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

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
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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

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

wrote in message
news
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...

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
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

"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

"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.

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

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

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...

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
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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