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I'm up here in NE freezing with 2 inches of snow blanketing the boat and 5 months or so til next sailing season. Your sailing pictures help keep the memories of last season alive! Fair winds, Tom
I'm up here in NE freezing with 2 inches of snow blanketing the boat and 5 months or so til next sailing season. Your sailing pictures help keep the memories of last season alive! Fair winds, Tom
Cold
Tom I was watching the Seattle Pitts game last night and kind of felt bad about the nice weather we are having down here So you feel better, I will be in Boston on business next week for a few days....... Looking forward to going back to ""Legal Seafoods"" (Yum-Yum) Take care
Tom I was watching the Seattle Pitts game last night and kind of felt bad about the nice weather we are having down here So you feel better, I will be in Boston on business next week for a few days....... Looking forward to going back to ""Legal Seafoods"" (Yum-Yum) Take care
You Don't Look Depressed...
...in your pics. Sailing like that must have taken you out of your depression.
...in your pics. Sailing like that must have taken you out of your depression.
Feeling kind of ill again today
I am back in the office today and although is much cooler and overcast, it is blowing and I am starting to come down with the same malaise as I felt yesterday. Cough, cough..........
I am back in the office today and although is much cooler and overcast, it is blowing and I am starting to come down with the same malaise as I felt yesterday. Cough, cough..........
It must be spreading...
I'm feeling it too, I think it's seagull flu. There's only one cure...gotta go sailin' Peter H23 "Raven"
I'm feeling it too, I think it's seagull flu. There's only one cure...gotta go sailin' Peter H23 "Raven"
Great shots
Great shots. How did you get them? One comment, and everyone else please correct me if it is wrong. - Good boat style is to pull your fenders in while under sail. It just looks better. I could post a photo of my boat here in Wisconsin - under a nice tarp and 4 inches of snow. So I am envious. Good job Bill Leathen
Great shots. How did you get them? One comment, and everyone else please correct me if it is wrong. - Good boat style is to pull your fenders in while under sail. It just looks better. I could post a photo of my boat here in Wisconsin - under a nice tarp and 4 inches of snow. So I am envious. Good job Bill Leathen
Confession
Guess my fenders look the same underway. As I don't see them, guess I never gave it much thought. How about some suggestions? Pull them up and clip the bottom to the lifeline? Let them flop around on the coaming? Get some fancy holders (not doing that)? Untie and stow (not doing that either!)?
Guess my fenders look the same underway. As I don't see them, guess I never gave it much thought. How about some suggestions? Pull them up and clip the bottom to the lifeline? Let them flop around on the coaming? Get some fancy holders (not doing that)? Untie and stow (not doing that either!)?
boating etiquete ?(SP)
Bill is right on . Read most any book on sailing . Many state this is one sure sign of a novice . Now dont list all the good reasons for keeping the fenders on while under way , I dont make the rules , just confirming what I have read , Fair winds and light snow, Mike
Bill is right on . Read most any book on sailing . Many state this is one sure sign of a novice . Now dont list all the good reasons for keeping the fenders on while under way , I dont make the rules , just confirming what I have read , Fair winds and light snow, Mike
The most difficult thing about singlehanding...
