My boat was craned back in today. Light winds and warm sunshine here in
Norway. All my friends in Uk think we live in ice and snow for most of the
year.
Tomorrow- big cleanup of land dirt, then the sails go back on and we shall
be sailing in Oslo fjord this weekend.
Lots of boats still ashore with the winter covers still on. We are the first
sailboat to get afloat.
No power boats charging around yet so the next couple of months will be fine
for sailing.

"Edgar" wrote in message
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My boat was craned back in today. Light winds and warm sunshine here
in Norway. All my friends in Uk think we live in ice and snow for most
of the year.
Tomorrow- big cleanup of land dirt, then the sails go back on and we
shall be sailing in Oslo fjord this weekend.
Lots of boats still ashore with the winter covers still on. We are the
first sailboat to get afloat.
No power boats charging around yet so the next couple of months will
be fine for sailing.


I really do feel sorry for all you ice-bound blokes. Sad that you have
to store your babies for long periods of time like that. Makes me wonder
about the intelligence of anybody who claims to love sailing but refuses
to move to milder climes where he can sail the whole year round. Hell,
there's no excuse to stay where it's winter half the year. Load the boat
up and head south. Life's too short to spend half of it huddled inside a
stinking land dwelling breathing stale air and probably high doses of
radon gas. Get serious. Leave that latitude behind before it kills you.

Wilbur Hubbard

With global warming everyone will be able to sail year round. Especially
those many miles inland. Ask Al Gore.

Lloyd

Edgar wrote:
My boat was craned back in today. Light winds and warm sunshine here in
Norway. All my friends in Uk think we live in ice and snow for most of the
year.
Tomorrow- big cleanup of land dirt, then the sails go back on and we shall
be sailing in Oslo fjord this weekend.
Lots of boats still ashore with the winter covers still on. We are the first
sailboat to get afloat.
No power boats charging around yet so the next couple of months will be fine
for sailing.


That's great, Edgar....we've had some beautiful sailing whether in NC
the past month (in between the cold spells)...wish the weather was a bit
more consistent but heck, at least we get to sail in wintertime...

"Edgar" wrote:
My boat was craned back in today. Light winds and warm sunshine here in
Norway. All my friends in Uk think we live in ice and snow for most of the
year.

Hey, if it's less than 182 1/2 days, it's not "most of" the year.


Tomorrow- big cleanup of land dirt, then the sails go back on and we shall
be sailing in Oslo fjord this weekend.
Lots of boats still ashore with the winter covers still on. We are the first
sailboat to get afloat.

Congrats. Did you have to bribe the boatyard?

No power boats charging around yet so the next couple of months will be fine
for sailing.

This sounds like it could be the opening of another guns-on-boats
thread.

Anyway I hope you have a lot of nice sailing. We have done some, had a
great regatta this past weekend. The mosquitos are already out though!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

wrote:
"Edgar" wrote:

My boat was craned back in today. Light winds and warm sunshine here in
Norway. All my friends in Uk think we live in ice and snow for most of the
year.


Hey, if it's less than 182 1/2 days, it's not "most of" the year.



Tomorrow- big cleanup of land dirt, then the sails go back on and we shall
be sailing in Oslo fjord this weekend.
Lots of boats still ashore with the winter covers still on. We are the first
sailboat to get afloat.


Congrats. Did you have to bribe the boatyard?


No power boats charging around yet so the next couple of months will be fine
for sailing.


This sounds like it could be the opening of another guns-on-boats
thread.

Anyway I hope you have a lot of nice sailing. We have done some, had a
great regatta this past weekend. The mosquitos are already out though!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Doug keeps saying that...I think they all just like to bite him...but
then, he's closer to the woods than we are...

On Mar 29, 3:01 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
My boat was craned back in today.

Don't you have travel-lifts over there?

Light winds and warm sunshine here in
Norway. All my friends in Uk think we live in ice and snow for most of the
year.

You do. You just have to maintain this constant barrage of propaganda
to the contrary. We understand. It's like the people in Seattle saying
"Y'know, it doesn't rain here all that much."


Tomorrow- big cleanup of land dirt, then the sails go back on and we shall
be sailing in Oslo fjord this weekend.

That sounds excellent. I would love to sail there some time. I would
also like to visit the Vasa.

signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)

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On Mar 29, 3:01 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
My boat was craned back in today.

Don't you have travel-lifts over there?

Not in the marina where I am. It has a machine which is basically a huge
fork lift with the lifting straps hanging from the arms. I have to unshackle
my mainsheet and vang and top the boom right up so it can get in over the
deck without fouling anything.

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"Edgar" wrote:
My boat was craned back in today.

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Congrats. Did you have to bribe the boatyard?

No, I just stayed afloat until November when everyone else was out so I was
in the front row with no other boat blocking me.
There is a guy in the next row all ready to go in but he is blocked by
another boat that has not even removed its winter covers yet.
He is waiting a lot more patiently than I would be and does not like to ask
the yard to get their act together and shift it!