Hey Everyone, Ryan Donahue was kind enough to crew for me in the 3rd annual Sail For Hope charity fundraiser regatta - a race around Jamestown Island in ...
Avram- thats frikkin awesome! the sailing part, not the crashing part of course. i'm so jealous... life proceeds down here in SWVA, the new VT sailing club...
Unbelievable sailing Avram. The photos are excellent. How long did the race take? Joe, is the lower gudgeon the bracket on the transom that accepts the ...
Hey David, The start was at 11, and we think we got in at 3:30. Of course the 4 miles we spent sailing on jib alone, in the 15 foot seas, after the capsize,...
Many of you know that I'm an avid Frostbite racer in Newport (which up till this point is only in Lasers and Hobie 14's, but we're working on that). I just...
... I hate the cold like a lizzard. Even in warm summer days I'm found dresses as if it is 15 degrees colder. I really suffer in cold weather. This must be...
The Na Laser II groups is being overused. I am a former Laser II sailor and I keep on the list just in case there is something good. Instead I end up deleting...
Rvdsail@...
Oct 10, 2003 4:33 pm
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I like the storys and the imput...Keep it coming.... Spam can haul ass...but the storys and imput from anyone with a Laser 2 or that is interested in one....in...
As a current Laser 2 sailer I have to disagree with Rob. I like the posts, whether they are technical in nature or just stories of L2 sailing. We shouldn't...
Just my few cents worth. For anyone who doesn't want so many emails from the group - go to the group home page, sign in and then you can choose to have your...
I totally agree with David, keep-um coming. Don't want to read it, delete it. The Venture Newport sailing group I'm a member of posts 15-20 emails a day, some...
This afternoon I was looking at a mostly blue sky with a few puffy white clouds, and the lake had about a 10 knot breeze from the south. It was about 80 F (28...
keeldude@...
Oct 14, 2003 3:27 am
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i am sailing a new laser2 in long island. the weather and temperature conditions are generally not unlike the conditions found from cape hatteras to boston....
Different people have different tastes. My experience is that people who grew up with wet suits will wear them in absurdly cold weather. I personally find that...
avram, this may sound silly but i need a clarification: do you wear a dry suit ONLY or do you wear a waterproof windbreaker on top? also, i wonder what the...
Hey David, I wear a wet suit...but like Avram said...I am a surfer and am very used to wet suits...also I dont have to have a very heavy suit due to I am in...
Drysuits are windproof, so except for hands, feet & head, you don't wear anything over them. And if you go this way, either get one with feet built in, or have...
Hey all, I am also looking into the glove thing..... APS has Musto winter glove which look like they get wet and then insulate the wet hands with a wind and...
Dakan, Kevin
kdakan@...
Oct 14, 2003 7:17 pm
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The problem with rubber glove liners is that your hand sweat like you wouldn't believe. You can accomplish the same effect just by putting dishwashing gloves...
No one probably wants to hear that the fall clothing of choice for us is $B!D(Bswim trunks. Todd and I went out after work on the San Francisco Bay last...
not that i've been finding much time to sail recently, but in anticipation of cold weather and in fear of drysuit prices, does anyone have an old drysuit...
I just wanted to say a quick thanks to all who have posted both publicly and responded privatly to my many Laser II questions over the past couple of weeks. We...
Pardon me if I posted this twice but I didn't get it sent back to myself: It was posted Tuesday night. Wednesday the wind blew stink from the North in the...
keeldude@...
Oct 15, 2003 8:45 am
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Just wondering how "Maximum Verbosity" finished up at Cork 2003. Can anyone tell me? they seemed like good sailors when we raced them and i'm just wondering...
No we didn't actually meet at CORK although I know that we almost screamed through you on a tight reach with a shoot up when you wiped out. We sailed a purple...
Hello to all, I have changed my Email address for the reason of 200 junk mails a day. My new address is sailguruj22@... . if you are having trouble with...
Alex Crowell
sailguru@...
Oct 20, 2003 3:52 am
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Looking for at least two boats and maybe more, preferably in the Maritimes. Any ideas on places to check or any members out there looking to unload some boats...
Hey Everyone, Kevin and I have been talking about the possibility of organizing some frostbite races in Newport this winter. I approached Sail Newport, and ...
I need a used jib. Has to be good but not great. Will not be used for racing. Also looking for a Holder 14 or Capri 14.4. Complete boat. Reply here or to...
Hey Everyone, I'm pretty sure I'm going to switch from trailering as my primary method of transporting my 2, to car-topping. There are two reasons for this,...
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