Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, and Best Wishes for the New Year. From the Tarletons.

See attached for our Hobie Tree, a 30 year tradition, with a full moon over Lake Sammamish. [color:"red"] [/color]

Whew. I must have drank too much Egg Nog.......

The Picture Looks Cool!!!

Merry Christmas and a happy NY to you and your family too.

A Merry Christmas to you Caleb, and to all my cat cult brothers and sisters here at Catsailor! While I've only met a few of you in person, I find I think of many as real friends. A special thanks to Rick and Mary for connecting us all, or at least giving us a place to connect! Merry Christmas folks!

Merry Christmas to all from Rick and Mary. Here is an e-card. Turn on your speakers.
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=0212320003

If YOU have a favorite holiday e-card, please feel free to share it in this thread.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays.
While we're spending time with our family's we will be thinking about our next sailing adventure.

I am disappointed in this thread.
Where is the Christmas/holiday spirit from all the rest of you?

In Ireland we get into trouble if we say "Merry Christmas"
We are told that we are getting too "Americanised".
We have always said "Happy Christmas" and usually add "And a Prosperous New Year"

" Happy Christmas and and a Prosperous New Year" to Mary, Rick and everyone on the Catsailor Forum

To Rick, Mary and all at Catsailor.com and all you Forum Users!







Thanks for all the friendly advice, banter and criticism!
From me and my Family.

Dermot,
I think "happy" is a better word than "merry."
Thank you, and Happy Christmas to you, too.

The Curry Family wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! Eat lots of food and drink a lot!!

Bob

Yeah, I don't know where this "Merry" thing came from. We don't use that word for any other purpose where we mean Happy.
Just like "Gay". Can you imagine someone telling you to have a "gay Christmas"! "Beg y'pard'n mate?"

From Tom, Susan & Erika!!! /) /) /)

I think that fits the definition of "merry."
Another, more nautical, definition is "a spanking breeze."

At the risk of bing to "Americanized" Merry Christmas and Fair winds in 2006 to all on Catsailor.com. You all truly have become great friends. I appreciate you all.
Rick and Mary, Thank you.

Greg

From Kate and I, Merry Christmas everyone.

May the new year bring you fair winds and following seas.

From deep in the Southern US --- "Y'all have a real nice Christmas!"

from sunny South Texas!

Happy christmas and best wishes for the new year from Norway:



Little Sunniva (9 months) giving a helping hand decorating the tree



Rolf

Merry Christmas.
I have to learn how to put the pics in the post... but this is Colleen, 4 mo.

From the Williams Family in our new Jacksonville digs - Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas to all...
Zalig Kerstfeest...
Joyeux Noel & Feliz Navidad!

Happy Christmas to you Dermot, and all the rest. You are all invited to my house for dinner today. I just put the Turkey in the oven, I've plenty of Rum and Eggnog, it's 73 Degrees and blowing white caps on the lake, hurry, hook up the trailer and get down here! This is what makes it worth all the hurricanes! Wish you were all here right now, with your boats. And have a Merry New Year!

Very Merry Christmas from Pembroke Pines FL.

And yes TIM, it is blowing really good down here in South FL as well.

Is that invitation to your lake still open? How does Feb or March sound? Cold? maybe April or May?

Drop me a pm.

Happy Christmas Tim and everyone. It's midnight here on Christmas Night - It's great to see all your young children here - mine are 28 & 26 - they have come home for Christmas and are here with us tonight . Have a great 2006 everyone

Robi, Feb and March are both good, the water will be cooler, but if the air is in the 70's we should be ok. Remember, the shortest day of the year was Dec. 21 so we will be getting more daylight everyday from now until June 21. Anytime it looks warm and windy would be a good time.

It's the day after, but here's something from last year...

All,
The other night I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to go down to the WRCRA field and take in the night air and to check on my boat, which I hadn't seen since the last week of Frostbite. The following is true, I swear…

Twas a week before Christmas, and all through my house,
Everyone was sleeping, my cat just ate a mouse.
I thought of Galesville and cool Winter’s night air,
So I jumped in my car and I pointed it there.
The boats were all peaceful, nestled on their racks,
Resting for now, after so many roll tacks.
And the boats in the Harbor snug at the mooring,
the Buzzards on their perches, very oddly snoring. (true, I'm not making this up)…

But out on the field, I saw something weird,
I stood there all dumbfounded, scratching my beard.
To the top of the lot, I ran in a flash,
Slipped in some mud and fell on my ash.

As I lifted my head in the brilliant moonlight,
I couldn't believe what I had in my sight!
I shook my head to get my eyes clear,
It was a carbon fiber sled with eight bored reindeer!

But there was no driver, no Jolly Saint Nick,
I thought “the Galesville Heritage Society, playing a trick?”
But the reindeer nodded to the beach cat launch ramp,
Where I noticed some beach wheels, and a cover for a tramp.

And there in the harbor, on the night’s building breeze,
I saw an A-Cat, with a fat man on the trapeze!

Up to the South start mark, rounding with care,
He did the Wild thing through the harbor, hull in the air.
Back and forth on the Galesville waters it flew,
It was the latest design A-Cat, with St. Nicholas too!

And then in an instant he arrived at the shore,
Hit the oyster shells and cussed like a whore.
He said “Hand me the wheels” with a glint in his eye,
“you’re not the only fat man here, don’t be so shy!”
As I helped him pull his sleek craft from the Bay,
I struggled with questions, and things I might say.

But it was he who spoke first, his voice full of cheer,
“I hear this is a cat club, so where’s all the beer?”
So I grabbed in the cooler for another chilled bottle,
And he said “it’s such a kick, sailing at full throttle!”
“This new boat is the greatest, and I hope you did see,
The red and white drysuit that Kokotat made just for me!”

I helped drop his sail and put the A-Cat away,
And he whistled for the reindeer to bring him his sleigh.
“I used to sail monohulls, it’s truly sad but true,
But now I've tasted the wild-thing, with heeling I'm through!”

“And I hear that Galesville is a great place to be,
I'll be at the Icebreaker, just wait and see!”
“I'm leaving the boat here, Roger’s given me a spot,
And Tony is building the sail that I've bought!”

Now the reindeer were snorting, “let’s go you big jerk!
The elves are all pissed, you need to get back to work!”
“Ah yes it is true, Christmas is a week away,
But I couldn't help trying out my new carbon sleighs.”

Then he sprang to his sleigh and to his team gave a call,
And they rose in the air, heading to the mall!
But even though familiar, something was just not the same,
I noticed a difference as he called out each name-
“Now Hobie, Now NACRA, Now Prindle and Supercat!
On Marstrom, on Boyer, on Taipan and Aquacat!”

Santa’s now a cat-sailor, the conversion is done,
He truly has found that sailing fast is fun!
And all in Galesville could hear, as he flew out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all cat-sailors, and to all cat-sailors a good night!”

Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Happy Holidays all!

Kap'n Keith

Just a little to much free time.

Ya got the itch,dontcha Timbo?

Is Timbo thinking about a cute, little boat to test sail?

I've been razzin Tim ever since he bought that Italian Eggshell. Tim's pretty much like me, the decision is made it's just a matter of the timing.
If I had enough Spare Change I'd buy him one just to put him out of his misery.
What am I saying, I need to do the same thing for myself!
CARY