Best Day Sailing This Year
 

The season is almost over. I was out sailing for a while
today. It was 44 degrees out and I was thinking that my
days of sailing this year are just about over. Perhaps I'll
get three or four more cold days in. Then I started thinking
back about the best day I spent sailing this year. It was
easy to answer that one.

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What was you best day sailing this year?
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Here's my best day this year.
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This story has two parts.

Part I

Uncle Tommy, who hadn't been sailing in 50 years, and
I went sailing on September 24th. My Uncle Tom lives in
Las Vegas most of the time and had come back to attend
his high school reunion. Tom sailed Lightning when he was
a teenager. He also has decades of commercial fishing
experience and did very well sailing for someone who
hadn't sailed in years.

It was also a light air, sunny warm day, with a rising tide. It
could not have been more pleasant for a relaxing sail and an
hour before high tide was ideal for exploring places I would
never normally risk attempting.

What I enjoyed about it was the day was sailing deep into
Ram Bay. The height of tide was about 7.5 feet and we
sailed around two islands with houses on them, where the
water is normally very shallow--inches deep, and then I got
a little bolder and sailed around a third island, really just a
clump of grass with no name, which is exposed at low tide.

I'd sailed close to this area twice before--once at extreme low
tide, and once again at mid-tide. So I'd done my prep work
and we didn't hit bottom once. I took lots of pictures because
the perspective was so unusual. I think I may post them at
the club and ask people to ID the location. No one will
ever figure it out unless they study the charts.

A big cat boat was sailing in there also, and I'm sure his draft
was less than 2 feet with his board up and he was obviously
very nervous, standing on the bow. Our draft was 3'3" and
we had 5 feet or better under us the whole time. I knew he
could sail places we could not.

On the way back, because the tide was still up, we explored
another area I'd been unable to get into between Betts and
Chimon Islands. We tapped bottom once and now I know
exactly how to sail through that area. Each of these locations
were places I'd planned to explore. I probed each of them
at various heights of tide before attempting at high tide. So this
particular sail represented weeks worth of effort, and gave me
a lot of satisfaction. It was warm, relaxing, and fabulous sailing.

Part II

The only downside to the day was some know-it-all that
started sailing last year saw us coming in and gave me a
look of disgust, walked down the ramp, and started yelling
at my Uncle Tommy to put a fender out. I'd given Tom
specific direction to get the spring line on first. I told Tom
forget about the fender and get the spring. I didn't care a bit
about fenders as the docks are well cushioned. Poor Tom
was confused by conflicting direction, and went for the fender
instead of the spring line.

This know-it-all totally screwed up my perfect docking
procedure on my picture perfect day. Rather than throw
him in the harbor I decided to calm down a bit. Back at the
office I learned than this fellow was hell-bent to get his
Captains license, was a loud mouth, and had a real problem
keeping crew. He was so loud and annoying, no one ever
repeats sailing with him again.

I told the office staff that I planned to say something to him.
Phil and Monika both encouraged me to say something to
him and were thrilled by the idea. I'd heard his name mention
previously--never anything good. When I saw him approach
I asked Monika to casually introduce him to me, as if we
hadn't been talking about him.

I gave him a nice hand shake, and an "Oh by the way, don't
ever say anything to someone when they are docking, the
students need to learn to do this on their own, and there is
nothing so distracting as people yelling on the dock when
people are trying to dock."

I made the point without getting angry. Hopefully he will take
this advice to heart. It was more important to me to make the
point stick, than take immense satisfaction throwing him in the
harbor.

He went on to brag about how many days he'd sailed
this year. I turned to Monika and asked her how many
days sailing I had this year? "A lot," she said, "more than
anyone else." He started to look uncomfortable.

Then this know-it-all started bragging that he knew every
inch part of the Norwalk Islands. I said, "Oh really? I
was just sailing in Ram Bay. Have you sailed in Ram Bay?"
He told me he didn't know where Ram Bay was. I gave
him a "You've got to be kidding" look. The blank look on
his face was priceless. I'll admit I enjoyed that too!

