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coldducks
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Initially Posted - 09/02/2002 : 22:22:27

happy labor day to you all...here in boston you can feel the change in the air. we have been in since may 1st. though we have another 6 weeks, it feels over. what a sad time..we have had the best summer and the best sailing we have ever had. i am so sorry to see the end comming. was just wondering if any of you guys feel the same..

COLDDUCKS
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/03/2002 : 00:29:59

Yes, the season is coming to an end and, yes, it is not the happiest time of year, but the winter break is something to look forward to also. Since the boats are on-the-hard, we now have the time to do those projects we've been planning all summer. Maybe make those new curtains, rewire the boat, add some new hardware, repair a ding or two...there is always something that needs to be done and this mandatory time-out is the perfect time to do those things.

Additionally, as spring approaches and splashdown nears, the anticipation and excitement build just like a kid waiting for Christmas morning to come or the soldier/sailor coming home to his wife and kids after a nine month deployment. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder and to prove it just look at Derek and the others down at Canyon Lake, hoopin' and hollerin' since word came that their lake was reopening. So don't be saddened by this time of year, just start looking forward to next season. I know I can hardly wait! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Don Lucier, North Star
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 09/03/2002 : 01:51:03

I just sold my Boat Wind Lass. You probably saw the post. I have had her for seven years. We had kept her in the water all winter except for this past one. It was always great when we got just one bright winter day and could go out. Looks like Ill be a dock bum for a while but yes I know how you feel. Whats is worse is I work outside in the elements. Pray for an Indian Summer.

Doug&Ruth
Boatless in Seattle
Tacoma Wa.

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BCain
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Response Posted - 09/03/2002 : 09:47:25

Summer is over, feeling glad.
Here in Florida the sailing season is just getting started. The days of 95 degree heat with 95% humidity and light winds is about to change to days of mid 80's with 40% humidity and northers bringing days of steady 10-15 breezes. Summer is when we pull our boats and do the projects to get ready for the sailing season. If you live on the coast down here you can sail almost any day, but here in the center of the state you don't get the breezes. So, here's to the good weather of winter starting.

Bruce Cain, Wind Shadow, Central Florida Lakes

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Response Posted - 09/03/2002 : 09:51:15

Doug: You have a few projects for the winter: Find a job, and find a boat! Meanwhile, how 'bout a Sunfish? They're good for the soul!

Coldducks: I'm with Don--even though we had a kinda lousy sailing summer. Somehow, whenever we were around on a weekend, it was HOT and UGLY--often worse than Houston and Miami. This weekend was... well, you saw what happened to the US Open just down the Sound from us. But I have a bunch of things I want to do to Passage that will be easier on the hard--still trying to get her to be the boat I want. Sailing next summer should be that much better! But I'm still looking forward to some of the season's nicest sailing days that come in late September--if only they'll come on the weekends.

Now, how should I strip that ugly bottom? <img src=icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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jellyfish
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Response Posted - 09/03/2002 : 10:20:31

I am with Bruce, all the tourist are gone and the island returns to the locals. Sept-Dec is the very best season here! warm days(not hot)cool nights(not cold)!!!! winds blow NNE in the morning SSE in the afternoon, perfect! nice beam reach which ever way you want to cruise.

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Shelby
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Response Posted - 09/03/2002 : 11:30:06

I'm about ready to get the boat ready for another season. In AZ it is way to hot to sail in the summer. Going out this weekend to get some preliminary stuff done. Still need to finish the remote control for the engine.

Shelby '82 C25 #3208 "Third S" SKSR -- Lake Pleasant, AZ

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dave andersen
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Response Posted - 09/04/2002 : 02:11:34

Here in Ventura CA there is no "Sailing Season." I go all year long.
73 times this year so far according to my log book. It is very easy
to amortize a sailboat out here. we never have to winterize or store
since it never freezes.

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tinob
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Response Posted - 09/04/2002 : 14:06:38

My mom would always sing a tune about, "the GOLDENRODS being yellow, it's time to go to school", trying , in a subtle way, to gentle us into the idea of busting the books. Man do I hate GOLDENRODS to this day.

On the other hand, Fall sends the ADMIRAL back to her classroom and the two youngsters back to school. And daddy off to the boat without restrictions...sort of.

In one way I commiserate with you about the end of the season BUT on the other hand <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>..............YEAHHHHH

Val on "CALISTA" # 3936

Val Bisagni

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 09/05/2002 : 20:38:34

I guess I'm not going to get in that mandatory time out on the hard. However I did get some curtains finished and installed last week. I'll just have to scrap the bottom with the tanks on.

Last night I went to check Chick-a-pea's moorings at Amity Anchorage as there was a tropical storm offshore. There was another sail out on the St. Johns R. so I loosed the jib and coasted away from the dock then turned her into the wind and raised the main with one reef and off I went to catch them. They were coming out of Julington Ck. and as I aproached them I could see the red diamond. Finally caught up at Manderin Pt. and it was a C-25. But the rains were upon us so I waved and gybed for home.

I love storm sailing. And as Val says, "And daddy off to the boat without restrictions." Without the Admiral aboard I can do as I please!

Oh Yeah! Tis the season!

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Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk

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OJ
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Response Posted - 09/06/2002 : 02:27:22

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! It's not over until we say it's over!"

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MattL
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Response Posted - 09/06/2002 : 03:02:43

Brigitte and I got to the lake for the last Th. race of the season as the rain clouds dropped a light sprinkling of drops. The lake was smooth as glass and the race committee decided to wait till next Thursday for the last race.
After talking with some fiends on the dock I asked the admrial if she wanted to go for a sail. "Sure," she replied. I went to raise the sails. Some of the C-22s were out ghosting around and it looked like they were going to race anyway. Off we went. After a few minutes Brigitte told me to turn around and there was a double rainbow arching over our small marina. Not the time to be caught without a camera, but the memory will be in my mind for a while. What a sight. Last race Brigitte took the helm, so she let me back at the tiller for most of tonight.
When we got back to the shore there was a couple with a couple of kids on the dock that came to meet us, never got there names but we talked for quite a while. They use to have a C25 about 10 years ago and just came by to have a look at the boats. Of course they recognized the sail logo and came over to us. 10 years is a long time sans boat, looks like they will be in the marked for a new one soon.
Got home and the sitter already had the kids in bed, and I am soon to join them.
Well got to go

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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Response Posted - 09/06/2002 : 10:00:19

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! It's not over until we say it's over!"
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Is that a quote from Dan Quayle, or Dubya?

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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MattL
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Response Posted - 09/06/2002 : 14:38:45

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! It's not over until we say it's over!"

If it was Quayle it would have been

Was it over whene the Germanse bombede Pearle Harbore?...

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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Response Posted - 09/06/2002 : 16:58:36

the quote is from Brother Bluto after the Deltas were expelled from Faber College.

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Response Posted - 09/06/2002 : 17:28:50

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
the quote is from Brother Bluto after the Deltas were expelled from Faber College.
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>
Charles, you old historian, you! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Actually, that's a metaphor for Dubya at Yale...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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