Aloha Owners Association
Alohaowners Forum Boards => Aloha Discussion => Topic started by: Dennis on March 09, 2006, 02:36:10 PM
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Hi Everyone,
Well the new forum has just reached the 100 mark, perhaps still a long way to go to have nearly 400 owners registered but heh, this seems to be cause for some sort of celebration.
It's interesting to see all the names people use to register, some plain (like mine), others very cryptic. There are some obvious boat names etc .
I got to wondering, just who we all really are?
Care to identify yourself?
Lets see who all these folks really are, the boats they own and where they live and sail etc.
For me, well my registered name is me, Dennis, Dennis Clarke , my boat is an Aloha (of course) 28, POLARIS, and I live in and sail out of Victoria BC
So how about you ?
Cheers
Dennis
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well my registered name is Cardius, name Darryl Simmons, my boat is B'witched, and I sail out of Belleville Ontario
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Hi Dennis
user ID gcollins = Graham Collins, sailing A27 #37, the Tardis. We sail in and around Halifax harbor, May to October. Currently I'm working in the basement, refinishing parts of the head area - the door and the sink counter. I hope to have the tarps off the boat in a couple of weeks, weather premitting.
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Luckily we just hit 101 members so I don't feel so bad that I set up "A28bliss" as my "private" id as well as "alohaoa" for the admin function!
We're about to move our A28 "Bliss" #135 back from Point Roberts Marina (just over the US border from here) to Thunderbird Marina in West Vancouver. Although we pretend we get lots of all year round boating in, I've only been out once since the beginning of November and am really looking forward to the rain stopping, and the season getting properly underway.
In terms of signed up members, the old Sailnet List used to report that we had around 200 email addresses signed up, but because we had no admin control we never knew who these were and many could have been "guests" who lurked there for a while to find out more about Alohas (which, of course, we welcome) and also obsolete email addresses of people who had subsequently added another more up-to-date account. The immediately preceding Yahoo Group reached about 120, and hopefully this new Forum will reach the same or more over the next few weeks. Both these previous lists only had about 30 - 40 people who posted regularly, and I hope a greater number than this will feel comfortable posting questions or sharing their experience and advice on this forum.
Keith
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It's interesting to see all the names people use to register, some plain (like mine), others very cryptic.
A further thought on this is that if members prefer to use a "cryptic" id for ease of login, etc but are willing to share details of who they are, they can include their name and/or details of their boat in a couple of places. Using the "Profile" button and then clicking on "Forum Profile Information" in the "Modify Profile" menu, there are 2 fields "Personal Text" and "Signature" where this information could be provided.
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Bill and Chris Fleming from Tuscarora Yacht Club in Wilson, NY (www.tycwilson.com). We sail our A32 Valkyrie with our two little ones Lauren (6) and Anna (4).
Wilson is also home to A32 Celebration, Paul and Julie Bukowski. If you ever get a chance to cruise the south shore of Lake Ontario stop in Wilson.
It is a wonderful harbor, well worth stopping in. We can often be seen at the west end of the lake or in the Toronto area during the summer as well.
Thanks for the great work!
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Hi
Tom Meagher, i believe that I may have regerstered as Tomm. I have an A-28 # 30, Marangai, which I have owned since 1982, a great boat. We have sailed all around the Atlantic provinces, presently based in Sydney, Nova Scotia. I look forward to this new service increasing & as the prep season is just around the corner, expect activity to drastically increase.
Good Sailing
Tom
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Hi Dennis
Whimsy here, which is Chris & Niki Davison of Martins River (Mahone Bay) NS. Whimsy is our first sailbaoat she is an A32. I have been sailing for 20 years off and on, on both coast and recently have return to Nova Scota from a 8 year stay in Alberta. As you can image there isn't alot of sailing on the Prairies so its good to be back home.
This is a great forum and website for Ahoha owners. I did alot of research on the site before we bought Whimsy.
Cheers
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Aloha all! We're Steve, Patti and Grace (Ship's Cat) sailing out of Barrachois Harbour Yacht Club in Tatamagouche NS. We had the distinction of having six A 27's here, but sadly that number has dwindled to two in the past three years. Tom, we'll be heading to the Bras d'Ors in July/August. Hope we can see you there!
