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Dave5041
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Initially Posted - 02/14/2011 : 19:02:01

I set sail today to overnight in a secluded little anchorage that a local with a 40' powerboat recommended. It was near 70º and I ran east up the sound for two hours with 10kts over the stern quarter and the cable humming. The anchorage was a little trough with 10' depth, 100 yards wide and 1/2 mile long that was tucked in behind some dunes and surrounded by by salt marsh and 1' - 2' shallows. The entry snaked around a bit and went over a 6' depth ridge. It looked great on the chart. Shifting is the unfortunate nature of sand, and I couldn't make it in. Stymied 50 yards from the entrance! With no other anchorages close enough to make before nightfall, I reluctantly headed home. The breeze that was supposed to lighten and back to southerlies didn't happen. A wet, 3 hour beat into 20 kts with seas at 3' was a less than idyllic finish. But the day wasn't over. I have been backing into my slip for ease of boarding stringing my shore power cable. Today I horrible misjudged how much 20 kts on the beam would swing me as I backed down. I did a full pirouette between the pilings, hooked what should have been my port bow line from the piling and made it to my starboard stern. Enough, I thought. I'm securing Pearl and driving to Surf Burger! My car keys must have done a lot of bouncing in the cabin during that 3 hour beat. A fruitless search with cabin lights and a flashlight finally resigned me to dinner at home and a daylight search tomorrow. It still beats pushing a snowblower.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/14/2011 : 19:51:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave5041
 ...It still beats pushing a snowblower.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Hey--snowblowing is fun! (...says the condo-dweller who used to do it till about six years ago.

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Response Posted - 02/14/2011 : 20:11:04

Snowblowing is fun for the first 5 minutes... Until you realize that there are others who are enjoying a nice breeze from the cockpit of their sailboats at the same time you have 5 layers on and are enjoying the brisk 5 degrees!

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skybird
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Response Posted - 02/14/2011 : 21:12:55

Check out this snowblower--it really might be fun for a few minutes (til you went deaf)!!

http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=6krtdfh1857es

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jhinton
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 06:21:20

I can't get the link to open.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 06:57:22

Across from Kohler Bayou?

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 07:26:05

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skybird
 http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=6krtdfh1857es
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">What kind of link is that supposed to be?

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redeye
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 07:47:16

Should have motored on and had the Destin harbor taxi take you to dinner. An adventure of another sort...

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 09:50:12

Kohler Bayou is another 25 miles, and Destin is further. I usually eat dinner before I go to bed.

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Jack Schafer
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 10:57:42

6 more days and heading toward Ft. Myers/Cape Coral and some sailing around Sanibel!!!

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piseas
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 13:14:47

Dave, semi-good outing? Sounds like several hours of great sailing with a little challenge at the end and you made it back in one piece and no damage, right? Sounds like a great day to me even with getting in the slip. I will take that any day.
Steve A

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 15:03:23

A bad day sailing is better than a good day at the office.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 17:20:36

For the record (IMHO)...snow-blowing isn't fun past age 30 or so...

Edited by - jerlim on 02/15/2011 17:23:30

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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 18:36:27

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jerlim
 For the record (IMHO)...snow-blowing isn't fun past age 30 or so...
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">The secret is good ski attire, sometimes including goggles. Then, half the fun is figuring out a strategy that uses the wind. The results are very gratifying! I used to enjoy it so much I'd do the (very attractive divorcee) next-door neighbor's driveway and walks, too!

She moved to MN, and amazingly, gets the same service from another neighbor--go figure!

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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 19:45:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skybird
 http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=6krtdfh1857es
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">What kind of link is that supposed to be?
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Sorry i didn't try it first. Don't know how to fix it. It is a 454 powered snowblower with open vertical exhaust, small enough to walk behind

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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 19:49:29

Dave B -- thanks for reminding us of what we have to look forward to when the snow clears.

Dave Br -- thats what they all say -- in CT or MN!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 21:24:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skybird
 ...It is a 454 powered snowblower with open vertical exhaust, small enough to walk behind

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Are we talking about [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL7GhHmADs&NR=1"]this[/url]? (More noise than function.)

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skybird
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Response Posted - 02/15/2011 : 21:32:57

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Are we talking about [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL7GhHmADs&NR=1"]this[/url]? (More noise than function.)
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yes sir, that looks like the one!--a bad case of "mine's bigger than yours"

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redeye
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Response Posted - 02/16/2011 : 04:42:31

Heck.. I just wanna hear about Surf Burger!

Yogi to the hot dog vendor "Make me one with everything".

Edited by - redeye on 02/16/2011 04:45:15

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