tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post7212501404745077717..comments2024-02-25T23:28:33.908-05:00Comments on 70.8%: Microcruising Part 7: Charles Stock and Shoal WatersThomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-92183585987786100532008-10-09T05:32:00.000-04:002008-10-09T05:32:00.000-04:00I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed readi...I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed reading your blog. It has brought back many happy memories for me. <BR/>My first cruising boat was a plywood Silhouette, seventeen foot six inches lol, until I added a bowsprit then she became twenty foot lol. I never though of her as being a micro cruiser though. <BR/>The photos of the egrets reminded me of the time I took her over the Brittany. I awoke one morning in a secluded little anchorage, looked out just in time to see a little egret a couple of yards away catch an eel. I watched spell bound for nearly half an hour as the egret tried to swallow the eel. Eventually it gave up as the eel was far too big and feisty for it. <BR/>My present boat is a Hilliard six tonner. I began to rebuild her from a virtual wreck many years ago. She is afloat now but there is still a lot of work to do, does it ever end? <BR/>Thanks for the link to the Shoal Waters web site. I have read Charles Stock’s Sailing Just For Fun but didn’t realise he had a blog. I’m probably going to spend some time trawling through that.<BR/>Best wishes with your own project,<BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-19193330487095278932008-10-09T03:01:00.000-04:002008-10-09T03:01:00.000-04:00u can learn more about small boat cruising from St...u can learn more about small boat cruising from Stock's book than from nearly any other – he is Francis Cooke's logical successor and just as minimal (surprising given the 100 year difference between their eras!). Cooke and Griffith would also be worthy of some more words from you too – too bad not more sailors read their work today.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414958215093769960noreply@blogger.com