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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:08/06/2008 12:44:44)
Sounds like fun! What sort of competition is it, Karenna? A race of some sort? Power boats or sailboats? Where in Moscow would something like that be held? If it's on a river in a sailboat, tacking back and forth across it would be brutal, LOL. I've done that and in windy conditions it is so NOT fun, LOL. Give me miles of lake surface any day, LOL.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:08/06/2008 13:45:14)
Ooh so Alexei has gone for a Land Rover. As a Brit I have to say, good choice Alexei, although it is not a band I would have thought he's go for. MInd you, it is very good quality and an SUV (apart from Jeep, the oldest SUV around). I think Alexei looks so cute in his outfit..blue really does suit him, especially this vibrant shade. Love the red shoes too. I seem to recall an article in which he described going over to Peterhof I think it was, by boat, with some of the SOI guys. It was a bit rough and the boat basic. I don't think they did too well which seemed to amuse Alexei!!  so I think he must be a good sailor. 
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:08/06/2008 15:19:09)
He looks like he's having a good time out on the water.The Jaguar Land Rover,thats different than the regular Land Rover isn't it?Because the normal is made by a British car company if my memory is right.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:10/06/2008 11:12:42)
Andrea, they are one and the same.
Land Rover where taken over by Jaguar (both Biritsh owned and built). Then Jaguar were bought out by Ford but both cars are still made in GB. I think Ford have not long sold/part sold one or both brands to another company. Both brands are high end. I like Jags, espcially the sports cars.
If you are a Bond films fan, the green car the 'baddie' used in Die Another Day was a Jag.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:10/06/2008 16:32:48)
Thanks for the clarification,didn't know they had sold the company.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:16/06/2008 12:29:46)
a bit more on the regatta..and a very nice photo of Alexei. Click on the small image to get a larger one. Apparantly Alexei's celebrity partner had to go off somewhere and Alexei was left on his own. If only we had known, we'd have jumped in to help him out  I'm sure he would give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if we fell in the water  ......................................... At the start of distinguished and Alexei Yagudin, who in the absence of Rita Mitrofanovoy, escaped with training on live, had to try for two. But the Olympic champion for nothing is impossible - Alexei clearly served the team captain and periodically tried to pull themselves for cables and other elements of rigging the ship. .......................................... http://yahta.ru/news/8500.shtml large version of photo: 
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:16/06/2008 15:28:59)
that color is brilliant on him! really brings out his eyes.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:16/06/2008 15:46:40)
Sharon....Thanks for posting this photo of Alexei. Wow! How I'd love to find him with that expression standing on the dock as I manuevered my sloop into the slip. Yes!!! But I don't think I could stand to have him on board with me--I'd forget everything I know and would sit there like a blabbering idiot, making no sense whatever, nor recalling the differences between a sheet and a jenny.  LOL
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Reply To Blue%20Bead
(Date Posted:16/06/2008 16:57:24)
Reply to Blue Bead (16/06/2008 15:46:40) Sharon....Thanks for posting this photo of Alexei. Wow! How I'd love to find him with that expression standing on the dock as I manuevered my sloop into the slip. Yes!!! But I don't think I could stand to have him on board with me--I'd forget everything I know and would sit there like a blabbering idiot, making no sense whatever, nor recalling the differences between a sheet and a jenny. LOL
Mary C. Slip-jenny-sheet etc..have no clue what any of that means but it sounds interesting lol....never been on a sailing boat,only a fishing boat one time and a kayak once.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:16/06/2008 19:23:04)
Slip-jenny-sheet etc..have no clue what any of that means but it sounds interesting lol LOL, It's all sailing jargon! Translation: a sheet is a line/rope attached to a sail; a jenny is a shortened term for a genoa, a type of cruising sail for use in light winds. The meaning, there, is I'd be so overcome by his smile, those eyes, and his presence that I'd forget all of the things that are second nature to me, LOL. Mary C.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:16/06/2008 22:25:09)
I haven't been typing much - believe it or not my wrists and hands are sore from supporting myself on the crutches - and to think not long ago I was actually proud to have a small bone structure - not anymore! I just have to say "Raise the mizzen mast, avast ye landlubbers, keelhaul the poopdeck!" Did I get this right???
