distractions

[adla]

after considerable work on what is turning out to be a shoddy paper - i have decided that i would much rather be on my boat

yep....

a.

[Dave R1]

Don't blame you a bit.

[Guest Oyster]

Great shots and motivation to deal with bad days and surroundings, Yes, when all else fails, and you are in need of a way to clear your mind, go boating or fishing, as I am going to do today. Later

[adla]

i just updated my fishing license - had to get a trout stamp and arizona stamp for lake Mead....i am ready to go back out and get on the water! unfortunately i have too much school work at the moment - but it won't last!

there is a new waterproof camera in the house so videos and pics are on the agenda!

HEY oYSTer WhAddYA katch? whatsit matter really - at least you went fishing!

a.

[capt jake]

Looks like fun. We are planning on going out for the first venture of the season on Monday! I hope the weather holds. :roll:

[Joe(Cold Spring onHudson)]

Been getting a little flack from SWMBO for spending too much time sailing Tidbit and not enough time working on my honey do list.

Thursday I did a 7 hr sail. Note: sometimes a Thursday in my business is like most peoples Sunday. My work is busy on Sat and Sundays.

Also note the big grin. I needed to go out I had a lot of stressful things going on and that was just the tonic I needed. So I know exactly how you felt Adla.

Yesterday we went out with a WBF member Larry P and had a wonderful sail before the rains came today

Today it is raining cats and dogs so I think after work I will do some of those honey do list , and take my daughter to the movies after work to give SWIMBO a rest, for the next sunny breezy day

[Barry Pyeatt]

There probably isn't a day pass without the desire to be on the water with a mainsheet in my hand and laying back just enjoying the open air. It never ends, for me anyway. I do understand the intensity of it all. It started when I was nine years old and has never abated at all. Trips to other areas are almost always tied in with a stint on the H2O or more. Often meetings are scheduled so that I can take advantage of sailing time in a particular local.

I go to sleep at night with nautical dreams and thoughts interspersed with other more worldly images. :roll:

Been fortunate that in my travels I've been able to sail in places most people would only dream about and some of them have been pretty exotic with their tropical isles and camping on the beaches. Nothing compares. I live to spend time enjoying time on the water. Building comes closely after that. It takes all the stress away and allows me to be totally at ease. Ain't nothing more wonderful than Messing About in boats.

Unless it is spending time with a close friend...

Messing About in boats.

[adla]

Joe -

you can keep postin' pictures of tidbit....it helps - it really helps

i am crazy about that catboat.

i am seriously considering taking the Morgaine to the lake tomorrow --- shshshshshshsh (just for a few hours)

a.

[adla]

i yam i yam! going sailing tomorrow!!! i found a friend who has some time.... spent the day working out some kinks----battery is charging!!! Wind indicator is installed......going sailing!!!!

a.

and i have a new water proof camera!

[Charlie Jones]

Tehani got out of her slip today too:) FINALLY. Due to life's complications, that's the first time she's (or us) been out since last Sept!!! Can you believe that, and she's sitting in a slip ready to go.

We recently installed a new inclinometer aboard and Laura found today that Tehani will bury her rail at just UNDER 40 degrees of heel. Should have heard her whooping at that. She was sailing the boat when that was going on.

Then I tucked in a reef.

We came back home to the marina on a really broad reach flying only a reefed main and logging 5.4 knots. Ain't it great??

[Pipefitter]

You people keep putting all these posts on here about these wonderful boats. I recently got a short ride in Oyster's beauty and it was just enough to let me know I would like it. He almost has me talked into building a sharpie for these shallow FL waters. There is usually always a breeze in Tampa Bay except in maybe Aug or Sept when it is too hot to be out anyways.

I still don't know how y'all stand the confinements of winter and cabin fever would kill me. If we were meant to live in that,we would have ben born with fur.

I do feel the vibe of all you yanks finally getting out from your hibernative dens with new spring about. I have been planning to move north and keep my home here as well so that when it gets to me ,I can come home for a dry out and fishing excursions. Also,it is known that if I am to move,that I have a workshop to while away the winter days not stuck inside the house.

