hal, on really rough days we find that a squeezy bottle of whiskey works out nice...i had too many "pabst-a-rittas" last saturday and this increase in salt water consumption causes hallucinations that interfere with my regular hallucinations...dry bag keeps the bag dry so no prob there. the problem i have with hotties these days is that i sew, cook, clean better than them...i wear the pants in the family!...after i wash, dry, and fold them...
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Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 08:22 AM
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Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 12:57 PM
to each thier own but I wouldn't risk my life or my crews life... i don't care all that much about a boat
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Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 06:02 PM
Andrew, Yolo.
Hansen, you should sail on over to Ogden dunes sometime.
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 09:04 PM
Kevin,
If you want some hardcore sailing I would recommend connecting with Norm and some of the guys he sails with at Wilmette on a day that it is really blowing. It would be worth the drive for you.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 02:18 AM
Life is ironic sometimes... but you need to just roll with it.
Tonight, after work the wind picked up to a nice steady 14 kts from the south. I went out for a solo sail on the Inter-18... and dumped. Not cartwheels or peter pan... just a soft sploosh as I was unable to steer out of a little gust and was not out on the trapeze yet. Oh well. The wind was so light I didn't get the puff I needed to right the old girl solo. A fellow sailor came out on a sailboard and gave me the mast flip. Rather than head in I kept sailing for about an hour ... always trap'd. Too much fun. The water was warm the breeze steady.
I like going out when its nuking (to a point), but sometimes you only need 14 kts to have all the fun you require. Not to mention I provided entertainment for much of the beach.
ps. special thanks/shout-out to Johnny Fish.
Edited by nhanson on Jun 23, 2012 - 03:19 AM.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 10:17 AM
14k is perfect for me on my cat - i dont need or want more -
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 01:53 PM
Sailing in 20-25 or 25-30 is a requirement here (in Chicago) if you want to sail more. In the fall, when the wind shifts (consistently) to the North, you either sail in the big stuff, or sit. The mid summer can be brutal with weeks of 5-10. The NA F18 championships in Racine were a perfect example a couple years ago. I felt bad for those guys, bobbing about after driving across the country.
Sailing season starts here Labor Day weekend. In spring the water temp can kill you, If we are lucky, the summer will give us some 15 kt days, but then fall comes, oh glorious fall. Big surf, steady wind, warm water, cool air. The issue with north winds tho, is you need 15-20 to get over the surf. Sailing/surfing backwards over your rudders makes very bad noises and ends your day quickly. Get dry suit and a radio.
This spring has been unseasonably warm so the water is already int the 60s. The south storms that have been coming up the Mississippi have provided nice wind, but is flukey. 15 kts with 30 kt gusts, so you are constantly in/out on the wire. It's still fun, but more work.
Hope everyone is having a good season.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 08:36 PM
I love ghosting about in the 5 mph stuff every bit as much as screaming along in 25-30. As long as the wind is strong enough to allow me to beat the current, I'm happy.
Hell, it's the light stuff that separates the men from the boys IMHO.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 08:59 PM
It's the light stuff that means I get to go home at the end of the day.
Wind here tends to pick up around 9:30-10:00am, then holds steady, often dropping to a breath by 3:00pm. Stay out too late, and bobbing in a general direction is all you got.
Tom
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 11:37 PM
I didn't say I don't go out when it's light... what i was saying is if you want to sail more than 3 months a year here, you need to embrace a few things that are not "normal". It's gets cold, it gets windy. We all love to sail, we can't all live in Hawaii (Tom, really ... Hawaii, what kind of work do you do that let's you live in Hawaii?) or San Diego or the Keys. Think about the poor bastards in Minnesota or the UP on Lake Superior, brrrr. Actually ... fn brrrr.
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Posted: Jun 24, 2012 - 01:56 AM
Hahahaha! Touche. Yeah, we had to be flexible when we lived in Texas, too. Sometimes "flexible" meant: "Drive somewhere else, or don't sail."
Years ago when my wife and I were on our honeymoon out here, we drove through this little town near the north end of the island. It was green and gorgeous. I turned to my wife and said, "What do you have to do to live in a place like this?" A couple of years after that I saw a job posting at one of the telescopes. I remember thinking, "Well now I know what you have to do to live in a place like that!" I applied. They hired me.
Tom
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