[Rhodes22-list]KY Lake weather

[anima13]

Often very good but could be raining EVERY day... can't make a prediction!
Would love to see you here, though!
Anne

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of RUSSELL MILLER
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]KY Lake weather


Ann

What is the weather like there around Mar 27 - Apr 3.  Thinking about eASTER
with the Bulldog rather than the South east.  Hoe wam?

Russ
s/v Bulldog
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From: "anima13" <anima13 at bellsouth.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:31 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list]David and Rose


> Rose,
>  Ed was right. I was racing all weekend.
> We had our 50 miler fall race and naturally, it
> poured ALL day. Beating up wind in a light boat is
> alot of work for soaked folks. One of our crew bailed
> so we were lucky enough to get a wonderful young
> sailor, Kit, 13 yo. Her folks have a big 40 ft cruising
> boat. She wants to race so she held tough with us and never
> complained once. I can tell you that we adults cried a few!!
> We were pleased to give Kit the trophy, 3rd place only. The 35 and
> 36 footers beat us, for they can handle those waves better.
> We lost our spinnaker halyard. A 35 foot Hughes went aground while
> I watched! A 19 foot mariner took first in the Jam B fleet and he
> went aground twice! (the dam lets the water down quite far and we go
> far down the river where it does tend to be shallow. Then the bays
> and creeks make silt 'dams' out in the middle of the lake! We saw
> 3.9 ft on our depth guage!!
> Thank goodness it was not cold as well!
> We have many out of towners who come here to Kentucky
> Lake for these long distance races, so it was "old Home
> week" with much eating and drinking and very tall stories!
> I am race chairman so had to get the stuff set up, etc.
> At this time I am hosting a couple who have sold everything and are
prepping
> their boat for cruising permanently. They are sleeping here while their
boat
> is on the hard.
> Did I mention that I work?
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> Rose,
> Where do you live? I sail on my Rhodes all winter because we get enough
> cycles of decent weather to do so tolerably. I do my bottom work in
> September.
> You should come and have a big ride. I have plenty of room for company.
> Our marina is sailboats only and our lake is huge. This means that folks
> from
> 4 hours away have large boats (27-46ft is usual). The waiting list for
slips
> is very long. While I have never really considered a different boat, I
would
> never want to have to move out of this marina. The Rhodes works for me.
> I sail by myself 60% of the time. Most of my friends have their own boats
so
> are working on them or are going to meet me in a cove. I have a wild
> schedule and
> if I want to go sailing, it is so little prep work, that I sail MUCH more
> often
> that most. The couple who are staying with me do not know me really well,
> for they
> have been on a different pier. However, they said that they always felt
that
> I knew
> more what I was doing than most the guys with large boats. (really?)
> I sailed with my dad a bit then raced in the 80s on J-24's. When I bought
my
> Rhodes
> I have not been on a sailboat for over 12 years. I took the ASA course
here
> on the
> KY lake to brush off the cobwebs. Plus, I had never steered! You know how
> that goes!
> I rehearsed backing out of my slip over and over in my mind for weeks
before
> the
> boat was delievered by Stan and Elton. I got in and out very nicely (thank
> you very much)
> from day 1. The sailing things come with a lesson from one mistake or the
> other. I
> will often forget some detail I prefer to have done before I let the sails
> out when I
> am alone. However, nothing is impossible on this boat. YOu will have a
great
> time.
> Anne
> KY Lake
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