And that picture of Alexei......sort of makes you want to say "Hey sailor!"
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:17/06/2008 10:08:24)
Thanks for the beautiful photo, Sharon.
I always love the way Alexei looks in blue. When I saw the photo of Alexei on another thread in a light aqua tee shirt, I did not say anything because it felt wrong for me to say what I was thinking, because his car and medal had been stolen, but the truth is that I smiled when I saw him in that tee shirt, because that is the color that had become my favorite for myself to wear, so it was very pleasant to see him wearing it.
It's too bad his sailing partner was not on board to help, but I think he will like sailing. There is nothing else quite like it. You ride the wind, and knife through the water, and there is a peace to it that is utterly satisfying. It is as if you become one with nature. Dear Karenna, this too shall pass. *HUG* Lina
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:17/06/2008 12:12:40)
Mary at least you know the lingo...I'd be a babbling idiot without any insider knowledge. I noticed in all the pictures the participants had the nice blue jackets on but no life-jackets. I don't think safety regulations are very strict in Russia or perhaps they just took them off for the photo's! Yes that blue is amazing on him, nearly as nice as his eyes, and the golden brown of his hair takes your breath away. Is it my imagination or is it shinier and more glistening then usual. The colour is fab, his natural colour I think...darn him, people pay good money for a colour like that and here he is naturally blessed. Kareena..yes, hello sailor indeed. I read somewhere that he has a sailing licence..I think it was when he lived in the US..so he is at home on the water. I hope the weather keeps well and the water is nice and calm for them all, or it could get a little embarrassing 
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:17/06/2008 14:47:15)
I read somewhere that he has a sailing licence..I think it was when he lived in the US..so he is at home on the water. There is no such thing as a "sailing license" in the US and I'm fairly the sure that holds true for Canadian waters as well. I think what Alexei did when he was in the US was take a safe boating course. I remember reading that he had a "license," too, but his definition of the word and whatever documentation he has are likely two entirely different meanings. There is also the possibility that he studied for and took a US Coast Guard license for small commercial vessels, commonly know as a 6-pack license. This the the document required to operate any small commecial vessel in US waters...everything from a day sailing business to a fishing-boat-for-hire business. This latter one require a ton and a half of study to prepare to take the thing, LOL. The test is a real bear! Mary at least you know the lingo...I'd be a babbling idiot without any insider knowledge. I noticed in all the pictures the participants had the nice blue jackets on but no life-jackets. I don't think safety regulations are very strict in Russia or perhaps they just took them off for the photo's! Lina...Yes, I know the lingo and the procedures they describe. My late husband and I had our own 8 meter cruising sailboat for nearly 22 years, and we sailed both inland and protected ocean waterways. We did bare boat chartering on many occasions in the protected waters of the Chesapeake Bay, especially around St. Michael's, Maryland. The fact that those pics don't show Alexei, or anybody else, wearing life jackets is of a major concern to me, lol, and as a current member of the United States Sail and Power Squadrons boating education is a big issue with me. I don't think the Russian government is too strict about any boating or safety concerins. In all those photos the waters look quite cold and if Alexei or any of the other sailors were to fall overboard they would be in serious trouble almost immediately, regardless of how well they could swim. There are various types of life vests that are thin enough to be comfortablely worn under their sailing jackets. If one of them fell overboard the life vest would keep them afloat until the closest boat could reach them and haul them on board. Without that vest it is extremely difficult to tread water long enough in 50 degree water to stay afloat and stay concious until rescure. After roughly 15 minutes a person will lose conciousness in 50 degree water as the body shuts down circulation to the extremities to preserve the core tissues and organs. Much longer than that and you're in danger of being dead. Sailing is tons of fun but it can also be extremely dangerous. If a gust of wind should catch the sail in just the wrong way (due to either an error from the helmsman's judgment or his/her inattention or an unexpected weather phenomena), the situation can become critical in an instant with the helm in the hands of an inexperienced sailor. Unexpected gusts of wind have been known to knock the boom (a metal or wooden spar to which the bottom of the mainsail is attached, holding it out taught from the mast to catch and direct the wind to propell the boat) causing it to swing to the other side of the boat and knocking everyone in the cockpit into the water. This occurs frequently on boats under 5 meters in length but it can still happen to mid-sized boats of 6 to 10 meters. It is sooo not fun, LOL. I never went totally overboard the one time it happened to me on our boat, although it wiped my hubby off the deck and into the water, LOL. I clung to the boom and rode it out over the water, LOL, and was able to crawl back along the boom and back to the deck. From there I grabbed the wheel,started the engine and motored back to pick up my hubby, bobbing in the water with his life jacket on. He was a good 1500 feet behind me when I got the boat turned around and under control. Mary C.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:17/06/2008 15:35:22)
