Boat SHow
 

Went to the Grand Rapids Boat Show last night....it's a mixed breed =
show, with tons of power and a paltry representation of sail. We looked =
in particular at a Beneteau 38, a Catalina 38, a Hunter 41, and a Hunter =
35. There sure is a lot of plastic in them thar Hunters...and that =
traveler arch....ugh....ugly. I hate to say it but the Catalina was the =
best boat viewed. Beneteua, my favoritest in the past, has lowered =
their quality. I would not have traded any of the boats viewed for =
Chanteuse. The boat that I actually fell in live with was a Com-Pac =
Picnic Cat.....sweet little thing...pricey, though. Didn't even bother =
looking at the power things...

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Horass loves the arch. It reminds him of his wire-support brazier.

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Went to the Grand Rapids Boat Show last night....it's a mixed breed show,
with tons of power and a paltry representation of sail. We looked in
particular at a Beneteau 38, a Catalina 38, a Hunter 41, and a Hunter 35.
There sure is a lot of plastic in them thar Hunters...and that traveler
arch....ugh....ugly. I hate to say it but the Catalina was the best boat
viewed. Beneteua, my favoritest in the past, has lowered their quality. I
would not have traded any of the boats viewed for Chanteuse. The boat that
I actually fell in live with was a Com-Pac Picnic Cat.....sweet little
thing...pricey, though. Didn't even bother looking at the power things...

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
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"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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Well, they had SOME sailboats. In Detroit they have zip. They have an
outdoor show in the summer with sail, that's all.
John Cairns
"katysails" wrote in message
...
Went to the Grand Rapids Boat Show last night....it's a mixed breed show,
with tons of power and a paltry representation of sail. We looked in
particular at a Beneteau 38, a Catalina 38, a Hunter 41, and a Hunter 35.
There sure is a lot of plastic in them thar Hunters...and that traveler
arch....ugh....ugly. I hate to say it but the Catalina was the best boat
viewed. Beneteua, my favoritest in the past, has lowered their quality. I
would not have traded any of the boats viewed for Chanteuse. The boat that
I actually fell in live with was a Com-Pac Picnic Cat.....sweet little
thing...pricey, though. Didn't even bother looking at the power things...

--
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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Well, leave it to you to speak from experience about gay issues.
I defer to your expertise in the matter.

wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:14:36 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"

wrote:

Horass loves the arch. It reminds him of his wire-support brazier.


Oh, Christ! There goes Gayanzy with his gay fantasies again! I thought he
had
learned how to suppress that crap.

BB

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Went to the Grand Rapids Boat Show last night....it's a mixed breed show,
with tons of power and a paltry representation of sail. We looked in
particular at a Beneteau 38, a Catalina 38, a Hunter 41, and a Hunter 35.
There sure is a lot of plastic in them thar Hunters...and that traveler
arch....ugh....ugly. I hate to say it but the Catalina was the best boat
viewed. Beneteua, my favoritest in the past, has lowered their quality.
I
would not have traded any of the boats viewed for Chanteuse. The boat
that
I actually fell in live with was a Com-Pac Picnic Cat.....sweet little
thing...pricey, though. Didn't even bother looking at the power
things...

Boat SHow
 

So, in the summer do you guys sail North up towards the confluence of the
lakes. Or must I sail South and then North once again? No way I can pass
up meeting another .asa original! To date I've met in person Paul, Thom,
and Doug. I determined that the Great Inland Seas to St. Lawrence to
Hudson, with a side trip to Connecticutt, to Chesapeake, to ICW route will
garner a lot more and put me at the top for meeting .asa people in person.
Then of course I have to wander off to England, Sweden and back to
Australia. Not only do I have relatives with a no charge mooring dock in Oz
but I owe Oz Sailor for the miss from last time.

I'm counting I think six or seven from .asa just in the US and Canada plus
five from the Lats and Atts group, plus five from the Westerly Owners and a
couple more from the Cruising World group. Should be a productive voyage.

Now I have three days to go roughly on vacation so I'm sitting back and
enjoying life. Then it's rust busting time once again. Going through
Heathrow this time. Funny thing in one of my merchant marine buddies from
the east coast is going to the same ship. But he's flying west through LA
and I'm flying Seattle to England? Go figure?

To get back on track . . .Katy! the reason you didn't look at the power
thingies (Katyspeak for stinkpotters) is they remind you so much of my
reason number four! Oooohie Yuckie!

