Saturday was our last day out for the year.  We covered around 20 miles in 4 1/2 hours.  It was probably our best day out all year.  David will be working on a video and I will post it as soon as it is finished.


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      On Sept 5th 2011, we went sailing in a Catalina 27 out of North Myrtle Beach with Capt Tim Hamilton of Hamilton Charters hamiltoncharters.com. Although large swells kept us from venturing into the Atlantic, we had a fun trip under sail around the inter-coastal waterway.


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     We had a great sail this past weekend.  The wind picked up nicely on our return into the harbor.  You can see us start to tack to dodge some rocks and to line up with the harbor entrance.  Unfortunately that is where our GPS battery died and the track ends.
    


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Colgate 26

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     This month I was lucky enough to find a regular priced business class award from EDI-EWR on CO.  The flight was aboard one of Continental's 757-200 aircraft with 16 lie flat business class seats.  Continental is in the process of converting to a lie flat product on most of their International fleet.
     I found EDI (Edinburgh, Scotland UK) a very pleasant airport to use, although the BMI lounge there only has a view of the short term parking lot..


Warm Nuts, Ginger Ale and the Daily Mail


Table Setting for Lunch


First Course, Seafood Chowder, Chicken Skewer and Puff Pastry




Second Course of Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette




Third Course of New York Strip Steak with Vegetables and New Potato's






Fourth Course of a Selection of Cheese with Traditional Accompaniments




Fifth Course of Vanilla Ice Cream with Hot Fudge



     Flight time was 7 hours and 4 minutes on this route.  You can learn more about the new Business First lie flat seats from this link.  I don't have much experience with International Premium class travel, however my impression was mainly positive.  I did have some issue getting comfortable in a reclined position, but two pillows took care of that.
     The AVOD hardware was impressive.  Each seat features a 15.4 inch LCD display with multiple power points to charge personal devices.  I thought the material loaded for viewing left a bit to be desired, but with at-seat power one could watch one's own DVD's on a laptop, which I did.


A Selection of Power Points


15.4 Inch LCD


Electronic Seat Controls


Additional seat Control

     About 1 hour prior to arrival a snack was served. 


Pre-Arrival Snack


Pastry Filled with Beef and Topped with Cheese and Tomato


Smoked Salmon


Fruit Salad


Cup of Tea to Wake Me Up After All That Food

     The approach was pretty bumpy as the weather in the New York area was hot and humid.  Overall this was a very comfortable flight.  I hope to be able to enjoy Continental's Business First product again.

David and Dan in Kyoto, April 2010 from David Noname on Vimeo.

There is no doubt to those who follow the Airline Industry that Southwest is an extremely successful U.S. domestic airline.  Of coarse they aren't perfect.  Like lots of flyers I can't stand their lack of assigned seating. I'm not that big of a fan of Airtran either but this is hysterical.