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Thread: The Sailing Thread
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06-06-2022, 10:37 AM #151
I have this irrational desire to get something like a Privilege 58’ and live on the water. Alas, I’m not wealthy and the wife gets sea sick.
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06-06-2022, 10:54 AM #152
I mean, you don't need something that gigantic to live on the water. I wouldn't want to live on a boat that big if it was just me and a partner. Does she get sick on catamaran's too? I've never really spent time on them, but i know they're supposed to role much less than monohulls.
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06-06-2022, 11:19 AM #153
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06-06-2022, 05:46 PM #154
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06-06-2022, 05:54 PM #155
The Sailing Thread
Looking good, sc. Im looking forward to sailing with you this summer.
I joined the non-profit sailing center in town as a member so I hope to get out much more this season than the handful of times I did last summer.
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06-06-2022, 07:15 PM #156
Joining a sailing center/club is a great way to get out on the water! The best boat is someone else’s… all the fun and none of the maintenance headaches.
Should be fun to get Mags out on the water this summer!
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07-07-2022, 11:49 AM #157
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07-10-2022, 03:08 PM #158
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07-14-2022, 11:06 AM #159
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07-14-2022, 02:56 PM #160
Lol. Great stuff as usual, SC.
My sis and her fam are back in the BVI and have posted up at Bitter End Yacht Club for the past week - first time back since it was wiped off the map in its entirety after Irma.
She walked the grounds on FaceTime with me and it is very nice, but completely unrecognizable from what it’s been since the 70s. All the charm that made it what it is, and on a personal level, home base for my family, has been replaced with very modern trappings courtesy of the blank slate Irma provided.
Jury’s out and I look forward to judging it in person this fall.
She did say the new Marina Lofts were great and stayed in one for a couple nights leaving the kids on the boat lol.
Oh, and the sailing has been fantastic with still fewer boats than normal.
I still call it The Jake.
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07-21-2022, 06:09 AM #161Registered User
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Made the mistake of joining several “cheap sailboats for sale” Facebook groups and now I’m contemplating a fly-n-sail to somewhere stupid.
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07-21-2022, 06:33 AM #162
Summertime and the living is easy on Casco Bay.
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07-21-2022, 08:04 AM #163
Great pics. I need to get on the water.
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07-21-2022, 08:10 AM #164
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07-21-2022, 08:41 AM #165
We got overpowered with the main and big genny so dropped the main to come back into the harbor, weren't interested in changing head sails at the time. Genny only lets you fly it more akin to a chute downwind. We're beer drinking cruisers but that didn't keep us from parting the Wednesday night fleet like the red sea.
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07-21-2022, 08:56 AM #166
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07-21-2022, 09:21 AM #167
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07-22-2022, 04:22 PM #168
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08-01-2022, 11:50 AM #169
I've been using the PFDs at the sailing center when heading out but by the time I get back to the mooring, drop and gather the jib, flake and store the mainsail, etc. I'm sweating my balls off under that vest. I'm thinking of an auto/manual inflatable as a result. Cabela's has them for $60 and they go up quickly after that. Does anyone have experience with these types of lifevests?
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08-01-2022, 01:08 PM #170
We use similar ones from West Marine on Les' boat but only when the weather gets real chippy or at night.
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08-01-2022, 01:13 PM #171
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08-01-2022, 01:38 PM #172
You haven’t lived until one of those auto-inflates when you get doused by a green wave in the cockpit at night. Certainly woke me up!
They are convenient, but do have limitations. Maybe they have gotten better in the last decade or so.
Most people also wear them too loose to be effective if you really need it. I get it, they want to be comfortable.
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08-13-2022, 02:08 PM #173
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08-28-2022, 04:37 PM #174
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08-29-2022, 05:28 AM #175
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