Winter Sailing II

Gene S · Jan 23, 2018

Will Gilmore said:
There is no shortage of images for sailboats overcome by winter, that's for sure

This one actually didn't sink but it sure looks buried.
Here's a BoatUS article about why sailors return to the dock in the Spring to find their boats on the bottom. http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2012/april/why-boats-sink-in-the-spring.asp

Yeah for the trailersailer

- Will (Dragonfly)

I read an article about him or others. They get themselves frozen in on purpose. Go figure.

jssailem · Jan 23, 2018

Gene S said:
They get themselves frozen in on purpose.

Why is that Gene?

Jackdaw · Jan 23, 2018

jssailem said:
Why is that Gene?

We've got a guy at our club who fancies himself as Shackleton incarnate. He runs our fall/winter 'Shackleton cup series', and even named his tiny Oday 'Endurance'. If it were a bit bigger I bet he would freeze himself on the lake for the winter.

Gene S · Jan 23, 2018

jssailem said:
Why is that Gene?

I have no idea. He or they sail to some bay, get frozen in and wait for the spring thaw. I wouldn't have believed it unless I read it.

jssailem · Jan 23, 2018

While I believe in the year round sailing idea, getting frozen in make no sense.

Allowishish · Jan 23, 2018

i would assume the ice/snow weighted the boat down below the scupper drains... just gets worse from there.

Jackdaw · Jan 25, 2018

Jackdaw said:
Indeed. Those same winds (the scirocco) carry red African sand well into the middle of Med. One February day we got absolutely covered with it in Crete.

Thought I had a picture of it... Walking up to the boat from shore-side, the deck looked totally red.

Jackdaw · Jan 28, 2018

Yesterday on Canyon Lake broke still, foggy and rainy.

But by noon the wind picked up the rain stopped, and the fog blew off. And we had an amazing race, 12 kn all the way down the lake in 17 knots of breeze. No pictures of that. Everyone was pretty busy

BudGates · Feb 1, 2018

After 26 years of being land locked in California's Mojave Desert I'm not going to complain about the Minnesota lakes freezing over for a few months out of the year. I'm just glad that Miss Behavin' is safely out of the weather. (Painting will have to wait for spring.)

Besides, it's not as if I can't still go fishing.

(I built the ice house from wood left over from the garage.)

Will Gilmore · Feb 1, 2018

Delicious! (Where's the lip smacking emogi?)

- Will (Dragonfly)

shemandr · Feb 1, 2018

I guess your seafood is flash frozen?