A High Pole = Elephants Ass
May 9 2006
Training Day
Arriving in Victoria at 9:45 after taking the first Ferry over, Frank (the guy who steers the boat for me) and I got right to work... Gawking at the females in downtown Victoria. Let me say this, Calgary may have 17th Ave, but Victoria has all of its downtown(Reason #1 to move to Victoria).
Finally after taking our sweet time we get to our boat. Looking at our boat we realized that the trailor is rusting and corroding away as one of the bunks that the boat sits on was crooked and part of it was missing(Thats an oops). Something tells me that we need to get that fixed before we take the boat back to Calgary. Some how we got it to CFSA(Canadian Forces Sailing Association) where the Sailing Regattas will be held. At CFSA when we got there were 2 containers full of boats from Ireland and Europe. Now I hope most of you are thinking the same thing I'm thinking, Irish Sailors = Great Drinking partners!!!
In the evening we went to a sailing lecture put on by, Team UCan2, a 2 boat paralympic campaign who is being coached by the former Alberta Sailing Team coach, Steve McBride. In earlier trips out here in February and April we met one of the skippers of the boats, John McRoberts, who won a Silver Medal in the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. John, thinks that Frank and I are crazy, I know, I know, its a common thought, but his reason is different that yours... John thinks we are crazy because we drove out to Victoria 3 weekends in a row, driving all Friday night, sailing all day Saturday and part of Sunday, then driving back all through Sunday night to be able to go to work on Monday. Wait... that was crazy, good call John. John is a really cool guy and I wish him the best in his campaign. Please visit the website www.teamucan2.ca .
Training Day
Arriving in Victoria at 9:45 after taking the first Ferry over, Frank (the guy who steers the boat for me) and I got right to work... Gawking at the females in downtown Victoria. Let me say this, Calgary may have 17th Ave, but Victoria has all of its downtown(Reason #1 to move to Victoria).
Finally after taking our sweet time we get to our boat. Looking at our boat we realized that the trailor is rusting and corroding away as one of the bunks that the boat sits on was crooked and part of it was missing(Thats an oops). Something tells me that we need to get that fixed before we take the boat back to Calgary. Some how we got it to CFSA(Canadian Forces Sailing Association) where the Sailing Regattas will be held. At CFSA when we got there were 2 containers full of boats from Ireland and Europe. Now I hope most of you are thinking the same thing I'm thinking, Irish Sailors = Great Drinking partners!!!
In the evening we went to a sailing lecture put on by, Team UCan2, a 2 boat paralympic campaign who is being coached by the former Alberta Sailing Team coach, Steve McBride. In earlier trips out here in February and April we met one of the skippers of the boats, John McRoberts, who won a Silver Medal in the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. John, thinks that Frank and I are crazy, I know, I know, its a common thought, but his reason is different that yours... John thinks we are crazy because we drove out to Victoria 3 weekends in a row, driving all Friday night, sailing all day Saturday and part of Sunday, then driving back all through Sunday night to be able to go to work on Monday. Wait... that was crazy, good call John. John is a really cool guy and I wish him the best in his campaign. Please visit the website www.teamucan2.ca .
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