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"Dennis Pogson" wrote:

prodigal1 wrote:
okay is it just me, or is this not the most depressing time of the
year? I'm 50, and I've been on sailboats since I was 14 but I just
can't get over how depressed I get each and every friggin year when I
have to put the old girl to bed for the winter. I promise to grow up
one of these days, just not one of these days soon ;-P

It's a latitude thing. At least we northerners get a chage of scenery twice
a year.

I'm sorta pining for the southern latitudes this time of year, but then
again, winter is the only time of the year that I can get any work done
on the house -- and after 5 years in Florida, I REALLY missed the
seasons and *never* got used to their version of summer.

If the weather's not too bad, we'll probably be sailing the Chesapeake
into November. Fall colors and the geese flocking up are magical on the
Bay. With good winds and no powerboats, it almost balances the lack of
sunning temps.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

I keep thinking 'ready about!!" as I
plant my pole.

LOL, I used to do the same thing when I was transferred to Colorado
for a few years and took up skiing.

Phil
Jax, Fl

Larry wrote:
When I call home to upstate NY (Finger Lakes), I always ask, "What
day was
Summer this year?"....(c;

I read that with mistakebeer in my mouth/mistake
Don't do that again.
Everyone who lives south of 38N...you're lucky!

prodigal1 wrote in :

Larry wrote:
When I call home to upstate NY (Finger Lakes), I always ask, "What
day was
Summer this year?"....(c;

I read that with mistakebeer in my mouth/mistake
Don't do that again.
Everyone who lives south of 38N...you're lucky!


Oops....sorry...(c;

Make that 33N...32.53N on the little GPS at the front door....BELOW the
permafrost line!

--
Larry

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:12:11 -0400, prodigal1 wrote:

okay is it just me, or is this not the most depressing time of the year?

Well, not for me, it hasn't been. I sail out of Toronto and just had a
great week of sailing down to Belleville and back with overnights at
Cobourg. The weather for the first three days was amazing and in the
mid 20s (80F) but we saw no sailboats out on Lake Ontario. Then a
front moved in, it ****ed rain and got down to 5 C (40 F) at night and
12 C (54F) in the day, but with an unusually persistant NNE-NE strong
breeze of 25 knots or so.

So we rode that puppy home until it died. Two metre or better waves
are easier to take if they're following, I'll tell you. But we hit
hull speed and better with a No. 3 and a full main secured with my
newly made up preventers. Funnily, we saw more boats out in the cold,
stiff breeze than in the much warmer, but patchy, air of earlier in
the week.

Biggest issues? Condensation when it ****ed down black sheets of rain
all day Friday and made the boat a little drippy inside, and a snapped
pin on the topping lift. The rolly seas (for Lake Ontario) were a
challenge in the galley until we got sail up, and I need to consider a
PCV kit for my rebuilt Atomic 4, which otherwise drove the boat
superbly when we had a canal to transverse or a stretch of calm.

The solution to the October sailing blues in northern latitudes is to
sail in October. We haul out Oct. 21 here. I plan to sail until about
the 18th or so, then haul the mast.

R.

well prodigal, as i read this i am sipping on a margarita in sunny
south florida. its a balmy 85 degrees with a light breeze ouf of the
east. A most pleasant day, many more to come here. may i suggest you
see a psychiatrist for an anti depressant medication. it sounds like it
could fix your mental state. but thank you for your post. it brings a
smile to my face. sometimes the suffering of others makes ones place in
life more agreeable.