Bart Senior wrote:


"joe" wrote

#1 Isn't it part of good seamanship to cater for the well being of your
crew. Keeping them dry, well fed, rested and happy?

There is no such thing as "dry" on an Etchells.

That's why any experienced keelboat sailor would have brought along proper
clothing, and not have their butts soaked..

If it's warm waterproof shorts might be enough..


It is a mile out of the river. The choice of routes is not relevant;
avoiding the
shoals in the river is relevant. Once in the Sound, the number of options
is
limited.

Maybe it would have been nice to stop ashore like halfway up the trip to
enable the ladies to comfortably relieve themselves?

Halfway was 7 miles from land. Only a lighthouse surrounded by rocks.
On any other route without an inflatable and outboard, there would have
been no place to stop.


"After a quick spin around the Port Jeff harbor, pointing out the hurricane
hole and other feature of this fabulous harbor, to my friend Fred, we
headed out.**I*like*to*learn*about*new*harbors.**It's*alw ays*nice*to*have
local knowledge of choice harbors."

Well, why couldn't you stop there and take a walk ashore to learn more? Or
maybe you are not confident in maneuvering your boat under sail well enough
to enter and dock at new harbors..

Oh come on, Joe....Etchell's are wet sailors....the women's husband should
have known that and told them to bring the appropriate clothes (like bathing
suits, maybe?) or nylon shorts....His sin is being inconsiderate, not
stupid.....
"joe" wrote in message
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Bart Senior wrote:


"joe" wrote

#1 Isn't it part of good seamanship to cater for the well being of your
crew. Keeping them dry, well fed, rested and happy?

There is no such thing as "dry" on an Etchells.

That's why any experienced keelboat sailor would have brought along proper
clothing, and not have their butts soaked..

If it's warm waterproof shorts might be enough..


It is a mile out of the river. The choice of routes is not relevant;
avoiding the
shoals in the river is relevant. Once in the Sound, the number of
options
is
limited.

Maybe it would have been nice to stop ashore like halfway up the trip
to
enable the ladies to comfortably relieve themselves?

Halfway was 7 miles from land. Only a lighthouse surrounded by rocks.
On any other route without an inflatable and outboard, there would have
been no place to stop.


"After a quick spin around the Port Jeff harbor, pointing out the
hurricane
hole and other feature of this fabulous harbor, to my friend Fred, we
headed out. I like to learn about new harbors. It's always nice to have
local knowledge of choice harbors."

Well, why couldn't you stop there and take a walk ashore to learn more? Or
maybe you are not confident in maneuvering your boat under sail well
enough
to enter and dock at new harbors..

"joe" wrote

Bart Senior wrote:

There is no such thing as "dry" on an Etchells.

That's why any experienced keelboat sailor would have brought along proper
clothing, and not have their butts soaked..

If it's warm waterproof shorts might be enough..

Nude sailing makes more sense.

"After a quick spin around the Port Jeff harbor, snip

Well, why couldn't you stop there and take a walk ashore to learn more? Or
maybe you are not confident in maneuvering your boat under sail well
enough
to enter and dock at new harbors..

It would have been fine with me, but everyone wanted to head back.

I like docking under sail--I learned to dock under sail when I was 9.
However,
there was little chance of finding dock space at PJ. My club has a mooring
over
there, but it is a mile from the town. I don't bring a dinghy for day
sailing, and
have no place for an outboard.

These are all great suggestions Joe. You should follow them yourself.

75 degrees isn't warm enough for nude sailing....

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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"joe" wrote

Bart Senior wrote:

There is no such thing as "dry" on an Etchells.

That's why any experienced keelboat sailor would have brought along
proper
clothing, and not have their butts soaked..

If it's warm waterproof shorts might be enough..

Nude sailing makes more sense.

"After a quick spin around the Port Jeff harbor, snip

Well, why couldn't you stop there and take a walk ashore to learn more?
Or
maybe you are not confident in maneuvering your boat under sail well
enough
to enter and dock at new harbors..

It would have been fine with me, but everyone wanted to head back.

I like docking under sail--I learned to dock under sail when I was 9.
However,
there was little chance of finding dock space at PJ. My club has a
mooring
over
there, but it is a mile from the town. I don't bring a dinghy for day
sailing, and
have no place for an outboard.

These are all great suggestions Joe. You should follow them yourself.

Bart Senior wrote:



I like docking under sail--I learned to sail under docks when I was 9.