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Marty wrote:
You dig out from that avalanche in New Bern yet?


Heck, the ponds didn't even freeze over!

I lost a bet, since I stated publicly that the snow would never
actually stick to the ground, unmelted, and accumulate to any
noticable amount. I will publicly admit that I was wrong about that,
we had about 3 ~ 4" (7 ~ 10 cm).

However, if I can be forgiven for being smug about it, it's nice to
live in a place where "winter" lasts about 4 days. Beautiful sunny
day, warm light winds, lovely sailing weather today!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Ya, I've been longing for Long Beach CA lately. I have to keep reminding
myself why we left there six years ago, but these long Wisconsin winters
sure make those little annoyances seem insignificant, from a distance.

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Marty wrote:
You dig out from that avalanche in New Bern yet?


Heck, the ponds didn't even freeze over!

I lost a bet, since I stated publicly that the snow would never
actually stick to the ground, unmelted, and accumulate to any
noticable amount. I will publicly admit that I was wrong about that,
we had about 3 ~ 4" (7 ~ 10 cm).

However, if I can be forgiven for being smug about it, it's nice to
live in a place where "winter" lasts about 4 days. Beautiful sunny
day, warm light winds, lovely sailing weather today!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Ya, I've been longing for Long Beach CA lately. I have to keep reminding
myself why we left there six years ago, but these long Wisconsin winters
sure make those little annoyances seem insignificant, from a distance.



Blech... go to San Diego... much nicer.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Capt. JG wrote:
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Marty wrote:
You dig out from that avalanche in New Bern yet?

Heck, the ponds didn't even freeze over!

I lost a bet, since I stated publicly that the snow would never
actually stick to the ground, unmelted, and accumulate to any
noticable amount. I will publicly admit that I was wrong about that,
we had about 3 ~ 4" (7 ~ 10 cm).

However, if I can be forgiven for being smug about it, it's nice to
live in a place where "winter" lasts about 4 days. Beautiful sunny
day, warm light winds, lovely sailing weather today!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Ya, I've been longing for Long Beach CA lately. I have to keep reminding
myself why we left there six years ago, but these long Wisconsin winters
sure make those little annoyances seem insignificant, from a distance.



Blech... go to San Diego... much nicer.


San Diego is indeed very nice. But the winds are often light compared to
Long Beach/San Pedro, which has some of the best sailing conditions in
Southern Calif. Plus, Long Beach (and San Pedro, where I am) is more
advantageous for cruising the offshore islands. But San Diego harbor is
a very interesting place, and near by Mission Bay is also fun.

--Alan

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Capt. JG wrote:
"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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Marty wrote:
You dig out from that avalanche in New Bern yet?

Heck, the ponds didn't even freeze over!

I lost a bet, since I stated publicly that the snow would never
actually stick to the ground, unmelted, and accumulate to any
noticable amount. I will publicly admit that I was wrong about that,
we had about 3 ~ 4" (7 ~ 10 cm).

However, if I can be forgiven for being smug about it, it's nice to
live in a place where "winter" lasts about 4 days. Beautiful sunny
day, warm light winds, lovely sailing weather today!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Ya, I've been longing for Long Beach CA lately. I have to keep reminding
myself why we left there six years ago, but these long Wisconsin winters
sure make those little annoyances seem insignificant, from a distance.



Blech... go to San Diego... much nicer.


San Diego is indeed very nice. But the winds are often light compared to
Long Beach/San Pedro, which has some of the best sailing conditions in
Southern Calif. Plus, Long Beach (and San Pedro, where I am) is more
advantageous for cruising the offshore islands. But San Diego harbor is a
very interesting place, and near by Mission Bay is also fun.

--Alan


You're right about the wind, but compared to the SF bayarea, well, there's
no comparison. I used to live/sail in the San D area. It's hard to beat even
with a big stick. Nothing particularly wrong with a where you are... just
that if I had my preference, I would be in San D over Long Beach. The Queen
Mary gets old after a while.

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You're right about the wind, but compared to the SF bayarea, well, there's
no comparison. I used to live/sail in the San D area. It's hard to beat
even with a big stick. Nothing particularly wrong with a where you are...
just that if I had my preference, I would be in San D over Long Beach. The
Queen Mary gets old after a while.

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Then again, Long Beach is only a 4-5 hour sail from Catalina. Sandy Eggo is
okay as it goes, and is a natural stop on the up-and-down-the-coast sailing
route, but there just aren't many destinations within a short daysail's
reach of SD Bay. Haven't really sailed SF bay, so I can't speak to that.

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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You're right about the wind, but compared to the SF bayarea, well,
there's no comparison. I used to live/sail in the San D area. It's hard
to beat even with a big stick. Nothing particularly wrong with a where
you are... just that if I had my preference, I would be in San D over
Long Beach. The Queen Mary gets old after a while.

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Then again, Long Beach is only a 4-5 hour sail from Catalina. Sandy Eggo
is okay as it goes, and is a natural stop on the up-and-down-the-coast
sailing route, but there just aren't many destinations within a short
daysail's reach of SD Bay. Haven't really sailed SF bay, so I can't speak
to that.



I'm not really knocking LB... I've sailed out of there.

Why would you want to go anywhere from SD bay.

Lots of places to go from SF bay, but not in a short day and not in the
winter.

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