Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:23:56 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

"*might* be wrong" would be a proper statement. I'm pretty obsessive
about some things, but on the Chesapeake, diving on the hull is a lost
cause; the water's too dark. I feel around and sometimes scrape the
prop & shaft, but know I won't be able to inspect anything under the
waterline by eyeball.

The serious racers out of Annapolis must find some way to keep their
bottoms spotlessly clean. I guarantee it. You just can not race
competetively with *any* marine growth on the bottom or foils.

IN the Chesapeake in the summer - no chance.

In the fresh water tributaries - depends. If you have a time when
there's not a lot of sediment coming down the river (so no recent hard
rains upstream) AND you have good sunlight reflecting off a sand
bottom, then there's pretty good visibility. Otherwise - you need to
know Braille.

Also you need to wear a dive skin or the like because of jellyfish.

Serious racers depends on the size of the boat I guess. Most boats
I've seen racing on inland waters look to me to be trailerable size.

Rosalie B. wrote:

Also you need to wear a dive skin or the like because of jellyfish.

How far north on the Bay are people seeing nettles just now (I mean in
season, of course)? Used to be that in the northern Bay we could swim and
not worry. I plan to hang out on the Bay a bit this summer and want to get
an idea of the problem. Reason I mention this is that we are seeing nettles
in Barnegat that we once never even had to think about.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare

On 2008-02-25 11:23:51 -0500, "Armond Perretta"
said:

Rosalie B. wrote:

Also you need to wear a dive skin or the like because of jellyfish.

How far north on the Bay are people seeing nettles just now (I mean in
season, of course)? Used to be that in the northern Bay we could swim and
not worry. I plan to hang out on the Bay a bit this summer and want to get
an idea of the problem. Reason I mention this is that we are seeing nettles
in Barnegat that we once never even had to think about.

I encountered a swarm of them in Nabb's Creek (just south of Baltimore)
a few years ago. I wasn't wearing my glasses when I went for a swim,
and didn't even SEE them until I had already dived (Dove?) into the
water in the midst of them! I had one miserable time afterward!

Ruby

Ruby Vee wrote:

On 2008-02-25 11:23:51 -0500, "Armond Perretta"
said:

Rosalie B. wrote:

Also you need to wear a dive skin or the like because of jellyfish.

How far north on the Bay are people seeing nettles just now (I mean in
season, of course)? Used to be that in the northern Bay we could swim and
not worry. I plan to hang out on the Bay a bit this summer and want to get
an idea of the problem. Reason I mention this is that we are seeing nettles
in Barnegat that we once never even had to think about.

I encountered a swarm of them in Nabb's Creek (just south of Baltimore)
a few years ago. I wasn't wearing my glasses when I went for a swim,
and didn't even SEE them until I had already dived (Dove?) into the
water in the midst of them! I had one miserable time afterward!

I don't know how far north, but we see them basically year round in
our marina off the Potomac.

On 2008-02-25 11:23:51 -0500, "Armond Perretta"
said:

Rosalie B. wrote:

Also you need to wear a dive skin or the like because of jellyfish.

How far north on the Bay are people seeing nettles just now (I mean in
season, of course)? Used to be that in the northern Bay we could swim and
not worry. I plan to hang out on the Bay a bit this summer and want to get
an idea of the problem. Reason I mention this is that we are seeing nettles
in Barnegat that we once never even had to think about.

They fairly regularly get up to the Wye by mid-June, Chester River by
July/August. One year saw a mess on the Bush River (above Poole's
Island). Also saw a mating pair or two of the mantas or rays
(Bull-nose?) on the Bush that weekend.

Somewhere around the web is a nettle predictor for the Bay that's not
too far off. I just sent off a message to the list I believe found it
for me. As I recall, there's a fairly narrow range of temperature and
salinity they prefer so some times the mid-Bay has more than the
southern Bay.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:10:49 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

Most boats
I've seen racing on inland waters look to me to be trailerable size.

The class A scows are 38 ft long, but narrow.

Casady

(Richard Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:10:49 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

Most boats
I've seen racing on inland waters look to me to be trailerable size.

The class A scows are 38 ft long, but narrow.

One example doesn't invalidate the premise which is that most inland
water racing sailboats are small enough to be taken out of the water
to have their bottoms cleaned.

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:19:59 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

(Richard Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:10:49 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

Most boats
I've seen racing on inland waters look to me to be trailerable size.

The class A scows are 38 ft long, but narrow.

One example doesn't invalidate the premise which is that most inland
water racing sailboats are small enough to be taken out of the water
to have their bottoms cleaned.
My point was all, not just most ,inland racers,even the biggest A
scows can easily hauled out. Little winch on a trailer.

I didn.t make myself clear. A scows are trailered to whatever lake has
the races that weekend. They put the rig up and down every weekend the
boat is used.

Casady

(Richard Casady) wrote:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:19:59 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

(Richard Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:10:49 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

Most boats
I've seen racing on inland waters look to me to be trailerable size.

The class A scows are 38 ft long, but narrow.

One example doesn't invalidate the premise which is that most inland
water racing sailboats are small enough to be taken out of the water
to have their bottoms cleaned.
My point was all, not just most ,inland racers,even the biggest A
scows can easily hauled out. Little winch on a trailer.

I didn.t make myself clear. A scows are trailered to whatever lake has
the races that weekend. They put the rig up and down every weekend the
boat is used.

OK - I thought you meant the opposite.

I don't think this is true of all race boats - we have the Governor's
Cup which goes from Annapolis (the current capitol of MD) to St.
Mary's City which was the former capitol. It's a fairly long race
down the Chesapeake, and around into the Potomac and up the St. Mary's
River - starts Friday night, and the boats have to be finished by
Saturday morning. So there are some pretty big boats involved. But
it's not a one class race. Probably some non-trailerable types in
there.


grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html