So I had the satisfaction of taking this guy down a peg
several times, which he badly needed, in ways that will
hopefully be productive.

I find myself frightened by the idea of this guy getting his
Captain's license. He is dangerous to himself and others.
No one should have his Captains license after sailing for
only two years. I find it strange that someone would be
more interested in a piece of paper than increasing his
skills.

As much as I dislike this fellow, I need to sail with him
and give him some sort of lecture on the sort of
personality a Captain should have. I need to think about
the best way to present that a huge ego, a loud mouth,
and limited skill do not, a Captain make.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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What was you best day sailing this year?

Bite Me and Choke on an Urchin you damnable Scupper Slime!!!

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Wow... so many.. it's hard to choose. Maybe a couple of weeks ago, tacking
back an forth up Raccoon Straight, sitting on the low side, totally in touch
with the boat, wind, and water. About an hour of zen time. Or, maybe it was
years ago when I was in college. We launched the sunfish off Del Mar, then
ghosted off the coast, in and out of the kelp beds, trying to avoid the kelp
cutter that was harvesting the kelp, going with the flow, with the wind,
down to La Jolla, where we pulled her up on the beach, had a late lunch of
Chinese all-you-can eat, and hitchhiked back to Del Mar with the sunfish.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
The season is almost over. I was out sailing for a while
today. It was 44 degrees out and I was thinking that my
days of sailing this year are just about over. Perhaps I'll
get three or four more cold days in. Then I started thinking
back about the best day I spent sailing this year. It was
easy to answer that one.

**************************************
What was you best day sailing this year?
**************************************
Here's my best day this year.
**************************************
This story has two parts.

Part I

Uncle Tommy, who hadn't been sailing in 50 years, and
I went sailing on September 24th. My Uncle Tom lives in
Las Vegas most of the time and had come back to attend
his high school reunion. Tom sailed Lightning when he was
a teenager. He also has decades of commercial fishing
experience and did very well sailing for someone who
hadn't sailed in years.

It was also a light air, sunny warm day, with a rising tide. It
could not have been more pleasant for a relaxing sail and an
hour before high tide was ideal for exploring places I would
never normally risk attempting.

What I enjoyed about it was the day was sailing deep into
Ram Bay. The height of tide was about 7.5 feet and we
sailed around two islands with houses on them, where the
water is normally very shallow--inches deep, and then I got
a little bolder and sailed around a third island, really just a
clump of grass with no name, which is exposed at low tide.

I'd sailed close to this area twice before--once at extreme low
tide, and once again at mid-tide. So I'd done my prep work
and we didn't hit bottom once. I took lots of pictures because
the perspective was so unusual. I think I may post them at
the club and ask people to ID the location. No one will
ever figure it out unless they study the charts.

A big cat boat was sailing in there also, and I'm sure his draft
was less than 2 feet with his board up and he was obviously
very nervous, standing on the bow. Our draft was 3'3" and
we had 5 feet or better under us the whole time. I knew he
could sail places we could not.

On the way back, because the tide was still up, we explored
another area I'd been unable to get into between Betts and
Chimon Islands. We tapped bottom once and now I know
exactly how to sail through that area. Each of these locations
were places I'd planned to explore. I probed each of them
at various heights of tide before attempting at high tide. So this
particular sail represented weeks worth of effort, and gave me
a lot of satisfaction. It was warm, relaxing, and fabulous sailing.

Part II

The only downside to the day was some know-it-all that
started sailing last year saw us coming in and gave me a
look of disgust, walked down the ramp, and started yelling
at my Uncle Tommy to put a fender out. I'd given Tom
specific direction to get the spring line on first. I told Tom
forget about the fender and get the spring. I didn't care a bit
about fenders as the docks are well cushioned. Poor Tom
was confused by conflicting direction, and went for the fender
instead of the spring line.

