What are your other hobbies and interests?

Besides sailing?....Sewing/quilting, hiking, handyman jobs, dabbling in woodworking and turning, and traveling. Just a few of the many. There is not enough time to do it all. <img src=

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I do some hunting and fishing, lots of camping. There are few things that I do not like doing.

Well, sailing pretty much is it.

But RC Air Planes keep me interested when its too cold to sail.

I also have Tropical fish that can boarder on being work.
But they are a nice hobby for around the house.

On-line gaming and racquetball. I loved owning an RV - long-time camper/hiker, and dinking around with RV maintenance was kinda fun. Dabbled in bonsai. Owned an MGB for a while - great project. Used to be really into mountain biking, too, when I lived in Pennsylvania. My four-year-old takes up most hobby time, but she's also far more rewarding than any of my other

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As I start this list, try to remember that I'm 65 but 30 at hart. Golf,Flying,land sailing,old cars and tractor restorations,sailing,wood work,travel, all hold my interest.

money, however,tempers my time spent @ the above... lol

Gardening. I'm currently reworking a goldfish pond and butterfly garden, as well as a pergola and some trellises. January and February, in SW Florida, are perfect for this type of work.

Also catching up on some much needed maintenance on the Blade.

Hobbies;
I used to hang out at the drag strip and restore Camaros, Firebird, Nova etc. These days just maintaining my drivers and kids cars is enough of a challenge. Have found restoring H14's and H16's satisfies the completed project urge.

Our Border Collie/Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever,

Esther

takes a lot of attention. Thinking about trying Fly Ball with her, she's a rocket! http://flyballdogs.com/photos/rocky-m.jpg

Control line kites are a blast. I have two, one small and one very small, extremely responsive with a short learning curve. Any sailor living in a windy area I'm sure would enjoy flying these.

Interests; I just watched a snow boarding competition (similar to roller derby), followed by moto-cross race and just saw a power boat commercial for pulling wake boarders. I'm interested in how to make cats a recognizable household name...again <img src=

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1943...Nice Work!!!

Drag racing. Building fast mustangs.

www.fordmuscle.com

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2001/01/92LX/index.shtml

Skiing, but no where near enough; Turned down a job as a Ski-guide to go back to Uni.

Riding my bike when I have time

Running a couple of internet forums

And driving my Subaru Impreza WR1 <img src=

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Playing with Geomag, It's the kids really <img src=

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Playing with Lego, It's the kids really <img src=

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modding my pickup. I hope to be putting a twin turbo setup on the Cummins this spring. Should get me up around 450hp/1000ft lbs. tq

Killing un regulated animals. Coyote, rabbit, raccoons, squirrels, possum, striped/pocket gophers. I really need to go prairie dog hunting too.

Golf, mostly for the drinking.

I used to love playing paintball but haven't done it in two years

Target shooting. Favorite is the M1 Garand

PS3 eats up most of my winter as there is little else to do.

I've been kicking around building an iceboat but I have no where to store it, and the ice is rarely good enough for it. Being that I do woodworking for employment doing it for fun just doesn't have its appeal.

I've recently discovered ice fishing, but have yet to drop a line in the water. Mostly to get out of the house.

I used to snowboard, race motorcross on quads, rode dirtbikes but never raced, and did track days on a GSX-R 750 but never raced that either. Got rid of all the bikes, got sick of bleeding all the time and walking with a limp.

My favorite bike was a scooter. There is a ton of mod parts for the Zuma. Mine did 63mph and would wheelie like crazy. A bunch of us would trailer them up to Minneapolis where the Police had better things to attend to than kids trying to hurt themselves. It was amazing how much fun you could have with 7hp.

Karl,

I hear the Prairie Dog

hunting

is nothing more than target practice and not worth the trip.

Come down to one of Bobby's regattas in Little Rock sometime. He's got all the paint ball gear and a lighted

war zone

behind the Arriba Stick shop.

Had to LOL at your biking photos. Keep your damn feet BEHIND the handlebars if you don't like the scrapes!!! I rode the road racing predecessors to your generations bikes (after growing on hill climbers). You may have noticed my permanent limp thanks to a '65 Bel-air running a red light. I'm glad you got rid of them, there's a reason at the hospital they're referred to as donorcycyles.

Yeah, but if you hit em' right the prairie dogs explode. Paper don't do that.

Digital photography & print making.
Working on cars.
Hiking & biking.
Reading Catsailor.com <img src=

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good to know im not the only grease monkey in here.

I love to build and tune high HP tuner cars. I got myself a 500+awhp Mistubishi 3000GT VR4 which is a money pit.

Wow, where to begin?

In no certain order.....
bicycling, canoe/kayaking, astronomy, tennis, golf, fishing, geocaching, backpacking, camping, fossil hunting, metal detecting, etc, etc. I am sure I forgot something. My wife thinks I have too many hobbies. <img src=

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Sailing takes precedence, but fishing/boating, restoring boats, hunting, and restoring my '79 Jeep are on the list.

big fisherman, love trolling off the Tiger. Also love surfing and kayak surfing whenever I can make it anywhere with waves. I really want to learn to kite surf. Unfortunately school tends to ruin most of my fun time. Just told one of my professors I need to reschedule a quiz if possible because I'd be baring the elements at Spring Fever..he was not amused. School = overrated

Drinking and laying around on the couch.

Little wood working (see pic). Lake house to store the cats. MARDI GRAS (yeah, I'm in South Louisiana). Skeet shooting cause you don't have to clean what you shoot, and just found I like scuba diving. Of course the things I like to do but can't qualify as hobbies are too numerous to list.

Clayton

Hey Clayton

That's the camp house, right? You way uppin' the standards there at Lake A...

Nice work! That place looks great!

Not so sure about the uppin' part but its 'bout done and time to sail more! Did ya notice the 5.2 parked on the side?

Clayton

ummmm, besides sailing??.... ummmmm, hmmmmm. Oh I like to... oh wait... that’s still sailing.... I, ummmm, hmmmm, um.... Does work on my boat count? I guess not.

Luckily for me I am in Florida and can sail just about year round (yes sometimes in ski gear, but its still sailing).

Is a girlfriend a hobby? Hmmmmm. Guess not.

Well I guess I don’t have any other hobbies... I guess i am a bit of a couch surfer, but i work for 3 companies and seem to be spent at the end of the day. I live for the weekends and sailing.

OH WAIT.... I do play a lot of guitar... I have many guitars and keyboards. But that’s not really a hobby to me. That is simply a part of me. If I didn’t play, that would be like not eating that day... I just need to do it to relax and be complete. I used to play in bands but that is just a lot of work and requires good inter-personal skills that I don’t seem to have. (just ask my girlfriend) hehe

Here's my other toy, an unrestored 1957 MGA. I'm not much of a grease monkey; so I just drive it till it breaks, then I figure out how to fix it. I take it to a shop for the important stuff: brakes, transmission. http://www.catsailor.com/bb_files/132228-PICT0350.JPG

Omigosh! The MGA was my first car -- except mine was a 1962, which I think was the last year it was made. I LOVED that car! Now I wish I still had it.

It would be a great Florida car. I get a lot of offers on it: from notes stuck on the windshield or on the seat, or other drivers in traffic. I drive it to work most of the summer. But it's not for sale. My Dad bought it in 1973 and turned it over to me six years ago. What makes it unique is that it's still running after 51 years without a complete restoration.

This is what we have now -- see attachment.

Way cool! I bet you get LOTS of looks in traffic, especially with that co-pilot!

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