[Rhodes22-list] Artic Sail

[elle]

--- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>I should have bought a sailboat a long time ago.

Definitely lends credence to the saying," A bad day on
the boat...."

Glad you made it safely...so what's your new marina??


elle

--- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> 
> My marina was sold to a Sea Ray dealer and all
> sailboats were told to vacate
> before the 1st of April.  Yesterday was the only day
> I had available before
> the deadline to move her to my new marina.
> 
> By 8:00 a.m. the temperature had risen to 32
> degrees.  Winds were predicted
> at 15 to 18 m.p.h. until mid afternoon.  Perfect
> sailing weather.  The new
> marina was only three miles north of the old marina
> by land, but twelve
> miles by sea.  Naturally, the wind was directly from
> the north.
> 
> As bad as this sounds, it was a wonderful day of
> sailing.
> 
> The first hour was mostly a broad reach with little
> sail out.  I left the
> motor hanging down in the water and the wind was
> still pushing me at over
> five knots the entire time.
> 
> The second hour was motoring directly into the wind
> and chop.  I was dressed
> for skiing to include polar mittens and a neck gator
> over my face, but my
> front was soaking wet by the time I reached the Kent
> Narrows.  This wasn't
> part of the wonderful day of sailing.
> 
> The most challenging part of the day was waiting for
> the drawbridge.  Since
> I was the only idiot in the water, I assumed the
> troll operating the bridge
> would raise it when he saw me.  I was told that the
> current at Kent Narrows
> was strong but had no idea how difficult it would be
> to keep a boat
> stationary in that kind of wind and current.  By the
> time I got to my cell
> phone and called him I must have done half a dozen
> 360s.  He told me he
> couldn't open the bridge until I let him know my
> intent, which I can
> understand because he probably couldn't figure out
> what the heck I was
> doing.
> 
> When I got through the Narrows, the wind was
> decreasing and the temperature
> was increasing and life was good.  Spent the
> afternoon sailing in about 8
> knot winds and nearly 50 degrees with not a cloud in
> the sky or a care in
> the world.
> 
> I should have bought a sailboat a long time ago.
> 
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Kent Island, MD
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


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