Where’s Waldo?

[Eight8Victor]

Ok, I found Waldo but wondering where @carusoam has been? Can anybody confirm that he is ok?

[201er]

[Hank]

28 minutes ago, 201er said:

His fingers don't look injured or anything!

[Marauder]

His fingers don't look injured or anything!

They’re probably too greasy to type.


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[David Lloyd]

My cholesterol just spiked!

[Jpravi8tor]

where can I get that sandwich!?!?!?

[Eight8Victor]

4 hours ago, 201er said:

Those fries though!

[hammdo]

That is a sh** ton of fries! Is that corn bread too? Yum...

-Don

[Jpravi8tor]

Dont forget the Brunswick stew!

[Guest]

6 hours ago, 201er said:

I’ll have to get him an upgrade to that hat!

[Ragsf15e]

3 hours ago, hammdo said:

That is a sh** ton of fries! Is that corn bread too? Yum...

-Don

He’s fine. He’s got his green veggies there too… pickle!

[carusoam]

Hey!

I’m back…

Stepped away from the keyboard to go to Mooney Summit… 

Next thing I knew…

I fell behind in the reading… Way behind… 

All is great!

So many new people have joined MS…

Thanks to 88V!  ( @Eight8Victor )   I got the notification…! 

Thanks to @201er… we took a short flight in his awesome M20J recently… then Lunch at Grub Hut (near the cheap fuel in NJ, 47N Central Jersey )

If you like meats… Grub Hut is a place to go! 

About the hat…  that is the original America’s Cup yacht… from centuries ago…  looks like the hat is about a year or two newer…. 
The yacht was designed by engineers at Stevens Institute of Technology…. A place that bloomed around the time of steam engines and commercial shipping… and grew wildly during the 1930s and 40s…
 

Holy cow… the French fries…. These are not every day kind of French fries…. Probably need to double the statins in your pre-eating check list…

I’m pretty sure the slip layer on the corn bread… can easily clog an artery…

Soooo…

When visiting NJ…  47N for Grub Hut!

It would make a great Mooney fly in location… for those with an Uber or Lyft app loaded….   

Thanks to everyone!

I’m pretty sure when I see a Mooney on the ramp at any airport… there is a good chance the pilot and I know each other… 

Let’s go fly!

Go MS!

Best regards,

-a-

[Bravoman]

All you’re missing is the sweet tea and collard greens!

[A64Pilot]

6 hours ago, carusoam said:

About the hat…  that is the original America’s Cup yacht… from centuries ago…  looks like the hat is about a year or two newer…. 
The yacht was designed by engineers at Stevens Institute of Technology…. A place that bloomed around the time of steam engines and commercial shipping… and grew wildly during the 1930s and 40s…
 

J boats? most beautiful sailing yachts ever made, J boat racing, the sport of Billionaires.

Built during the height of the great depression, sort of proving the uber rich don’t care about recessions, depressions etc

 

[carusoam]

Back in the day….

Newport, RI (about 150nms NE of NYC) was the center of the yacht sailing racing world…

All of the corporate giants had a summer home in Newport… and Bar Harbor, ME…. 

 

Tons of dough were spent getting a tenth of a knot faster… 

What we see on the surface… huge, purpose built, boats… and dozens of highly trained / experienced sailors….

what doesn’t often get seen… is all of the businesses that support the sport…

 

Hiding the technical details of each boat was a technical challenge… each time the boat was out of the water… the teams were putting up tarps to keep viewers away…. Winged keels were all the rage!

 

Today’s boats… are hydrofoils… their wings are always exposed…. As the upwind wing is taken out of the water while sailing…

soooo much engineering, technology, and material science being employed…

 

The tradition of sailing and corporate giants Re-ignites every now and then… Oracle’s Larry Ellison always used a boat as part of his advertising campaign…. Probably a nice tax dodge, making his sailing a business expense…. 
 

Today’s billionaires… are more likely building rockets… instead of owning a newspaper company, they buy social media companies… a big corporate logo proudly displayed on each ‘ship’.

Sailing gets more interesting every day!

 

Best regards,

-a-

[A64Pilot]

J class racing isn’t any kind of professional racing, it’s known as the worlds most expensive hobby. These boats are true luxury Yachts with stunning interiors, not stripped bare race boats. I remember reading one had a large Li-ion bank so that all the airconditioners etc could be run all night without the noise of a generator, and if you have been around an expensive Yachts generator the only sound is the gentle splash of water in the exhaust and some even run a water separator so there is no splash.

https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-presents/reasons-why-you-should-buy-iconic-j-class-ranger--33749

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/svea-inside-the-newest-member-of-the-j-class-fleet--35775

I believe they cost about 20 million, but the real cost is owning one, not sure crew size but believe the travel with an entourage of about 50 people and you get to pay them and keep them housed etc. the operating costs are phenomenal