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Started by Zen, April 29, 2006, 01:10:44 PM

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Zen

Wahoo, sail day baby!! Sunny 72 degrees, winds 10-20kph


waiting for the crew...
c-ya
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Zen

#1
Ahhhhhhhh, I feel better. got out on the water today.
It was like much of life good and bad...

the Bad:
the wind sucked! Sadly most of the time about 80% was motor sailing. The wind suck, did I say that? irratic (sp) blowing, changing direction, stopped, not enough at time. Frustrating! grrr.

The Good:
The last time we tried a trip the motor died after about an hour. Today it ran perfect! I had changed the plugs, wire, coil. It did the trick! Sweet!

I had planned on mostly sailing today so only added 1 gal of gas. Being unsure how much was in the tank. Since the last three time I went out briefly I put gas in. When i saw I needed to motor sail, beside being paranoid about the motor stopping, I thought maybe I'll run out of gas and would be forever sailing back in this non-wind. There were No gas troubles SWEET!

We had about 10-15 mintues of GREAT WIND coming back! Ahhhhhhhhh such a good feeling!

The tiller extention is GREAT!

We made it to Glen Cove! nice lil marina.

At one point to leave I needed to backup quite a ways. It was tricky but made it and I am much better at manuvering the boat now.

The weather was great!


s/v Zen @ Glen Cove http://www.abag.org/bayarea/baytrail/vtour/map7/access/glencove.htm
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CharlieJ

The reason you had no wind is because the Gulf Coast had it all- here's a pic taken at the Cypremort Yacht Club on Vermillion Bay, Louisiana yesterday. The Dauphin Island race had 163 registered boats- and 48 finishers. Winds to 48.

Charlie J

Lindsey 21 Necessity


On Matagorda Bay
On the Redneck Riviera

Pixie Dust

Getting these boats out of the slip is just like taking that first sip of coffee in the morning...AAAAHHHHHH.  Sweet.  :)
Zen, I think we have all your wind over here on the Gulf Coast.   Glad you had a great time anyway.  Just being *on* the water is an awesome thing.  I am not on the water this weekend, but it is blowing here in Tallahassee and I have talked to my water buds and they said it has been blowing 20 plus for a couple of days.
My son is graduating from college today and yesterday we had an all day cookout party to celebrate.  I say it is a very good reason to miss out on the water this weekend.  Not much can keep me from it, but this certainly ranks in high priority.   Congrats Brandon!! Momma loves you!   :D ;D
Connie
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Com-pac 27/2

Frank

Congrats Mom !!( and Brandon)  Definately one of those 'big days' that don't come that often...worthy of missing boat time. Hope the party was fun. All the best  F
God made small boats for younger boys and older men

Zen

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Quote from: Frank on April 30, 2006, 12:43:48 PM
Congrats Mom !!( and Brandon)  Definately one of those 'big days' that don't come that often...worthy of missing boat time. Hope the party was fun. All the best  F

Indeed ! Moms do get some of the credit! Congrats Connie


Me... I'm off to the marina  ;)
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