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.
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Karl, Captain of Stayin' Thirsty
2011 Hobie 16SE
Atlanta, GA
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Depression is setting in...
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:03 AM
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:44 AM
Winter is the worst part of the year for me. My life revolves around the water, and now its too cold...
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Galveston, Texas.
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 01:13 PM
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!
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 03:16 PM
Buy some weather gear and keep at it, its not THAT cold.
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 05:11 PM
Come up north and you can get a slightly different but equally enjoyable fix. Check this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC0I5PEhkJo
Believe me, though, I'm counting the days until May(!) when the softer water is safe.
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Jeff R
'88 H18 "Jolly Mon"
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NE IN / SE MI
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 05:38 PM
mardi grass helps ease the pain around here...some folks hardly wear any clothes at all...
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 05:43 PM
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Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 04:53 AM
Sitting in Durango, CO today. Its "ZERO" degrees. This is for the birds.
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Karl, Captain of Stayin' Thirsty
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Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 07:09 AM
it was 80* here the past weekend with 15-20 :)
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Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 11:32 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.
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Hilton, NY
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Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 04:33 PM
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.
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Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 09:35 AM
Go ahead, rub it in. I've gotta get back to Florida. I can hear Jimmy Buffett calling me now....
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Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 11:47 AM
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. -
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Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 09:08 AM
we have saved you a parking spot on the causeway :) -
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Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 06:53 PM
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?
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 09:47 AM
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 11:32 AM
~~ 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. ~~~
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 11:58 AM
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.
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Nacra 5.2 "Hull Yeah"
Vectorworks XJ - A class (not named yet)
West Michigan (Grand Rapids/Holland Area)
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 12:28 PM
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 :)
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 05:23 PM
~~ Lets see if I can do this right ?? Its been awhile !!!!
MY DN
My new creation.. "Ice shredder"
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