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Default Power and Sail Squadron recreational boater qualifications.

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:19:50 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 1, 2:58*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:08:28 -0700 (PDT), "
...*Are there any places you can get
ashore for camping in Connecticut during the summer?


Anywhere you don't get caught! My first cruising experiences were as a
teenager in the 1960's in various small, often wooden, and always
decrepit, sailboats. I would sail to "somewhere" and camp on shore.
Usually sans tent. If the weather was especially bad, I would unstep
the mast and turn the boat over for shelter. ...


Very cool. I grew up reading the Ransome books and Capt. Voss and so
on and have always had a romantic vision of small boat camping.

-- Tom.


If I was going to try it now, I think I would find myself a Dovekie.
They seem ideal for that style of cruising. A little too big to drag
up into the bushes to hide it, though!