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zeil
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Initially Posted - 11/27/2006 : 23:10:18

Is there such a thing as leaving at the right time...?? have a look!!
A friend back home sent us these images

http://www.bri-mar-dit.com/hwy1_06/

Henk & Johanna
"Floating", a few off your "barnacles".
"Someday Lady" '95 C250WB #151 ('03 - 2016)
"Sea ya" 30ft Bayliner (04-2018 - 09-2018)
"Mariah" '96 C250WB #191 (05-2019 - 15-05-2023)
"Lady J" '00 C250WK #499 (05-2021 - 09-2022)

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 07:22:47

Looks like a fairly typical mid-winter day in northern Michigan. Somtimes I'd rather be navigating Lake Superior in thick fog than heavy snow and slush-covered roads. Less chance of hitting something or someone hitting you.

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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 07:37:46

Just makes you appreciate sailing season more.

Henk, I just looked at your profile (to see where you were)--you and I learned to sail the same way. In my case, it included a couple of pine "leeboards" clamped to the sides of the rowboat.

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cat1951
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 10:08:04

They are making a big deal of snow in the forecast here tomorrow and Thursday. I was watching the weather with interest last night until the forecaster said .1 of to a 1/2 inch.. We moved here from Minnesota, and have lived in Michigan and Chicago... 1/2 and inch is just a dusting ... it's ice we have to watch here.

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djn
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 11:01:37

I would not mind winter if it all looked like that but here in southeast Michigan, it is just cold, gray, and miserable. It might snow like that two times a winter, then turn to icy crust.....blahk!

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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 15:27:07

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by djn
 It might snow like that two times a winter, then turn to icy crust.....blahk!
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When we lived there, they'd put fifty trillion tons of salt on the roads--no plows, just salt (probably subsidized by the car companies). All cars were solid white except where the wipers worked... and we often used several gallons of windshield washer fluid a week. In dry weather, the salt dust was like fog.

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djn
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 16:00:12

Nothing has changed. I have a friend that owns three car washes and his busiest time of year is winter. A car wash once a week is the only way to keep them from falling apart. Cheers.

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 19:03:33

WOW... 70 degrees here today

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 20:58:48

Yup, should be great sailing weather this weekend in Biscayne Bay.

Sorry guys (yeah right!) but we only get out about once a month!

paul

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 23:31:46

You left at exactly the right time because prior to the snow storm there was a five day rain storm that resulted in a boil-water order that is still in effect.
My daughter in Victoria sent me a picture of her SUV embedded in a snowbank. Can't even tell what color her truck is.
And here on this side of the Rockies....its -30 C.
Don't worry about us, we'll be fine with a little therapy.
About the only good thing to come out of this record cold snap is we decided to fly to Maui for the therapy.

Hope you continue to have a wonderful adventure!

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tinob
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Response Posted - 11/29/2006 : 08:06:39

Henk,

I'll say you left in time...last night's news was replete with footage of the most horrendous roads, all icy and snowy. Cars just sliding off the road and into ditches, totally out of control.

The thought of someone towing a Catalina in that mess boggles the mind.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 11/29/2006 : 09:53:08

zeil
thanks for sending down that cold front.

TO THE TEXANS
thanks for sending up the moist gulf air.

it's been high 60's for several days and now the two fronts are going to collide our the midwest and give us thunderstorms, lightning,rain,sleet and snow.

god only knows what order.

anyone in florida or mission bay have a seat open for a great sail??

already miss sailing.
april is a long time off.

dave holtgrave
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hard and dry near carlyle alake in southern illinois

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/29/2006 : 09:54:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tinob
 ...The thought of someone towing a Catalina in that mess boggles the mind.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Well, I've extended the season at least twice to the point that I was cranking the boat (another one) up on the trailer and pulling her home in freezing rain and/or a slushstorm. Around here, you can pay the price for that kind of love.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 11/29/2006 : 14:32:14

People, God gave us the winter so we can do projects on our boats. I have my C250 all tarped up but I can still climb in easy, turn on a space heater and get to work. It would be boring to have good weather and sail all year. Right? Right?

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 12/01/2006 : 21:49:32

Will be sailing out of Mission Bay tomorrow morning and into the Pacific off La Jolla and Point Loma. My wife and I may be joined by Henk and his wife we hope. Please check out the weather

for us, will you? I believe it will be around 72 degrees with wind in the 5 to 10mph range. The swell might be up to 2 feet or it might not. Sounds like I'll have the 150 up, the stereo playing some jazz or classical music, the tiller pilot doing its thing, and food and drinks out of the ice chest always available. We plan on a very relaxing day of sailing after working all week.
Hope your day working on your boat is enjoyable......

