The Montreal area is excellent for sailing, as long as you are not going to compare it to the Great Lakes or coastal areas. Lac St. Louis is actually a wider...
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Kevin May
kevin_s_may@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:01 am
Does anyone have 150 jib for a T7.5 they would like to sell? It's a good time to reduce unnecessary inventory! Kevin May "Dawn Treader" T7.5 #786...
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Derek Prest
derek.elco@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:52 am
I do have a 150 mylar that came off a Kirby 25 that I would part with for $500 . Sail is in good shape and I bought it the first of the season for my T22. The...
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Paul V.
admin@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:14 pm
Its pretty important to vent any heater you might want to use for more than 15 minutes or so. For one thing, just leaving the hatch open a bit is pretty...
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Johan Spiering
spiering@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:17 pm
Thanks to Bill Stright and John Aitken for their suggestions to try toilet bowl cleaner. Just to find out the best working type I tried Lysol foam from a...
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Jacques-Bertrand Pich...
jbpichette@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:36 pm
Lake Champlain (NY) is also a nice place to sail around Montréal. Depending of your choice of marina, it's between 45 min and 1 hours to drive there. My boat...
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Ronald Ziernicki
ronaldz@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:24 pm
I just came back from an overnight sail up to Lancaster. The night went down to 8 degrees. We had also forgotten our sleeping bags. My answer to staying warm...
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John Aitken
j.c.aitken@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:37 pm
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:21:58 -0400, "Ronald Ziernicki" ... Easier on a Tanzer 26 than a 22. Especially if you're over six feet tall. [growl! growl!]...
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Donald Sayles
donaldjsayles@...
Oct 2, 2001 11:57 pm
You gentlemen speak of cuddling up to the wife at night in 8 degree weather as a more promising way of keeping warm than through use of life-threatening space...
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Robert Howard
rphoward@...
Oct 3, 2001 1:23 am
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Jere Lull
jerelull@...
Oct 3, 2001 5:53 am
... No need to publish as the results are well known. We spent last weekend (45 F lows, too lazy to figure C) without plugging in the heater. Not only did it...
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tsmith4711@...
Oct 3, 2001 4:58 pm
For those of you interested in new sails, a friend of mine is a salesperson for Doyle Sails and is interested in quoting for anybody or group. Contact Grant...
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Mikesat@...
Oct 3, 2001 9:16 pm
In a message dated 10/3/01 10:08:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Thanks, Terry, I've sent a request for quotation to Grant. I'll be sending out a follow-up...
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joanne clark
summerwind26@...
Oct 4, 2001 3:05 pm
Because I live in the Northeast, I'm always looking for a "warm" solution to a chilly sailing weekend. I found a website which may be of interest to those...
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dan@...
Oct 4, 2001 4:06 pm
This is exactly the kind of think I was looking for when I bought my Coleman PowerCat. I am buying one of these right away. It seems like the slickest way to...
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TANZER16@...
Oct 4, 2001 9:56 pm
why not just move to North Carolina, where we can sail year-round? :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Owen Schneider
owen.schneider@...
Oct 4, 2001 10:07 pm
It is just ironic, how you mention that sailing year round would be possible in NC, then hearing that. I guess your other alternatives are places south of...
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Ronald Kudile
rkudile@...
Oct 4, 2001 10:50 pm
... Where in North Carolina would you suggest we consider ?...
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TANZER16@...
Oct 4, 2001 11:09 pm
actually, i do use a small ceramic (electric) heater when i'm plugged into shore power, and haven't overnighted anywhere other than my marina yet....... and it...
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TANZER16@...
Oct 4, 2001 11:20 pm
where in NC you consider depends on what else you want in your life besides sailing.... Pamlico County, NC has only one stoplight in the entire county, and...
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Jere Lull
jerelull@...
Oct 5, 2001 12:00 am
... Having been through the area, I can second the beauty of the area and its people. A LOT of cruisers live in the area. Oriental's only a half day from ...
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TANZER16@...
Oct 5, 2001 2:08 am
The air temps sometimes get below freezing - actually my home is in the Raleigh-Durham area, about 150 miles inland, and a few miles north. I've bought some...
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Dorothy Drubek/Neil B...
meadow@...
Oct 5, 2001 4:32 pm
Hellllp. As FRC this year it's my task to arrange a "fun" race for a wrap-up. Please... what were your best? We've done MOB using a buoy, Tennis balls, bottles...
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TANZER16@...
Oct 5, 2001 5:59 pm
how about a "one sail only" race, with each skipper deciding which sail to use.......... ? DOWNWIND starts are sometimes fun, other times dangerous, depending...
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David Atkins
dave-atkins@...
Oct 5, 2001 6:39 pm
Try a relay race. Pair the boats and set up two start lines one to windward of the other. One of the pair sails the upwind leg, with a batton, a foam...
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Deb & Chris Judy
judy.tree@...
Oct 5, 2001 11:33 pm
Thanks. I looked up the list. Great job. I just returned from a week trip and see various corrections have been sent to me. Things are really progressing. May...
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Jacques-Bertrand Pich...
jbpichette@...
Oct 6, 2001 2:53 am
Hello Ralph When I look at the nautical map of Lac St. Louis, ( # 1410 ), it seems that there is not a lot of water in this lake... How can you sail there with...
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Ralph & Lin
ralph@...
Oct 6, 2001 4:45 pm
Hi J.B., All the different sizes of Tanzers sail here, so I guess there must be enough water. Most certainly, you do have to know the area. If you don't you ...
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Johan Spiering
spiering@...
Oct 6, 2001 9:24 pm
My inquiry is getting some interesting details on sailing opportunities in the Montreal West area. If I ever know in advance of a trip to Montreal in the ...
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John Aitken
j.c.aitken@...
Oct 6, 2001 10:24 pm
Today I sold Galadriel, of which more a bit later. Meanwhile, could someone please remind me of the procedure for logging onto this list? The new owner will...
