swag wouldnt hurt now and then.     I'm just sayin......    I got enough water bottles, ok?

"Sexy Mother F*&#ers"

Yes ladies and gentlemen .... that IS the original Team R pictured above.     From left to right:   The BIG Wiener, Terrible Tim, Captain Jeff.

There are numerous honorary members of Team R:  individuals who have crewed on the R boat, friends and colleagues who share our "zest" for life, women who have slept with us ..... those types of things.

Thanks to our comrade-in-arms Photographer Extrordinaire Jeff Thompson for making us look younger, thinner, better looking, and well hung.

AAARRRGGHHH

And so it begins ..... the first post about Team R.      How come nobody taught me about this before?    We could have been posting all kinds of adventures about Team R for years!    Guess its about time we caught up with modern society.   Although the three of us do enjoy being Luddites.

Perhaps as time allows we will post the history of Team R ...... hence the name ... "The Big Book of Team R".      Anyone who has been around us for any length of time knows that a paper copy of said book does exist.   In The Reliquary.     (but that is another story).

So much to say .... and so little time.
Stay tuned.   Plenty of commentary and photos yet to appear.
Lots of history to catch up on.
(wonder if I can do a virtual reliquary?   hmmm..............)


Look forward to hearing from all of you.