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Do you have jobs lined up for both of you, or just Mr. Sails?

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
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Sheesh...over 750 posts while I was gone..

Well, here's the news...we won't find out until the end of the week about
the job situation, but it looks very good. The bad thing: very very
shallow....if we did take Chanteuse down, we'd be sitting on her keel half
the time and half to sail 15 miles offshore to find water deep enough for
a
good sail...The good thing: lots of sailing in the area, just need a much
shallower deaft boat...the Fort Myers area isn't nearly as built up as I
thought it would be...not anywhere near as "throbbing" as St. Pete/Tampa
area...lots of hummocks and estuaries, etc to explore. We stayed on
Estero
Island (yourist trap...) which is just south of Sanibel (bigger tourist
trap) A lady was wading in a canal on Sanibel and offered herself for
lunch
to a 15 ft alligator who ended up being euthanized for his efforts (heck,
if
she was dumb enough to wade in a crick...)Went to 3 different nature
preserves, rescued a whelk and a sea urchin ( very tricky, sea
urchins...trying not to get stung, that is...) watched a pair of dolphins
fishing and playing about 30 feet offshore in low tide...really having a
grand time of it....found a poor little manta that must have been
clobbered
by a gas hog...saw the biggest red ant I've ever seen in my life and hope
to
gravy I never get bit by one....found a cute black snake about 2 ft long
with a pretty head (not a pit viper configuration...going to have to look
him up in a book...) ate grouper almost every day. Didn't get sunburned
until the last day, when I listened to Mr Sails who said: You could stand
a
bit more sun...Was a big shocker getting off the plane in Grand Rapids at
midnight...40F from 87F and cold rain...was ready to het right back on the
plane...and then I had to be up at 6am for work this morning! But I had a
great time!

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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

Scotty,
Don't push it, man....you KNOW what could happen....

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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

Scotty asked: Do you have jobs lined up for both of you, or just Mr. Sails?

Just Mr Sails right now...I will have to stay behind and sell the house...

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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

Catboat sailors are not good sailors in general. You'll see evidence of
this on their web sites where its stated they never reef or go out when
it's windy. http://www.beetlecat.com/reefing.htm

What's a Point St Jude? I couldn't find one in a google search.

katysails wrote in message
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Bart said: You need a catamarran or a Cat boat

I'm not much for catamarran's at all but we have talked about a
catboat...saw one we really liked at the boat show in February....also
thought maybe something like a Point St Jude, which would be great for
gunkholing around, too, but still sail nicely....but then, there is that
cb
Elite sitting down there....

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katysails

Goodness me, Bart! the Beetle Cat is a 12' boat, even if it is 6'
wide! I think Katy is after a little bigger, somehow. While she
refuses even to consider a catboat with the good sailing manners
and magic accommodation of the cat yawl Lady Kate, nevertheless a
decent sized catboat, say 25', would work extremely well in the
waters she's describing, even if the centreboard divides the
cabin into two....

Flying Tadpole
Skipper extraordinaire at various times of cat schooners, cat
boats and cat yawls!

Bart Senior wrote:

Catboat sailors are not good sailors in general. You'll see evidence of
this on their web sites where its stated they never reef or go out when
it's windy. http://www.beetlecat.com/reefing.htm

Bart Senior wrote:
Catboat sailors are not good sailors in general.

Hoo-wee... Bart that is really a wild statement. Would you include Laser
sailors in that sweeping generalization??

... You'll see evidence of
this on their web sites where its stated they never reef or go out when
it's windy. http://www.beetlecat.com/reefing.htm

Well, the Beetle Cat is basically a one-design racing dinghy. True, the
design is over 75 years old IIRC, and it is closely modelled on classic
catboats of an even earlier era, but it is a one-design racing dinghy.

Bigger catboats definitely reef their sails. With the very long boom, it
can be a challenge unless cleverly rigged. My family owned a 22' catboat
with a 455 SqFt mainsail... I can tell you from personal experience that
*some* catboat sailors reef when appropriate.

What's a Point St Jude? I couldn't find one in a google search.

I don't know of a web site talking about them, but it's a 15' hard chine
old fashioned daysailer. Pretty boats, usually with tanbark sails.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Oh. How's the market up your way? Might be faster to burn it and collect
the insurance.

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
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Scotty asked: Do you have jobs lined up for both of you, or just Mr.
Sails?

Just Mr Sails right now...I will have to stay behind and sell the house...

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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

Scptty advised:
Might be faster to burn it and collect
the insurance.

It's brick....
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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

Bart asked: What's a Point St. Jude?

Sorry...my Catholicism getting in the way...anything Jude must be a saint?
http://www.pointjude.com/

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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

Taddy said:
Goodness me, Bart!

What's with the Jaye moniker, Taddy?
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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