On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:42:05 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 1/29/2007 7:07 AM, Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:11:20 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 1/28/2007 8:54 PM, Steve wrote:



The rumors of your demise were premature.
Glad to see it.

Thanks. Rumors of my demise? Wow. Well, I just don't have the time
anymore to post as much as I used to. And with the turn this group
has taken, it's not really worth it anyway. Plus, I sold 2 of my
boats last year. Now the only way I have to get on the water is the
little Zodiac inflatable with a small outboard that used to be the
tender for the big boat. But even that's still fun.

Steve


Boating seems to be "the" thing to get out of these days. Very few of
those who post here are actually boaters. Glad you are maintaining at
least one boat.

You know what they say, the 2 happiest days are when you buy your boat
and when you sell it. Well, that wasn't true for me. I was really
sorry to see it go. But it needed a lot of work that I didn't have
time to do and I got even more than I was asking for it so away it
went.

The buyer is an experienced sailor (fortunately for me so I don't have
to deal with some novice calling all the time with tons of questions
about the boat's systems) who sailed it to Virginia and is going to
fix it up and race it. That surprised me because the thing was
*really* slow. Definitely a slow comfortable cruiser, not a racer.
But if he's doing PHRF racing, he'll get a really nice, big handicap.
And have a very comfortable time racing.

I guess racing can be fun with two fully stocked ice chests, shrimp
and steak on the barbie and some corn on the cob roasting in the oven.
Add to that 140 gals fresh water tankage and 2 full heads each with
shower and the crew can even stay clean and fresh during the race.
That's my kind of racing.

Steve