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26-09-2010, 02:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: anywhere AK is
Boat: Hitchiker, 35' 'Absolutely Knot'
Posts: 13
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Finally Joined Up !
Have been reading this page for a while & finally joined up  We live on our Hitchiker & enjoy reading the posts on this forum - funny & informative, many thanks to all who join in.
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Eddie & Wendy
SY Absolutely Knot
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26-09-2010, 04:45
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 51,852
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Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Eddie & Wendy.
Who make the Hitchhiker 35'?
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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26-09-2010, 05:09
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: anywhere AK is
Boat: Hitchiker, 35' 'Absolutely Knot'
Posts: 13
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Mr Lyle Smith from Victoria, Oz, built her over several years. She was built for the Darwin-Ambon race before it was cancelled around 1990, and Lyle never got to take her. We didn't do the race but she has done many wonderful sea miles for us through Indonesia, Malaysia & parts of Thailand.
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Eddie & Wendy
SY Absolutely Knot
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26-09-2010, 05:22
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,820
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Hey guys!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see you here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dunno if you've heard by Nicolle went back home to Aus a few weeks ago. She's fine  I'm fine
I'm in the Canaries waiting to go to the Caribbean about the time of the ARC
Are you on the boat or in Australia at the moment?
You'll love this forum and both of you will be able to help with good advice to folks here
Mark
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26-09-2010, 18:12
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New Mexico, USA
Boat: International Etchells USA 125 Black Magic, Santana 20 475 Ghost, Hobie 33 3100 Bruja, dinghies,
Posts: 1,118
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Welcome!
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16-10-2010, 12:59
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha and welcome aboard!
Its good to have you here and I'm looking forward to hearing more about your boat.
kind regards,
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16-10-2010, 16:50
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: anywhere AK is
Boat: Hitchiker, 35' 'Absolutely Knot'
Posts: 13
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Thanks for the welcome  We plan to take AK to Boat Lagoon about middle of Jan for mods then it's back to work for us both until Oct  Like a lot of cruisers we have to work to sail but working takes up way too much sailing time! By 2012 we hope to have a better balance with 6 months work, 6 months sailing then down to 3 mths work etc. (or win lotto LOL )
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Eddie & Wendy
SY Absolutely Knot
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16-10-2010, 17:10
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Welcome to the forum. Any friend of Mark's is... ummm.....
Yeah. Welcome.
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cruising is entirely about showing up--in boat shoes.
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16-10-2010, 18:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Cruising
Boat: Privilege 39 Catamaran, Exit Only
Posts: 2,723
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One of my friends buys one lottery ticket a week to finance his cruising dreams. He's been doing it for years. So far no luck!
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16-10-2010, 18:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: anywhere AK is
Boat: Hitchiker, 35' 'Absolutely Knot'
Posts: 13
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My dad reckons you could put that money in the bank & after 25 yrs have enough to retire on (well, almost) but I say YOU GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT !! Aren't cruisers a hopeful lot anyway? They hope for winds in the right direction, quieter seas, bigger fish, nicer coral, cheaper marinas and the big one; that nothing goes wrong
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