Simon: That was downright mean. It sounds like a reasonable request to me.

Dan


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Any man who is unemployed and cannot even afford a
sailing excursion for his fiancée will likely make one
sorry husband. Do your fiancée a favor and get a job.

Stop mooching and stop being so irresponsible. You sound
like a loser to me.

S.Simon


"Geoff Jennings" wrote in message
et...
I have a favor to ask. My fiancée loves to sail, she doesn't have a ton
of
experience, but she really enjoys it. I have been sailing since I was a
young kid, and have quite a bit of experience.

We're both nice, friendly people. I wanted to take her sailing this
weekend, Dec 13 or 14th, as part of her birthday celebration.
Unfortunately, I'm unemployed right now (Interview Tuesday!), and, after
checking prices on charters, I simply can't afford it.

So, here's the question, is anyone sailing out of Dana Point, Newport,
or
Long Beach that would like an extra set of hands on board this weekend.
We're good company, and I can promise a really, really good lunch and
some
nice beer for anyone who wouldn't mind us tagging along. Again, also
I'm a
pretty experienced sailor, so I can definitely be put to work.

If it were Sat, we'd need to be aback by 4 or so, so a morning sail
would
work best. Sunday we've got all day.

Thanks,
Geoff Jennings
geoff @ Texaskilonewton.com

Garry Beattie wrote:
$1295 per year membership fee's???????

Do they have any members at all?

The two clubs that I belong to, The Blue Water Club and the Hervey Bay Boat
Club, both cost less than $30 per year membership each.
I also store my boat at the Blue Water Club for the extra amount of $100 per
year.

But that is in Australia, not the USA.

Ah, you're a lucky man. But also in Queenland & I reckon that the pokey
machines more than help offset the cost of membership :-) Also doubt
that you'd be able to get in the door of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
for $11 Aus :-) I used to live in NSW (Gordon just north of Sydney) and
miss the sailing there very much...

Keith is in the San Fransico Bay area (so maybe a little off topic for
this Southern California tread, but what the heck -- anything to help
get someone out sailing :-) and I think referring to the Spinnaker
Sailing School & Club (see: http://www.spinnakersailing.com/). SS have
a good reputation for sail training on the bay, but are indeed quite
pricey.

Sequoia Yacht Club shares the same parking lot as SS Redwood City, but
are an all volunteer club with lots of good folks. Rates (for this
area) are quite reasonable, http://www.sequoiayc.org/membership.html,
and there always seems to be room for an extra pair of hands (member or
not) if you're courteous, keen to learn, and willing to put in a little
volunteer work along the way.

Disclaimer: my son is a Youth Member ($25 US per year) -- I'm not a
member of SYC (can't afford it right now as I'm out of work too) but
very familiar with the club and spend volunteer time there during
youth/school sailing regattas.

Note to Keith: Drop by SYC tomorrow/Saturday morning around 8:30 or 9:00
(w/foul weather gear in your trunk/boot) and you might just get lucky --
could be that someone needs an extra hand for the Redwood Cup races
going on there tomorrow. Even if you don't get lucky, or have no
sailing experience at all, you should be able to find someone talk to --
just be aware that it might get hectic in the morning due to the races.

If you have a child (8-18) that wants to learn to sail, bring him/her
along and go back west from the club to the next light, hook a right and
go to the public launch facility at the end of Chesapeake Drive (Use
1299 Chesapeake Dr, Redwood City as the destination address for MapQuest
directions http://www.mapquest.com/directions/). Youth sailing starts at
8:30 & high school sailers start training at 10:00. Youth sailing (8 to
high school) ask for Phil, high school sailing (grade 8-12) as for Eric.

Either way -- pop around either of those two places and I'm sure that
someone can get you (or your child if you have one) sailing eventually
for far less than you'd think. Like Garry Beattie (lucky guy) referred
to, there are lots of less expensive ways to get out on the water, plus
most sailors really are good folks & willing to help if you are sincere
about wanting to sail or learn to sail.

P.S. Good luck to Geoff as well -- I hope that you can find someone to
take you and your gal out in SC!

not bad for a rookie.


"Geoff Jennings" wrote

You're obviously a troll,so I can't believe I'm responding, but which part
of "interview Tuesday" in my original post did you fail to comprehend? Is
wanting something nice for my fiancée so bad.

And WTF are you to tell me I'm being irresponsible. Using my growing thin
_SAVINGS_ to pay for a sailboat trip would clearly be irresponsible,
looking
for another way to do it hardly is.

"Dirt&WaterCrashr" wrote in message
...
"Garry Beattie" wrote:

$1295 per year membership fee's???????

Do they have any members at all?

