Race to the border
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Galveston/South Padre
I will have to say up front that I am not a racer, but this sounds like a fun run. If someone needs some crew I would consider volunteering. As I said, I have never raced, but I do have offshore experience, and even though I am an old fart, I can still get around a deck pretty good.
I will have to say up front that I am not a racer, but this sounds like a fun run. If someone needs some crew I would consider volunteering. As I said, I have never raced, but I do have offshore experience, and even though I am an old fart, I can still get around a deck pretty good.
Hey, Phil ....
How did your boat make out during your trip. Are you satisfied with her? It sounds like you had a little bit of an adventure on the Chesapeake. Where were you able to enjoy that bottle of wine? All the best! Scott
How did your boat make out during your trip. Are you satisfied with her? It sounds like you had a little bit of an adventure on the Chesapeake. Where were you able to enjoy that bottle of wine? All the best! Scott
Hey Scott
Scott, did enjoy the wine, and thank you a bunch. Drank if the night we got south of 30N,which also happens to coincide with the Fla. line. Had a wonderful trip back. From Sandy Hook to Cape May was pretty darn cold, and the Chesapeake could have been a little kinder. Blew out the jib, but at the time I knew I had too much sail on, but was having too much fun to take any off. We were about 10 degrees off dead down wind, the boat was surfing down the face of the waves and I was loving it. And a front caught us about half way across the Gulf and beat us up a little but other wise was a hell of a good trip. Kind of proud of myself as I only managed to run aground twice. Really love the boat. It is fairly fast for a non racer, a little tender but not bad, and ROOMY. It is really surprising how much more space there is than my 28. Hopefully next winter will see us in the Carribean, down around Belize somewhere. Plans were to have done it sooner, but Katrina changed a lot of plans.
Scott, did enjoy the wine, and thank you a bunch. Drank if the night we got south of 30N,which also happens to coincide with the Fla. line. Had a wonderful trip back. From Sandy Hook to Cape May was pretty darn cold, and the Chesapeake could have been a little kinder. Blew out the jib, but at the time I knew I had too much sail on, but was having too much fun to take any off. We were about 10 degrees off dead down wind, the boat was surfing down the face of the waves and I was loving it. And a front caught us about half way across the Gulf and beat us up a little but other wise was a hell of a good trip. Kind of proud of myself as I only managed to run aground twice. Really love the boat. It is fairly fast for a non racer, a little tender but not bad, and ROOMY. It is really surprising how much more space there is than my 28. Hopefully next winter will see us in the Carribean, down around Belize somewhere. Plans were to have done it sooner, but Katrina changed a lot of plans.
Franklin........
Do you have an exact date? And do you know anyone that needs a crew member if I'm avail that week? Tony B
Do you have an exact date? And do you know anyone that needs a crew member if I'm avail that week? Tony B
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