Run Into Any CruisersForum Folks?

[rebel heart]

I was hopping a dock behind Marine Exchange in San Diego and I ran into my first CruisersForum member. Torqeedo, I think? Nice guy, super tall!

Today my family and I were outside the Starbucks in Ensenada, Mexico picking up some whole bean coffee before going further south and ran into sww914 ( Landfall Voyages ) sitting out on the front deck.

So that's two in a month for me.

[Target9000]

So far I've run into three members. I've seen Stumble at the yacht club. One member is across the dock and another member on the same dock as us. They're everywhere!

[boatsail]

I met Everest this summer over the 4th off July on the Chesapeake

[SkiprJohn]

Yes, have met several over the years. Some by chance and some by design. Have sailed with a few too. Always a pleasure.

kind regards,

[Wotname]

Well, yeah... I think I meet Boatman61 here in Perth, Western Oz.....

(and of course, Rigel Kent!)

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Wotname

Well, yeah... I think I meet Boatman61 here in Perth, Western Oz.....

(and of course, Rigel Kent!)

ditto
boatman61,turned up in falmouth on a delivery with engine problems last year,i wined,dined,fixed their engine,and generally had a larf with phil and his crew.

pete7,came and helped out when i first got "hina" in poole.

spent 5 days driving "virtual vagabond",and his lovely wife to holland and back looking at a boat with them.

nyc savage,though i haven't met i might have found a "free boat" for him from a friend.

jcapriani,i introduced to cf,and subsequently got him involved with a boat building project in west africa.

ciclon1942 i have know for years.

rafiki crewed for me many years ago

aquhabi crewed for me

h\v vega we swapped sails n stuff in malaysia.

sy pollenpath bought a friends boat

jimbo485 is friends of a friend

pablosailor,stevensuf ,nogrom snoyl,biltong we correspond regularly on boat stuff

and quite a few others on facebook!
how@s that for a social network

[nigel1]

I've only met nyc savage, took him and his GF out for a sail on the Mersey, hopefully I did not put her off sailing

[zeehag]

i have met a coupla few--encountered is mor elike it--deep playa a nd some others here in la cruz--i don tmingle much, soi don tknow if i met them , or if they stay out ofmy lil antisocial group--we meet on fridays for luncheon at coleguitas, in la manzanilla--right outside la cruz and up a hill--come on out, guys--is a good way to meet some folks who donot cater to nor socialize with the "marina set"

[David_Old_Jersey]

I think I am up to 3.......

I would share names - but remembering those (real life or online) never my forté.

......a few more on my bucket list!

[zeehag]

oh yeah--i met butler in san diego, jamel in mazatlan, nonam in la cruz, had meburma and wolfecon as crew for first leg of this trip, and some more others...

rebel--best coffee in the parts of mexico i have bees so far, is la cruz... yummm.

[mbianka]

I was on a charter in Culebra last year when a boat whose name sounded familiar picked up a nearby mooring. I did not have internet service but, when I got home I realized he was a member of CF that's why his boat's name sounded familiar.
I've also gotten in touch with a fellow CF person who is wintering nearby and we may get together over the winter for dinner or drinks.
I have also been on my boat relaxing at anchor when another boat sailed by and the fellow shouted "are you the guy who pulled out his diesel and put in electric propulsion" I said yeah and he gave me the thumbs up. It is a small world made even small thanks to the Internet.

[Dockhead]

I was in Falmouth and Jersey this summer, in both cases for the better part of a week. I deeply regret not having looked up either Atoll or DOJ! I just didn't think of it -- brain f*art. Maybe next year.

I've met Pete7 and Sarafina -- great people.

I anchored several days near Kenomac -- in fact made a failed attempt to anchor right next to his gorgeous Oyster 53 -- but only discovered afterwards that he's a forumite! Admired his boat but didn't meet. That was in Havalet Bay, Guernsey.

[sarafina]

I think my personal count is up around 10 ; -)

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by Dockhead

I was in Falmouth and Jersey this summer, in both cases for the better part of a week. I deeply regret not having looked up either Atoll or DOJ! I just didn't think of it -- brain f*art. Maybe next year.

Well, last Summer you didn't miss much .

[minaret]

Originally Posted by atoll

ditto
boatman61,turned up in falmouth on a delivery with engine problems last year,i wined,dined,fixed their engine,and generally had a larf with phil and his crew.

pete7,came and helped out when i first got "hina" in poole.

spent 5 days driving "virtual vagabond",and his lovely wife to holland and back looking at a boat with them.

nyc savage,though i haven't met i might have found a "free boat" for him from a friend.

jcapriani,i introduced to cf,and subsequently got him involved with a boat building project in west africa.

ciclon1942 i have know for years.

rafiki crewed for me many years ago

aquhabi crewed for me

h\v vega we swapped sails n stuff in malaysia.

sy pollenpath bought a friends boat

jimbo485 is friends of a friend

pablosailor,stevensuf ,nogrom snoyl,biltong we correspond regularly on boat stuff

and quite a few others on facebook!
how@s that for a social network

I've met several now too, mostly to help out (for free) with projects.


Speaking of free boats, this one could use a representative to find a proper new owner, though it's a US boat-


1903 english gaff cutter