"A Three Hour Tour ..." Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/1/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A silly trivia puzzle cache at the Santa Cruz Harbor.

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip ..."

I was walking through the Santa Cruz Harbor and I noticed the Water Taxis plying back and forth. This reminded me of when Pink Static was younger and how we spent many a summer afternoon cruising up and down the harbor on our way to Seabright Beach or back home through Arana Gulch or even just cruising for the sake of "touring" the Harbor on "The Barge" or on "The Jungle Boat" as we nicknamed the big and the little water taxis.

(If you have small children, I can recommend the SC Harbor tour!)

For some reason the thought of touring the harbor reminded me of a certain other "three hour tour ..."

The location of this cache is NOT at the listed coordinates. (The listed coordinates will take you to a benchmark (R 1237 - GU1941) near the railroad tracks, which by the way, has absolutely nothing to do with this puzzle cache except as being a benchmark bonus if you like to log benchmarks.)

The cache is located at one of the docks at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor.

The REAL cache coordinates are N 3A BC.DEF & W 12U VW.XYZ

To find this cache, you will need to answer these Gilligan's Island trivia questions:

A = The number of degrees that The Professor had.
B = How many thousands of employees were employed by Mr. Howell's corporations?
C = In which school grade was Gilligan president of a camera club?
D = G - H
E = Fill in the blank: the very first episode (not the pilot) was titled "__ on a Raft".
F = How many seasons did the series run?

G = Excluding models, the number of different boats used as the S.S. Minnow.
H = The number of tablespoons of butter in Mary Ann's Famous Coconut Cream Pie recipe.

R = The navy fleet number in which The Skipper was the best poker player.
S = The number of years the skipper led the navy band.
T = Fill in the blank: At the time of the shipwreck, Ginger was scheduled to play the lead role of Cleopatra in the Broadway production of "Pyramid for ___".

U = The number of seasons that the episodes were in color.
V = R - (S + T)
W = Generally speaking, the number of times Mrs. Howell made detailed escape plans.
X = Bob Denver was 7X years old when he passed in 2005.
Y = The number of gowns that Ginger brought with her.
Z = Thurston Howell the ____

Sum check = (A + B + C + D + E + F) + (U + V + W + X + Y + Z) = 32

ONLY use the following URL to find the answers - (visit link)

(This cache was inspired by the puzzle cache "Get Smart" 😉)

Enjoy! And happy caching!

50sumtin

Everybody sing!!

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man, the Skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. A three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost.
The Minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan,
the Skipper too,
the Millionaire and his wife,
the movie star, and the rest,
(the Professor and Mary Ann),
here on Gilligan's Isle!

Now this is the tale of the castaways, they're here for a long, long time,
they'll have to make the best of things, it's an uphill climb.
The first mate and the Skipper too, will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable, in the tropic island nest.
No phone, no lights no motor cars, not a single luxury,
like Robinson Crusoe, as primitive as can be.
So join us here each week my friends, you're sure to get a smile,
from seven stranded castaways, here on "Gilligan's Isle."

Additional Hints ()

[Puzzle hint:] pyvpx ba cvk ba jrofvgr: uggc://jjj.tvyyvtnafvfyr.pbz/znva.ugzy [Cache hint is an anagram: unscramble the letters for your clue:] sbsab

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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