I'd like to know that too.. It would make searching back issues of Edd' Blog simpler... ;-)
Ken H. On 7 March 2014 00:46, Chuck S <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Edd, > I was 12 years old when Star Trek, originally aired. It really was ground > breaking with a diverse crew at a time when civil rights was great bunch of > characters and the women were always dreamy vixens. Really liked the Next > Generation where Patrick Stewart played Jean Luc Picard like he was > Hornblower, another icon of sailing. And the women were even more > amazing. Enterprise was upgraded too. > > One thing I never figured out and wanted to ask somebody; Is there any > logic in the "Captain's Star Date" numbers? > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Edd Schillay" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, March 6, 2014 10:27:38 AM > *Subject: *Stus-List Now Boat Names > > As you may have guessed, my boat's name is based on a Lucille Ball / Desi > Arnez-produced 1960's failed train-wreck NBC television series . . . > > . . . which led to highly-rated syndication, five spin-off television > series and 12 feature films, not to mention decades and decades of > merchandising dollars for Paramount/Viacom. > > For me, though, the Starship Enterprise was an "escape vehicle" -- when I > got home from grade school in the 70s, I could leave all the pressures and > troubles behind, turn on WPIX channel 11, and I'll be exploring the final > frontier's strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations . > . . > > In 1980, I bought my first sailboat, an O'Day 7-11 sailing dinghy, pretty > much right after the release of The Motion Picture, a wholly lousy film on > may levels, except for the Enterprise itself. Once again, I felt my > imagination was able to escape the day-to-day life in suburbia. There could > be no other name. The sailboat had to be named Enterprise. > > When I turned 18, after I got the whole "you're a man now" speech from my > father, I aptly decided to cut school to see the third movie with some > friends for my birthday, and got the worst birthday present ever -- the > Enterprise exploded from self-destruct over Planet Genesis. My escape > vehicle was gone. Adulthood slapped me in the face - hard. > > Fortunately, a couple of years later, I went to see the fourth feature > film - a time-travel story to rescue humpback whales from 20th-Century > earth. At the very end, Kirk and crew were delivered to a brand new > Enterprise with a hull number of NCC-1701-A. The escape vehicle was back > and my imagination could, one again, boldly go. > > Since then, we have seen several future versions of the famed starship; > 1701-B, 1701-C, 1701-D, 1701-E and even a brief glimpse of the 1701-J. > > So, like the series, I decided that all of my future vessels will also > carry the name Enterprise, and I'll have my very own escape vehicle to get > away from the pressure of work and life while exploring LI Sound and the > surrounding areas. > > As I tell my crew, when sailing on the Enterprise, we have one Prime > Directive -- Wherever we go, we go boldly. > > All the best, > > Edd > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Maturo, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > I once raced on Lake St. Clair, Michigan, 1977 or 78, against a boat named > Fujimo and we T-boned her on a crossing tack in about 25 knots of air. The > helmsman, a nationally ranked Finn sailor could not release the main and > the rudder would not respond in time. We put about a 2 ft diameter hole in > her stern quarter and knocked a crew member overboard. Lots of colorful > language and an interesting protest meeting. Our damage was limited to a > bent bow pulpit. We were sailing an Erickson 37 named Gold Bug. > > My boat, formerly Spirit now 'Ashe is a Yoruba expression for we get it > done. I am not a scholar of things African, but my mentor, Robert > Thompson, was a professor of African Art and Music. I lived under his > "protection" in the feudal halls of Yale when he was a Master of a college. > > John Maturo > 'Ashe, Baltic 39 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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