Jul 15 2009

Cardinal Marks is not a commie priest

Published by at 09:41 under Capt. Dan,safety,safety at sea,Sail Channel Islands,Sailing

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An alert reader, as Dave Berry used to call folks who sent him stories of truly incredible activities, sent the picture, which appeared in the London Daily Mail on 8 July.

The doo-hickeys known as “top marks” on tower to the right of the yacht indicate that safe water is to the south of the tower. It’s hard to tell if he is south of the mark, but we doubt it. In any event, he lost the race.

Cardinal marks are uncommon in the U.S., but are used widely in other waters.

Here are the rest of the marks courtesy of Wikipedia
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7 responses so far

7 Responses to “Cardinal Marks is not a commie priest”

  1. # Shirly Ujeston 15 Jul 2009 at 10:51

    South of the mark? He’s so far south of the mark he went all the way round.

  2. # Randy B.on 15 Jul 2009 at 11:16

    All those fenders hanging off the side are doing a lot of good, eh? Or maybe their function is to keep her from tipping over to starboard…

  3. # shirly ujeston 15 Jul 2009 at 11:32

    When did you turn Canadian eh?

    Maybe they’re full of beer eh?

  4. # Randy B.on 15 Jul 2009 at 13:26

    Shirly, I don’t know what you’re talking aboot…

  5. # Randy B.on 15 Jul 2009 at 13:34

    Groan….

    I just now noticed the title of this thread. Capt. Dan, you REALLY should be ashamed of yourself.

    Next I suppose you’ll be telling us that if we’re not watchin’ the Cardinal Marks, our boat could be Stalin.

  6. # Rob Waltonon 16 Jul 2009 at 08:05

    Talk aboot groaning Mr. B?

  7. # Shirly Ujeston 16 Jul 2009 at 08:21

    Wasn’t Cardinal the fifth brother?

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