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Too much flat calm weather lately.
Dear Pitiful Group,
The Bay looks like a mirror again this morning as it was yesterday and the day before and the day before that. It looks like southern Florida is doomed to a summer of doldrums this year. Even the tropical depressions fall apart as they head this way. It's disgusting! The only good thing is these periods of light wind and no wind tend to be evened out by periods of moderate to heavy winds. I'm hoping for some good reliable winds this fall as I'm weighing for another extended cruise to the Bahamas at the end of hurricane season (Nov). While most of you sorry losers are abandoning your boats on the hard for another long, cold winter with bouts of colds and flu, I'll be sailing the Bahamas once more enjoying the sunshine, balmy breezes, crystal water, good company (real sailors - unlike what passes for sailors in this group), excellent fare and good cheer. I've so simplified my life that I have only a dentist appointment in September (routine cleaning - my teeth are perfect like the rest of me) to occupy my time. This and I must do the paper work to renew my Master's license which involves a physical exam and a little pencil pushing. The only other chore on the list is hauling and renewing the bottom paint. No sweat. I think I'll even put off getting new working sails so I can check out a Bahamas loft or two. Sails might be reasonable over there since the labor is cheaper. There's still years of life left in my present sails in spite of what a bunch of arm- chair losers on this group say. Ah, life is good. That's enough about me for now. I don't wanna make too many of you lubbers envious or too many women salivate. Ta, S.Simon |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
SS,
What do you do while the hurricanes are a-blowin'? Scout "Simple Simon" wrote extended cruise to the Bahamas at the end of hurricane season (Nov). |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
Why write this?
Whats this really about? what do you need that drives you to post this stuff? "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Dear Pitiful Group, The Bay looks like a mirror again this morning as it was yesterday and the day before and the day before that. It looks like southern Florida is doomed to a summer of doldrums this year. Even the tropical depressions fall apart as they head this way. It's disgusting! The only good thing is these periods of light wind and no wind tend to be evened out by periods of moderate to heavy winds. I'm hoping for some good reliable winds this fall as I'm weighing for another extended cruise to the Bahamas at the end of hurricane season (Nov). While most of you sorry losers are abandoning your boats on the hard for another long, cold winter with bouts of colds and flu, I'll be sailing the Bahamas once more enjoying the sunshine, balmy breezes, crystal water, good company (real sailors - unlike what passes for sailors in this group), excellent fare and good cheer. I've so simplified my life that I have only a dentist appointment in September (routine cleaning - my teeth are perfect like the rest of me) to occupy my time. This and I must do the paper work to renew my Master's license which involves a physical exam and a little pencil pushing. The only other chore on the list is hauling and renewing the bottom paint. No sweat. I think I'll even put off getting new working sails so I can check out a Bahamas loft or two. Sails might be reasonable over there since the labor is cheaper. There's still years of life left in my present sails in spite of what a bunch of arm- chair losers on this group say. Ah, life is good. That's enough about me for now. I don't wanna make too many of you lubbers envious or too many women salivate. Ta, S.Simon |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
Hooray, Hooray...By Ocotber that means we'll be once again Neal=3Dfree! =
And while he's been sitting down in the seweltering stink and stench of = the sub-tropic doldrums, we all up here have been sailing....We had a = very pleasant night sail alst night...wind at about 8-10 kn....we just = ambled about a bit until we returned to our mooring...stormy today with = a really bad forecast with fronts reversing... --=20 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 |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
Thanks TW, I must've missed that one.
I'm just wondering where the heck he could go, and quickly enough, to escape the big ones. Scout "two wheels" wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 07:58:22 -0400, "Scout" wrote: SS, What do you do while the hurricanes are a-blowin'? Scout "Simple Simon" wrote extended cruise to the Bahamas at the end of hurricane season (Nov). I think he's mentioned before, that he just sails to where they're not a-blowing--or not as hard anyway. two wheels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/SPBq8VGtldodrwkRAr/2AKCcOQJrqEXDRmGc9Jrs+/0xEuMASwCeOVqv eWGuZWD5R0jpUdGLECIYiqc= =ppq4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
have I mentioned my Viking roots?
