I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
deck...

FT

"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....

CM

"Njord" wrote in message
news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to don life
| jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put them on
and
| not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have the
room,
| you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad reach to
| reduce the apparent wind.
|
| --
|
| Njord
|
| I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
|
| From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
|
|

Are you saying the boat has bouyancy or do you? You **** yourself over a
missed tack? You should try relaxing more. Chill out. Sailing is fun...

Cheers MC

Flying Tadpole wrote:

I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
deck...

FT

The navigator © wrote:

Are you saying the boat has bouyancy or do you?

The boat. I'm not in LIS, remember.

You **** yourself over a
missed tack? You should try relaxing more. Chill out. Sailing is fun...

Ha. I'm sure I would have seen the change on my yellow foulies.
The wind then was 40kn, middle of a squall, and I was trying out
to windward using just the ultimate 3-reefed main, no mizzen. I
missed one tack, got cross with myself and wrathfully fell off a
bit, then whipped her round without bothering to look at what was
coming. Doing a whale breach or for that matter actually
shipping it brown (remember, I do not have blue or green water)
over the actual deck on the way down was not something I ever
expected to be doing in a 30ft ballasted sailboat in a 12 foot
deep lake with a normal maximum 5 foot wave. Serves me right for
not looking and not letting that set go by before tacking her

Flying Tadpole

Cheers MC

Flying Tadpole wrote:

I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
deck...

FT

The beauty of sailing in a shallow pond is the option to walk home if the
boat sinks.....


CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
| I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
| buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
| last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
| appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
| deck...
|
| FT
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
|
| You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....
|
| CM
|
| "Njord" wrote in message
| news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| | No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to don
life
| | jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put them
on
| and
| | not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have the
| room,
| | you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad reach
to
| | reduce the apparent wind.
| |
| | --
| |
| | Njord
| |
| | I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| | Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| | And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| | And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
| |
| | From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
| |
| |

At last! Finally!! A newsgroup heavy accepts that I'm more than
ten feet tall!!! Now all I gotta do is get this here mirror
right....

Flying Tadpole

"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

The beauty of sailing in a shallow pond is the option to walk home if the
boat sinks.....

CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
| I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
| buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
| last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
| appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
| deck...
|
| FT
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
|
| You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....
|
| CM
|
| "Njord" wrote in message
| news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| | No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to don
life
| | jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put them
on
| and
| | not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have the
| room,
| | you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad reach
to
| | reduce the apparent wind.
| |
| | --
| |
| | Njord
| |
| | I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| | Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| | And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| | And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
| |
| | From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
| |
| |

You were always 10 feet tall in my opinion Taddy..... but I doubt I'm a
news group heavy.

CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
| At last! Finally!! A newsgroup heavy accepts that I'm more than
| ten feet tall!!! Now all I gotta do is get this here mirror
| right....
|
| Flying Tadpole
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
|
| The beauty of sailing in a shallow pond is the option to walk home if
the
| boat sinks.....
|
| CM
|
| "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
| ...
| | I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
| | buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
| | last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
| | appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
| | deck...
| |
| | FT
| |
| | "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
| |
| | You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....
| |
| | CM
| |
| | "Njord" wrote in message
| | news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| | | No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to
don
| life
| | | jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put
them
| on
| | and
| | | not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have
the
| | room,
| | | you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad
reach
| to
| | | reduce the apparent wind.
| | |
| | | --
| | |
| | | Njord
| | |
| | | I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| | | Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| | | And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| | | And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
| | |
| | | From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
| | |
| | |

You just shrunk CM

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:

You were always 10 feet tall in my opinion Taddy..... but I doubt I'm a
news group heavy.

CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
| At last! Finally!! A newsgroup heavy accepts that I'm more than
| ten feet tall!!! Now all I gotta do is get this here mirror
| right....
|
| Flying Tadpole
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
|
| The beauty of sailing in a shallow pond is the option to walk home if
the
| boat sinks.....
|
| CM
|
| "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
| ...
| | I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
| | buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
| | last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
| | appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
| | deck...
| |
| | FT
| |
| | "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
| |
| | You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....
| |
| | CM
| |
| | "Njord" wrote in message
| | news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| | | No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to
don
| life
| | | jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put
them
| on
| | and
| | | not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have
the
| | room,
| | | you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad
reach
| to
| | | reduce the apparent wind.
| | |
| | | --
| | |
| | | Njord
| | |
| | | I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| | | Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| | | And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| | | And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
| | |
| | | From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
| | |
| | |

The Tao of Mooron..... The Zen of Warriors..... the subtlety of a
razor's edge.

CM


"The_navigator_©" wrote in message

| You just shrunk CM

So that's the explanation for Lady Kate! Thanks CM

MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:

The beauty of sailing in a shallow pond is the option to walk home if the
boat sinks.....


CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
| I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
| buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
| last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
| appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
| deck...
|
| FT
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
|
| You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....
|
| CM
|
| "Njord" wrote in message
| news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| | No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to don
life
| | jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put them
on
| and
| | not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have the
| room,
| | you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad reach
to
| | reduce the apparent wind.
| |
| | --
| |
| | Njord
| |
| | I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| | Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| | And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| | And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
| |
| | From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
| |
| |