On Jul 25, 10:41 pm, Jere Lull wrote:
On 2007-07-24 06:52:12 -0400, Geoff Schultz said:
Cruising is about enjoying where you are. There are lots of nice
places to stop and see, but if you're sailing (motoring) by on the
outside, you'll never know what you missed.
I was going to nastily pan the earlier part of his post, but Geoff then
said the above, which pretty much is the cruiser's creed.
My lady and I are currently pretty much "weekenders" depending on my
current vocation, but have learned to enjoy whereever we find ourselves
each night. That we typically spend 33% or more of our sailing year
away from our marina puts us into most all definitions of "cruiser".
But if you enjoy where you are "that" moment, you're cruisers in my book.
--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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Hi, Jere (and Geoff) (and all),
Point taken. We want to be in NYC in plenty of time to get Lydia's
Mom on 9-1. That's shaking out to our not taking the time to smell
the roses on the way, because we don't want to leave it until so late
that it becomes a "schedule" issue.
However, aside from keeping out of the cold weather, we, indeed, will
dawdle our way south from there. Her mother's being joined by her
best buddy on Oct2 or thereabouts in the DC area, so we'll want to be
somewhere close to that, but public transport is so easy there that
just being in the neighborhood (of the US) will suffice. Plus, likely
we'll be at the Annapolis show for at least a brief time, concurrent
to that, so in that regard we'll have a "schedule" - but we'll have a
month to get there, too.
Meanwhile, as Larry has indicated, we've not done the toursty thing
here in Chas, but will shortly. I want to do an oil change, make the
last of the ER fixes occasioned in the alternator and shore charger
excitement(s), and redo my wifi while in the land of rich open access
points (the marina alone has 5), but we'll spend some time looking at
Chas before we leave. We'll not do it all, however, as our passengers
will want to do that, too, so we'll save a lot for when we're back.
Not to worry...
Oh, and meanwhile, we're striking out on the crew, so we'll do outside
to Beaufort NC, inside to Norfolk, and outside to NYC, all easily
managed little lumps. The ditch, according to one who's just come
down it in that same area, is 12' or more if we will stay in the
center of the channel, so I guess we'll do it, after all. Not a fast
passage (see above about "schedule" avoidance), but certainly within a
good safety margin to arrive timely in NYC.
Offer still open on crew!
L8R
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