[Rhodes22-list] Winter sailing blues - cure found

[Rik Sandberg]

Wow, Mark....that is a beautiful boat. She appears to be in great shape, very 
nicely kept up. You're a lucky man ;-)

Sail her in good health....oh, and A LOT :-)
Rik


On 01/07/2004 07:02 pm, Mark Kaynor 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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