"katysails" wrote in message
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Why didn't you have your wife or daughter take the tiller? It's not
singlehanding if someone's there to rescue you....

It wasn't really single handing.. I guess it was pretending to be single
handing )
They always help, I just asked them to stand down and let me try it
unassisted.
Here is a video of my wife on a normal trip
http://24.175.244.109/sailing/tammysailor26again.mpg

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:36:52 GMT, "FamilySailor"
wrote:


"katysails" wrote in message
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Why didn't you have your wife or daughter take the tiller? It's not
singlehanding if someone's there to rescue you....

It wasn't really single handing.. I guess it was pretending to be single
handing )
They always help, I just asked them to stand down and let me try it
unassisted.
Here is a video of my wife on a normal trip
http://24.175.244.109/sailing/tammysailor26again.mpg


I would give that an A+

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:36:52 GMT, "FamilySailor"
wrote:


"katysails" wrote in message
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Why didn't you have your wife or daughter take the tiller? It's not
singlehanding if someone's there to rescue you....

It wasn't really single handing.. I guess it was pretending to be single
handing )
They always help, I just asked them to stand down and let me try it
unassisted.
Here is a video of my wife on a normal trip
http://24.175.244.109/sailing/tammysailor26again.mpg

Oh, by the way...where was that filmed? Obviously somewhere down
along the coast, but I have been trying to learn a bit more about the
Texas coast as I would like to move closer to salt water. From what I
hear, draft is a big issue along the Texas coast and I need 6' of
water if I am going to move my boat. Otherwise I may be lookin at a
Mac 26M/X....NOT!!!!!

Oh, by the way...where was that filmed? Obviously somewhere down
along the coast, but I have been trying to learn a bit more about the
Texas coast as I would like to move closer to salt water. From what I
hear, draft is a big issue along the Texas coast and I need 6' of
water if I am going to move my boat. Otherwise I may be lookin at a
Mac 26M/X....NOT!!!!!

We were sailing on Sabine Lake on the Texas Louisiana border on the coast.
It is a tidal salt water lake. Not sure if it is deep enough. It is in the
Summer, but it might not be in the Winter.
That video was taken on our maiden voyage aboard our new to us South Coast
26'A "26 Again"

Sea Yawl,
John

FamilySailor wrote:
We were sailing on Sabine Lake on the Texas Louisiana border on the coast.
It is a tidal salt water lake. Not sure if it is deep enough. It is in the
Summer, but it might not be in the Winter.
That video was taken on our maiden voyage aboard our new to us South Coast
26'A "26 Again"

Congrats... looks like a lot of fun. BTW you might consider putting on a
halyard winch so your wife doesn't have to hold the boom up with her
knee! Turning a little more into the wind might help too, if you're not
constrained in maneuvering.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

A halyard winch is on my wish list. I normally head directly into the wind,
whenever possible, but I was confined to the channel and had to stay between
the markers. We were anxious to get the sails up for the first time, so we
sailed out the channel )
A halyard winch would really help her out since she only weighs 95 lbs.

Happy Sails,
John

"DSK" wrote in message
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FamilySailor wrote:
We were sailing on Sabine Lake on the Texas Louisiana border on the
coast.
It is a tidal salt water lake. Not sure if it is deep enough. It is in
the
Summer, but it might not be in the Winter.
That video was taken on our maiden voyage aboard our new to us South
Coast
26'A "26 Again"

Congrats... looks like a lot of fun. BTW you might consider putting on a
halyard winch so your wife doesn't have to hold the boom up with her
knee! Turning a little more into the wind might help too, if you're not
constrained in maneuvering.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

FamilySailor wrote:
A halyard winch is on my wish list. I normally head directly into the wind,
whenever possible, but I was confined to the channel and had to stay between
the markers. We were anxious to get the sails up for the first time, so we
sailed out the channel )

THe main thing is to keep the sail from snagging on the standing
rigging... but it looked like it might have been easier if the boom was
a little closer to the middle.

Actually I don't like the helmsperson to head *straight* into the wind
when rigging & hoisting the main. Makes the footing a bit more difficult
on many boats. Heading 10 to 20 degrees off is better. Some people are
very doctrinaire about it.

A halyard winch would really help her out since she only weighs 95 lbs.

You should feed her more. Stop spending all your money on boats and take
the poor woman to a grocery store

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"FamilySailor" wrote in message ...
Oh, by the way...where was that filmed? Obviously somewhere down
along the coast, but I have been trying to learn a bit more about the
Texas coast as I would like to move closer to salt water. From what I
hear, draft is a big issue along the Texas coast and I need 6' of
water if I am going to move my boat. Otherwise I may be lookin at a
Mac 26M/X....NOT!!!!!


At 6 foot you can go most places most boats go here. A bonus for you
would be we do not have much rocky bottoms, most is clayish mud.

But to get to the areas where most boats can not go like out of the
way great fishing spots and pristine bays... the shallower you can go
the better. We have a full keel with a board... 4.5 ft to 11ft max
draft.

Joe





We were sailing on Sabine Lake on the Texas Louisiana border on the coast.
It is a tidal salt water lake. Not sure if it is deep enough. It is in the
Summer, but it might not be in the Winter.
That video was taken on our maiden voyage aboard our new to us South Coast
26'A "26 Again"

Sea Yawl,
John

Ah yes...I know that position well..
"FamilySailor" wrote in message
news

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Why didn't you have your wife or daughter take the tiller? It's not
singlehanding if someone's there to rescue you....

It wasn't really single handing.. I guess it was pretending to be single
handing )
They always help, I just asked them to stand down and let me try it
unassisted.
Here is a video of my wife on a normal trip
http://24.175.244.109/sailing/tammysailor26again.mpg

"FamilySailor" wrote in message ...
"katysails" wrote in message
...
Why didn't you have your wife or daughter take the tiller? It's not
singlehanding if someone's there to rescue you....

It wasn't really single handing.. I guess it was pretending to be single
handing )
They always help, I just asked them to stand down and let me try it
unassisted.
Here is a video of my wife on a normal trip
http://24.175.244.109/sailing/tammysailor26again.mpg


Thats a really cool video John. Congrats looks like yall had a nice run of the lake.

Joe