This know-it-all totally screwed up my perfect docking
procedure on my picture perfect day. Rather than throw
him in the harbor I decided to calm down a bit. Back at the
office I learned than this fellow was hell-bent to get his
Captains license, was a loud mouth, and had a real problem
keeping crew. He was so loud and annoying, no one ever
repeats sailing with him again.

I told the office staff that I planned to say something to him.
Phil and Monika both encouraged me to say something to
him and were thrilled by the idea. I'd heard his name mention
previously--never anything good. When I saw him approach
I asked Monika to casually introduce him to me, as if we
hadn't been talking about him.

I gave him a nice hand shake, and an "Oh by the way, don't
ever say anything to someone when they are docking, the
students need to learn to do this on their own, and there is
nothing so distracting as people yelling on the dock when
people are trying to dock."

I made the point without getting angry. Hopefully he will take
this advice to heart. It was more important to me to make the
point stick, than take immense satisfaction throwing him in the
harbor.

He went on to brag about how many days he'd sailed
this year. I turned to Monika and asked her how many
days sailing I had this year? "A lot," she said, "more than
anyone else." He started to look uncomfortable.

Then this know-it-all started bragging that he knew every
inch part of the Norwalk Islands. I said, "Oh really? I
was just sailing in Ram Bay. Have you sailed in Ram Bay?"
He told me he didn't know where Ram Bay was. I gave
him a "You've got to be kidding" look. The blank look on
his face was priceless. I'll admit I enjoyed that too!

So I had the satisfaction of taking this guy down a peg
several times, which he badly needed, in ways that will
hopefully be productive.

I find myself frightened by the idea of this guy getting his
Captain's license. He is dangerous to himself and others.
No one should have his Captains license after sailing for
only two years. I find it strange that someone would be
more interested in a piece of paper than increasing his
skills.

As much as I dislike this fellow, I need to sail with him
and give him some sort of lecture on the sort of
personality a Captain should have. I need to think about
the best way to present that a huge ego, a loud mouth,
and limited skill do not, a Captain make.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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What was you best day sailing this year?

Bite Me and Choke on an Urchin you damnable Scupper
Slime!!!

Scupper only gets slime after he eats a Greenie!

Seahag

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Seahag" wrote in message
...

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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What was you best day sailing this year?

Bite Me and Choke on an Urchin you damnable Scupper Slime!!!

Scupper only gets slime after he eats a Greenie!

No offence to little Scupper meant! :-)

I haven't even been on a sailboat this year [in the water].... so Bart's
"What was the best day sailing this year" question...... caused me to lose
my normally calm, rational, lucid, entertaining, articulate, well reasoned
and witty reply capabilities. :-)

I got a new puppy.. Staffordshire Bull Terrier, brindle female... great
little pup!

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Ganz, read the Subject line, then smack yourself on the forehead.

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote...
Or, maybe it was
years ago when I was in college. We launched the sunfish off
Del Mar, then

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

mmmmm, think I'll go sailing this w/e.

Scotty


"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:cdg8f.60427$S4.50026@edtnps84...

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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What was you best day sailing this year?

Bite Me and Choke on an Urchin you damnable Scupper Slime!!!

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

I hate you.... both!

CM

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
mmmmm, think I'll go sailing this w/e.

Scotty


"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:cdg8f.60427$S4.50026@edtnps84...

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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What was you best day sailing this year?

Bite Me and Choke on an Urchin you damnable Scupper Slime!!!

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Post a pic!


"Capt.Mooron" wrote

I got a new puppy.. Staffordshire Bull Terrier, brindle
female... great
little pup!

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

I'll get some to webshots soon... I can't post attachments here, my ISP
filter won't allow it.

A cute puppy is a real Babe Magnet!!! Better than a sailboat even! :-)

CM



"Scotty" wrote in message
...
Post a pic!


"Capt.Mooron" wrote

I got a new puppy.. Staffordshire Bull Terrier, brindle
female... great
little pup!

