Just finished my last trip to the beach and now I have 3 months of cold weather ahead. My boat will sit idle while old man winter has his way. So bummed.
Winter is the worst part of the year for me. My life revolves around the water, and now its too cold...
Yea, I hear ya!
I have found some solace in a warm tub though...
http://www.thetoyboat.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=66_91
You have to keep an eye on the submarine, though- it can get very personal!
Sheet In!
motivated wrote: Just finished my last trip to the beach and now I have 3 months of cold weather ahead. My boat will sit idle while old man winter has his way. So bummed.
Buy some weather gear and keep at it, its not THAT cold.
Come up north and you can get a slightly different but equally enjoyable fix. Check this:
Believe me, though, I'm counting the days until May(!) when the softer water is safe.
mardi grass helps ease the pain around here...some folks hardly wear any clothes at all...
down in Florida winter is the best time to sail!
Sitting in Durango, CO today. Its "ZERO" degrees. This is for the birds.
it was 80* here the past weekend with 15-20 🙂
Edited by MN3 on Dec 06, 2011 - 07:09 AM.
One of our club members was out for a couple hours on Lake Ontario last Saturday, Dec 3. Then we knocked his boat down for the winter. I've been out Thanksgiving week but I don't have a dry-suit so..............I stayed on the beach.
The local fleet is meeting at Lake Plesant about 5:30 AM this Sunday, when the wind is up! They'll be off the water by nine and heading for a late breakfast somewhere.
Sheet In!
MN3 wrote: it was 80* here the past weekend with 15-20 :)Edited by MN3 on Dec 06, 2011 - 07:09 AM.
Go ahead, rub it in. I've gotta get back to Florida. I can hear Jimmy Buffett calling me now....
I on the other hand worship winter. I bought a cat to make summer slightly less miserable for I am a skier. If I were to win the lottery, I would follow winter around the world.
motivated wrote: [quote=MN3]it was 80* here the past weekend with 15-20 :)Edited by MN3 on Dec 06, 2011 - 07:09 AM.
Go ahead, rub it in. I've gotta get back to Florida. I can hear Jimmy Buffett calling me now....
we have saved you a parking spot on the causeway 🙂
One of our club members was out for a couple hours on Lake Ontario
Jesus H C.H.rist, your cojonnes would be up under your armpits! I keep mine on Lake Simcoe, not as big, but way warmer, & I drydocked the 5.7 on the 24th of Oct. The bloody water is less than 10C out in the deep, I'll have ice n my bay in the next two weeks.
My depression comes from the fact that as I type this I'm sitting just outside Speightstown, Barbados. Water is in the 80's, air is 84F, humidex of 95, we have a Hobie 18 Magnum, a Getaway, & a few Waves...& the best the bloody wind can do is 2-3 mph. I can f.ar.t. harder than that! We finally saw 10mph on the edge of a passing CB, big deal I say. The rum & Banks flows freely, but WTF, isn't this supposed to be the land of the trade winds?
lol
~~ Do what I did,, Take up ice sailin. Built a DN 2 yrs ago and built a bigger " ice shredder" this past summer... 19' long,,, skate plank is 16' wide, with a 16 Hobie mast & sail w / jib.......... I should throw a pict up here. ~~~ 😉
I 2nd MN3's "lol" at Edchris177
Depression from Barbados, C'mon man!!!! I don't believe it. Haha. This might be a sin to say on here but when the wind dies there are always, power boats. Maybe surfing, I'm sure you are staying entertained.
My depression sets during the cold and rainy midwest fall and spring, no matter what do outside you aren't out in those days, I do as much as I can outside hot and cold sail to snowboard and whatever else I find, the fall and spring mark the beginning and end of my indoor basketball season.
I love having all of the seasons, they never seem long enough, but that is usually a good sign that you got your money's worth.
Please do. It's been year years since I've been Ice boating. I would say it rivals water catamaran.
Need to start a Ice boat thread on here 🙂
popeyez7 wrote: ~~ Do what I did,, Take up ice sailin. Built a DN 2 yrs ago and built a bigger " ice shredder" this past summer... 19' long,,, skate plank is 16' wide, with a 16 Hobie mast & sail w / jib.......... I should throw a pict up here. ~~~ 😉
~~ Lets see if I can do this right ?? Its been awhile !!!!
MY DN
My new creation.. "Ice shredder"
~~ Who else on here ice sails ??? "HEY DAMON", Can we have a page for us ice sailors???? 😀 (Yes he says, make a donation at the door!!! )~~~ 😆
popeyez7 wrote: My new creation.. "Ice shredder"
popeyez7 that Hobie sail looks a lot bigger than the DN.
How heavy is your mast/sail/boom aloft compared to the DN?
Are skate plank lengths proportional to mast length or sail area?
The one ice boat I have helped rig had a fiberglass reinforced wooden mast that I could just lift with one arm.
I always needed both arms and both legs to step a Hobie mast.
Will we see pictures of your finished rocket sled this winter?
"Ice shredder" indeed! Be sure to shoot video when you are out in any high winds! That looks like a widow maker to me! So, it's GOTTA be fun! 😆
~~ I'll take easy for the first couple of times. I gotta grow a couple of "KAHUNIAS". I gotta watch for any weak points !!
Of course I'll shoot vids.... I got plenty of GoPros. The DN mast is about 16' high, The Hobie mast is about 26' I also set it up for both the main sail & jib~ (optional)..... The DN mast I can step that myself, not so with the "Ice shredder". I don't know what the weight is for the Hobie mast/ sail / ETC ETC ... I made the skate plank as long as I could make it -15'6"- I had to cut 3" off each end because of normal cracking on the ends, and the main lenght is 20' long......... I have vids on YouTube.... 2 for ice sailin... 28 total.. I didn't have a good year AGAIN for soft water sailin 😕
This should take ya to "Youtube"... watch that vid then clk on my name or the 28 videos....... I had some trouble with it a couple of days ago ?? I think they re-did their system?? good luck, If ya have trouble e-mail me direct popeyez7 (at) aol(dot) com ~~~~~~~~~~ Paul
Well, yesterday was the winter solstice. Things are looking up 🙂 ! From this point forward the days start getting longer (at least for those of us on the N side of the equator!)
Edited by rehmbo on Dec 23, 2011 - 05:08 PM.
rehmbo wrote: Well, yesterday was the winter solstice. Things are looking up! From this point forward the days start getting longer (at least for those of us on the N side of the equator!)
Ah! The voice of optimism!
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Edited by klozhald on Dec 28, 2011 - 11:36 AM.
Ice Shredder looks insane! but why stop there? why not take and attach your rigging's right to the square tramp frame of you H16? You would have to extend the width but with a jib rigged up and two men on the tramp it would feel right at home! Someone should try that
~~ The French tried that.... into the Artic. I couldn't find the story but let me see if I can get a pict up here
~~ This was the only thing I could find on it. ~~~~
http://sebroubinet.eu/english/home.html
Those two Quebecois have lots of experience with Arctic Expeditions, this was not their first, second, or even third mission, though it may well have reached the highest level of insanity.
Here is the English version of the journal, it is obvious that Quebecois is their first language, but it is quite readable.
http://sebroubinet.eu/english/la-voie-du-pole-logbook.html
This brings a new meaning to the hazards of Cat Sailing, I'll stop complaining about unbalanced helm from now on!
Edited by Edchris177 on Dec 30, 2011 - 09:02 AM.