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I've had this truck since new (2006) and expect to be buried in it. New trucks are insanely expensive and this one is a pre-emissions diesel so I'd like to keep it with me forever.
 
Lots of turkeys this year, as well as deer...in Buckingham Park. I counted 10 turkeys in and around these bushes, they were all gathered on the road until I drove by...my landlord said they are too smart, they will show up daily until Thanksgiving and then there won't be a one of 'em...

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That's a pretty cool monument. I wonder if I'm allowed to remember the confederates. Somehow they seemed to wanted to take that out of the history books, similar to how Japan did with the travesties they committed during WWII. I'm not a fan of modifying the history books, and would prefer they leave the education system alone once we rid it of the DEI data added to it, as a priority over the past 15 years.

BTW, for anyone not noticing it, 1916 was when that was erected and that was in the middle of WWI.
 
markwesti said:
Catalina Two harbors . Boat is a Westsail 28 .
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Beautiful boat! I love to sail. I owned a special Moore 24, that I bought from a guy in Ventura, before I sailed out of Ventura Yacht Club. The seller had bought this boat, but rented another Moore 24 to race with, and why I said it was a special boat. I had been dragging old vintage guitars out of closets, and this was like finding that un-played Les Paul Sunburt, or old Strat. This boat was sitting in dry storage with full canvas covers over the boat. The boat was named Amazing Grace...she had been sailed, but very little. I changed the name to Moorigami, as it sets today, owned by John Seigel, previous President of Santa Cruz Yacht Club, where I sailed out of for about 4 - 5 years. I sold my boat to remodel out kitchen for my wife...who left me recently, but that's ok...she got some mileage out of it. I had the rigging redone by a guy in Santa Cruz...these boats have a very unusual history, but are the smallest of all the ultralights.

This was a tough one to let go of...I felt at the time it was worth it to get extra cash for the kitchen remodel. John Seigel owns another Moore 24 (his wife did SF->Hawaii single handed). That one is rigged like this one...but my boat was rigged to bring you home through high wind squalls. The flush deck makes them well suited to sail through storms. They have won the single and double handed races from SF->Hawaii and LA->Hawaii more than any other boat.

Just like my wife, I miss this boat. I did get a grand piano out of the deal...for what that's worth...right now I'd rather have the boat. The Moore 24 is one of the most popular race boat on SF Bay and Santa Cruz.

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Those look great. Did you get those recently?

When I sailed out of Oxnard, there was a lady that would sell giant prawns that she got from specific fishermen out of Oxnard/Ventrua. I would cook them on the 'que, so good...they would be 10"-12" long. You don't get many in a pound. I used to sail a Catalina 22. But although it was fun to race, it was slow...the Moore 24 I had got after would pickup and surf in about 20 knots of wind...there's a double handed race from SF around the Farralone Islands. We were surfing and passing 40' boats. They make the Moores strap in when going offshore, because we took the stantions off, and on the bay also...unfortunately I know a couple people that died on the bay racing...(hypothermia). The Moore 24 is famous for finishing before boats twice it's size, and packed on the trailer before others finished. I was able to do that one single time, out of Richmond Yacht Club, around Alcatraz. If you race sailboats, you need to sail out of a yacht club...I used to launch out of the St. Francis, at the south end of the Golden Gate.

Where do you get those crabs? (Kani in Japanese)
 
As a 20 year old, we took our neighbor's 27' Catalina sailboat from Dana West Marina, sailed it to Santa Barbara Island, then to Cat Harbor for a few days, then sailed back. We were at sea for 7 days, and it was a great time!
 
Havasu said:
As a 20 year old, we took our neighbor's 27' Catalina sailboat from Dana West Marina, sailed it to Santa Barbara Island, then to Cat Harbor for a few days, then sailed back. We were at sea for 7 days, and it was a great time!
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Those are pretty spacious, I knew a guy that had one in Oxnard that sailed with me. He was the guy that gave me the phone number for the Moore 24. He worked for the Board of Equalization. I'm one of those people that believe things happen for reasons, not sure if Paul had meaning for this or not, but this is the commercial plate I was able to find for my '46. This plate is from the Board of Equalization, for a Pneumatic Carrier. You are required to have an authentic license place to register as year of make, for vintage/antique cars or trucks. Commercial plates are that much more difficult, as there were many less of them. This is now on PNO until I get the conversion done.

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EDIT: Here's an interesting piece of trivia.

1945 and 1946 are the only 2 years that do not require a license plate in the front, for a registered California vehicle. The reason is because that was war era, and steel was at a shortage, so they re-used the 1945 plates that they had made, and used the yellow 46, to cover the year stamp of the 45, in 1946. This is a part of my dream...LOL But I have a Porsche in my dream also, it was my daily driver for about 20 years.

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KonoctisWigwam said:
Those look great. Did you get those recently?

When I sailed out of Oxnard, there was a lady that would sell giant prawns that she got from specific fishermen out of Oxnard/Ventrua. I would cook them on the 'que, so good...they would be 10"-12" long. You don't get many in a pound. I used to sail a Catalina 22. But although it was fun to race, it was slow...the Moore 24 I had got after would pickup and surf in about 20 knots of wind...there's a double handed race from SF around the Farralone Islands. We were surfing and passing 40' boats. They make the Moores strap in when going offshore, because we took the stantions off, and on the bay also...unfortunately I know a couple people that died on the bay racing...(hypothermia). The Moore 24 is famous for finishing before boats twice it's size, and packed on the trailer before others finished. I was able to do that one single time, out of Richmond Yacht Club, around Alcatraz. If you race sailboats, you need to sail out of a yacht club...I used to launch out of the St. Francis, at the south end of the Golden Gate.

Where do you get those crabs? (Kani in Japanese)
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Yes got them off a boat at half moon bay fresh
 
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Across Hwy 395 from Lake Crowley, BLM campsite. We do a lot of off-griding in BLM and US Forest Service sites. This one's five bucks a night; most are free. Can't see it, but the cat inside the rig is the meanest of the lot.
 
Javbike said:
Yes got them off a boat at half moon bay fresh
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That's one place I still kick myself in the arse for not buying by the beach at HMB, I once worked for a place that did an offsite at some large hotel in HMB, it was over by where Mavericks is...as a kid we never knew about Mavericks, not that I would surf those monstrous waves....but one can dream...:) I never saw any fishermen at Santa Cruz harbor, in all the years I sailed out of there. I've seen the boats in the harbor rock & roll on big waves blowing through there.
 
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Across Hwy 395 from Lake Crowley, BLM campsite. We do a lot of off-griding in BLM and US Forest Service sites. This one's five bucks a night; most are free. Can't see it, but the cat inside the rig is the meanest of the lot.
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Never been there, but have had my Porsche up to 135 (floored with top off) going up 395 to Mammoth from Mono Lake. Steering with 2 fingers...there is no substitute!
 

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