Re: Two Groups of Potterers

GSTahoe@aol.com
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:46:12 EST


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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In a message dated 11/20/98 6:23:20 AM Pacific Standard Time,
WZeitler@compuserve.com writes:

> Hope your vacation to the " East " was a good one.

Bill,

Thanks for asking. It was interesting. I was on a cruise ship with my mother,
the Seabourn Pride (the ship is the Seabourn Pride, not my mother)! I joined
my family in Montreal for a cruise down the St. Lawrence to New York. We
stopped in Quebec, Braddeck, Nova Scotia and Lunenberg, Nova Scotia. Lunenberg
is the home of the famous square rigged racing boat, the Bluenose, which I had
the opportunity to visit.

Lunenberg is an interesting town. It's economy is all sailing and fishing.
There's Celtic music everywhere. All the homes where built by shipwrights
after they had built their ships, so they used the same construction methods.
An example was a church that appeared to be the inverted hull of a ship. I
especially enjoyed, besides shopping in the little shops, the maritime museum
in Lunenberg. Fascinating. I came to the conclusion that if my sailing where
strictly for fishing and trying to make a living, I don't think I would enjoy
it nearly as much as I do sailing for relaxation.

I also realized how rough it can get. It was overcast the whole time I was in
Nova Scotia, raining most of the time. One day, quite a way out at sea, it
got really rough. Our cabin was on deck seven. That is approximately seven
stories above the surface of the sea. The waves where breaking above our
cabin window and washing down with each wave. The window looked like looking
at a washing machine. I imagine the waves where two to three stories high.
They would hit so high because we would be in the trough between waves.
Laying in my bed, I would become weightless, actually float off the surface of
the bed momentarily, as we came off each crest. The ship would hit the
trough, the whole ship would shudder, and I would be pressed into the mattress
as we climbed the next wave. Approximately 3/4 of the passengers and 1/2 the
crew was suffering mal de mer that day. Including moi!

My main thoughts that day was what it would be like to be on a 1700s sailing
vessel and still having to fish, climb the rigging, work, all with no heat
aboard and nothing to eat but salted cod. Yccch! The moral of that story is,
is that if you're going to rough it, if you're going into rough seas, it is
best to do it on a cruise ship where they have room service and TVs in your
cabin so you can lay there, puke, and watch videos.

Oh, yeah, Quebec was a spectacular city. I have never been in such a European
City, a French city. Even in France! Quebec is stunning.

Regards,
Geoff
P-15 Lollipop
N. Lake Tahoe, NV