[Rhodes22-list] Winter sailing blues - cure found

[Mark Kaynor]

Slim,

Thanks. We think she's kinda pretty, too.

The windlass was custom-built for the PO by the manufacturer. He says "That
windlass isn't for anchoring. It's for moving after you've anchored." -
meaning that, if you're not happy with your spot, you're way more likely to
move to a safer spot if it's not that much of a hassle. Besides, even the
Maine lobstermen don't haul by hand much anymore <g>.

Retiring - yeah, well, sort of, we hope, eventually, soon, maybe, who knows?
Is that definite enough <g>? Before too long, we hope. We'll still have to
work for a while, but thankfully our skills are portable enough (and our
employer flexible enough) that we'll be able to continue to work enough to
build the kitty until we are ready to take off.

Mark

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Steve Alm
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Winter sailing blues - cure found


Wow, Mark!

You're a maniac! 8-)  (Just kidding)  What a gorgeous ship!  When I showed
the pix to Mary Ann, the ones she creamed over the most were the ones of the
windless...she's our bow monkey.  I like the cutter rig and your dingy motor
is bigger than my R22 kicker.  If you're moving south and living aboard,
does this mean you're retiring?  Best of luck to you and Julie!

Slim

On 1/7/04 7:02 PM, "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org> wrote:

> 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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