Scout "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message news Crap!... to both of your sentiments regarding cold weather sailing being more comfortable than warm weather sailing. Nothing beats a warm tropical breeze pressing canvas to glide your vessel over a turquoise blue sea that is so transparent you can see the bottom at 60 feet. Unencumbered by excess clothing and free to enjoy the warmth of the sun while ice cubes crackle and hiss in your rum punch. At anchor the water invites you to swim... not dares you to enter. As the coolness of the evening approaches and you rinse off the salt and sweat with a cool evening shower before retiring to the cockpit for a sundowner while enjoying the music of the steel drum band on shore drifting out to your mooring.... I doubt envy is the first thing that springs to mind when and if you think of sailing up north. CM "Scout" wrote in message ... | Amen to that Katy. I love sailing in the cold weather. no bugs, no sweat, | not too many motorboats, plenty of breeze, hot meals and coffee both taste | better, sleeping is more comfortable all snuggled up in a warm sleeping bag, | etc.etc.etc. Just don't fall overboard. | Scout | | | "katysails" wrote in message | ... | Hooray, Hooray...By Ocotber that means we'll be once again Neal=free! And | while he's been sitting down in the seweltering stink and stench of the | sub-tropic doldrums, we all up here have been sailing....We had a very | pleasant night sail alst night...wind at about 8-10 kn....we just ambled | about a bit until we returned to our mooring...stormy today with a really | bad forecast with fronts reversing... | | -- | 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 | | |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
"James" wrote in message ... Why write this? Whats this really about? what do you need that drives you to post this stuff? "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Dear Pitiful Group, The Bay looks like a mirror again this morning as it was yesterday and the day before and the day before that. It looks like southern Florida is doomed to a summer of doldrums this year. Even the tropical depressions fall apart as they head this way. It's disgusting! The only good thing is these periods of light wind and no wind tend to be evened out by periods of moderate to heavy winds. I'm hoping for some good reliable winds this fall as I'm weighing for another extended cruise to the Bahamas at the end of hurricane season (Nov). While most of you sorry losers are abandoning your boats on the hard for another long, cold winter with bouts of colds and flu, I'll be sailing the Bahamas once more enjoying the sunshine, balmy breezes, crystal water, good company (real sailors - unlike what passes for sailors in this group), excellent fare and good cheer. I've so simplified my life that I have only a dentist appointment in September (routine cleaning - my teeth are perfect like the rest of me) to occupy my time. This and I must do the paper work to renew my Master's license which involves a physical exam and a little pencil pushing. The only other chore on the list is hauling and renewing the bottom paint. No sweat. I think I'll even put off getting new working sails so I can check out a Bahamas loft or two. Sails might be reasonable over there since the labor is cheaper. There's still years of life left in my present sails in spite of what a bunch of arm- chair losers on this group say. Ah, life is good. That's enough about me for now. I don't wanna make too many of you lubbers envious or too many women salivate. Ta, S.Simon |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
.... that's obvious... most Scots had a little Viking in them back then...