M.

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Went to the Grand Rapids Boat Show last night....it's a mixed breed show,
with tons of power and a paltry representation of sail. We looked in
particular at a Beneteau 38, a Catalina 38, a Hunter 41, and a Hunter 35.
There sure is a lot of plastic in them thar Hunters...and that traveler
arch....ugh....ugly. I hate to say it but the Catalina was the best boat
viewed. Beneteua, my favoritest in the past, has lowered their quality. I
would not have traded any of the boats viewed for Chanteuse. The boat that
I actually fell in live with was a Com-Pac Picnic Cat.....sweet little
thing...pricey, though. Didn't even bother looking at the power things...

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
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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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"Michael" wrote in message
...
So, in the summer do you guys sail North up towards the confluence of the
lakes. Or must I sail South and then North once again? No way I can pass
up meeting another .asa original! To date I've met in person Paul, Thom,
and Doug. I determined that the Great Inland Seas to St. Lawrence to
Hudson, with a side trip to Connecticutt, to Chesapeake, to ICW route will
garner a lot more and put me at the top for meeting .asa people in person.
Then of course I have to wander off to England, Sweden and back to
Australia. Not only do I have relatives with a no charge mooring dock in
Oz
but I owe Oz Sailor for the miss from last time.
Let me know if you're going to be down this way, buy ya dinner.
John Cairns

Boat SHow
 

"John Cairns" wrote in message
...

"Michael" wrote in message
...
So, in the summer do you guys sail North up towards the confluence of
the
lakes. Or must I sail South and then North once again? No way I can
pass
up meeting another .asa original! To date I've met in person Paul,
Thom,
and Doug. I determined that the Great Inland Seas to St. Lawrence to
Hudson, with a side trip to Connecticutt, to Chesapeake, to ICW route
will
garner a lot more and put me at the top for meeting .asa people in
person.
Then of course I have to wander off to England, Sweden and back to
Australia. Not only do I have relatives with a no charge mooring dock
in
Oz
but I owe Oz Sailor for the miss from last time.
Let me know if you're going to be down this way, buy ya dinner.
John Cairns

It will be a while. If I do the Pacific first I won't leave. Like places
such as Tonga too much. One thing for sure you won't find me in the marinas
and YC's on a soak up the suds coastal trip. I've got my mind set on a
couple of outta the way places enroute to Oz. Juan Fernandez Islands for
one. Figure 2 to 3 years? Something like that. Far as I can see the only
schedule is my own. But then there's that dinner and . . .so who knows.

M.

Boat SHow
 

Yea, I was going to comment on that. I didn't know they had sail boats in
the show on that side of the state, I woulda been there.
"John Cairns" wrote in message
...
Well, they had SOME sailboats. In Detroit they have zip. They have an
outdoor show in the summer with sail, that's all.
John Cairns
"katysails" wrote in message
...
Went to the Grand Rapids Boat Show last night....it's a mixed breed show,
with tons of power and a paltry representation of sail. We looked in
particular at a Beneteau 38, a Catalina 38, a Hunter 41, and a Hunter 35.
There sure is a lot of plastic in them thar Hunters...and that traveler
arch....ugh....ugly. I hate to say it but the Catalina was the best boat
viewed. Beneteua, my favoritest in the past, has lowered their quality.
I
would not have traded any of the boats viewed for Chanteuse. The boat
that
I actually fell in live with was a Com-Pac Picnic Cat.....sweet little
thing...pricey, though. Didn't even bother looking at the power things...

--
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

Boat SHow
 

Bill expostulated:=20
It reminds him of his wire-support brazier.


Oh, Christ! There goes Gayanzy with his gay fantasies again

A brazier is a receptacle to build fires in....
--=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

Boat SHow
 

Yea, I was going to comment on that. I didn't know they had sail boats =
in
the show on that side of the state, I would been there.

You can still go...it's on until tomorrow afternoon....It's at the new =
exhibit hall attached to DeVos Hall on Monroe downtown...

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Boat SHow
 

Michael,
You're going to have to adjust your plans a little since we're hoping to =
be in Fort Myers by the end of this summer....

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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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You're the only one who got it. Amazing isn't it, the level of crassness
that
is available. Perhaps he was thinking I wrote brassiere, but was too
ignorant
to spell it right.

Looks like Bill has outed himself.

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Bill expostulated:
It reminds him of his wire-support brazier.


