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just personal experience, but I find a smaller boat *much* better for going
somewhere, much easier to handle and underway all I needed was a place to
sleep, a way to fix food, and when anchored a place to take a shower and read a
book.

Staying tied to the dock, however, I found one hell of a lot less interesting
than staying in my apartment. Even large boats are tiny compared to even nyc
apartments, though large boats seem better suited to living tied to wood or
concrete than small boats.

It didn't escape me that every crewing op but two I got were for boats 40+ feet
(and of those two one was a guy planning on solo for 900+ who would rather have
crew and his boat was in my boatyard, and the other was a brand new owner of a
boat with no experience of sal****er outside a bay )

btw, I have been away from the EAA a long time, but my baby bro is and has been
actively involved. He has mentioned as well that those there now are more
interested in building masterpieces of flying beauty than of building flying
machines to go bore holes in the sky.

If the thought of purposely spinning an airplane is exciting to you, you will
do more than fine sailing.

You might also
consider joining the US Power Squadron.
yuk!

Yah, I'm not much of a joiner. Got involved with the local EAA chapter a
while back- went to one meeting; it was a bunch of retired airline pilots
with loads of cash to blow on airplane projects. I didn't fit in too well
:) While I am certainly no expert on sailboats, I'm kinda figuring I'll
just buy one and spend a year or so learning how to sail it. I think a lot
of these canned classes are simply designed as an introduction to a boat and
little more (other than money-makers); designed for people who want to do
something different over a weekend. That may be an over-generalization,
though. I feel that the "well here she is, she's yours, now what the hell
are you going to do?" approach, while drastic, will probably yield the best
results. Should be a lot of fun as well.

Yanno, when I got off the motor yacht (MV Little Cayman Diver II, there are
websites out there with pics), I swore I would never live on another boat.
Maybe waiting on guests hand and foot soured me on boats; I once did sixteen
weeks straight without a day off and simply got sick of it. That said, I
can't help but think that my own boat would be a different situation...

Wendy (at work and bored)

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Wendy, you have more seatime than I thought, but as I recall for a 100 ton
license you need 90 (?), 100 (?) days at sea in last year (?) or two (?)
or
three (?). You also have to have it documented (notarized ?) if it is not
your
boat. (I checked to see if I qualified for whatever license a bit ago
[would
cost me about $500 to take six pack tests/etc, and utterly without value I
found out]. It seems I probably could legimately take the 100 ton tests
without ficitionalizing my experience, but again found that other than
driving
a water taxi it didnt seem like I would gain much).

I am sure there are some currency requirements and I would not meet them
now. I don't want to do this professionally anyway- been there, done that,
and didn't care for it (see other post). The FAA has me jumping through
enough hoops as it is- no more federal licenses for me, thanks :)

Wendy

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Wendy, you have more seatime than I thought, but as I recall for a 100 ton
license you need 90 (?), 100 (?) days at sea in last year (?) or two (?)
or
three (?). You also have to have it documented (notarized ?) if it is not
your
boat. (I checked to see if I qualified for whatever license a bit ago
[would
cost me about $500 to take six pack tests/etc, and utterly without value I
found out]. It seems I probably could legimately take the 100 ton tests
without ficitionalizing my experience, but again found that other than
driving
a water taxi it didnt seem like I would gain much).

I am sure there are some currency requirements and I would not meet them
now. I don't want to do this professionally anyway- been there, done that,
and didn't care for it (see other post). The FAA has me jumping through
enough hoops as it is- no more federal licenses for me, thanks :)

Wendy

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...

If the thought of purposely spinning an airplane is exciting to you, you
will
do more than fine sailing.

Most of my flying is with Harvey & Rihn Aviation; they specialize in
aerobatics. I love- absolutely love- spinning airplanes. I considered
buying a Pitts Special, but if you think boats are expensive...

Wendy

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...

If the thought of purposely spinning an airplane is exciting to you, you
will
do more than fine sailing.

Most of my flying is with Harvey & Rihn Aviation; they specialize in
aerobatics. I love- absolutely love- spinning airplanes. I considered
buying a Pitts Special, but if you think boats are expensive...

Wendy

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On 29 Jan 2004 18:54:09 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

felton, I gather you have grey hair and a USPS **Blue** uniform, and teach
newbies how to put on PFDs and hit rocks in foggy channels with a compass.

fleton, go sailing.

No uniform for me, although my hair is "prematurely grey":) Perhaps I
just enjoy learning. I have taken classes through the Power Squadron
and believe I have gotten something out of them. Same with a Coast
Guard Aux course, J World, Colgate's Offshore Sailing School and
anything else I can find to sign up for. I gathered that Wendy's
sailing was as a newbie. I seem to remember there is a vast
difference between "crewing" and actually sailing. For someone who is
looking to actually cruise, it seemed like a valuable use of time to
me. Besides, I have a standing invitation to cruise in Turkey with a
fellow squadron member who has a boat over there. A nice side
benefit:)

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On 29 Jan 2004 18:54:09 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

felton, I gather you have grey hair and a USPS **Blue** uniform, and teach
newbies how to put on PFDs and hit rocks in foggy channels with a compass.

fleton, go sailing.

No uniform for me, although my hair is "prematurely grey":) Perhaps I
just enjoy learning. I have taken classes through the Power Squadron
and believe I have gotten something out of them. Same with a Coast
Guard Aux course, J World, Colgate's Offshore Sailing School and
anything else I can find to sign up for. I gathered that Wendy's
sailing was as a newbie. I seem to remember there is a vast
difference between "crewing" and actually sailing. For someone who is
looking to actually cruise, it seemed like a valuable use of time to
me. Besides, I have a standing invitation to cruise in Turkey with a
fellow squadron member who has a boat over there. A nice side
benefit:)

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JAXAshby wrote:

dougies, don't be stupid, again. The lady is a pilot and she has handled that
well. don't be trying to convince her that sailing a boat is more dangerous.
It is not. Not even close. I say again, NOT EVEV CLOSE.

You need to get a remedial reading course (assuming you learned to read
in the first place).

Nowhere does my post above say that sailing is *more* dangerous. Only
that fatal = fatal, so the consequences of a mishap could be (but not
necessarily are always) equally dire. A math genius such as yourself
shoudn't have a problem grasping this.

DSK

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JAXAshby wrote:

dougies, don't be stupid, again. The lady is a pilot and she has handled that
well. don't be trying to convince her that sailing a boat is more dangerous.
It is not. Not even close. I say again, NOT EVEV CLOSE.

You need to get a remedial reading course (assuming you learned to read
in the first place).

Nowhere does my post above say that sailing is *more* dangerous. Only
that fatal = fatal, so the consequences of a mishap could be (but not
necessarily are always) equally dire. A math genius such as yourself
shoudn't have a problem grasping this.

DSK

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:41:28 GMT, Rosalie B. . After eliminating
makes like Benateau, Irwin,
Catalina, Morgan, etc. this list included

Oh, don't eliminate the Morgans. You'll destroy Planet Skip G

R.