On Aug 20, 6:31 pm, OzOne wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:41:02 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"



wrote:

Few of the old crowd still around...and that's sad. Ganzy's witch hunt
really chased away the fun. Oh well....

Heart of Gold is still sailing of course and her crew has been having
a blast.

With Thomas about to turn four we've been spending more weekends on
the boat and making short trips. Next season we plan to make two week-
long trips. The great news is how much he loves the boat. It's among
his favorite activities, so I feel we've done a good job in making him
part of the fun. The sacrifice was short sails and fewer nights
aboard. Now he demands to go sailing!

Cheers, everyone! As the 2008 season here wraps up I hope you all have
gotten some sailing in.

Robert B
35s5
NY

Good to hear Bubbles.
Thought you were getting another boat?
I'm sailing very little these days, flying has become a passion.

OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
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Indeed we were planning on a barely used C&C 121, but we decided to
hold off. The 35s5 is really a lot of fun and we certainly don't make
use of her comforts since we rarely stay aboard more than a weekend.
Thomas has a time-limit and we try to adhere to it. We've now seen a
LOT of families with kids who are not too hip on being aboard. The few
success stories we've seen were folks who didn't force it on their
kids and we've tried to do the same. Thomas asks to go sailing, but we
usually don't keep him out longer than he wants. Keep him wanting more
is the MO! It's working as now he often asks to sleep aboard as well.
So a upgrade is on hold. I added a beautiful 140% cruise-radial genoa
and am still flying the kevlar main. I still use the smaller pentax-
mylar on days where it's really blowing. As she is now, only J-boats
pass me and none-to-quickly. We're having a lot of fun and when winds
are light and the boat slows, Thomas yells, "What's the hold up?!"


RB
35s5
NY