Cool beans Thom. I envy him; he'll learn a lot from you!
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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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It was a nice sail. What made it great was I have a new nieghbor in the
Cul-de-Sac and he is a sailor!

He is a Hobie sailor from British Columbia Lakes and new to salt water
sailing.

I introduced him to "Pneuma" yesterday and it was love at first sight. I
do believe I have a new crewman, with summers off. He is a teacher.

Just what this old man needed. It is getting tougher all the time to
single hand. I have to admit I need help :-(

Took him out yesterday for a sail ( more as a check out) He passed with
flying colors. He knews sail trim. I wasn't to sure about his feelings
about a Mono Hull?

As the wind started to fade, I hand him the bag with the 170 Drifter. He
rigged it. Flying behind the Furler and had another 2 hrs sail. Finished
off with sailing back to the slip. Went great!

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