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Yes, a puppy will attract the females--to the
dog. Then when your unsavory personality is
revealed, you must notice the blank look, the
sudden comprehension of your nefarious intent,
and the speed at which they run away!

"Capt.Mooron" wrote

A cute puppy is a real Babe Magnet!!! Better than a sailboat even! :-)

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

And, I posted about this year as well as another. Do you have problems
reading?

Suggestion: try taking your GED again.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
Ganz, read the Subject line, then smack yourself on the forehead.

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote...
Or, maybe it was
years ago when I was in college. We launched the sunfish off
Del Mar, then

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Well now Bart... if you were blessed with "Charisma" and the attention span
required to engage the shallow & superficial.... like I am..... the girls
would kneel at your feet and listen intently while fondling your puppy...
like they do for me.

CM

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Yes, a puppy will attract the females--to the
dog. Then when your unsavory personality is
revealed, you must notice the blank look, the
sudden comprehension of your nefarious intent,
and the speed at which they run away!

"Capt.Mooron" wrote

A cute puppy is a real Babe Magnet!!! Better than a sailboat even! :-)

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
The season is almost over. I was out sailing for a while
today. It was 44 degrees out and I was thinking that my
days of sailing this year are just about over. Perhaps I'll
get three or four more cold days in. Then I started thinking
back about the best day I spent sailing this year. It was
easy to answer that one.

**************************************
What was you best day sailing this year?
**************************************

Leaving Antigua, sailing very close by Saba at night. Second best, last day
of Bay Week, beating "Thing", they were sooooo ****ed, only had five on our
motley crew, they had eight.

John Cairns

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Maybe you are right. Now that I think about
it, I stand corrected. There are plenty of
shallow ignorant women out there. I'm sure
you could find one.

On the other hand, if you want a classy, intelligent
woman, a puppy won't help you, unless you ply
such women with lots of liquor until their mental
faculties are foggy and amenable.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
Well now Bart... if you were blessed with "Charisma" and the attention
span
required to engage the shallow & superficial.... like I am..... the girls
would kneel at your feet and listen intently while fondling your puppy...
like they do for me.

CM

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Yes, a puppy will attract the females--to the
dog. Then when your unsavory personality is
revealed, you must notice the blank look, the
sudden comprehension of your nefarious intent,
and the speed at which they run away!

"Capt.Mooron" wrote

A cute puppy is a real Babe Magnet!!! Better than a sailboat even! :-)

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Good one John! I take satisfaction beating someone
in a race. Particularly if they are snobby, obnoxious,
or rude types.


"John Cairns" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote
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What was you best day sailing this year?
**************************************

Leaving Antigua, sailing very close by Saba at night. Second best, last
day
of Bay Week, beating "Thing", they were sooooo ****ed, only had five on
our
motley crew, they had eight.

John Cairns

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

"Seahag" wrote:

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
**************************************
What was you best day sailing this year?

Bite Me and Choke on an Urchin you damnable Scupper
Slime!!!

Scupper only gets slime after he eats a Greenie!

No offence to little Scupper meant! :-)

None taken, it's apt;^)

I haven't even been on a sailboat this year [in the
water].... so Bart's "What was the best day sailing this
year" question...... caused me to lose my normally calm,
rational, lucid, entertaining, articulate, well reasoned
and witty reply capabilities. :-)

I haven't been sailing this year either. Been on lotsa
boats...waxed a bunch too, come to think about it!


I got a new puppy.. Staffordshire Bull Terrier, brindle
female... great little pup!

Bet yer doggie looks as cute as that little birdie!

Seahag

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Seahag" wrote in message
I haven't been sailing this year either. Been on lotsa boats...waxed a
bunch too, come to think about it!

I only moved mine..... Nuff Said!


Bet yer doggie looks as cute as that little birdie!

Yeah... good character, loves to meet new people and has lots of
neighbourhood dogs as buddies. Loves the water... been swimming already.

