In article ,
Don W wrote:
Hi Ron,

Small world isn't it? Our boat is at Serendipity
Bay, so you may have even seen it while you were
there. How do you like Kemah, and why did you move?

We left Palacious on Labor day of 2004. We were in
slip 53 2/3 rds of the way down the center dock.

We left for two reasons. To explore a different area
and because my 83 year old dad lives in Houston.

Services are a lot easier to come by in Kemah--bottom
cleaning, AC service, diesel repair. One 4th of July,
we had to wait a day to get an Aussie mechanic to
clean the rust off of our starter motor. Nice guy
named Chris, but he worked on tractors not boats.

The people at Serendipity were friendly. Have you
met the deaf South African who solo'd around the
world in a Tartan 38? There's also a canadian
couple who bought a twin Tartan 38 from another
couple who had just sailed around the world.

It surprised me there were such serious sailors
in such a backwater town. Palacios has the
highest unemployment in the state of Texas.

ron
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Ronald Hugh Roberts wrote:
We left Palacious on Labor day of 2004. We were in
slip 53 2/3 rds of the way down the center dock.

My new boat was there when you were there. Like
your boat, it went through Hurricane Claudette
back in July 2003. Here is a NWS link which
mentions a F1 tornado hitting Palacios during the
hurricane. Apparently, it was the first hurricane
to hit Matagorda bay since 1971.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/hgx/projects/claudette03.htm

The people at Serendipity were friendly. Have you
met the deaf South African who solo'd around the
world in a Tartan 38?

I didn't meet him, but while I was in the marina
office he walked by and someone pointed him out
and told me about his circumnavigation.

There's also a canadian
couple who bought a twin Tartan 38 from another
couple who had just sailed around the world.

Sharon Ragle and her husband Dave are in that
marina also. I bought a autographed copy of her
book "The Oceans are Waiting" at the marina
office. They circumnavigated in their 37'yacht
"Tigger".

It surprised me there were such serious sailors
in such a backwater town. Palacios has the
highest unemployment in the state of Texas.

ron

It may be that there are a lot of people there who
don't really want to work. Certainly they are
within driving distance (30 miles) of the big
plants in Bay City and Port Lavaca.

Cheers,

Don W.

In article ,
Don W wrote:
My new boat was there when you were there. Like
your boat, it went through Hurricane Claudette
back in July 2003. Here is a NWS link which
mentions a F1 tornado hitting Palacios during the
hurricane. Apparently, it was the first hurricane
to hit Matagorda bay since 1971.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/hgx/projects/claudette03.htm

Nice photos. Here are some that I took:

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/sail/2003/claudette/

And here's a picture of Sea Shanty:

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/2...typalacios.jpg

Sharon Ragle and her husband Dave are in that
marina also. I bought a autographed copy of her
book "The Oceans are Waiting" at the marina
office. They circumnavigated in their 37'yacht
"Tigger".

They sold Tigger to a Canadian couple.

ron

Ronald Hugh Roberts wrote:
donw_s11 wrote:
My new boat was there when you were there. Like
your boat, it went through Hurricane Claudette
back in July 2003. Here is a NWS link which
mentions a F1 tornado hitting Palacios during the
hurricane. Apparently, it was the first hurricane
to hit Matagorda bay since 1971.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/hgx/projects/claudette03.htm

Nice photos. Here are some that I took:

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/sail/2003/claudette/

Pretty cool pics--thanks for sharing.

And here's a picture of Sea Shanty:

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/2...typalacios.jpg

Are those mast steps on your mast? If so, are
they the folding kind. I need to do something
like that also.

Sharon Ragle and her husband Dave are in that
marina also. I bought a autographed copy of her
book "The Oceans are Waiting" at the marina
office. They circumnavigated in their 37'yacht
"Tigger".


They sold Tigger to a Canadian couple.

Ah. I guess I missed that part of the
conversation. Did they buy a new boat, or have
they swallowed the anchor?

Don W.

In article ,
Don W wrote:

Are those mast steps on your mast? If so, are
they the folding kind. I need to do something
like that also.

Yep. Still not easy to climb.

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/s...s/maststep.JPG

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/s...ookingdown.JPG

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/s...moon/mast1.jpg

About $ 16 a piece. Aluminum. I wished I'd spaced them closer
together at the bottom. There about 2 1/2 feet apart at the
bottom. They get closer together and easier to climb as you go
up.

ron
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Usenet invented "no controlling legal authority."

Ronald Hugh Roberts wrote:

In article ,
Don W wrote:

Are those mast steps on your mast? If so, are
they the folding kind. I need to do something
like that also.

Yep. Still not easy to climb.

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/s...s/maststep.JPG

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/s.../lookingdown.J
PG

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/s...moon/mast1.jpg

About $ 16 a piece. Aluminum. I wished I'd spaced them closer
together at the bottom. There about 2 1/2 feet apart at the
bottom. They get closer together and easier to climb as you go
up.

ron

Congats, Don.
Welcome to the world of Irwins.
I don't know if you've found these groups yet so here's the
links. They contain a world of information.




With an 38' you may not have to upgrade later for blue water.
We trailer sail our Irwin 28' out of Boise, ID. Jim
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