katy wrote:



What about Toto? g


nervous bladder...


Just stick him next to the scuppers...


Hiya, Katy.

Well, you see, Toto is actually a cat.

You can't believe everything you read, you know.

Richard

cavelamb himself wrote:
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Yup.. we really like the Capris. They're just the right level of
challenge for new students on the SF bay.

Hey, you're going to screw up and you're going to luck dumb doing
something silly... nature of sailing. Or, did you mean posting
here? g

certaintly a possibility...




Didn't screw up too bad today!

But I don't have the squares built yet - so it's kinda a moot point.
That's going to give me ample oppertunity to look dumb... I'm sure.

About 5 hours to cross to the end of the lake and get (slowly) home.
Winds light and variable, but we moved - and under sail power alone!
WooWoo!

Dorothy did real well today.
Kinda got her tiller backwards a couple of time on the way home,
but I know she was getting pretty tired by then.

Got a lot of sun and had fun too.

Fair winds,



Richard

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/index.htm





What about Toto? g

nervous bladder...


Just stick him next to the scuppers...




That's katytype for next to the scarecrow.



Today was mo' betta. Wind 5 to 10. Let's head for the lake!

Dorothy _sailed_ us out of the slip and away we went flying low across
the lake!

About an hour out we sudenly hit a hole in the wind and went limp.

Then the real wind showed up! 15 to 20 gusting 25.

Spirit laid over and slithered like a sidewinder!

This was the first time Dorothy has had to handle any real blow and
it was a bit much for her. The boat would try to round and loose drive
then D'd get her back on course and laid right over again.

Things happened a lot quicker than she's used to.
The look on her face was a mix of exhilaration and dread as the lee rail
started throwing spray.

I was caught between wanting to try out the new main reefing - and not
wanting to let go of the main sheet!

Finally decided the best course of action was to run like smoke for home.

We were making hull speed on a run! First time for that...

Well, like the title says - I like this boat!

Richard

Hey..it's great you're having so much fun and that Doeothy is shaping up
into a good sailor...good thing , with those winds, you didn't end up in
OZ with no reefing!

cavelamb himself wrote:
katy wrote:



What about Toto? g


nervous bladder...



Just stick him next to the scuppers...



Hiya, Katy.

Well, you see, Toto is actually a cat.

You can't believe everything you read, you know.

Richard

SOme cats like to sail...we had a guy who used to post here who had a
Farr 40 and sailed out of Auckland...he had 2 cats that regularly
cruised with him...

katy wrote:


Hey..it's great you're having so much fun and that Doeothy is shaping up
into a good sailor...good thing , with those winds, you didn't end up in
OZ with no reefing!

You got that right, Katy.

I just recently installed the reefing gear.

Today would have been a fine time to try it out but I was too -uhm-
concerned (yeah, that's it) to let go of the main sheet.

I did have to spill it a couple of times. I wanted to let her get
the feel of it, but ya gotta be pretty quick and firm on the stick.

She's still a little timid about the tiller being "backwards" to
get agressive with it.

She is picking it up - but with little mechanical background I do
quite a bit of regressive explaining.

Levers and switches and gears - Oh My!

But we're having fun.

And that's a Goof Thing (tm).

Richard

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Capt. JG wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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cavelamb himself wrote:

Capt. JG wrote:


"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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Yup.. we really like the Capris. They're just the right level of
challenge for new students on the SF bay.

Hey, you're going to screw up and you're going to luck dumb doing
something silly... nature of sailing. Or, did you mean posting here?
g

certaintly a possibility...



Didn't screw up too bad today!

But I don't have the squares built yet - so it's kinda a moot point.
That's going to give me ample oppertunity to look dumb... I'm sure.

About 5 hours to cross to the end of the lake and get (slowly) home.
Winds light and variable, but we moved - and under sail power alone!
WooWoo!

Dorothy did real well today.
Kinda got her tiller backwards a couple of time on the way home,
but I know she was getting pretty tired by then.

Got a lot of sun and had fun too.

Fair winds,



Richard

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/index.htm




What about Toto? g

nervous bladder...

Just stick him next to the scuppers...



That's katytype for next to the scarecrow.



Today was mo' betta. Wind 5 to 10. Let's head for the lake!

