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


CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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| 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
| |
| |