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To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 7:25:58 PM
From: altair19	Respond to of 104155

Polvito - are you going back out to sea or on your way home? Beautifully written letter to your daughter. Good to hear from you. Altair19

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 7:26:40 PM
From: Dalin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Polvito! Your back!!! How was the trip? No fun, huh? No relaxation.....no cervesas.....jus ocean...n.....sun n moon..... Sounds absowutely wonderful! I've been too busy to even put my boat on the market. (thankfully) I do find times to take it for cruises now and then...<g> :o) Ramblin

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 7:34:47 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

elpie- that's a lovely letter you sent to miss b. thanks for sending it to us too. welcome home. joser

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 8:01:46 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Man I missed you. That was great. Like a big drink of cool water after being extremely thirsty. -Clappy

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 8:33:27 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104155

le86: Welcome back to 'the real world'... How was the trip...? -s2@stillsearchingforpeace.com

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 9:33:24 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

charts i'd printed out for the trip that 5:36 AM was the exact minute that the moon became exactly full with no shadow from the earth obscuring any portion of it. ... as it neared the horizon. i was sailing the boat directly toward it. then... behind me through the same water-laden air came the sun... exactly the same size, also orange, but redder and brighter. there was nothing but water for a horizon in front and in back of the boat. here i was sitting on the "big blue" ball, staring at the yellow-orange ball in the west and the red-orange ball in the east, both sitting just above the ocean horizon casting a glow across the water running directly toward the boat and toward me. A little celestial mechanics. On a two dimensional diagram at the exact time, of full moon, the three bodies Earth, Moon and Sun would all be along one line. But because the Moon’s orbital plane is inclined to the ecliptic (the Earth’s orbital plane), in a three dimensional diagram the Moon (usually) passes slightly above or below the Sun-Earth line, and hence the Earth’s shadow (i.e. no eclipse). Hence. if you consider the three points, the center of the Sun, the center of the Moon and the Dust, then the Dust is not quite aligned<g>, but close, very close. So, if you think about it, the Moon should be in the opposite part of the sky from the Sun. As the Moon sets the Sun should rise. Half way through the process, the Moon should be half set, and the Sun also bisected. But that isn’t what happens. The Earth’s atmosphere refracts (bends) light. When you “see” a celestial object “sitting” on the horizon, it is really below the horizon. Thus, your ethereal experience. <aside> I sometimes wonder what’s going on inside the head of a geologist, when staring at a spectacular western landscape. It doesn’t subtract.</aside> Envious. lurqer

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/24/2003 11:18:50 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 104155

Yer Doddder has a good Daddie. That was beautiful. Welcome back, I missed you. I thought about you every time a nice sailboat passed through the drawbridge in front of the office... Scoot

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/25/2003 6:59:39 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104155

Great to have you back... we were missing the eloquence, elegance, the sheer loving poetry :)

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/25/2003 11:05:46 PM
From: Lost1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

much kool el patron

To: elpolvo who wrote (24862)	3/26/2003 4:17:56 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104155

<<...last tuesday i was out on the ocean. the moon had shown all night. at five thirty in the morning i looked up at it as it approached the western horizon and i remembered from the moon and sun charts i'd printed out for the trip that 5:36 AM was the exact minute that the moon became exactly full with no shadow from the earth obscuring any portion of it. i watched it intently for about an hour as it began to set. it was gorgeous, it began to turn a dark orange through the heavy moist layer of air near the ocean as it neared the horizon. i was sailing the boat directly toward it. then... behind me through the same water-laden air came the sun... exactly the same size, also orange, but redder and brighter. there was nothing but water for a horizon in front and in back of the boat. here i was sitting on the "big blue" ball, staring at the yellow-orange ball in the west and the red-orange ball in the east, both sitting just above the ocean horizon casting a glow across the water running directly toward the boat and toward me. i had never seen the full moon and the full sun at the same time in such conditions that you could stare at them both with the naked eye. it was a majestic sight. they were determined to keep on illuminating the earth forever, no matter the state of man's affairs...>> el sailor dude: Very kewl description...thnx for sharing your letter...we appreciate it. -s2@sunrisesailingistoughtobeat.com