Dave, anytime anyone makes it to the San Diego area during the winter you are more than welcome to sail with any of us on L Dock at Marina Village Marina out of Mission Bay. I will take some pics and post here when we get back home.
Nautiduck: Boring??? Wrong! Wrong!

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 12/03/2006 : 16:37:17

Sailed alongside Someday Lady (the Canadians, Henk and Joanna) and C Angel (Charlie from Ridgecrest, CA), both C250 water ballasted boats on Saturday. Absolutely excellent sailing on flat seas, wind 5 to 10mph, no clouds, and about 70degrees.
It was perfect as Joanna was a bit nervous about sailing off the coast for the first time so she enjoyed the sail immensely.
Here are some shots of the day sailing north toward La Jolla off of Mission Beach:
Here you see the C250s:
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This is Someday Lady from Canada (see the flag?)
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This turned out to be a "forced-perspective" shot...both are the same size but it sure looks like C Angel is about 18 feet long!!
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Someday Lady under the setting sun:
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Me enjoying a great day sailing and Someday Lady from Canada close hauled:
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The C250s and a lone pelican:
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End of the day with the Someday Lady (Henk on the bow) and C Angel heading into the Mission Bay channel:
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Sunset on the Pacific
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Next weekend (Dec 9) Fleet 7 will raft up in Mission Bay, eat and drink with family and friends, and enjoy the annual Parade of Lights. Winter starts sometime around December 21, right??

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 12/03/2006 : 21:03:18

It just doesn't get much better than that!

Up here in NW Calif we had a nice 60 degree day with full sunshine... and no wind.

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DanM
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Response Posted - 12/04/2006 : 06:26:46

Beautiful photos! Will return to this page at least once a week to get that warm feeling. (At least until there are a few more inches of snow on the slopes and we strap on the skis.)

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Response Posted - 12/04/2006 : 11:20:09

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by gnorgan
 ...Next weekend (Dec 9) Fleet 7 will raft up in Mission Bay, eat and drink with family and friends, and enjoy the annual Parade of Lights...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Speaking of light parades, in the one at Mystic the Saturday after Thanksgiving, there was one entry that was the most remarkable I've ever seen. A 36-40' sloop was rigged with a false bowsprit that was lit to form the neck and head of a swan, and lighted wings were rigged with long frames with halyards attached to the tips so the crew could make the wings flap up and down. The rest of the boat was the swan's body, all in white lights (the mast and rigging were dark). Then came the signets--four little boats lit in white, a couple with wings, darting around behind the big swan. A still photo wouldn't have worked--you had to see the whole scene in motion! If they reappear next year (the swan was here last year without the signets), I'll try to get video.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 12/04/2006 : 11:52:12

Sunday was just like Gary's Saturday, except I joined the two C250s for a sail up the coast. We had unusual light SW winds, making it a reach up to La Jolla. I decided to try to lead us into the cove. The wind died. We had to motor back. Then the wind shifted to its normal NW. Great day on the water, much less heeling then Saturday.

Santa Ana winds going on. It was 30 knots at my house, 5 at the coast. Humidity about 10%. Sunny, clear, air temp in the 70s - 80s. My house in the foothills has been in the 30s at night. We are warmed by a big fireplace through these days with a 50 degree temperature swing.

Next weekend we are forecast to go back to the normal onshore flow, perhaps a little rain, but a big swell is forecast to 15 feet.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 12/04/2006 : 20:46:03

Thanx for the pictures Gary.

Nicely done.

Sailing conditions here: Snow & ice, boat on the trailer in a snowbank, but there's lots of wind.

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triley
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Response Posted - 12/06/2006 : 19:28:48

Wow. We never have pull outs like that. Of course we have all been out of the wtaer-now ice- for the last month and a half. They were racing iceboats in Perham Minnesota this last weekend. Awesome! How about 60 mph around the marks. Makes me want to puke!!!

Tom

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zeil
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Response Posted - 12/12/2006 : 21:08:56

We were thrilled to be part of the sail action both Saturday with Gary,Susan and Charlie and Sunday with Jim and Charlie... and last weekend doing our first ever raft-up to watch the light parade. I'm sure that you are not surprised that we plan to stay around here for a little longer...

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 12/13/2006 : 12:36:35

At the start of this thread it was asked 'is it possible to leave at the right time.

Answer: Yes.

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Northern/Central Oregon Coast Forecast...

Thursday: Wind 45 mph in the afternoon with gusts to 70 mph. South wind near beaches and headlands increasing to 50 mph in the afternoon with gusts to 85 mph

Thursday night: South wind 35 to 55 mph. Gusts to 100 mph... strongest near headlands. Wind becoming southwest 30 to 45 mph overnight with gusts to 75 mph.

SEAS OF 30 TO 40 FEET ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

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