On Feb 12, 3:29 pm, "Frogwatch" wrote:
On Feb 12, 1:03 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote:



Wayne ,, just so you know .. the posting is a joke.. I don't want you
getting all up in arms.

==="NE Sailboat" wrote in message

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A Trawler? Wayne,, Pllllleeeeaaaaassssseeeee. We are talking sailing
here, not stink pots.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:09:12 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote:

Think: how can I make this sailboat easier to sail with two people ...
Do
everything and anything that will make shorthanded sailing easier.

The easiest way to sail a boat with two people, not as young as they
used to be, is to get a trawler. Been there, done that. There is
just nothing like a pair of big diesels with 30 inch, 4 bladed props
to keep a boat going to windward in heavy weather.

When you get that baby done, the only thing you should need to do is push
a
button.

And then you just need plenty of time, money and power to keep all of
those buttons working.

Dang, sorry to hear about this. I am wondering why you didnt go into
Boca Grande as per your original plans. Was it a case of things just
going so well that you saw no reason to? After Boca Grande with a
6.5' draft, I'd want to be plenty alert. I assume the 20-30 kts was
from NW (otherwise seas woulda been less) which would make it a wetter
turn toward Key West. With 25 kt wind from NW ,you went downwind
sorta into Fl Bay (I dont have my charts handy) which is sorta scary
with that draft.

I think all this happed the week before last, maybe Thur ? Here in
Tallahassee, I'd heard of nasty weather moving in with very strong
wind forecast. On Thur (maybe it was Wed, I forget) I looked outside
of my door at the trees blowing around and thought "Damn, I'm sure
glad I'm not on the water". Skip says he had not heard a forcast for
nasty weather which I believe. I also remember the "Storm of the
Century" when we were due to leave that morn for a crusie but I'd
heard of a weird low in the west Gulf and decidded to wait. Oddly,
some sailors I met two weeks later HAD NOT HEARD this forecast, gone
sailing and got hammered. What is going on here? Is the NOAA
forecast that bad? I know that sitting at anchor you have few options
for getting weather but at a marina you at least have local weather
news too.