I'm new to this site and would like to know how much sailing experience one needs before setting out on the big blue. Has anyone gone to the sailing schools...
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Jennifer Jones
jjones@xxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:31 pm
Carol, Welcome! I'm on the East Coast - so not many answers for your questions.... except - there are lots of Morgans that size for sale over here.... and...
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C. A. Wilson
CAWilson@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:52 pm
From: Rosetender@... ... Carol, I don't know anything about sailing - yet- but just signed up for a 5-day Basic Keelboat Sailing I & II course in mid Sept...
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Kim Taylor
KimT@...
Sep 1, 1998 4:19 pm
Carol: I don't think there is a simple answer to your question about experience. My response would be, you need enough experience to feel confident in your...
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Kim Taylor
KimT@...
Sep 1, 1998 4:22 pm
Does anyone in the group have any experience or advice regarding getting your boat documented? I'm getting ready to start the process and I've heard about...
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Janet Hartman
sstarka@...
(Date unavailable)
A friend of mine paid a service to document his boat. I did mine myself. When he found what was involved. his comment was "I paid $300 for that!!!" You can...
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Loper, Rosemary R
Rosemary.Loper@...
Sep 2, 1998 7:08 pm
Carol, I'm sure you will get a variety of answers for there is no one answer. You must decide for yourself what you need to know to feel safe and have the...
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Loper, Rosemary R
Rosemary.Loper@...
Sep 2, 1998 7:24 pm
Good for you Janet. Rose...
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Cilla Lundstroem
cilla@...
Sep 3, 1998 5:45 am
Hi females, About our meeting in San Fransisco: I'm in town right now and will be Saturday September 5 at The Old Spaghetti Warehouse at Jack ... Sorry for...
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Robert &/or Denece Vi...
bluepearl@xxx.xxxx
Sep 5, 1998 8:34 pm
Hope this message doesn't arrive too late to remind you of tonight's planned festivities at the Old Spaghetti Warehouse! We'll be there about 6:30, photo album...
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Cilla Lundstroem
cilla@xxx.xxxx
Sep 5, 1998 11:53 pm
Hi all in San fransisco! I'm on my way to the restaurant now. Hope I'll find it! Cilla...
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CGXena@...
Sep 6, 1998 3:02 pm
I was so excited to find this list and am so glad I can be a part of this! I am 15 and have been going to a sailing camp since I was in second grade, and have...
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SBoggs4887@xxx.xxx
Sep 6, 1998 5:13 pm
Hi, My name is Sheila and I have been living aboard a 37' cutter for the past 5 years. We have sailed to the Caribbean but spent the majority of the time in ...
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M. Richmond
mary@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1998 5:15 pm
Welcome Katherine! Glad to have you aboard. Hope we can answer some questions. Michelle MARY HAMILTON San Francisco Bay...
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M. Richmond
mary@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1998 5:19 pm
Welcome to you too, Sheila. We look forward to swapping stories and ideas. Michelle MARY HAMILTON San Francisco Bay...
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CGXena@xxx.xxx
Sep 6, 1998 5:56 pm
Wow, after reading Sheila's list, I feel VERY young and inexperienced! I've only sailed for fun and haven't been on a boat larger than a Flying Scott. I hope...
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Mary Catherine Lindeman
lindeman@xxxxxxxxxx.x...
Sep 6, 1998 6:06 pm
Hi! I hope I am posting this to the correct address, please let me know if not... We have a Pearson 303, and are seriously considering giving up our jobs, ...
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SBoggs4887@...
Sep 7, 1998 7:44 pm
M.Richmond, I would love to swap stories. You know that all sailors love to tell of their adventures (both good and bad). Smooth Sailing, Sheila...
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Rosetender@...
Sep 8, 1998 7:34 am
Hi Sheila Boggs! I'm new to sailing and planning on cruising in less than two years, starting with the BaHaHa to Mexico and on to the carribean. I was...
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BANDA, EVELYN
E.BANDA@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 8, 1998 7:27 pm
Hey there sailing soulmates . . . I'm so happy to have found this list. A quick introduction: I've been sailing for the past 8 years and am an ASA certified...
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Pam Schamberg
pmgabe@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 8, 1998 10:23 pm
Banda! I was just sailing on the chesapeake and want to attend sailing school! Maybe next summer... This was my first real sailing trip and I had a wonderful...
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Robert &/or Denece Vi...
bluepearl@xxx.xxxx
Sep 8, 1998 11:03 pm
The SF locals get-together Saturday night proved to me what I had always thought....people in California are too darn busy!! Four of us assembled for a gala...
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Rosetender@xxx.xxx
Sep 9, 1998 3:51 am
Hello, I have only been linked to this site for a week or so, but I wonder if there would have been more participation at the SF get together if there was more...
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Diana Kidd
dkidd@xxx.xxxx
Sep 9, 1998 11:57 am
Denece, I wasn't too busy, I was just too far away. I would have loved to have been with you guys in S.F. last weekend. My home waters near St. Louis may not...
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Dawn Connelly
dawn@xxxx.xxx
Sep 10, 1998 2:37 pm
Hi all, I haven.t written in a while, but I wanted to respond to Ellen and say I am starting to sail on the Great Lakes - namely Ontario. This summer I took a...
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Lucilla Madamba
Lucilla@xxxxxxxxxxx.x...
Sep 10, 1998 2:53 pm
Hi Dawn, Good to know another Great Lakes sailor. I started sailing two years ago on a 25 C&C. This summer I took my White Sail course over at the Toronto...
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Dora Ortega
dortega@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 10, 1998 3:36 pm
Hello - We are two women who live in Mexico and San Diego. We sail an Islander 32, which we have spent the last two years refitting. Are interested in meeting...
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BANDA, EVELYN
E.BANDA@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 10, 1998 4:36 pm
Dawn, Good for you! Nervous is good, because it means you will be alert. I learn something new every time I'm on the water (experience is the best teacher). ...
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BANDA, EVELYN
E.BANDA@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 10, 1998 6:21 pm
Pam, For sailing lessons, check out the American Sailing Association (http://www.sailingcenter.com/edu/asa.htm) and the U.S. Sailing Association ...
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Loper, Rosemary R
Rosemary.Loper@xxx.xx...
Sep 11, 1998 5:48 pm
Dawn, Many of us find docking to be the most challenging part of sailing. It helps me to visualize the docking prior to committing. I think of the wind,...