......and just for Bob..... she's Stud Kennel's Pick of the Litter and is
worth more than his entire boat! :-)

I sent a photo of me with my pet Royal Palm Turkey on my arm like a hawk, to
a buddy and told him I was getting into falconry.... but the friggin' bird
would only jump to the ground and peck seeds!! :-)

CM

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

"Seahag" wrote in message

Bet yer doggie looks as cute as that little birdie!

Yeah... good character, loves to meet new people and has
lots of neighbourhood dogs as buddies. Loves the water...
been swimming already.

.....and just for Bob..... she's Stud Kennel's Pick of
the Litter and is worth more than his entire boat! :-)

Yeah well, Scupper was only $400 which I figure is worth
more than anyone's imaginary boat.
Are you planning on becoming a dog breeder?

I sent a photo of me with my pet Royal Palm Turkey on my
arm like a hawk, to a buddy and told him I was getting
into falconry.... but the friggin' bird would only jump to
the ground and peck seeds!! :-)

Ah, the mighty Seed Falcon!

Seahag

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Was yesterday.

Scotty

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Was yesterday.

That's correct! Had a blast. Friday is looking good too as far as
temp. goes.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Were you out on Saturday? Man was it blowing! Where were you
Monday? I sailed from Rock Hall to Middle River.

Scotty

"rgnmstr" wrote in message
oups.com...
Was yesterday.

That's correct! Had a blast. Friday is looking good too as
far as
temp. goes.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Where were you
Monday? I sailed from Rock Hall to Middle River.

Out of the mouth of the Patapisco into the bay then up towards Hart
Miller. There were a lot of sailboats out for a Monday. I was doing 6
1/2 all afternoon with a #4.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

I probably saw you , but from a distance. My knot log stopped
working this w/e.

SBv



"rgnmstr" wrote in message
oups.com...
Where were you
Monday? I sailed from Rock Hall to Middle River.

Out of the mouth of the Patapisco into the bay then up towards
Hart
Miller. There were a lot of sailboats out for a Monday. I was
doing 6
1/2 all afternoon with a #4.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

I probably saw you , but from a distance. My knot log stopped
working this w/e.

I was thinking the same thing. You should shoot me an e-mail when your
planning on sailing in that area. As far as the knot log goes I have
to clean my impeller at least every 2 weeks to keep the fuzz off. Let
it go much longer than that and it stops. During racing season I only
have the impeller in the hull on Wednesdays.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Nah, last year I had some growth problems on the impeller, but
this year it's been clean.

Turned on the gauges , as usual they read 00.0, then after
clearing the dock I looked and it was reading 66.6 (Halloween?),
then 88.8, and sometimes 44.4. Also the depth switched back and
forth from 2.7 to 2.8 all day.

Any ideas?

Scotty




"rgnmstr" wrote in message
oups.com...
I probably saw you , but from a distance. My knot log
stopped
working this w/e.

I was thinking the same thing. You should shoot me an e-mail
when your
planning on sailing in that area. As far as the knot log goes
I have
to clean my impeller at least every 2 weeks to keep the fuzz
off. Let
it go much longer than that and it stops. During racing season
I only
have the impeller in the hull on Wednesdays.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Have you been under the boat this summer? I can't imagine that your
impeller would not get all fuzzed up during an entire summer. You
could also have a pile of crap over your depth transducer.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

Yes, I cleaned it a few times. Too damn cold to go in the water
now.


"rgnmstr" wrote in message
oups.com...
Have you been under the boat this summer? I can't imagine that
your
impeller would not get all fuzzed up during an entire summer.
You
could also have a pile of crap over your depth transducer.

Best Day Sailing This Year
 

I'd check all plugs and connections and if in doubt spray them with
tuner cleaner. I read one time that marine electronics are the number
one complaint item of boaters. Most of the stuff is just expensive
crap. To make matters worse the manufactures charge an arm and a leg
for parts and service.