[Rhodes22-list] A Greek on Lake Erie?

[Rick Lange]

Bring it on, Chris.  It might scare off the water
spouts.
Rick
> How about a bottleof Mount Manly Ouzo? 
> Chris Ouzyrunner 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>

From: "Rick Lange" <SloopBlueHeron at ISP.Com> 
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
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> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008
6:15 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A Greek on Lake Erie? 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Chris,

> I could be bribed with souvlaki or 
> whatever. 
> Rick 
> 440-605-0494 
>> To Rick and Cliff, 
>> I will be in Ohio (Medina) to take care of my 
>>
sister 
>> after her surgery. She is a fast healer so there may
be a day or 
> two when 
>> I'm not emptying bed pans
or whatever and and I can 
> explain "But I just 
>> had 
>> to go sailing". So 
> Perhaps,
in Rhodie fashion if either of you guys are 
>> available 
> some weekend after the 4th do you mind if I give you a call and 
>> 
> offer myself as ballast? I've sailed a lot of places
but not the Great 
>> Lakes. Uh, don't need to experience water
spouts however. 
>> 
>> Chris Geankoplis 
>> Medford Or. 
>> S/V 
> Enosis 
>>
----- Original Message ----- 
>> 
> 
From: 
> "Rick Lange" <SloopBlueHeron at isp.com> 
>> To: 
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>; "Al
Radefeld" 
> <wizlin319 at cox.net>; 
>>
<Sumbreeze at aol.com>; 
> "Gleason"
<legleason at earthlink.net>; 
>> 
>
<jakse.s at gmail.com>; "Cyndy Bernheimer" 
>
<cjbernheimer at ameritech.net> 
>> Sent: Thursday, June 19,

> 2008 7:56 PM 
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] But I just
had to go 
> sailing 
>> 
>> 
>>
I took this week off because mid 
> June is normally ideal for
sailing on 
>> Lake Erie. That was the 
> case last
Sunday, but ever since there has been 
>> one wet and 
> windy cold front followed by another. 
>> 
>>
This morning, 
> as she packed me a lunch of a sandwich and a
pear, Karen 
>> kept 
> worrying about Cleveland
shoreline water spout sightings and 
>> 
> warnings by
the NWS. But I just had to go sailing. 
>> 
>> I 
> went to the boat and putz around until the water spout warnings
moved 
>> to Willowick and farther east. Out of the FCYC harbor
the wind was 
> west 
>> at 10 kn and I was at hull
speed as soon as I unfurled. 
> Beyond East 
>> Light,
it was 15 kn with waves at 1 ft. I furled 
> both the main and 
>> genny down to about 50% as the wind kept 
> shifting
north. 
>> 
>> When I approached White City beach,

> I fell more off the wind so I could 
>> go below and
eat my lunch 
> with the boat flat. I ate the sandwich just 
>> fine, but the pear 
> kept rolling off the table. I set
the pear on the 
>> counter, 
> threaded the port genny
sheet through the inner track ring, 
>> 
> dropped the
pop top, furled the main and lowered the boom. 
>> 
>> I gibed around, unfurled the main to about 50% again and
settled 
> down 
>> for a back massage during the ride
back. Hull speed all 
> the way as the 
>> waves built
and moved more abeam. By the time I 
> got back to East Light, 
>> the waves were at 4 ft, but except for 
> a couple
white caps that got me 
>> en passant, I stayed dry. 
>> 
>> Completely forgotten during the thrill of the
return 
> trip, I ate the 
>> pear back at the dock.

>> 
>> 
> Regards, 
>> 
>> Rick 
>> 
>> 
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440-606-0494 
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