weather by choice or insistence. Have I mentioned I'm Belgian? CM "Scout" wrote in message ... | have I mentioned my Viking roots? | Scout | | | "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message | news | Crap!... to both of your sentiments regarding cold weather sailing being | more comfortable than warm weather sailing. Nothing beats a warm tropical | breeze pressing canvas to glide your vessel over a turquoise blue sea that | is so transparent you can see the bottom at 60 feet. Unencumbered by | excess | clothing and free to enjoy the warmth of the sun while ice cubes crackle | and | hiss in your rum punch. At anchor the water invites you to swim... not | dares | you to enter. As the coolness of the evening approaches and you rinse off | the salt and sweat with a cool evening shower before retiring to the | cockpit | for a sundowner while enjoying the music of the steel drum band on shore | drifting out to your mooring.... I doubt envy is the first thing that | springs to mind when and if you think of sailing up north. | | CM | | "Scout" wrote in message | ... | | Amen to that Katy. I love sailing in the cold weather. no bugs, no | sweat, | | not too many motorboats, plenty of breeze, hot meals and coffee both | taste | | better, sleeping is more comfortable all snuggled up in a warm sleeping | bag, | | etc.etc.etc. Just don't fall overboard. | | Scout | | | | | | "katysails" wrote in message | | ... | | Hooray, Hooray...By Ocotber that means we'll be once again Neal=free! | And | | while he's been sitting down in the seweltering stink and stench of the | | sub-tropic doldrums, we all up here have been sailing....We had a very | | pleasant night sail alst night...wind at about 8-10 kn....we just ambled | | about a bit until we returned to our mooring...stormy today with a | really | | bad forecast with fronts reversing... | | | | -- | | 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 | | | | | | | | |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
Great grandmom said it was insistence, but she lied a lot, that's what
everyone liked about her! Belgian? No, I did not know that! Scout "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ... ... that's obvious... most Scots had a little Viking in them back then... weather by choice or insistence. Have I mentioned I'm Belgian? CM "Scout" wrote in message ... | have I mentioned my Viking roots? | Scout | | | "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message | news | Crap!... to both of your sentiments regarding cold weather sailing being | more comfortable than warm weather sailing. Nothing beats a warm tropical | breeze pressing canvas to glide your vessel over a turquoise blue sea that | is so transparent you can see the bottom at 60 feet. Unencumbered by | excess | clothing and free to enjoy the warmth of the sun while ice cubes crackle | and | hiss in your rum punch. At anchor the water invites you to swim... not | dares | you to enter. As the coolness of the evening approaches and you rinse off | the salt and sweat with a cool evening shower before retiring to the | cockpit | for a sundowner while enjoying the music of the steel drum band on shore | drifting out to your mooring.... I doubt envy is the first thing that | springs to mind when and if you think of sailing up north. | | CM | | "Scout" wrote in message | ... | | Amen to that Katy. I love sailing in the cold weather. no bugs, no | sweat, | | not too many motorboats, plenty of breeze, hot meals and coffee both | taste | | better, sleeping is more comfortable all snuggled up in a warm sleeping | bag, | | etc.etc.etc. Just don't fall overboard. | | Scout | | | | | | "katysails" wrote in message | | ... | | Hooray, Hooray...By Ocotber that means we'll be once again Neal=free! | And | | while he's been sitting down in the seweltering stink and stench of the | | sub-tropic doldrums, we all up here have been sailing....We had a very | | pleasant night sail alst night...wind at about 8-10 kn....we just ambled | | about a bit until we returned to our mooring...stormy today with a | really | | bad forecast with fronts reversing... | | | | -- | | 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 | | | | | | | | |
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Too much flat calm weather lately.
RIGHT ON! "Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message ... If you have to ask, you'll never know. "James" wrote in message ... Why write this? Whats this really about? what do you need that drives you to post this stuff? "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Dear Pitiful Group, The Bay looks like a mirror again this morning as it was yesterday and the day before and the day before that. It looks like southern Florida is doomed to a summer of doldrums this year. Even the tropical depressions fall apart as they head this way. It's disgusting! The only good thing is these periods of light wind and no wind tend to be evened out by periods of moderate to heavy winds. I'm hoping for some good reliable winds this fall as I'm weighing for another extended cruise to the Bahamas at the end of hurricane season (Nov). While most of you sorry losers are abandoning your boats on the hard for another long, cold winter with bouts of colds and flu, I'll be sailing the Bahamas once more enjoying the sunshine, balmy breezes, crystal water, good company (real sailors - unlike what passes for sailors in this group), excellent fare and good cheer. I've so simplified my life that I have only a dentist appointment in September (routine cleaning - my teeth are perfect like the rest of me) to occupy my time. This and I must do the paper work to renew my Master's license which involves a physical exam and a little pencil pushing. The only other chore on the list is hauling and renewing the bottom paint. No sweat. I think I'll even put off getting new working sails so I can check out a Bahamas loft or two. Sails might be reasonable over there since the labor is cheaper. There's still years of life left in my present sails in spite of what a bunch of arm- chair losers on this group say. Ah, life is good. That's enough about me for now. I don't wanna make too many of you lubbers envious or too many women salivate. Ta, S.Simon |
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