Steve, Patti and Grace
A27 #39
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Hi, My name is Joyce and and my husband Joel and I are owners of an A32 "Panacea", from Boston, MA. We moved here last July from Gloucester, MA, where we kept our boat for 7 years in the inner harbor and where I wish we still lived. Of course, when we visited NS, I wished that I lived in nearly every town that we visited there also, as they reminded me in some ways of Gloucester. We are now looking for a slip in this area.
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Aloha all. Norm and Cheryl here, sailing A27 #133 since last Aug out of Port Credit Harbour Marina on Lake Ontario. She's currently named Braveheart, but we'll probably change her name this year to "Honah Lee". And from the Planet Believe-it-or-Not, our house is up for sale and we plan to start living aboard. Yep, on a A27 and yes, even in the winter and yes, in Toronto (Mississauga, actually).
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Hi, everyone:
I'm Jim Savary, and own a 1986 Aloha 8.5 sailing out of Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club in Toronto. And, like all of us, looking forward to summer. Thanks, Keith, for setting this up.
Jim
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Hi There!
We're Gary & Mary Lin MacDonald on Aloha 8.2 Carpe Diem, sailing out of the CFB Kingston Yacht Club, Kingston Ontario. (www.cfbkyc.com). In the 4 years we've had her, Carpe Diem got new sails,halyards, lifelines, shrouds, furler and forestay.
"Money spent on boats is never wasted!".
We also have a website at: http://home.ca.inter.net/~gkmd/sail/CarpeDiem.htm with a bunch of sailing pictures & stuff. Hopefully I'll have alot more new stuff from this coming summer...
"Money spent on digital cameras is never wasted!"
Cheers! - 53 days to Launch...
Gary
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Hi I have 1974 aloha28 which i am restoring and sail out of port stanley Ont. on lake erie. I started sailing about 3 years ago and just love it. I go by the name mcycles because before i discoverd sailing i road motorcycles.
Have a great summer sailing
Bill Hudson
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Hi
Dan and Barb Sullivan with our family sailing Assidius, our 1973 #8 Aloha 28 on the Chesapeake Bay.
Love the boat and have had the boat for nearly 20 years. Great to have an Aloha group to share
info. and ideas with. Have a great sailing season !!!
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Aloha! everyone. Bob and Penney Winter are the new owners of the presently-named "Mystique" (A 30 # 010), soon to be renamed "Rag Time." I'm a retired Episcopal [Anglican] priest who taught sailing at a boys' camp back in the early '60s but never actually had a boat myself before last August. Just finished painting the bottom for the first time, and looking forward to a May 16 launch. We live outside Cleveland, Ohio, but sail out of Port Clinton, Ohio (largely for proximity to the Lake Erie Islands). I hope to go through lakes Huron and Michigan to Chicago — next year!
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Greetings, I am Wayne and my 8.2 Tara lives in Ladner BC. Its a river ride and Georgia Strait daysail for me mostly. I prefer to overnight when wifes shift permits. Most peoples just call me Bob, thats a long story! New cushions are coming in March, I can hardly wait for a comfortable nights sleep after a grueling sail....I wish. Almost all mntce is performed by me as I come from an aviation back ground. Bring on the sailing season!
Bob
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Dennis:
Doesn't the owner's list tell most of the story? Anyhow, it's wrong for my boat -- presently named Innisfree (A 32 #30) -- Larry Smith, Carmichael, CA now owns it and sails SF Bay and the coastal ocean from Rio Vista, CA.
Larry
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Aloha, everyone! My login is "BobWinter" and I am (Surprise!) Bob Winter. My wife, Penney, and I own A30 # 10, Rag Time, née Mystique 1. She was the "poster child" for the A30 brochure, and still looks pretty much the same. We sail out of Port Clinton on the south shore of Lake Erie, about a day's sail east of Toledo and two days' sail west of Cleveland (where we live in a suburb called Berea).
Parenthetically, let me say how shocked and saddened I am to learn (just today) of Keith Dunham's death. His labor on behalf of the Aloha line was most helpful to us at several points, and his evident devotion to sailing a source of joy to the rest of us.
