Well, it's around 7:00 A.M. and I'm back at my desk daydreaming about sailin' my friend's 'seed on Charolette Harbor. It wasn't as "breezy" as the forecast ...
The strange noise you might have heard Sunday afternoon, had you been standing outdoors anywhere in the Northern hemisphere, was me whooping and hollering as...
Karen,<br><br>I knew that there was some disturbance in the cosmos when the lowly Bengals came back to beat the Steelers on Sunday afternoon. Little did I ...
Yes, indeed, I was wondering where that whooping and hollering was coming from. Must've been some king-sized commotion to hear it from Lake Lanier all the way ...
>>Roger R wrote: From here to spring splashdown <br>>>I'm living on the details of vicarious sails. <br>>>Please come forth with your very...
Part 2 of long, rambling babble regarding first *true* sail of Folderol.<br><br>Fast forward to Sunday, which dawned cooler but with less wind. Fast forward to...
Nice, Karen, really nice. Thanks for the "fix!" I pat Pearl whenever I'm in her garage and tell her what fun she'll have frolicking with her pals, including...
Well I received my custom J Back cushions, detailed in a previous post,just before Christmas..ripped open the package, ran out in the garage to try them on ...
Doc, I'm the other "victim". However, I gave an accurate verbal description to the lady who took my order, and she assurred me all would be well. You can ...
In my best carpe-ing of the diem, I took the lovely Folderol to Cave Run Lake in east-central Kentucky and had a nice, instructive, but quick solo sail ...
Continued from part 1<br><br>After about an hour, the winds started gusting and high, icy clouds moved in and cut into my pretty winter sunshine. I tacked back...
Karen -<br><br>I just love reading your reports, and have a suggestion with respect to launching. I keep my boat on a dolly in my garage, and launch and ...
Karen -<br><br>I just love reading your reports, and have a suggestion with respect to launching. I keep my boat on a dolly in my garage, and launch and ...
George, Karen and Company...<br><br>That routine, George, is exactly the one I use, but with a trailer instead of a dolly, since I'm not blessed with a body of...
Way to go, Karen! Another winter sail. Thanks for your very entertaining tale. You obviously are catching on quickly to launching alternatives and exploring...
George Ha. told me about this pretty lil boat. Crrently paddling and sailing a klepper sea kayak. Have owned various boats upt to a 30 hunter. I'm a large man ...
The boat has the capacity but you will have too be able to move yourself arround the boat to sail it plus if you are large, sitting and bracing your self can...
Thanks Mike,<br> I'm 6'1" but have short legs 30inch inseam. However i tend to agree with you on the comfortability..I'm trying to arrange a deal on a scaffee....
In a full-blown demonstration of hedonistic, self-centered excess, I kayaked *and* sailed Sunday. And I feel great!<br><br>I had spent Saturday at Red River...
Way to go, Karen. You certainly know how to squeeze out all that life has to offer. And life with a Melonseed is incomparable. <br><br>I confess, though, that ...
I know, I know, we talked about air temp cut offs of 50, but Saturday afternoon in our part of NJ the temperature was hovering between 48 and 49 degrees and...
Fellow melonheads,<br><br>Now that I have three sails under my PFD belt, I have dozens of questions to ask all you experienced MS sailors. I'll ask them one at...
Karen:<br> Was it Whoopi Goldberg who coined the phrase "You go, girl?" <br> I'm glad someone is out there doing it and thank you for the note about it.<br> ...
Joe:<br> I see a pattern forming here...perhaps a Crawford-sponsored biathalon of kayaking and 'seeding will work its way into being? If RC starts making...
Hi again, Karen:<br> Some time ago when DLA, aka "Tillerdad" invited my lovely wife and myself to "noodle about" in his lovely Presh, he advised me that the...
The secret is to keep the pennant flying without luffing the sail. <br><br>That is don't allow the front edge of the sail to bubble in or flutter, (that's ...
Karen,<br><br>Joe's advice re: the pennant was very good. <br><br>I am usually looking at what I call the "magic spot" in the sail though. Each sail has one,...
