[Rhodes22-list] Winter sailing blues - cure found

[Kroposki]

Mark,
	1. Congratulations.
	2. Recently I was invited to sail on a 35 footer.
Unfortunately, I was not dressed for winter racing and had to pass.  35
foot was huge.  More than I would want.  You need to always have a crew.
What kind of draft does it have.  I guess blue water only now.  Surely,
you will not put it on Claytor lake.  Just think, you can sail to the
Antarctic next summer.
                           Ed K 	

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mark Kaynor
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:02 PM
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Cc: Julie Kaynor
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Winter sailing blues - cure found

Folks,

All this talk of winter sailing while Raven's been on the hard has been
tough for us, Christmas parade float notwithstanding. The weather
doesn't
help much, either - Sunday we were sitting on the patio in our shirt
sleeves
having a beer with some friends, and this morning we woke up to a
blustery 8
degrees F. Sheesh.

Being weak willed (and perhaps a bit weak-minded), we decided to do
something about it.

Julie and I went to the bank this morning and signed the papers to buy a
1986 Tayana 37. At about 15 feet longer on deck, 3 1/2 feet wider, and
about
10 tons heavier, we're hoping she'll be big enough to distract us from
these
wintertime non-sailing blues. Hopefully by next winter (or the one after
that) we'll be in warmer climes and won't have to go through this sort
of
withdrawal again - I doubt we could afford it again, anyway <g>.

Actually, it's been in the works since we went to the SSCA gam in
Melbourne,
FL last November, but we didn't want to say anything until it was a done
deal - you know how these things sometimes go. We're bringing her up to
the
Chesapeake next spring and plan to gradually spend more and more time
aboard
over the next year with an eye toward eventually living aboard and
heading
south. Time'll tell...

Here's a link to some pictures - http://www.kaynor.org/rachel.

Mark Kaynor

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