is not having anyone to pull your fenders in. Our Legend 37 has negligible locker space, two tiny spaces big enough for a couple of 25' docklines, so my fenders live on the sidedecks. Fortunately the boat has super-wide decks, so they don't get in the way. When I singlehand, pretty much everything can be done from the cockpit (if you plan ahead) except the fenders. Wind and traffic permiting, I normally put the boat in neutral while still in the marina, and quickly run around. However sometimes that's not possible. I've considered attaching a couple of lightweight pennants to the end of the fender whips so I can quickly haul the fenders in, without having to go forward. Richard. s/v Soupy Twist II
is not having anyone to pull your fenders in. Our Legend 37 has negligible locker space, two tiny spaces big enough for a couple of 25' docklines, so my fenders live on the sidedecks. Fortunately the boat has super-wide decks, so they don't get in the way. When I singlehand, pretty much everything can be done from the cockpit (if you plan ahead) except the fenders. Wind and traffic permiting, I normally put the boat in neutral while still in the marina, and quickly run around. However sometimes that's not possible. I've considered attaching a couple of lightweight pennants to the end of the fender whips so I can quickly haul the fenders in, without having to go forward. Richard. s/v Soupy Twist II
Do it your way and do it safely
I mostly sail singlehanded and I've had to make my own guidelines. The fenders are picked up (because I don't want to loose another one) and with no speed on the boat, it's easy to pick them up - don't bother about the boat turning 360 - it won't go far
, and my landing ladder is always in place - as I tell my sailing friends - it's "integrated", that is: always ready (because I might need it without having to mount it and risk dropping it). And we have this flag "regulation" - to lower the flag at sunset and put it up when the sun rises. My rule is - when the captain is on board - or close to the boat, the flag is up. And I know that some people follow other rules - and I don't mind, as long as it's safe for all of us. So my main guideline is: enjoy sailing and do it safely. Toomas
I mostly sail singlehanded and I've had to make my own guidelines. The fenders are picked up (because I don't want to loose another one) and with no speed on the boat, it's easy to pick them up - don't bother about the boat turning 360 - it won't go far
, and my landing ladder is always in place - as I tell my sailing friends - it's "integrated", that is: always ready (because I might need it without having to mount it and risk dropping it). And we have this flag "regulation" - to lower the flag at sunset and put it up when the sun rises. My rule is - when the captain is on board - or close to the boat, the flag is up. And I know that some people follow other rules - and I don't mind, as long as it's safe for all of us. So my main guideline is: enjoy sailing and do it safely. ToomasToomas
Toomas, that is my backyard and if a fender or person falls they can probably swim or hold for the three jet skies that were riding behind us snapping pics. You keep your boat tight Polywog, this Shellback will take care of his....
Toomas, that is my backyard and if a fender or person falls they can probably swim or hold for the three jet skies that were riding behind us snapping pics. You keep your boat tight Polywog, this Shellback will take care of his....
Gilligan
Listen, I just read all of the replies and comments below. Wow, I though sailboaters were different. Yes, I am a novice and am getting like 3 to five hours of sailing evryweek. It only takes me 5 minutes to raise the sails and go from my backyard. I really did not like sailing, it looked kind of cute, but not for me. We have several power boats and there is enough horsepower on my lake to blow Nascar away. I leave my fenders hanging so that I can junp out and study with my kids and mind my own business. Today I sailed for 1.5 hours, in the rain and left both the main, jib and all the lines lying on the deck, secured so I can dry them tomorrow when it stops raining, if not I will underway in as long as it will take me to raise the haylards. Sailing is fun, I am realizing it now, and I do have a lot to learn, that is why I've come here. I enjoy sailing with the fenders hanging than shine my teak...
Listen, I just read all of the replies and comments below. Wow, I though sailboaters were different. Yes, I am a novice and am getting like 3 to five hours of sailing evryweek. It only takes me 5 minutes to raise the sails and go from my backyard. I really did not like sailing, it looked kind of cute, but not for me. We have several power boats and there is enough horsepower on my lake to blow Nascar away. I leave my fenders hanging so that I can junp out and study with my kids and mind my own business. Today I sailed for 1.5 hours, in the rain and left both the main, jib and all the lines lying on the deck, secured so I can dry them tomorrow when it stops raining, if not I will underway in as long as it will take me to raise the haylards. Sailing is fun, I am realizing it now, and I do have a lot to learn, that is why I've come here. I enjoy sailing with the fenders hanging than shine my teak...
Leave 'em hangin' ....or not
I never leave them... what other folks do, I could care less. Typically it will be a power boater rather than a sailor, but... SoupyT, I am able to stow (4) 10"X28" fenders, 2 on either side of my fuel tank in the stern lockers. They are easy access and nothing else needs to be back there.
I never leave them... what other folks do, I could care less. Typically it will be a power boater rather than a sailor, but... SoupyT, I am able to stow (4) 10"X28" fenders, 2 on either side of my fuel tank in the stern lockers. They are easy access and nothing else needs to be back there.
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