"Capri" wrote in message
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On May 5, 10:36 pm, Joe wrote:
Tell me about the storm you survived at sea.
I'll toss one in..... if others do.

Sorry Rob and BB, maybe next subject.

Joe

Storms at sea are generally no big deal. You take down
all the canvas and ride it out. It's the ones that are near
land that scare the ever lovin crap out of you.


Sailing on on 18' sloop on Pueblo Resivor in Colorado some
years ago. A mountain storm same up behind up rain
and high gusty winds. We did not have time to take down the
sails (main and jib) before the wind hit. All of a sudden
we were up on a plane headed for the dam at the end of the resivoir.

With the wind howling at 30-40 knots and the dam coming up only
50 yds away or so, what to do?

Off to the north aside of the dam there was a small slice of beach so
I headed for that, Mike was hiking halfway out of the boat, trying to
keep it from
going over. As we got closer to the beach I could see it was covered
with
rocks....not good for the hull if i ran up on it.

I yelled at Mike I was going to come around into the wind.. Letting
out all the sail
I brought the boat around as pretty as you please and mike stepped out
into about
3 feet of water. We pulled down the sails and found a sandy spot on
the beach
for the boat.

The storm blew over within a short time as most mountains storms do
and we
continued with a lovely sail.

I wasn't aware there was a sea in Colorado. You can't read either.
Stupid women! Go away.

Wilbur Hubbard