OK, but in that stupid 4th movie explain to me why they needed
transparent panels to make the tank for the whales... what, the whales
needed to see the inside of a Klingon warbird??? WTF. At least the 3rd
movie had Kahn...
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11
On 2014-03-06 11:27 AM, Edd Schillay wrote:
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 <john.mat...@yale.edu
<mailto:john.mat...@yale.edu>> 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
CnC-List@cnc-list.com
_______________________________________________
This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
CnC-List@cnc-list.com
