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On hot days my wife sits at the bow and points out the biggest waves to
splash through. I like a little spray, I turn my head for the big stuff.
Course bob claims you don't get any bow spray under 20kts.


--
Scotty
S/V Lisa Marie
Balt. MD USA

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

Sometimes it feels good!

Indeed - I don't mind a bit of splashing and spray. It's certainly less of
a
drag than using a dinghy as a diving board. Still, when you've been racing
all day and have an hour or two of chop to plough through in a 22-footer,
you can get too much of a good thing. There are times when it's nice to
sit
in the foulies and watch the cotton-clad hero sitting next to you get a
soaking. ;-)


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

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moron, kayaking doesn't count (except in your universe) so I will leave that
out.

NJ
LIS
Jersey shore
Delaware River
Chesepeake
ICW.
BVI
Ft Lauderdale
Charleston
St Augustine
Block Island
Boston
Plymouth
Situate
New Haven
Greenpoint
Maui
Honolulu
Medicine Lake
Balsam Lake
Charlette Amalie
Upper New York Harbor
Lower New York Harbor
Acapulco
South China Sea (but that was just swimming and killing)
others

Okay.... I'm taking a quick poll to see if Bob is the only poster here with
such a limited sailing area.

Please just give us an idea of where you've sailed, lakes, oceans, bays,
countries...... I'll start:

Great Slave Lake, NWT
Hudson's Bay - Rankin Yacht Club
Beaufort Sea - Tuktoyaktuk
Bahamas, Eluthra, & Exuma Cays
British Virgin Islands - all of it
Jamaica - Montego Bay to Negril
Brasil - Florinopolis to Bombinas and Porto Alegra /Recife
American Samoa - Pago Pago Yacht Club
Western Samoa - Upolu to Savai'i
Tonga - Am Samoa to Tonga return [ Pago-Vava'u]
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Quebec

I know it's not a lot and many have sailed more areas.... but compared to
Bob.... !!!?????
I mean let's face it... Bob hasn't even done a basic BVI trip on a charter
boat!!!
Bob can't use a Radar
Bob can't navigate
Bob can't sail into a slip

Bob does try though.... lame as those attempts are in his very limited world
of sail.

CM

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Bob is terrified to sail into anything.... including a wind over 20 knots or
out of the bay.

I have seen Bob sailing -- with his girls -- in winds of 30+, and gusting

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Whereas, I've learned to watch the waves and duck so the next crew on the
rail gets it.

sure you have, wally.

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that six inch chop is a bitch, isn't it.


Sometimes it feels good!

Indeed - I don't mind a bit of splashing and spray. It's certainly less of a
drag than using a dinghy as a diving board. Still, when you've been racing
all day and have an hour or two of chop to plough through in a 22-footer,
you can get too much of a good thing. There are times when it's nice to sit
in the foulies and watch the cotton-clad hero sitting next to you get a
soaking. ;-)


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

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I've seen Jax going backwards in a race.

Scotty

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Bob is terrified to sail into anything.... including a wind over 20 knots
or
out of the bay.

I have seen Bob sailing -- with his girls -- in winds of 30+, and gusting

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We'll see how it goes - the plan for this season is to build experience by
crewing on the Sonata, while I work on my own boat. Once Hispaniola goes in,
I'll be looking to get into some cruising

says it all

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That's what I like about the place - loads of variety in a small area.

yeah, of course, you betcha.

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Sorry, Mooron. I'm afraid you blew it again. Not that your troll really means
anything...

NY Harbor aboard the Petrel as crew (71 foot yawl), my first sailing experience
after learning on Sunfish.

Trinidad and Tobago aboard a a real sailing skiff built in the 30's. I was 15.

North Carolina, several outings on Hobie Cats and the Hobie monohull. Just a
couple of years ago on the cat.

Pocono Lake, Laser sailing.

LIS, more boats sailed than I could count at the moment!

Jersey Shore, Catalina 27 and Galaxy 32. Doing it again next week out of Shark
River!

Miami, in a god-awful Albacor, but later in a nice lightening.

And speaking of Lightenings, we use to sail one along with a Chrysler boat on a
PA lake that I don't recall.

Rough times for you, eh, Mooron???

RB

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Oh, for sure. I'm comfortable with map&compass work on land,

yeah. of course. sure you are.