"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:36:57 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:37:59 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Jessica B" wrote in message
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I don't think Yuengling is available out here. Whenever I go to a
party, it's always wine, wine, wine. Never a beer or a decent one
anyway.
Sounds like pretentious, Yuppieville, California. LOL!
You're damn right! I hate it here... a bunch of preppy little boyz and
girlz. I live in the pretentious capital of the Cal... the People's
Republic of Santa Monica. The only two things that are any good are
the beach and the cheap rent.
I never even heard of Yuengling before last month. The supermarkets just
started stocking it. I've noticed the local supermarkets now have a
large
stand-up cooler aisle for all sorts of micro-brewery beers. There is a
great
variety to try. Samuel Adams has many a good custom brew, too. But,
there's
just something about Yuengling Standard Lager that suits my taste in
beer.
It even puts Kalick to shame.
80... sigh.. I hate cold weather! I think I need a warm vacation, but
work is work.
To heck with the work! I retired when I was fifty-five and have never
regretted it. People shouldn't work the best years of their life away
and
retire only after their bodies are slap worn out so they have trouble
enjoying life and/or getting around. Few things are more pitiful than a
half-blind and crippled sailor.
I work to live not live to work... a nice, easy job.. no stress and I
get out of the office regularly.
Do you think you'll get wind for sailing when the cold front arrives
or will it be too much? Not really familiar with the weather down
there.. all we have here is fog... endlessly I think.
San Francisco? Anyway, when cold fronts pass the wind is usually quite
brisk gusting up to about 40 knots so it's best to wait until the front
passes and the winds veer from the NW and N to the NE. Once the wind is
from
the NE it steadies out to around 20 knots and the sailing is fine. Also,
NE
winds herald a warming trend as they roll across the warmer Gulf Stream
and
carry warmer air across the Keys.
God no! I couldn't live in that f*cked up place. Besides, that's
really cold. What size is your sailboat?
27-foot Coronado.
Here is a photo I took when I had her hauled and painted the bottom last
month.
http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238469?size=original
A lot of people here are jealous of my fine little yacht.
Wilbur Hubbard
Sharp! It looks like it's brand new. You must be meticulous in your
care. I confess that I don't know much about sailboats, but I do know
about neat and tidy (and warm weather!).
I must have missed this post in the shuffle. Thanks for the good words,
Jessica. It's refreshing after the constant jealousy-related put downs some
of the pretend sailors in the group seem overly fond of dishing out.
Neat and tidy is important in a sailboat as cluttered and untidy results in
accidents and equipment failures. What many people seem to forget is that
"first she's a sailboat." In other words, first things first and don't
install or change anything that reduces the efficiency of the sailing
machine. And, spend the majority of time on the boat as a sailing system
than anything else.
This is the problem I have with people like Joe. He was constantly modifying
his erstwhile motorsailer, "Red Cloud." He had her looking "real purty" from
a cosmetic standpoint, at least but, unfortunately, he spent the majority of
his time trying to make RC into a floating apartment with all the shoreside
amenities so he could satisfy his wife's domestic urges. In doing so, he
ignored the important things like making sure his rudder was up to the task
on an ocean voyage. Because of his poorly engineered rudder and his not
paying attention to it and not modifying it to cope with normal ocean voyage
conditions, it failed catastrophically and punched a hole or holes in his
transom. Now, wouldn't his time have been better spent not worrying about
the shower, mirrors, vanity and hair drier, etc. for his wife and taking
care of important ships systems? No man compromises the integrity of the
ship in order to appeal to the distaff side.
The bottom line is a sailing yacht will always be a compromise but one
should always compromise greatly on the "all the comforts of home" than on
the ship's systems side. The functionality and safety of the ship always
takes precedence over crew comfort. This is what wannabes like Joe, Bruce
and Skippy can't seem to get through their highly-domesticated skulls.
Wilbur Hubbard