[Rhodes22-list] I must apologize to the list.

[Jim White]

Rummy:
I just tabbed up my logbook. Since splashing Le Menagerie in May I have 
logged 20 trips. I figure they average around twenty miles total each (a 
conservative estimate), so I believe that I'm somewhere around 400 miles. 
Haven't bothered to turn on the GPS for many of them....It's been as much 
therapy as anything.

We sailed yesterday afternoon (late) out to the Brazos Pass and back with 
my wife at the helm the whole time. The pass was bigtime rough as the 
recent tropical storm has sent a big old swell rolling into the bay. It was 
a first for her. This is her first sailboat, heeling and reeling are all 
new to her, ands frankly she's been more comfortable handling the sheets.

The wind was 8-10 NNE and perfect for reaching in both directions to and 
from our homeport. We slipped beneath the Queen Isabella causeway in the 
dark last night (a tricky proposition even in the light...funny windshifts 
there), and DR all the way back to the harbor entrance, I just kicked back 
and drank straight Flor de Cana and let the breeze and the sound of the 
hull slipping through the water melt away all of the terrible stress of 
last week. We arrived at the narrow harbor entrance just as the wind died.

I don't think I'll have to ask her to hold the tiller for a second again 
while I go down below for drinks. In fact, I think I've been demoted to 
railmeat!

jw


At 08:59 PM 10/09/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Everybody knows of my extreme hate for politics and politicians. So, I must
>apologize for expressing my opinions over the past week or so. I have 
>finished
>venting and will no longer respond to political discussions.
>Speaking of sailing. Friday was a pleasant day. I spent most of it sailing in
>12 mph winds and today was almost a carbon copy, but not as much sun. I
>checked my gps this afternoon and after keeping track of my sailing miles 
>since May
>22nd, I have logged an amazing 662.38 miles. I guess we know who spends more
>time sailing than most on this list.
>
>Rummy
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