Joe wrote:
Jim,

Please do not rub salt in the yankee sailing wounds, they need it all
for the roads they drive on.

Bwahahahahahahahahah.

Joe


We took the boat out again yesterday and again enjoyed some nice 75
degree weather. This week, owever, the winds were almost nonexistent
thorough much of the afternoon. We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore and in its slot
before night.

Regarding Scott's comments, I notice that he spends most of his time on
this ng either ridiculing other contributors, trashing their boats, or
attacking their political beliefs. Very few of his notes ever have any
relation to or add anything substantive regarding sailing.

Jim

"Jim Cate" wrote

We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore and in its
slot
before night.

W0w, what a sailor!

Scott Vernon wrote:
"Jim Cate" wrote

We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore
and in its slot before night.

W0w, what a sailor!

LOL
I had to re-read the original. You didn't change a thing.

"bell" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:
"Jim Cate" wrote

We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore
and in its slot before night.

W0w, what a sailor!

LOL
I had to re-read the original. You didn't change a thing.


I believe that would be illegal, no?

Scotty

Scott Vernon wrote:
"bell" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:
"Jim Cate" wrote

We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore
and in its slot before night.

W0w, what a sailor!

LOL
I had to re-read the original. You didn't change a
thing.


I believe that would be illegal, no?

Scotty

But hasn't this happened in here before? Not pointing any fingers, mind
you.

bell wrote:

Scott Vernon wrote:

"Jim Cate" wrote

We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore
and in its slot before night.

W0w, what a sailor!


LOL
I had to re-read the original. You didn't change a thing.

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Interesting. A while back I was being criticised for not taking the
boat out often enough. Now that I have the time to take it out, I'm
criticised for reporting on two recent outings.

Jim

Get over it and accept that no matter what you do with that boat, if you
relate it here, you're going to be criticized...Why should you be any
different than anyone else on this group? You see anyone else who isn't
criticized here? What makes you special?

"Jim Cate" wrote in message
...


bell wrote:

Scott Vernon wrote:

"Jim Cate" wrote

We did enjoy motoring back at planing
speeds which permitted us to get the boat back on shore
and in its slot before night.

W0w, what a sailor!


LOL
I had to re-read the original. You didn't change a
thing. ---------------------------------------------------------------

Interesting. A while back I was being criticised for not taking the boat
out often enough. Now that I have the time to take it out, I'm criticised
for reporting on two recent outings.

Jim

Jim Cate wrote:
Interesting. A while back I was being criticised for not taking the
boat out often enough. Now that I have the time to take it out, I'm
criticised for reporting on two recent outings.


Maybe because all you said about the "sailing" was how nice it was that
you could power back in before dark. I'm sure almost all of us have
powered back, but we usually don't consider that the highlite of the
sailing day. In fact, If I were not such an unsuspecting soul, I might
think you were ridiculing us for having such underpowered sailboats.

However, I'm curious Jim, how fast do you go when you power in? Planing
speed for you could be anything over 7 knots. Also, do you leave it in
the water, or trailer it? Do you keep the ballast tank filled all the
time? Have you taken it out into the ocean?

Jeff Morris wrote:
Jim Cate wrote:

Interesting. A while back I was being criticised for not taking the
boat out often enough. Now that I have the time to take it out, I'm
criticised for reporting on two recent outings.


Maybe because all you said about the "sailing" was how nice it was that
you could power back in before dark. I'm sure almost all of us have
powered back, but we usually don't consider that the highlite of the
sailing day. In fact, If I were not such an unsuspecting soul, I might
think you were ridiculing us for having such underpowered sailboats.

However, I'm curious Jim, how fast do you go when you power in? Planing
speed for you could be anything over 7 knots. Also, do you leave it in
the water, or trailer it? Do you keep the ballast tank filled all the
time? Have you taken it out into the ocean?

Unfortunately, the winds have been erratic and variable in Galveston Bay
during the past two weeks, so we didn't get a lot of great sailing
weather. In answer to your note, the point I was making was that the
capabilities of the boat to power back at planing speeds enabled us to
get back to shore quickly and in time to get the boat out of the water
and safely put to bed in its slot before dark. We were easily making 14
knots with normal load and with the water ballast filled, (I haven't
really had time to adjust the trim and check the boat for maximum speed
yet.) which got us back to the marina much faster than any other sailing
vessel on the Bay. In other words, the boat does attain planing speeds,
and it does pass almost any other sailboat on the bay, and its speed
under power does indeed provide significant advantages in our
particular sailing environment. (In a conventional keel boat with diesel
engine, it takes almost an hour to get the boat out to the sailing area,
and another hour getting it back to the dock.)

Jim

"Jim Cate" wrote in message

Oh Yeah Jimbo.... 'sailboat'.... Bwahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa!!!

so we didn't get a lot of great sailing

the capabilities of the boat to power back at planing speeds

We were easily making 14 knots with normal load

the boat does attain planing speeds,

and its speed under power does indeed provide

Bwahahahahahahahaaaaa.... you own a floating piece of ****!

CM