On Mon, 16 May 2005 12:44:29 -0400, DSK wrote:

the only ones who go out
when it's dirty weather are the racers... universally regarded as crazy...

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Sailboat racers and serious fishermen, it's hard to tell who is worse.
I've seen 3 or 4 fishermen out in row boats in December when even the
racers have hung it up for the winter. When I was racing my old
Cal-34 on Long Island Sound, we once headed out through Stamford
breakwater on a day it was blowing 35+ kts. As we went out under
double reefed main, a 100 ft tug boat was headed in. The captain of
the tug yelled out to us that we were crazier than he was. It was a
tough day but nothing we hadn't seen before. Fortunately the race
committee finally came to their senses and cancelled.