Sacramento Yacht Club

Bad news for all boaters:

MEXICO CITY - Mexican farmers are setting ablaze fields of blue agave, the cactus-like plant used to make the fiery spirit tequila, and resowing the land with corn as soaring U.S. ethanol demand pushes up prices.
The switch to corn will contribute to an expected scarcity of agave in coming years, with officials predicting that farmers will plant between 25 percent and 35 percent less agave this year to turn the land over to corn.
"Those growers are going after what pays best now," said Ismael Vicente Ramirez, head of agriculture at Mexico's Tequila Regulatory Council.

Yolo County Whale Watch

Several interesting boat pix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Prices seen on the gas dock

What kind of boat does US$ 310,000 buy?

How (not) to launch a PWC

How not to pass another boat

Google Humor

1. Go to www.google.com
2. Click on "maps"
3. Click on "get directions"
4. Type " New York " in the "from" box
5. Type " London " in the "to" box) and click "get directions"
6. Scroll down to about step #23...

Video - The Sleepless Sailor

Video - German Coast Guard

Video - The Bubba Boat Test

Video - Dam accident

Video - Launch ramp

Wood Spider on drugs.

Video - Love Boat

Video - Boat vs bridge

Video - Boats made in October

Images - Another boat vs bridge

Image - Boat vs ice.

Video - Top 10 Coast Guard rescues

Video - tug vs anchor

Web site - Redneck Yacht Club

Image - Bayliner saves pickup

Image - Bad parking at the marina

Video - Shark

Web site - Boat Mayhem – a mess of funny stuff, mostly boat related

Audio - Boating theme internet radio

Boat crashes:

Video - Sailboat vs ferry

Video - How not to salvage

Video - The Pete Tellier School of Seamanship

"We're gonna need a bigger boat":

Image - Kayak/shark 1

Image - Kayak/shark 2

Image - Surfer/shark

Image - Shark/helo

Pirates:

Image - Pirate keyboard

Web site - International Talk Like a Pirate Day

A few pirate jokes:

What be a pirate's favorite kind of humour?
Sarrrrrrrcasm!!!

A sailor meets a pirate in a bar, and they take turns telling about their adventures on the seas. The sailor notes that the pirate has a peg-leg, a hook and an eye patch.
The sailor asks "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"
The pirate replies: "We were in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit my leg off."
"Wow!" said the sailor. "What about the hook?"
"Well," replied the pirate, "we were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut my hand off."
"Incredible!" said the sailor. "And how did you get the eye patch?"
"A seagull-dropping fell into my eye," replied the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a seagull-dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously.
"Well," said the pirate,"it was my first day with the hook..."

There once was pirate captain who, whenever it looked like a battle would be imminent would change into a red shirt. After observing this behavior for a few months, one of the crew members asked him what it meant.
"It's in case I get shot. I don't want you crew members to see blood and freak out."
"That's very sensible, sir." At that moment, the crew member spotted eight hostile ships on the horizon. The captain all of a sudden looked very concerned.
"Get my brown pants."

More boat jokes:

This guy loved living in Staten Island, but he wasn't crazy about the ferry. If you missed a ferry late at night, you had to spend the next hour or so wandering the deserted streets of lower Manhattan.So, when he spotted a ferry no more than fifteen feet from the dock, he decided he wouldn't subject himself to an hour's wait. He made a running leap and landed on his hands and knees, a little bruised maybe, but safe on deck.He got up, brushed himself off, and announced proudly to a bystander, "Well, I made that one, didn't I?"
"Sure did," the bystander said. "But you should have waited a minute or two. The ferry is just about to dock."

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