Gift Baskets - Create Simple Easy Gifts For the Person Who Has Everything!

Written by Donna Hamer


Have you ever thought about giving a personalized Gift Basket?

Is it just me or do you also get excited when you give a gift to your friends and family and you know they love it!

The downside you give a gift and you just know they hate it! Unfortunately you can’t always get it right because what seems right andrepparttar appropriate gift for you isn’t always right and appropriate forrepparttar 110143 person you are buying for.

Take my mother for instance, if you don’t buy her a gift say for Mothers Day you will be inrepparttar 110144 bad books for weeks. Now before you agree with her, let me ask you this “What do you give someone who has everything”? If you could walk around this ladies house you would understand my problem!

Well overrepparttar 110145 years I have learnt how to stay in her good books by creating something different and unique every year. I also like to make it a gift that I make, so its personal and comes fromrepparttar 110146 heart. Yes you guessed it a personalized “gift basket”.

Leading up torepparttar 110147 occasion, I take some time to think about things that Mum has said she liked overrepparttar 110148 year and things that she has pointed out in a book that she might like. Then I go about looking for items that would fit into a theme that I can put together into a “Basket”. She loves “glass bowls” so I try to use a glass bowl asrepparttar 110149 “basket” for my gift and then fill it with items that she likes. It could be as simple as some pampering items or a night out torepparttar 110150 movies such as popcorn, candies, a drink, chocolates and two movie tickets etc.

Sailing Theory, Sailing Terms and Weather

Written by Linda Cullum


Sailing Theory The sum of all wind pressure onrepparttar sail is called wind force. The center of that force, which is aboverepparttar 110142 water, is calledrepparttar 110143 center of effort (CE). The center ofrepparttar 110144 force belowrepparttar 110145 surface ofrepparttar 110146 water is calledthe center of lateral resistance (CLR). This isrepparttar 110147 point where allrepparttar 110148 boat's resistance to sideways pressure is concentrated. A boat performs best whenrepparttar 110149 two forces are in balance. This is when they are positioned one overrepparttar 110150 other in a vertical line throughrepparttar 110151 boat's sail and hull. Your job as a sailor is to keep these two forces in proper balance so that your boat will sail correctly. You keeprepparttar 110152 boat balanced by shifting your weight and adjusting your sail.

Your boat has weather helm when you have to constantly pullrepparttar 110153 tiller towards you to keeprepparttar 110154 boat straight on course. Lee helm is when you dorepparttar 110155 opposite; pushingrepparttar 110156 tiller towardsrepparttar 110157 sail. Most boats are designed to have a little weather helm. However, too much of it can make sailing difficult in anything other than light breezes. If your boat has a lot of weather helm, it meansrepparttar 110158 CE andrepparttar 110159 CLR are not in alignment.There is more sail pressure aft ofrepparttar 110160 CLR than forward of it.

To correctrepparttar 110161 balance, 1. Shift your weight aft (back towardsrepparttar 110162 stern). 2. Pull uprepparttar 110163 centerboard. 3. If your boat has a jib, ease (let out)repparttar 110164 mainsail. 4. Try any combination of these.

Weather- The Sea Breeze

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