[Rhodes22-list] Arctic Sail

[elle]

Lee,

That's practically in your back yard. that last mile
was always the killer...
:^)

elle


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

> 
> Elle,
> 
> Castle Harbor Marina.  The old marina was exactly
> two miles from my house. 
> The new one is exactly one mile.
> 
> http://marinas.com/view/marina/35
> http://marinas.com/view/marina/35 
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> Elle-3 wrote:
> > 
> > --- 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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> >
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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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