Oh, Christ! There goes Gayanzy with his gay fantasies again

A brazier is a receptacle to build fires in....
--
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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Sockpuppet!

Suzy

wrote in message ...
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:54:26 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

Perhaps he was thinking I wrote brassiere, but was too
ignorant
to spell it right.


That would be a very fair and reasonable assumption.

BB

Boat SHow
 

Well I sure fooled him. I guess he lost that argument.

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:54:26 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"

wrote:

Perhaps he was thinking I wrote brassiere, but was too
ignorant
to spell it right.


That would be a very fair and reasonable assumption.

BB

Boat SHow
 

Yes, you are... plonk

"Suzy Brody" wrote in message
om...
Sockpuppet!

Suzy

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:54:26 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"

wrote:

Perhaps he was thinking I wrote brassiere, but was too
ignorant
to spell it right.


That would be a very fair and reasonable assumption.

BB

Boat SHow
 

As in Florida? Excellent. That's on one end of the trans-Florida canal.
Opposite Stuart. Look at the Lats and Atts BB for Picasso who has a
restaurant in Stuart and I'll send you some other names to look up in the
area. None of whom are Neal or Babs!

My route is down the ICW and across Florida and up to Alabama for the first
year.

M.



"katysails" wrote in message
...
Michael,
You're going to have to adjust your plans a little since we're hoping to be
in Fort Myers by the end of this summer....

--
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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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with a banjo on your knee?

"Michael" wrote

My route is down the ICW and across Florida and up to Alabama for the
first
year.

Boat SHow
 

Should we make it a contest. I'm currently at 7 asa'ers I've met. Loser
buys? Of course Gillygun and all his sock puppets still only count as one.
And if you meet boobspit, it's minus 2 points.

Scotty


"Michael" wrote

I'm counting I think six or seven from .asa just in the US and Canada plus
five from the Lats and Atts group, plus five from the Westerly Owners and
a
couple more from the Cruising World group. Should be a productive voyage.

Boat SHow
 

I'm counting I think ...
... five from the Lats and Atts group,

most people would sooner have a welfare family move next door. Better company,
less psychotic than scooter trash.

Boat SHow
 

Scott Vernon wrote:

Should we make it a contest. I'm currently at 7 asa'ers I've met. Loser
buys? Of course Gillygun and all his sock puppets still only count as one.
And if you meet boobspit, it's minus 2 points.

Do I get bonus points for 'meeting' ASA'ers by running them down in my
tugboat?

DSK

Boat SHow
 

uh...sure, just don't forget , I've got a shotgun aboard.

Scotty

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:

Should we make it a contest. I'm currently at 7 asa'ers I've met. Loser
buys? Of course Gillygun and all his sock puppets still only count as
one.
And if you meet boobspit, it's minus 2 points.

Do I get bonus points for 'meeting' ASA'ers by running them down in my
tugboat?

DSK

Boat SHow
 

couldn't make it, I was already comitted to work. Next year for sure.
"katysails" wrote in message
...
Yea, I was going to comment on that. I didn't know they had sail boats in
the show on that side of the state, I would been there.

You can still go...it's on until tomorrow afternoon....It's at the new
exhibit hall attached to DeVos Hall on Monroe downtown...

--
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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Scott asked: with a banjo on your knee?

No, then he'd have to sailthe Suwanee.....

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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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Scott Vernon wrote:
uh...sure, just don't forget , I've got a shotgun aboard.

I was thinking of somebody else actually, but they probably wouldn't
ever be out actually sailing. Besides, I always respect proper 12 gauge
signals.

DSK

Boat SHow
 

In article , Michael wrote:

So, in the summer do you guys sail North up towards the confluence of the
lakes. Or must I sail South and then North once again? No way I can pass
up meeting another .asa original! To date I've met in person Paul, Thom,
and Doug. I determined that the Great Inland Seas to St. Lawrence to
Hudson, with a side trip to Connecticutt, to Chesapeake, to ICW route will
garner a lot more and put me at the top for meeting .asa people in person.
Then of course I have to wander off to England, Sweden and back to
Australia. Not only do I have relatives with a no charge mooring dock in Oz
but I owe Oz Sailor for the miss from last time.

I'm down in Tasmania, some great cool climate sailing water and very
few people. There's a visitor's mooring I own out the front of my place
one bay away from the marinas & slipways if you get this far.

Peter Wiley