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Hello Dennis!
My name is Roy Koz and I recently purchased an Aloha 32, hull #47, formerly Osprey, now Free, in Cape Coral, Florida. Next week, I will be moving from my home town of Chicago to Cape Coral to begin refiting her for a live aboard/extending cruising vessel.The salon forward layout fits my requirements as a singlehander perfectly. I sent in my info to change the owners list about three weeks ago and hope to see it changed soon. I look forward to years of happy times!
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Hi Roy,
There has been an unfortuate situation in recent weeks that may result in information not being brought up to date. Bear with us for a bit. The new webmaster is working on sorting out a myriad of details. When the dust settles if your information is still not up to date simply resend please.
Thanks for your patience
Dennis
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Hi Fellow Aloha Owners;
We are Amand and Joanne and sail a 1985 Aloha 8.2, #171, "Energize", out of the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside Prince Edward Island. (the best little marina on the East coast by the way)
http://www.silverfox-pei.com/
We sail the Northumberland Strait mostly between NB and PEI with excursions to wonderful locations such as Shediac and Buctouche (probably because Joanne comes from this area). On the PEI side, it is day's sail from Summerside to Charlottetown and a good stopover to continue on to Montague, or Brudenell. We have yet to go further than Charlottetown, but are anxious to carry on to the Bras D'ors as some Summerside boats do, some day.
We absolutely enjoy sailing our "Energize" for the stability, the comfort, and the all around good sailing qualities that this little vessel provides.
Cheers to you all and I enjoy all the information that is shared through this forum. Keep up the good work !
Amand & Joanne.
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This is Ed and Nataliya sailing out of Vancouver in an A27 named "Filthy Whore". I'm changing the name on her next haulout -- it was the previous owner's way of getting back at his wife.
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I’m not sure how to follow that last post…. I can’t imagine getting back at my ex wife by poking myself in the eye. ;)
Bill Hutton out of Bronte Harbour Yacht Club in Oakville Ontario. I’ve had my 8.2 (Aurora) since 2005. This forum has been a pleasure for me for the last 2 years, and I hope to meet some of you in the future - I just wish I had the chance to meet Keith. I can’t wait for launch, and in the mean time I’ve been varnishing everything that looks like teak to keep myself busy. Cheers everyone.
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Hi there,
Andrew and Rosalind Watkins sailing 1980 A28 Caleta moored in Blaine Wa., just over the border from White Rock B.C. Cruising in San Juan and Gulf Islands and club racing with International Yacht Club of BC (see www.iycbc.ca)
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Hello
Jack & Susan Heaston from Hines in eastern Oregon. We keep our new to us since last November, Aloha 32, "Sterling," in Gig Harbor, WA. Sailing is an awful affliction when one lives eight hours from their boat. Never the right tool, or chunk of wood to fix what crapped out since the last time one was aboard. Oh, well. It's a boat. And as a friend once said, "Well, it's not real money. It's only boat dollars." Indeed.
We sail mostly in Puget Sound and the San Juans, but will probably return to the Canadian Gulf Islands now that I am retired and have more time to devote to my obsession. Susan loves to sail, but is less fond of being told what to do, so I am usually by myself, and love singlehanding. Would enjoy the opportunity to crew on someone's boat headed north to gain some experience in crossing the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charolettes.
What attracted me to the Aloha 32 was the ability to reach the primaries from the helm and the doubled mainsheet arrangement allows one to lead the control lines aft to the helm to slack the main in a blow without having to go forward to reach the traveler. I like the starboard side aft double quarterberth, never have been a fan of V-berths, but wish there was a cockpit accessible lazerette portside instead of the smallish quarterberth on that side. My only real complaint about Mr. Ellis' design is that I wonder why he didn't make the quarterberths about 6" longer - there's nothing back there in the way. But then there is the nonexistant engine access, especially to the raw water pump. Otherwise a very attractive and well built boat that I'm proud to have.
Enough rambling. I sure do appreciate the combined knowledge and experience from all the folks contributing to this forum.
Thanks
Jack