I don't know how many, they have but that's for the low-level
membership plus all the benefits like free unlimited day use of
Santana 22s, reciprocal rates, etc... It's $1695 and $2195 for higher
grades, bigger boats.
It's not considered an everyman's sport around.

Well that may put a different perspective on it.
They have club yachts which you can use any time you like, provided it is
during the day, for no extra charge?

Perhaps that price is not too bad at all considering.

Garry

"R.W. Behan" wrote in message
...
Geoff:

If you and your lady love happen to be in the San Juan Islands any time
soon, I'd be happy to have you aboard my old dowager Westsail for an
afternoon sail. Happy Holidays in the meantime.

Dick Behan

It's a long shot for you guys, but the same applies here in beautiful,
sunny, Queensland, Australia.

If any of you guys find yourselves in our neck of the woods you are always
welcome to join us on our boat for a sail.
Depending on the weather conditions, we usually either go along the coast,
across to Fraser Island, the worlds biggest sand island, or visit Lady
Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

We will also welcome you to one of our traditional Aussie BBQ's. No shrimp,
just good ol Rump Steak!! I know you guys in the USA don't get rump steak,
but we do in Australia and it is the best BBQ steak going!!

--
Garry Beattie
Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
www.ocean-spirit.com

NoOp wrote:

Note to Keith: Drop by SYC tomorrow/Saturday morning around 8:30 or 9:00
(w/foul weather gear in your trunk/boot) and you might just get lucky --
could be that someone needs an extra hand for the Redwood Cup races
going on there tomorrow. Even if you don't get lucky, or have no
sailing experience at all, you should be able to find someone talk to --
just be aware that it might get hectic in the morning due to the races.

Correction - Redwood Cup races are Sunday Dec 14th. However there still
should be plenty of folks around SYC on Saturday as well.


If you have a child (8-18) that wants to learn to sail, bring him/her
along and go back west from the club to the next light, hook a right and
go to the public launch facility at the end of Chesapeake Drive (Use
1299 Chesapeake Dr, Redwood City as the destination address for MapQuest
directions http://www.mapquest.com/directions/). Youth sailing starts at
8:30 & high school sailers start training at 10:00. Youth sailing (8 to
high school) ask for Phil, high school sailing (grade 8-12) as for Eric.


Youth sailing Saturday 8:30 to 11:30. High school sailing Sat & Sun
10:00 to 4:00.

Note to Geoff: sorry for intruding on your thread -- I just spotted a
local potential NorCal sailor & hoped to provide some help :-)

G

Geoff Jennings wrote:

Thanks for the idea Rob, my time is a bit full, I've been putting lots of
time into finding a job, and working some odd and ends in the mean time.

Once I've got a job again, we've already got our eyes set on the local
sailing club.

Geoff


You appear to be located in Newport.

You might check over at NHYC -- they have the Anteater high school
regatta going on this weekend (http://www.nhyc.org/) and just might need
some extra volunteer hands. Unfortunately they hold the Anteater in the
harbor so it may not get you out of the harbor and only out in an
inflatable, but it might be good fun anyway, and provide an opportunity
meet up with folks there for alternate opportunities. Besides, your gal
just might enjoy watching the kids compete in FJ's instead of bobing
around on a big boat anyway. And, if that get's you going -- be sure to
check out the Rose Bowl regatta Jan 3-4 at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.

Happy Holidays

G

I don't know how many, they have but that's for the low-level
membership plus all the benefits like free unlimited day use of
Santana 22s, reciprocal rates, etc... It's $1695 and $2195 for higher
grades, bigger boats.
It's not considered an everyman's sport around.

Well that may put a different perspective on it.
They have club yachts which you can use any time you like, provided it is
during the day, for no extra charge?

Perhaps that price is not too bad at all considering.

Garry

The price of entry keeps out the riff-raff?

-keith

I think it was the word Tuesday.

"Geoff Jennings" wrote in message
.. .

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Any man who is unemployed and cannot even afford a
sailing excursion for his fiancée will likely make one
sorry husband. Do your fiancée a favor and get a job.

Stop mooching and stop being so irresponsible. You sound
like a loser to me.

You're obviously a troll,so I can't believe I'm responding, but which part
of "interview Tuesday" in my original post did you fail to comprehend? Is
wanting something nice for my fiancée so bad.

And WTF are you to tell me I'm being irresponsible. Using my growing thin
_SAVINGS_ to pay for a sailboat trip would clearly be irresponsible,
looking
for another way to do it hardly is.

I hope you're a troll, if not, you must be a very bitter, sad individual.

Geoff

"Simple Simon" lifted the trapdoor, peered around
and wrote:

Am I the master or what?

You are a sad ******, actually