Terry K wrote:

Agree.

For denizens here, cruising means sailing with no timetable, schedule
or destination.

A voyage is taking the boat from splash in to mooring. Then the
cruising can begin.

For those who cannot be sailing, I reccommend this You Tube sailing
kite camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGup...elated&search= the
music is Enya, "Orinoco flow."

I love this!

Terry K

That's wonderful! I wonder what sort of kite and camera he was using.

DT

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:18:56 -0500, dt wrote:

Terry K wrote:

Agree.

For denizens here, cruising means sailing with no timetable, schedule
or destination.

A voyage is taking the boat from splash in to mooring. Then the
cruising can begin.

For those who cannot be sailing, I reccommend this You Tube sailing
kite camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGup...elated&search= the
music is Enya, "Orinoco flow."

I love this!

Terry K

That's wonderful! I wonder what sort of kite and camera he was using.

DT

You could ask him he
http://www.youtube.com/chumann1

Mark E. Williams

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:18:56 -0500, dt wrote:


Terry K wrote:


Agree.

For denizens here, cruising means sailing with no timetable, schedule
or destination.

A voyage is taking the boat from splash in to mooring. Then the
cruising can begin.

For those who cannot be sailing, I reccommend this You Tube sailing
kite camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGup...elated&search= the
music is Enya, "Orinoco flow."

I love this!

Terry K

That's wonderful! I wonder what sort of kite and camera he was using.

DT


You could ask him he
http://www.youtube.com/chumann1

Mark E. Williams

Wow, thanks! I'd never bothered digging into youtube.

DT

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:05:25 -0700, Terry K wrote:

Agree.

For denizens here, cruising means sailing with no timetable, schedule
or destination.

A voyage is taking the boat from splash in to mooring. Then the
cruising can begin.

For those who cannot be sailing, I reccommend this You Tube sailing
kite camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGup...elated&search= the
music is Enya, "Orinoco flow."

I love this!


Wow - that was AWESOME! I gotta get/make a kitecam. And the desc says it's
a Dana 24 - who says you need 50ft for open ocean? Looks like he's got it
dialed in pretty good...

druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org

On Jul 1, 10:34 pm, druid wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:05:25 -0700, Terry K wrote:
Agree.

For denizens here, cruising means sailing with no timetable, schedule
or destination.

A voyage is taking the boat from splash in to mooring. Then the
cruising can begin.

For those who cannot be sailing, I reccommend this You Tube sailing
kite camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGup...elated&search= the
music is Enya, "Orinoco flow."

I love this!

Wow - that was AWESOME! I gotta get/make a kitecam. And the desc says it's
a Dana 24 - who says you need 50ft for open ocean? Looks like he's got it
dialed in pretty good...

druidhttp://www.bcboatnet.org


To be fair, it looks like he's motorsailing, his engine is on in one
or two shots, but even so, a cool singlehander and kite.

The takeoff is great bit of editing, it looks like he launched the
kite from the beach and a boat at least a mile offshore. To edit out
two or three frames would make the lie jerky but almost plausible.

Terry K

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:01:15 +0000, Larry wrote:

stormtactic wrote in
:

After almost twenty years of cruising under sail, I have finally
noticed
that the wind is always coming from the direction of my destination.



I see your problem. You have a "destination". Eliminate it and just
sail at the best point of sail to wherever it leads you and you'll be
lots happier, not to mention finding some great new places. Sailors
don't need a "destination".


This is true. It amazes me the number of people I meet that SAY they like
"travelling" but comment "a sailboat is so SLOW!". If you really like
"travelling" then why are you so anxious to get it over with so quickly?

My Definition of Cruising came from a guy who wanted me to take some pics
of him under sail. We sailed around each other for a while, then I asked
"Where ya headed?" He looks past his bow and shouts back "Looks like
Lasquitti!" Now THAT's cruising!

druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org

"druid" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:01:15 +0000, Larry wrote:

stormtactic wrote in
:

After almost twenty years of cruising under sail, I have finally
noticed
that the wind is always coming from the direction of my destination.



I see your problem. You have a "destination". Eliminate it and just
sail at the best point of sail to wherever it leads you and you'll be
lots happier, not to mention finding some great new places. Sailors
don't need a "destination".


This is true. It amazes me the number of people I meet that SAY they like
"travelling" but comment "a sailboat is so SLOW!". If you really like
"travelling" then why are you so anxious to get it over with so quickly?

My Definition of Cruising came from a guy who wanted me to take some pics
of him under sail. We sailed around each other for a while, then I asked
"Where ya headed?" He looks past his bow and shouts back "Looks like
Lasquitti!" Now THAT's cruising!

druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org


Planned all week to go to Ephraim WI over the weekend. Set sail Saturday
morning only to find that the wind refused to allow us that destination --
at least if we wanted to sail AND get there on Saturday. The winds, however,
were ideal for going to Sturgeon Bay. And just like that, our destination
changed. We had a very enjoyable sail both Saturday and today's return,
enjoying the destination the wind gave us.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:48:05 -0400, stormtactic
wrote:

I wonder if Eole went to school with my first wife and if i should not
just sell the sailboat and buy a trawler?

After making the same observations, that's what we did.

Currently underway south of the Florida Keys at 8.5 kts, dead into an
8 kt easterly.

Buy a double-ender, turn it around and back-down all the way to your
destination ..... problem solved.

In article ,
stormtactic wrote:

After almost twenty years of cruising under sail, I have finally noticed
that the wind is always coming from the direction of my destination.

I have also noticed that the wind is either: "Variable less than ten
knots" or "small craft warning."

I wonder if Eole went to school with my first wife and if i should not
just sell the sailboat and buy a trawler?

Have fun