most stink pot operators are not smart
enough to learn how to sail....let alone
remember once taught....



Larry wrote:
"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in news:q9mBg.1554$Fl2.29
@trndny01:

I was at the fuel dock the other
day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up!

I watched a guy pass his credit card to the diesel dock attendant to pay
for the 8,400 gallons of #2 diesel fuel his beast drank. I'm too dizzy to
figure out the cost, just thinking about it....

Hell, in the ketch, 10 gallons will get us to Aruba!....(c;




--
Sea Ray Boats gave my email to Channel Blade to spam me.
phone 865-522-4181
Sea Ray Boats, Inc.
2600 Sea Ray Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37914

One ****ty Sea Ray boat was enough....

If the ''Megayacht'' thread is any indication, most
powerboaters are too lazy to sail.

SBV


"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message
news:q9mBg.1554$Fl2.29@trndny01...
ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just
hitting car drivers,
who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work.
They're hitting people
at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a
gallon.


================================================== ==========
================================

I read this little snipet in a paper. And then I got to
thinking ??? Back
in the day ( the 70's ) sailboats were very popular, there
was even a song;

It's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

It's not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me


Sailing
Takes me away
To where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free


Fantasy
It gets the best of me
When I'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me


It's not far back to sanity
At least it's not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me


The hottest songs from Christopher Cross



================================================== ==========
===============================

And now with the price of fuel, I wonder if there will be
a resurgence of
the popularity of the cruising sailboat. I was at the
fuel dock the other
day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the
fill up! And this
was not a big boat. I put in $20 dollars. Got my sails
ready and paid the
wind a compliment. Off!

All this leads me to believe that there will be a shift in
the popularity of
the type of boats the public is buying. Let's face it;
there are lots of
good old sailboats for about $20,000. Compare that to a
big powerboat, with
its two big engines. I saw one for sale at the boatyard
the other day
......... asking: $47,000 dollars.

So, I get to thinking ??? Buy the $20,000 boat for say
$18,000 and then put
in around $25,000 in upgrades. Can you imagine how sweet
your sailboat
would be. God, you could have a D Trump yacht.



==================================



Just a thought before I head out.



===



Just another bit of info.



The tall ship Eagle is in Portsmouth, NH this weekend.

In article ,
Don White wrote:

I agree. Man I hated it when our skipper would invite new people for
our afternoon sail and they always *had* to be back for one thing or
another by 1600 or 1700 hrs. If I had known ahead of time, I probably
would have bailed out myself. This was one of the reasons I dropped off
as a crew member and moved up to my own bigger boat.


I tell people not to plan anything for "after" a sail, since we won't
know when after is until it arrives.

--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

On 6 Aug 2006 23:16:06 -0700, in message

lid (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:

I tell people not to plan anything for "after" a sail, since we won't
know when after is until it arrives.

The down side of that is it can limit your options, as many of us do
have obligations. I find it much more important to have consensus
about how to respond to a calm. Last night we fired up the engine on
slow so as not to interfere with conversation, then fired up the BBQ
for dinner as we meandered home at about 3 and a half knots. The
entire day was very relaxing and part of that was knowing we had
multiple options.

Ryk

Now I see that the Alaska pipeline is broken ..........
Talk is that gas, fuel is going to go through the roof. Lots of boats will
become "floats". But, the wind is still free.

=======================================

---------------------------------------------------------------



"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message
news:q9mBg.1554$Fl2.29@trndny01...
ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just hitting car
drivers, who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work. They're
hitting people at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a
gallon.

================================================== ==========================================

I read this little snipet in a paper. And then I got to thinking ???
Back in the day ( the 70's ) sailboats were very popular, there was even a
song;

It's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

It's not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me


Sailing
Takes me away
To where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free


Fantasy
It gets the best of me
When I'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me


It's not far back to sanity
At least it's not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me


The hottest songs from Christopher Cross


================================================== =========================================

And now with the price of fuel, I wonder if there will be a resurgence of
the popularity of the cruising sailboat. I was at the fuel dock the other
day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up! And this
was not a big boat. I put in $20 dollars. Got my sails ready and paid
the wind a compliment. Off!

All this leads me to believe that there will be a shift in the popularity
of the type of boats the public is buying. Let's face it; there are lots
of good old sailboats for about $20,000. Compare that to a big powerboat,
with its two big engines. I saw one for sale at the boatyard the other
day ......... asking: $47,000 dollars.

So, I get to thinking ??? Buy the $20,000 boat for say $18,000 and then
put in around $25,000 in upgrades. Can you imagine how sweet your
sailboat would be. God, you could have a D Trump yacht.



==================================



Just a thought before I head out.



===



Just another bit of info.



The tall ship Eagle is in Portsmouth, NH this weekend.

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 19:09:30 -0400, "Scotty"
wrote:

If the ''Megayacht'' thread is any indication, most
powerboaters are too lazy to sail.

All power boaters bow down in deference to your superior attitude.

May you someday sail in real waves.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 19:09:30 -0400, "Scotty"

wrote:

If the ''Megayacht'' thread is any indication, most
powerboaters are too lazy to sail.

All power boaters bow down in deference to your superior
attitude.

May you someday sail in real waves.


Thank you Wayne, you may now rise.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

Thomas Wentworth wrote:
Now I see that the Alaska pipeline is broken ..........
Talk is that gas, fuel is going to go through the roof. Lots of boats will
become "floats". But, the wind is still free.

=======================================


Keep that on the QT. Otherwise some #$#%$ govt bureaucrat will be out
measuring our sails for a 'transportation tax'.

Ryk wrote in
:

On 6 Aug 2006 23:16:06 -0700, in message

lid (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:

I tell people not to plan anything for "after" a sail, since we won't
know when after is until it arrives.

The down side of that is it can limit your options, as many of us do
have obligations. I find it much more important to have consensus
about how to respond to a calm. Last night we fired up the engine on
slow so as not to interfere with conversation, then fired up the BBQ
for dinner as we meandered home at about 3 and a half knots. The
entire day was very relaxing and part of that was knowing we had
multiple options.

Ryk



Aw, too bad. You might not have gotten back until...(gasp)....tonight!...
(c;

In article ,
says...


Ryk wrote in
:

On 6 Aug 2006 23:16:06 -0700, in message

lid (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:

I tell people not to plan anything for "after" a sail, since we won't
know when after is until it arrives.

The down side of that is it can limit your options, as many of us do
have obligations. I find it much more important to have consensus
about how to respond to a calm. Last night we fired up the engine on
slow so as not to interfere with conversation, then fired up the BBQ
for dinner as we meandered home at about 3 and a half knots. The
entire day was very relaxing and part of that was knowing we had
multiple options.

Ryk



Aw, too bad. You might not have gotten back until...(gasp)....tonight!...

Whenever we invite someone for a sail and they say they have to be back by
such and such a time we disinvite them.