I will graciously extend the challenge to include November.

Your move booby.

Scotty


"Donal" wrote in message
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Here's my challenge. You sail down to Balt. I'll race you back up to
Atl.
Highlands. Any week in Sept./Oct.

I'm afraid I haven't the time, but my invite to you remains open.
You'd lose that "race" anyway.


How could he lose after you refused to turn up?

Are you really busy for the whole of Sept/Oct?


Do you have any free time during November?



Regards


Donal
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Season ends here October 31.

Is that a NY law? or just another one of your lame excuses?

More proof that Scotty knows nothing. Yup, October 31st is a significant date
for boaters in NY. Look it up or ask around.

RB

Is that a NY law? or just another one of your lame excuses?

They shut down the matrix.

Close...but wrong as always. Nearly every boat comes out of the water on
October 31st here.

RB

I hated that..... living up north, the season was so short. Also getting
the boats
in storage for the winter was costly. Glad I don't have to worry about that
anymore.

NH_/)_

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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Is that a NY law? or just another one of your lame excuses?

They shut down the matrix.

Close...but wrong as always. Nearly every boat comes out of the water on
October 31st here.

RB

Also getting
the boats
in storage for the winter was costly. Glad I don't have to worry about =
that

In actuality, the cost of wintering a boat in outside storage plus the =
cost of a slip in season is about exactly equal to the overall cost of =
keeping a boat in a slip all season in the south, plus annual haulout to =
unchink the cruddies that have decided to bore into the bottom of your =
boat...plus the added expenses of sun exposure on canvas, much more time =
and effort spent on keeping wood scrubbed and oiled or bright...and then =
there's the expense of finding somewhere to go when there's a =
hurricane...or the salvage cost of getting it off the beach or wherever =
it winds up because you can't or won't sail it into the face of a storm =
to avoid damage.....
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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

That's correct Katy, in FL we have to worry about tropical storms and
hurricane's. When In MI we had to worry about winterized motors and
exposure. A lot of the marinas have breakwalls, but this does not stop
all the little creatures that love to live on the bottom side of the
sailboat
called barnacles, and having to re-do the bottom side of the boats can
get to be a real pain. I was born and raised in Michigan I know how
pretty the great lakes are

hummm now that you mention it?
I think we have tropical storm heading this way

NH_/)_

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"katysails" wrote in message
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Also getting
the boats
in storage for the winter was costly. Glad I don't have to worry about that

In actuality, the cost of wintering a boat in outside storage plus the cost
of a slip in season is about exactly equal to the overall cost of keeping a
boat in a slip all season in the south, plus annual haulout to unchink the
cruddies that have decided to bore into the bottom of your boat...plus the
added expenses of sun exposure on canvas, much more time and effort spent on
keeping wood scrubbed and oiled or bright...and then there's the expense of
finding somewhere to go when there's a hurricane...or the salvage cost of
getting it off the beach or wherever it winds up because you can't or won't
sail it into the face of a storm to avoid damage.....
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:49:40 GMT, a team of surgeons from
alt.sailing.asa removed the following benign growth from NH_/)_:

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Tehee.

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PJR:-)
American way
Threatened by us
Drag a few creeps
Away in a bus
- Frank Zappa, predicting the Dubya years

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

... Yup, October 31st is a significant date for boaters in NY. ...

Why? What happens?


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... Yup, October 31st is a significant date for boaters in NY. ...

Why? What happens?

Insurance ends at marinas and clubs.
All city run marinas close.
Most clubs close.
Private insurance doesnt cover winter sailing (Boat US and others here) unless
specified.
The only boats that stay in the water here are people who own their own slips
or have live-aboard status at certain clubs.

RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

... Yup, October 31st is a significant date for boaters in NY. ...

Why? What happens?

Insurance ends at marinas and clubs.

Do you mean their public liability cover?


All city run marinas close.

Why? Surely they can still make money by staying open?


Most clubs close.

My local club has night races almost into December, with an off-season early
in the new year, reopening sometime around March. Do NY winters arrive in
November?


Private insurance doesnt cover winter sailing (Boat US and others here)
unless
specified.

I would have thought that winter sailing would be covered unless
specifically excluded - I'm sure my policy is for a year. Does your
insurance policy state that it only covers a specific period during the
year? When does it restart?


The only boats that stay in the water here are people who own their own
slips
or have live-aboard status at certain clubs.

My local, city run, marina stays open year round. The only boats that come
out are those that need anti-fouled, or those that won't be sailed until
next season (so are taken out to reduce fouling, or because the owners want
to save pontoon fees by parking on the hard for a few months).


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Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk