End of the Season

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Bad Obsession

Bad Obsession

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May 23, 2004
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I'm in the market as were . Colonial Beach
Just hauled by boat this past Monday. It is a depressing feeling knowing that winter is coming and the season is now definately over. On the long drive home I began to think about the past season and what I have discovered. This season was a descent season (other than some poor weather in the middle of it). This past September was the best sailing, in my area, that I have experienced in September. I put a lot of miles behind my stern, met some really nice folks, saw some beautiful sights, listened to some awesome music, and watched a lot of stress drowned in my wake. My focus then changed to changes that I have made to my boat and improvements that need to be made (new mainsail cover, hank on genoa cover, etc.). What do you think about when you come to the end of your cruising season? Do you focus on the upcoming season or do you think about the past season and of the places that you have been?
 
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David W

Hmm I think about all the projects

I want to do before next year... and remember all of the great times we had this summer
 
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Mike Maculley

End of season???

Whaddaya mean end of season...this is the time to grow a beard and do some REAL sailing. The wind is starting to pick up, so put on the fleece and foulies and go to it!!! Mike Maculley S/V Anam Cara
 
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Roger1250

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May 12, 2004
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older boats=fixit season

As the owner of an older boat (1974) the fall haulout is the beginning of the fixit season. For me this fall meant dropping the centerboard to repair that chipped fg on the leading edge, (almost done) take the sail cover home to have it replaced,(I'll sew a new one up in January) take rudder home to eventually revarnish the tiller, (maybe before Christmas, but likely in February), look at my list of things I have to get for the spring commissioning, (March) and then its time to put the boat in again (April).
 
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Rich

Grabbing those last few warm days

Here in the Long Island Sound latitude most slip and mooring contracts end in October and then haulout starts. We have about a month of weather warm enough to still do some paint and epoxy work on top of winterizing, so I scramble to get in as much of that as possible, then bring home anything that can be done in the basement during the hard freeze months (like varnishing hatch covers). It's hard to keep up with maintenance if you only get a month of weekends in Fall and another month of weekends in Spring before launch...
 
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tom

Never ending season

Here at PC the sailing probably is better in winter than summer. But even farther up north in east TN some winters we sailed all year. Tom
 
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stevelrose

80's and sunny this weekend in SC

Not much wind, though. 5-10.
 
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Bob W.

REF: Tennesse Sailing

Question for Tom--Panama City. You mention sailing in East TN. Would that be on the TN River around Watts Bar Dam? Is the river wide enough to get in good runs? I'm thinking about moving into that area and having a C22 for my entertainment. Thanks.(Sorry to use your block Bad Obsession for these questions. Tip my hat to U.)
 
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Tom

Upper East Tennessee Bob W.

We lived up in upper east tennessee. I have never beeen on Watts Bar. By far Cherokee is my favorite sailing lake in ET. We liked Holston because of it's clarity. In the fall there was sometimes 30-40' visability while scuba diving. We had the boat on Cherokee Lake just east of Knoxville. No lock for TN river access. Cherokee is a great lake. Several little islands in the middle and a lot of coves. About 12 miles from a bridge to the dam. Douglas is another good lake. We had the boat there one year. It was realy cool sailing and seeing snow on the mountains. South Holston lake is a small lake that extends into virginia. A very clean lake but just a few miles are sailable between a bridge and the dam. But in the winter we often saw loons and bald eagles. Watauga is another clean mountain lake close to NC. It has two pools separated by a narrow section. We had a trailerable sail boat and moved it around between all four of these lakes. We stayed about 3 years at Cherokee one each at Watauga and Douglas and a couple years at S.Holston. That is the beauty of a trailerable boat. Tom
 
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