Introductions / How did you find sailFar.net?

[Seadogg]

Yes!  Welcome aboard, all!  Good to see some new faces here.

Skylark, we are also Lake Michigan sailors.  We trailer sail our Venture 22 and usually sail out of Muskegon.  Maybe we'll see you on the water some time...

Fair winds to all!

Nick

[AdriftAtSea]

Welcome to Sailfar...

Coffeebean-  Just remember in some ways lake sailing can be more challenging than ocean sailing, in that the winds on a lake are generally far more variable and shift more than they do on the open ocean, or even on most big bays... That means that a lake sailor has to pay far more attention to the wind, and where it is coming from, and how it is changing than an ocean sailor does.  Coastal cruising has its challenges as well... and I hope that we here on Sailfar can help you as you come up against new ones.

Maxiswede-

I like a lot of the boats designed in your home country... and some of the women designed there aren't bad either. ;)  If your better half is hesistant about joining you in your life afloat..you might want to get the book Changing Course, by Debra Ann Cantrell.  Read it and then give it to your better half. :D

[maxiSwede]

If your better half is hesistant about joining you in your life afloat..you might want to get the book Changing Course, by Debra Ann Cantrell.  Read it and then give it to your better half. :D

Thanks! As a matter of fact she is a bit reluctant. Despite the fact she has already made an Atlantic crossing, which BTW is one up on me.  :P

I´ll check if Amazon has that title...  8)

[maxiSwede]

hrmm, how do I paste a photo?

[s/v Faith]

hrmm, how do I paste a photo?

Welcome aboard MaxiSwede,

  I think you will get what you need from this thread;

Posting pictures thread

  Look forward to seening them.   ;D

[maxiSwede]

managed to create an album. Not to post them here though... to be continued

[Tim]

Good Morning all, Came over from the TSBB, probably will not post a lot for awhile, but since the reason we got back into sailing was to do some cruising I thought it would be good to hook up. First mate an i are hitting stride at almost 60, have been kayakers for many years with numerous trips into British Columbia and Baja. Now that we are getting older we like the comforts a little larger boat will give us. When I say little larger I mean it as our boat currently is a Potter 19! But it has already served us well in B.C. and will again this year. I am a retired building contractor with a degree in geography :-\ which is going to serve me well in my semi-retirement. I am the type the LIKES to work on the boat although also likes simplicity so my mods have been practical in nature. OK I am done, looking forward to investigating the rest of the site.  Tim 

[s/v Faith]

Welcome aboard Tim. 

.....have been kayakers for many years with numerous trips into British Columbia and Baja.

  I have noticed that there are a bunch of paddlers (& former paddlers) here.  Maybe it has to do with a connection to the water....  ;D

When I say little larger I mean it as our boat currently is a Potter 19!

  I saw a great write up on the Potter 19 in Good old Boat (I think that was where) a year ago.  Looks like a great little boat.  Look forward to hearing more of your ongoing adventure here. 

[Bill NH]

Hi all,
Just recently joined at the suggestion of Iceman, and thought I'd introduce myself.  None of this lurking stuff for me...

I live up in New Hampshire and currently own two pocket cruisers, a sweet little 1984 Voyager 26 double-ended cutter and a vintage 1965 Alberg 30.  I've been working on the Alberg 30 for about a year now and just when I got her pretty much sorted out, I came across the Voyager and couldn't pass it up.  I know in the back of my mind that one of them will have to go before too long, but for now I have two mistresses...

I've been messin' around in boats for most of my life, including a previous career in large traditional sailing vessels and merchant ships.  Boats I've owned at one time or another include a 37' Searunner trimaran, a 30' Dick Newick Proa, a Contessa 26, a Freedom 25 and another Alberg 30.  Plus the Rod Stephens designed Cape Cod Mercury daysailer that I gave it to my teenage daughter for her and her friends explorations...

Anyhow, glad to be aboard!
Bill

[s/v Faith]

Wonderful boats!

  Glad to have you aboard, look forward to hearing more from you.  ;D

[AdriftAtSea]

Pretty diverse selection of boats in your post... welcome to Sailfar. 

[coaster]

Hi all. I'm new here. I found this place on CPTK's sigline on  the Renegade site

[Captain Smollett]

Welcome aboard, Coaster.   :)

[cgoinggal]

Just wanted to say hello and thank you for welcoming me to the group.

Captain Laura Kennedy
22 Foot 1968 Westerly Nomad 'Andunge'
28 year old female currently living aboard/voyaging Sea of Cortez, MX
Previous boat was a 1966, 28 foot Abbott
Have been sailing going on 25 years/11 on my own

You can see more about my current travels here:
http://360.yahoo.com/cgoinggal

And more about my current boat here:
http://www.geocities.com/sabakiboy402/Andunge.html

I am looking forward to going through previous posts and learning new thing here.  Thanks again! 
:)  Cheers!

[AdriftAtSea]

Welcome aboard... and look forward to hearing more...

I'm a bit curious...what does "Andunge" mean?

Dan

[Oldrig]

Welcome aboard, Laura.

BTW, I keep a copy of that famous Sterling Hayden quotation handy, too. Of course it's on my desktop at w*rk.

--Joe

[Captain Smollett]

I'm a bit curious...what does "Andunge" mean?

From her blog:

Andunge (and-YEWN-gay; Norwegian for wild duckling or so I have been told :-) my 22 foot Westerly Nomad.

Beautiful.  And welcome aboard, Captain Laura.  "If you can't fix it, it can kill you."  Great stuff.   :)

[AdriftAtSea]

Thanks Capn Smollett... haven't had a chance to explore her blog yet...

[skylark]

Laura;

Great blog and even better, great adventure!

[maxiSwede]

Seems to be much to explore in your blogg, Laura.

Andunge is indeed duckling in Swedish (and most probably in Norwegian too). It is also a class of  beatiful daysailors, I can´t recall the name of the designer right now.

Great to have you here.