The Glade 4.0

I have been fixing up a Catalina 380 to sail. It looks roughly like this:



I have gone on a couple short shakedown sails, and things are coming together. Sailing a boat of this size is a two person activity. My son sometimes can pay attention enough to help, but often not. So, I am setting up people to come with me.

There are few women who sail, but I have one whom I will join her on her boat for a sail soon. The rest are guys from the marina, or the local sailing association. Most are married guys whose wives don't care to sail. This should work well. There are a several currently single guys who fit in two basic groups: divorced, focused sailors and the old salt-drinkers. The focused guys seem to want to get every inch of efficiency out of the boat. Amusingly, my ex could be on this list as he belongs to the sailing association. I am wary of inviting one of the old salt drinkers, although I have heard that most are quite good at sailing.

Captain Kim told me that I am joining a small group of women who sail because of their own choice.

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Neat stuff Squirrel Girl.

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I would love to sail. But I am landlocked.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Numbuk, sigh

BS

You're out near Provo yes? Sailing is popular on Utah Lake, and even more popular on the Great Salt Lake.

If you want to, it is available to you. Go, give it a try, but be sure to wear your life vest because ogre's don't float real well.

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I'm envious. The most I've done has been very small boats, Sunfish and the like. I'd love to get a chance to learn on some more complex stuff.

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Kaffis,

This is something I have always wanted to do. Planned for a long time, and lived very modestly to save to get here.

There is something "right" when I sail.

*shrug*

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I plan on purchasing an m-scow when I get the chance.

Probably right, Micheal. I guess I would just prefer to sail on the ocean. I would feel like I was in a bathtub compared to a swimming pool, when on a lake. I haven't heard of many people sailing on the salt lake though. It's pretty smelly and full of dead brine shrimp.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Did somebody say free seafood buffet?

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SG, while you are out there can you pick up my piano for me?
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/24/2 ... nk=addthis

I dropped it

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That reminds me of my parents old boat, although a bit bigger. They had a 25' Morgan, best of my recollection. Still a 2 person boat, but it was quite cute.

The Catalina is gorgeous, though. The Gulf off of Texas is really beautiful for sailing, too.

When they first got married, they both quit their jobs and took 3 months sailing around the gulf.

I know my mom misses it- we sold it quite a few years back. And with my dad passed away, she doesn't really have anyone to sail with anymore, either- mostly moved on to smaller boats- ocean kayaks, etc.

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NephyrS,

Stopping because of not having someone to sail with usually happens. I am just stubborn. :-p Tell your mom to check out local sailing associations. Many of them have people like me who have a boat and not enough hands to sail her.

Hopwin,

This is for you:

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Add some martinis and you could have the worlds smallest piano bar.

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Most of these, especially the older, will probably make excellent sailing partners. Steer clear of the 30s and 40s and go for the older folks that have been married a long time.

My father falls into this camp. My mother would like nothing better than for him to go out sailing whenever he can. He's perpetually shopping for a boat, has fixed up several, and finally latched on to one he loved before it was destroyed by a hurricane.

One of his most vocal regrets is that he didn't do more sailing when he had a crew. Now his crew is all grown up with lives and responsibilities of their own.

He would fall into the salt drinker category, as he's an old submarine officer.

If you're interested in becoming a better sailer, go out with a few of the old duffers that have been sailing a long time. You'll learn a lot. Once you're the local expert, or as close as you want to be, find the near-retired married men.

Sounds like a good plan.

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That sandbar was not there yesterday!

Alternatively, if you are willing to sign my sugar-momma contract I'd be willing to relocate and be your cabin-boy

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Very cool stuff! I've always wanted to try sailing, although I don't know if I'd ever be into it enough to buy a large boat of my own. I do one day plan to own a nice motorboat though

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"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

This is what I am doing to this suggestion:

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On the bright side Hopwin, she just did that to your suggestion. Hopefully you were out of blast range.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

But what fun could we have on the open seas?

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Hopwin:

Squirrel Girl has requested the help of Dr. Doom in disposing of your body. She has also requested that I deliver you alive, such that she might murder you herself. Given your behavior in this thread, I'm fairly certain the fact that she's an arch-enemy of mine does little to dissuade me from complying with her request. Yes, those are Doombots following you ...

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now, now, lets try to remember that when all you have is a Hammer......

I will remind you that I showed both a hammer and a nuke in just this one thread.

To paraphrase a novel I once read, "Never make a healer angry. They know how to put you together, so they also know how to take you apart."

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Memento Vivere

I have local knowledge.
That sandbar was not there yesterday!

Doombots are the most noticeable of the weapons in the evil Doctor's armory, and they are the ones he publicizes the most. However, they aren't the only tool in his shed, or even the most powerful. He may also choose to comply with SG's request in exchange for a period of truce between them.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones