Last weekend we were invited to erik and naomi’s boat for naomi’s birthday. they pulled into false creek, and friends tom and mel brought their power boat over tie up next to them in order to have more space. as we walked up to the boat in false creek, this is the view of what it looked like.

this blog post is going to be a doozie, so beware.

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Erik came to pick us up in the zodiac, and we zipped on over to the boat. tom and mel’ boat has a little platform that i forget the name of, but its so much easier to get on and off of their boat, which was appreciated. you don’t have to clamber up the side of the Nicholas Allen.

here is the view of monk’s that they have on the boat.
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naomi is so classy when she’s picking people up in the zodiac
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Erik was cooking up some food on the outdoor barbecue.
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this if the back of the boat. notice the nice garden…
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and this is the view looking forward. my favourite features are the hanging bike and kayak.
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if you notice in the picture above, the rigging going up the mast? now scroll back to the top image, and see the little crows nest about 2/3 of the way up? Well i decided it would be fun to try to get a picture of the boat from up there. so up i clambered, and the following pictures are from while i was up there.

erik looking up at me
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the two boats tied together
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the early partiers assemble on deck for a picture
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a more zoomed in picture of some of the partiers
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a crude attempt at a photoshop in order to get the whole boat in view
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this much mast is still above me!!
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yours truly from the crows nest. its hard to get perspective when you’re hanging on for dear life and still get yourself and some city in the background.
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the same view of monks as before, but from up high
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a panorama of the back of the boat and cambie bridge in the background
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i made it safely back to deck. and awaiting me there were some ROPES!
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the succulent garden
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some partiers
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Tom and Mel’s Boat
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the view of yaletown, or as erik calls it, where they sequester all the yuppies
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the girls
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oliver was so impressed to get his sheep fur brushed out
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there was some wine on the boat
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Tom, the skipper of the Misty Glow, enjoying himself
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Now I’m sorry, i don’t usually do this, but oliver was being super cute, so I’m going to be posting many pictures of him and his cuteness.

hello
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let me down
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uncle andrew, im tired, PUT ME DOWN!
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so many people and so tired
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Next lets take a tour of the boat. i had erik paddle me all the way around
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and on the other side we see the misty glow
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then erik and i paddled over to pick up kevin
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on the way back we saw this paddle boat! epic

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more oliver
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sunset thru the buildings
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and now some party pictures on the boat
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photo above graciously taken by Noa
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a calm evening on the water. it had been windier earlier in the day, but everything settled down nicely at dawn

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so then somehow its decided that the survival suits should be tested! these suits are basically a pull over suit, that when worn, totally protect you from the water and elements, and only you’re face is exposed. they are for emergencies and are meant to let you stay warm enough long enough to be saved. but also work nicely as a easy way to jump into the water with all you’re clothes on in under a minute. so, we had 4 volunteers, the birthday girl amongst them. here they are floating about. pretty hilarious, if you ask me.
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and then, of course we had some cake. kevin made strawberry rhubarb pies.
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so artsy! there was some live music
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dan was being dan
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the lovely hosts of the party
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the birthday girl, with dog and erik
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we tentatively calculated that this was the most people that had ever been on the boat.
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Wow, still with me? that was a lot of pictures to post! it took me a few days to actually process them too, but I’ve had a lot of interest in seeing them, so i SPED up my usual processing time.

We had such a great time on the boat. what a lovely party, group of people, and photo subjects. one of the best parties that I’ve ever had on a boat. 😉