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Leslie Batts wrote:
Wed 2/11/2004 5:10 PM From: lesliebyrne1@aol.com Subject:
I love your website
“The Wanderer” featured on your website
is owned by my father Clyde Batts. He also is an OV ICON. When I saw his boat I
screamed out at work & almost cried. He still has the boat --docked at Rebel Marine in Willoughby --it will never leave OV. The
Wanderer was the 1st & only head boat
featured out of the Ocean View fishing pier. It was
originally at Harrison’s Pier She was replaced by
the Wanderer II (her daughter) when my dad purchased it.
To this day, you can still find her cruising OV on beautiful summer days. Now is she is
painted black-- she's beautiful & there is not another one like her . . .
Leslie Batts Born & raised in OV
Surprise again, Leslie-- here are shots of the original Wanderer,
taken back at an '87 Raft-Up along with one taken this week of the Wanderer II (see
'84 shot also)... Mouse over images to determine size& click
to enlarge! --R K
Clyde, Billy, Tony
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Reverse side of image at left, sent as a postcard in '87
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Clyde at the helm
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Gearin' up
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Raftin' up
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Jimmy & friends
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Clyde at the stern
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Lieutenant Chance
deboarding
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Portside-- Jimmy
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Batts welcome
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Approaching
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Toasting the wheel
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Billy O, aft
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Departing
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Wanderer II, today
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New to boating? The floor is usually a deck, unless it's the floor
below, in which case it becomes the cabin sole. You may have a galley, salon, berths, and
a head (--kitchen, living room, beds, and bathroom). A bulkhead is no
longer the cellar, but a partition separating one compartment from another. A wheel may be
a propeller or a steering wheel, and an outboard may be a small motor, it's also the
direction toward a boat's exterior - or outside of it. Port is the left hand side of a
boat (not wine) when facing ahead. Starboard is the right-hand side. Port
is red; starboard green. Don't ask for a rope, cord, or wire-- t's all just
"line." Yet, the line you use to control your sail is a sheet, & wires
supporting the mast are either shrouds (those going to port or starboard)
or stays (going forward or aft). Read me?
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