Horvath asked:
Ever try dry sailing, or rack-and-launch? It's becoming very popular.

We trailer sailed for many years...it's a PITA....and dry-racking a 32' foot
sailboat to sail every week? Kind of pricey, don't ya think? And then you
don't have the use of your boat any time you want, like those evenings
during the week when we just want to get out of here and drive out for a
quiet evening on the boat....
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katysails
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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

And then you
don't have the use of your boat any time you want, like those evenings
during the week when we just want to get out of here and drive out for a
quiet evening on the boat....

Every dry sail arrangement I've ever seen allows you one in and out every day
you want.
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"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

Sail Loco said: Every dry sail arrangement I've ever seen allows you one in
and out every day
you want.

There is no such thing like that in West MI except in Grand Haven, where
they actively dissuade sailors from that marina...but that's ok since they
watch the sewer overflow from the Grand River during floods pass by...I'd
pull my boat everyday too, if I had to contend with that....

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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

"katysails" wrote:
...but that's ok since they
watch the sewer overflow from the Grand River during floods pass by...I'd
pull my boat every poo, if I had to contend with that....

--
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 Sun, 23 May 2004 21:59:37 -0400, "katysails"
wrote this crap:

Horvath asked:
Ever try dry sailing, or rack-and-launch? It's becoming very popular.

We trailer sailed for many years...it's a PITA....and dry-racking a 32' foot
sailboat to sail every week? Kind of pricey, don't ya think? And then you
don't have the use of your boat any time you want, like those evenings
during the week when we just want to get out of here and drive out for a
quiet evening on the boat....

Pricey? it's very cheap, here. We have our own launch. Many people
use it for our evening races.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Pricey? it's very cheap, here. We have our own launch. Many people
use it for our evening races.

OK, now I know what you're talking about...I thought you meant like they do
in Florida with the boats stacked on each other in big sheds...only the
racers (melges and J-boats and the like) do that here....

--
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 Mon, 24 May 2004 19:28:42 -0400, "katysails"
wrote this crap:

Pricey? it's very cheap, here. We have our own launch. Many people
use it for our evening races.

OK, now I know what you're talking about...I thought you meant like they do
in Florida with the boats stacked on each other in big sheds...

We do that here. It's relatively cheap.




Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Horvath asked:
Ever try dry sailing, or rack-and-launch? It's becoming very popular.


katysails wrote:
We trailer sailed for many years...it's a PITA

Not if you pick the right boat. If we weren't looking ahead to
retirement cruising, we'd still be very happy with our trailer sailer.



... And then you
don't have the use of your boat any time you want, like those evenings
during the week when we just want to get out of here and drive out for a
quiet evening on the boat....

Assuming a decent public launch ramp (which may be a thing of the past
as Our Noble Leaders decide to spend every penny we've got, or that our
grandchildren will ever earn, on (sound of trumpets) *_Homeland
Security_*) it's easy to go for an evening sail. Done it many many times
after work.

Of course, you have to pick a boat rather carefully, and make sure that
trailerability, rigging, launching & recovering, are all practical
evolutions instead of afterthoughts.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Doug said:

-- Of course, you have to pick a boat rather carefully, and make sure that
trailerability, rigging, launching & recovering, are all practical
evolutions instead of afterthoughts.

We had a shoal draft O'Day 22....easy to rig, easy to launch, easy to
load....what a pain....all that time re-rigging every time you want to
sail....I was never so glad as when we bought the 27" and got a slip for the
season....I prefer spending my time sailing and enjoying the boat, not
getting it ready or tearing it apart...
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

Doug said:
-- Of course, you have to pick a boat rather carefully, and make sure that
trailerability, rigging, launching & recovering, are all practical
evolutions instead of afterthoughts.

Hey! Are you *really* katysails? When did you start posting with quotes?

katysails wrote:
We had a shoal draft O'Day 22....easy to rig, easy to launch, easy to
load....what a pain....

ummm... I'm not getting something here. If it was easy, then it
shouldn't have been a pain.

Actually I am somewhat familiar with the O'Day 22, it's not a boat I
would ever pick to trailersail. It's maybe slightly easier to
rig/launch/recover than a Catalina 22, but that boat is truly a PITA.
Gotta wonder why it's so popular... maybe the advertising?

Anyway, there are a fair number of boats that're more practical to
trailersail. You just have to look a little harder and carefully
evaluate the boat with that objective in mind.


... all that time re-rigging every time you want to
sail....

All what time? The Hunter 19 that we sailed & cruised for ten years
took less time to rig & launch than many people spend getting underway
from a slip.

I was never so glad as when we bought the 27" and got a slip for the
season....I prefer spending my time sailing and enjoying the boat, not
getting it ready or tearing it apart...

Me too.

Although the most constructive attitude might be the fellow near us who
trailers a Cape Dory Typhoon... he spends about two hours getting the
keel-stepped mast set up, double lowers, tongue extension, etc etc...
but he loves to fiddle with the boat and counts it all as 'time on
board.' Plus, it's a pretty little boat and lots of people come over to
talk to him about it.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King