Sounds like a scarey experience Mary! I too am a bit concerned about the lifejacket thing,no matter how good a swimmer you are,it is always good to be wearing a lifejacket in those types of enviroments,especially as you already mentioned the bodies reaction to cold water.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:17/06/2008 19:37:45)
"Lina...Yes, I know the lingo and the procedures they describe."--ummm, Mary, I think you are answering Sharon's post there, rather than mine.  I agree with you about the importance of life vests, of course; I always wore one when I sailed, even though I was a very confident swimmer. I figured these photos were all taken on land, and that they would don the life vests (I always think of them as "life jackets" for some reason) only when they were about to sail. I envy you all the sailing you have done; I only got to do one season of it, in a very fast boat; I handled the jib. One time my sailing partner insisted that we go out in spite of storm predictions, and I was foolish enough to give in to them lol. The boat capsized, but I had on my life vest, and the very top of my head never even got wet, because the vest worked so well; it made me into a human cork! lololololol. I'll never forget the marvelous stillness when the boat leaned, cutting through the water. It was like nothing else I have ever experienced, that sense of quiet and absolute peace, away from all cares. Even the day of the storm was fun lol. Lina 
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:17/06/2008 21:32:23)
"Lina...Yes, I know the lingo and the procedures they describe."--ummm, Mary, I think you are answering Sharon's post there, rather than mine. Whatever....LOL. Maybe that will teach me not to post when I'm in a hurry, LOL. Mary C.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:18/06/2008 12:42:24)
this event has fast become a source of lovely Alexei photo's. Here are some more posted on another website: http://alexei0318.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/06/post_bca8.htmlthanks for all the boating discussion and explanations. Many sports and professions have their own language and I guess sailing is no different.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:18/06/2008 16:49:55)
Thanks Sharon! Great pics!
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:22/06/2008 21:45:55)
.....just got back from the lake and a few days of sailing! (I mostly sat and enjoyed while everyone else ran around....I have a smaller walking cast on - no more itching!) The wind conditions were perfect yesterday. Only problem - no internet access except for my blackberry.....It was really nice to come home and read all of your terrific posts on sailing! but here are some pictures of Alexei at the Moscow Festival of the Yachts.....Alexei looks quite at home on the water....I'd go sailing with him anyday! or even....  http://www.usoevfoto.ru/regata2008/index.html
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:23/06/2008 07:41:29)
Great pictures!! Thanks for posting them.It looks like he's having a good time.:)
Sailing lessons,sure,if I am ever near water again.lol.
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:23/06/2008 08:05:13)
Thanks a lot for the second group of photos, Karenna . The first group does not open for me, for some reason, but the second group is lovely. I think the sailing is just what Alexei needed after a long touring season. Maybe I am just imagining things, but he seems to look warmly relaxed in these new photos, and that makes me feel good.
It's great to hear that you are walking again and not itching any more! My life seems to be levelling off a bit, but it's too soon to tell, really. Meanwhile, I have been drowning my sorrows in soccer and today Wimbledon has begun, so I'll never get caught up around here, but the soccer on Saturday got my adrenalin pumping again in a positive way, and I'm smiling more again. The only trouble is, I seem to be forming an addiction to soccer, and if the tennis and soccer broadcasts conflict, I am apt to develop a split personality lolololol. But that would not be all bad.....
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:23/06/2008 12:38:05)
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:23/06/2008 19:08:08)
Thanks, Sharon! Lina
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RE:Moscow Festival of the Yachts - June 19th to 20th
(Date Posted:23/06/2008 21:49:23)
That's the best way to spend the day Lina! I used to think that life completely stopped after skating season (a little part of me still feels that way) but soccer and tennis definitely can fill the void. Summer isn't so bad after all! LOL!
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