Dorothy _sailed_ us out of the slip and away we went flying low across the
lake!

About an hour out we sudenly hit a hole in the wind and went limp.

Then the real wind showed up! 15 to 20 gusting 25.

Spirit laid over and slithered like a sidewinder!

This was the first time Dorothy has had to handle any real blow and
it was a bit much for her. The boat would try to round and loose drive
then D'd get her back on course and laid right over again.

Things happened a lot quicker than she's used to.
The look on her face was a mix of exhilaration and dread as the lee rail
started throwing spray.

I was caught between wanting to try out the new main reefing - and not
wanting to let go of the main sheet!

Finally decided the best course of action was to run like smoke for home.

We were making hull speed on a run! First time for that...

Well, like the title says - I like this boat!

Richard


So who the heck is Dorothy (not talking about of OZ fame)?


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Capt. JG wrote:

"katy" wrote in message
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cavelamb himself wrote:


Capt. JG wrote:



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Yup.. we really like the Capris. They're just the right level of
challenge for new students on the SF bay.

Hey, you're going to screw up and you're going to luck dumb doing
something silly... nature of sailing. Or, did you mean posting here?
g

certaintly a possibility...



Didn't screw up too bad today!

But I don't have the squares built yet - so it's kinda a moot point.
That's going to give me ample oppertunity to look dumb... I'm sure.

About 5 hours to cross to the end of the lake and get (slowly) home.
Winds light and variable, but we moved - and under sail power alone!
WooWoo!

Dorothy did real well today.
Kinda got her tiller backwards a couple of time on the way home,
but I know she was getting pretty tired by then.

Got a lot of sun and had fun too.

Fair winds,




Richard

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/index.htm




What about Toto? g

nervous bladder...

Just stick him next to the scuppers...



That's katytype for next to the scarecrow.



Today was mo' betta. Wind 5 to 10. Let's head for the lake!

Dorothy _sailed_ us out of the slip and away we went flying low across the
lake!

About an hour out we sudenly hit a hole in the wind and went limp.

Then the real wind showed up! 15 to 20 gusting 25.

Spirit laid over and slithered like a sidewinder!

This was the first time Dorothy has had to handle any real blow and
it was a bit much for her. The boat would try to round and loose drive
then D'd get her back on course and laid right over again.

Things happened a lot quicker than she's used to.
The look on her face was a mix of exhilaration and dread as the lee rail
started throwing spray.

I was caught between wanting to try out the new main reefing - and not
wanting to let go of the main sheet!

Finally decided the best course of action was to run like smoke for home.

We were making hull speed on a run! First time for that...

Well, like the title says - I like this boat!

Richard



So who the heck is Dorothy (not talking about of OZ fame)?



http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavel...rit.htm#spirit

third pic down

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So who the heck is Dorothy (not talking about of OZ
fame)?



http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavel...rit.htm#spirit

third pic down


She looks nice, the boat that is.

Your ''reefing'' link doesn't work.

Scotty




What boat?


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"Scotty" w@u wrote in message
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"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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So who the heck is Dorothy (not talking about of OZ
fame)?



http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavel...rit.htm#spirit

third pic down


She looks nice, the boat that is.

Your ''reefing'' link doesn't work.

Scotty

Looks like a boat owned by your everyday typical moron. Can't even apply
the registration numbers with the proper spacing. Nothing says stupid
and inattentive louder than mis-applied registration numbers.

Wilbur Hubbard

"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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So who the heck is Dorothy (not talking about of OZ
fame)?



http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavel...rit.htm#spirit

third pic down


She looks nice, the boat that is.

Your ''reefing'' link doesn't work.

Scotty

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Looks like a boat owned by your everyday typical moron.
Can't even apply
the registration numbers with the proper spacing. Nothing
says stupid
and inattentive louder than mis-applied registration
numbers.


Nothing says 'jealousy' louder than this post.

Scotty


Jealous of a poor little boat that, through no fault of its own, looks
shoddy because of an owner who doesn't have a clue how to even apply
registration numbers? Not likely. If anything I feel sorry for the boat.
The very first impression knowledgeable sailors get of that poor boat is
the owner is sloppy or clueless. Either way it's a shame. If a boat can
have pride that boat is ashamed to be owned by such a dope.

Wilbur Hubbard