[Rhodes22-list] Captain Carl's question about height of pulpit?

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Carl,
Nice area.  I think Todd sails there on vacation trips.  I'm zeroed in on P City for now, if not in St Pete.  Both excellent sailing.
Art

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>From: carl <mvd00108 at mvtel.net>
>Sent: Jan 15, 2009 12:17 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Captain Carl's question about height of pulpit?
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>Ben,
>
>We sail on greers ferry lake primarily, which is a narrow, but huge 
>lake, lots of little coves to sail up into. It has two major parts, one 
>a bit more open than the other, making it better for sailing. Most of it 
>is surrounded by small mountians, large hills, which really cuts the 
>wind down, but there is enough to get around a bit.It's about 2 hrs 
>north of Little Rock (3 if towing a rhodes:) we live back in the sticks, 
>and keep our boat on the trailer for right now, which is such a pain 
>because we live down 8 mi of steep dirt roads that add about 1hr to our 
>travel time to the lake. I am keeping her here for right now so I can 
>work on her (somewhat of a fixer-upper).
>
>Our favorite place on the coast so far is Port St. Joe,FL has anyone 
>sailed there?
>Carl
>
>
>
>ben wrote:
>> Carl,
>>
>> That's quite a story.  Sounds like those particular officials are quite the
>> a-holes.
>>
>> I'm sure that laws consistently classify sailboats with the motor running as
>> motor boats, and rightly so.  Nevertheless, the officers (mostly from local
>> towns on the lake) on my lake don't usually bother the sailors at all.  I
>> remember thinking once, "Maybe I shouldn't have waved to him with my hand
>> that's holding the beer," but no worries.  Who am I going to hurt at 4 kts
>> on a nice day?
>>
>> I did have them come into an anchorage one evening to tell me that it was
>> going to really cold and make sure we were prepared not to freeze to death
>> overnight.  But they were friendly about it, and just checking to make sure
>> we weren't yahoos who hadn't checked the weather.
>>
>> You may have mentioned it before, but where do you sail in Arkansas?  A lot
>> of my growing up was in Little Rock, and my family had a Catalina 22 and a
>> smaller boat that we took to many of the lakes in driving distance.
>>
>> Ben S.
>>   
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