[Rhodes22-list] 1st Sail of the Season

[Mary Lou Troy]

Well somebody has to say it......

What are you? Nuts?

Seriously, I'm glad you had a good sail and glad someone braved the 
weather. Even gladder that that someone wasn't me.

Brrr.

Mary Lou



At 05:43 PM 3/20/2009, you wrote:

>Whenever my boat is dry-docked, we seem to get unseasonably perfect sailing
>weather.  This year I decided to keep my boat in the water and haven't been
>sailing once since early November.  Today I swore I'd go out come hell or
>high water.
>
>The hellish part was mostly that my motor wouldn't start, but after losing a
>socket and screwdriver bit in the water (I need a big magnet to fish those
>things out), I was able to pull start the motor to life.
>
>Temperatures in and out of the water were about 45 degrees, although even
>with the wind chill I was quite comfortable in ski clothes.  We had some
>gusts but the wind was pretty steady between 10 and 12 knots, and chop was
>manageable at about 2 to 3 foot.
>
>I had forgot how much fun sailing is.  I had the poptop up and too much sail
>out for the conditions, but I never broached and the excessive heeling
>rarely slowed me down below 5 knots.  It was that exciting kind of sailing
>where it's more fun than scary.
>
>As easy as the Rhodes is to sail it's still a two-handed job.  I'm
>recovering from some minor hand surgery and it was not a pretty sight when
>it came time to furl-in the sails.  Now that I know I can use my teeth to
>hold a furling line, I may never need to put my beer down again.
>
>Weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday looks even better.
>
>Life is good.
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>Kent Island, MD
>
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