My Odyssey with the Estimated Prophet

Noel Clinard on Monday April 26, 2010 03:27PM

FBYC / NYYC

Last week, I drove to Marblehead, MA, to acquire a Sonar, the one-design to be sailed in September in Newport, RI in the New York Yacht Club’s Qualifying Series for the 2011 Invitational Cup. That Sonar (No. 725) is now parked in the one-design area at FBYC with a banner saying “FBYC/NYYC Qualifying Campaign”. More detail on the Series and the Club’s campaign are provided in last month’s Log and Lud Kimbrough’s article in the next Log, so I don’t dwell on those details. Instead, I focus on a lighter hearted aspect of my “Odyssey.”

I arrived early Thursday morning to scope out the boat. Since I was in no hurry, she and I spent the morning checking out the boat and by noon, I was ready to hit the long road home. I had noticed the boat’s name which she told me was a famous Grateful Dead song, but not until I hit I-95 did I witness the gravitas of the name. Although accustomed to waves from sailors, I would not have expected vans of dudes to give a boat big grins, screams and thumbs-up. Truckers of a certain girth gave me a toot at the truck stops. downsized_0421001258 After 12 hours on the road, I began to “trip” a little myself, shooting out the sunroof. downsized_0421002318

When I arrived at FBYC, Dixon welcomed me with a bit more than his usual enthusiasm and later made me a CD of “Estimated Prophet”. Only then did I get the message as The Grateful dead sang:

My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no

Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no

Rainbows and down that highway where ocean breezes blow

My time coming, voices saying they tell me where to go.

On to Newport and the Qualifying Series . . . .

Estimated prophet

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