{"id":64113,"date":"2022-08-24T09:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=64113"},"modified":"2022-08-26T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:00:00","slug":"a-sailing-we-will-go-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=64113","title":{"rendered":"A Sailing We Will Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fact: Duffy boats were invented by Marshall “Duffy” Duffield.\u00a0 <\/strong>He was a teenager living in Newport Beach, and he took a golf cart battery and a beat-up day boat and created this quiet cruiser in 1970.\u00a0 These can be seen all over Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, and Long Beach.<\/em><\/p>\n

When he made his first Duffy boat 50 years ago, as a teenager working in his parents\u2019 Linda Isle garage, he hit an unexpected home run. Today, about 30,000 Duffy boats are in use worldwide, most on the West Coast, with around 4,000 docked in Orange County.<\/em><\/p>\n

We were looking forward to this afternoon’s adventure, so we diddled around the house while the cleaning folks were here.\u00a0 A little later, we went to TJ’s to get four cases of wine and do our grocery shopping.\u00a0 We got all sorts of goodies.<\/p>\n

We continued binge-watching “In The Dark” and talked to Colleen.<\/p>\n

We got cleaned up and headed to Newport for our adventure; we are sailing on a Duffy Boat around Newport Harbor.\u00a0 How do you make a boat feel better?\u00a0 Give it some vitamin sea.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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We are at the dock and ready to go!<\/p><\/div>\n

Where are we going??<\/p>\n

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Sailing, Sailing, over the bounding main!<\/p><\/div>\n

The Captain was ready to go!\u00a0 I was expecting a nautical uniform, but this was acceptable.\u00a0 Dan’s legs did scare the birds away!<\/p>\n

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Captain Dan takes us out into the bay!<\/p><\/div>\n

Paula kept busy pulling goodies out of the ice bags.\u00a0 They must have been six feet deep!\u00a0 We were filling up on cheese, crackers, grapes, and other goodies.<\/p>\n

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Wine, cheese, and crackers galore!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary was glad she brought a cover because the temperature dropped ten degrees once on the water.<\/p>\n

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It was fantastic on the water!<\/p><\/div>\n

This home was beautiful and was loaded with flowers; it looked quite Mediterranean!<\/p>\n

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John Wayne’s home on the bay!<\/p><\/div>\n

We heard loud stretching sounds and something that sounded like, “Slow down, pull over, we are boarding you!<\/p>\n

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A birdie pirate boarded us!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary, it turns out, speaks fluent Sea Gull and dispatches the little critter within minutes.\u00a0 He didn’t even get a cracker!<\/p>\n

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We enjoyed the trip!<\/p><\/div>\n

It looks like the house is getting a new foundation!<\/p>\n

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Construction\/reconstruction is underway everywhere.<\/p><\/div>\n

We were careful because watching this building makes dancers break out in a foxtrot within a matter of minutes; we controlled ourselves!<\/p>\n

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The Pavillion is 120 years old and going strong!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Did You know?<\/strong> The Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, is a California Historical Landmark and a National Historic Place. Established on July 1, 1906, the Balboa Pavilion played a prominent role in the development of Newport Beach by attracting real estate buyers to an area formerly designated as “swamp and overflow” land.<\/p>\n

The Balboa Pavilion is one of California’s last surviving waterfront recreational pavilions from the turn of the century. The Pavilion continues to serve the public today as a marine recreational facility and is Newport Beach’s most famous landmark, as well as its oldest standing building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The names on the boats were quite interesting, some were very funny, and some were a tad on the odd side.<\/p>\n

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I love the names on the boats!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Did You Know?\u00a0 <\/strong>USS YMS-328 is a decommissioned US Navy YMS-1-class (YMS-135 subclass) Yard Mine Sweeper (YMS), built in Ballard, Washington, at Ballard Marine & Railway in Ballard, Washington (Seattle).\u00a0 She was classified as a Mark II design, and her hull is constructed entirely out of 3″ vertical grain Douglas fir.\u00a0 Sister ships include Jacques Cousteau’s RV Calypso.\u00a0 After serving in the Navy in World War II, the boat was converted to a private yacht.<\/p>\n

YMS-328 was delivered on 26 May 1943.\u00a0 She served in the Aleutian Islands during World War II, sweeping enemy minefields at Attu and US minefields at Kiska and patrolling out of Adak.<\/p>\n

She was en route to Dutch Harbor to be fitted for the invasion of Paramishiru Island in Japan when Japan surrendered.\u00a0 YMS-328 returned to Bremerton, Washington.<\/p>\n

She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1946.<\/p>\n

In 1962, she was bought by John Wayne and underwent a significant renovation.\u00a0 Wayne changed her name to Wild Goose.\u00a0 He kept the ship for the last 17 years of his life.\u00a0 He entertained a who’s who of the time, including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n

She is owned by Hornblower Cruises and serves as a dinner-cruise boat in the harbor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John Wayne’s converter mine sweeper is still in use today.<\/p><\/div>\n

After the cruise, we went to dinner at The Winery.\u00a0 We were early birds, so the restaurant was exceptionally quiet.\u00a0 We ran into some dance friends, Marianne and Craig, and visited for a few minutes,<\/p>\n

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We had a front-row table overlooking the bay!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary enjoyed the New Zealand Venison.\u00a0 I asked Mary, “Who puts money under the deer’s pillow?” Everyone at the table was puzzled, so I blurted out, “The hoof fairy.”<\/p>\n

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The game this evening wasNew Zealand Venison.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 12 Oz steak was quite remarkable; very tender and done perfectly.<\/p>\n

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I settled for a simple steak!<\/p><\/div>\n

Our dinner partners had a good time as Paul harassed the wait staff unmercifully all night long.\u00a0 Sky, our waiter, was sharp as a tack firing back immediately with an excellent response; I may have met my match!<\/p>\n

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____ and Dan; it was a delightful dinner.<\/p><\/div>\n

We are having a wonderful time sharing stories of yesteryear!<\/p>\n

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We headed home and did an hour in the Swin Spa before crashing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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