[Charlie Jones]

Hey- We aren't ALL Yanks- I'm only 1/2 degree north of you over here on the other side of the gulf

We're at 28.5 N and Tampa is at 28 N - 'Taint far.

And that pic I posted was taken on July 3rd in Matagorda Bay. We don't lose the wind during the hot months. Almost every day during summer- 12 to 15 SE and an empty bay.

[Pipefitter]

I hear ya. Figured that might wake someone up. It is breezy here alot too in summer. That Gulf breeze that after getting over land,finally hits Tampa Bay nearer to the middle. I guess I am going to have to make myself part of one of those sailboat pics but thats like a whole other hobby in itself. Then I would have to get someone to teach me to sail the damned thing or figure it out near the flats where I can stand up when it flips over on me. I guess it better to look like a fool dumping a sailboat than a jet ski. Atleast lookers on could atleast be amazed of the recovery.

[Guest Oyster]

I guess it better to look like a fool dumping a sailboat than a jet ski

The magic word is FOOL. A wise man plans and sails accordingly to the existing conditions. I also have an advantage with my choker chain within arms reach. Unless you are sailing a sunfish, which was designed to flip over, a prudent mariner carries with him or her a sense of intelligence and conservativism when the lines are tossed off the dock. Photos to follow of my distractions.

[Pipefitter]

I doubt I would dump anything.I pretty much have figured out everything I have ever ridden,driven or flown in without injury to myself or others much less my pride.I'm not the hang 10 type and pretty much express moderation in anything I do or have done until I become familiar with it. The visual was funny though. You wont see my mug on Americas funniest home videos anytime soon. I'm the guy that appreciates the lower speed sweet spot of a running engine and not for all it's got. Especially since I am the one repairing it if it breaks.

[adla]

dumping the boat is not my idea of fun - i tried to get a little relief and sail a bit today - i had two newbies out and it was super windy in the morning so - we didn't sail until the wind died down - mostly because i didn't want to flip the boat over - people that aren't used to sail boats are prone to sudden movements...i am way to conservative to risk a bad day - plus, i wanted my friends to go out on the lake with me again later this year and i have read too many stories about bad first outings ruinng a sailing experience for a new person....we motored around until the wind died:

and now i have two friends that will go out on the water again - nice conservative sail day

it was a very nice day - followed by a 2 hour nap 8)

a.

[adla]

i did do a little sailing around the powerboat area just before we left....

and one from earlier in the day -

[Pipefitter]

That boat sure is pretty along with the great pictures. I like the top view picture the most. I bet you get quite a charge out of getting so much use out of something you built. Very nice job as the boat just gets prettier with seeing it more. Keep the pictures coming.

[umop_apisdn]

I totally sympathize with Adla on being a timid sailor. I know I am overly cautious when sailing, although I get a little more adventurous every time I go out.

Part of it is that I didn't build the boat, and have fixed a number of things that were built incorrectly. So it has taken me a year or so to get some confidence in the craft itself. At first I always wondering "Ok, what is going to break THIS time out??"

Part if it is this is the first "real" sailboat I have sailed that actually could lay over. Prior to this I sailed a grossly underpowered, flat bottomed, very beamy dingy. It didn't heel over, at all, ever.

I watched some guy turtle a C-Lark a few years back. He was sailing it rail-to-the-water, and a puff came up, and over it went. None of his stuff was stowed, so all his gear was either floating around him (including his life vest) or went to the bottom of the lake. He didn't have a float on the top of his mast, so once he went over, the boat just kept rolling until it was upside down (I don't think a Weekender will do that, will it?) Then, to add insult to injury, he didn't tie down the centerboard, so as soon as the boat was upside down, THUNK! the centerboard disappeared into the trunk, and we had nothing to grab onto.

He had to dive under the boat, step the mast, and we towed it to shallow water were we could stand on something to right it. Towing an upside down boat with it's sails still out, using only oars and a 28lb trolling motor is quite a workout. :-D

Noel.

[Joe(Cold Spring onHudson)]

OK adla, I think we have dueling distractions. I have been out almost every day this week But man Im green witgh envy over your sailing photos.

From Yesterday

Crew girls from West Point

Office Attire

Passing Bannerman at 7 kt

Today

Observed At: Newburgh, New York

Elevation: 489 ft / 149 m

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