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DaveR
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Initially Posted - 06/14/2010 :  07:19:06  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
I finally got Bamboo out Ponce Inlet yesterday for the first time this year. It was an epic day (shoulda been there John P)! 1 to 2 ft. seas, 5 to 10 kt. winds, no afternoon storms and not too hot! The only bad part was coming back in the inlet with an outgoing tide at it's peak. Dangerous stuff. Had the outboard screaming and fought the turbulence every second. Managed to get a few pics of it but was much worse than they show. Here's a few pics, the rest are [url="http://waveless.smugmug.com/Sports/sailing/Ocean-Sailing-61310/12551357_ESxNM#900719569_oBaDd"]here[/url].
On the way to the inlet in the morning

The Bell buoy, 1 mile out

The Daytona Coast line

gotta get some cam cleats!
Dave Robbins
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JohnP
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Nice!!!
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JohnP
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Do you know who was chasing you in a C-25?
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/14/2010 :  11:36:14  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
It was a couple women. Had never seen them before. When they got close enough I yelled at them to come to the association site and check it out. Hopefully they will and then I'll be able to give them the shots of their boat that I took.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 06/14/2010 :  12:55:18  Show Profile
Nice! I envy you coastal sailors.
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Response Posted - 06/14/2010 :  14:06:37  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DaveR</i>
<br />It was a couple women. Had never seen them before. When they got close enough I yelled at them to come to the association site...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Nice of you to let them catch up!
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/15/2010 :  08:38:05  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Actually they were on a north tack and I was on a SE tack
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 06/15/2010 :  12:24:23  Show Profile
You know you can't trust sailboats with strange women aboard.

It's good you got away - They may have had ill intentions!


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Ben
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Response Posted - 06/15/2010 :  13:43:29  Show Profile
My only experience with Florida (non-sailing, sadly) is the Daytona/New Smyrna area. I absolutely love that place. I'm very envious of you, and appreciate the pictures. :-)

Also, if you get a set of winchers you won't have to install cam cleats.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/17/2010 :  07:32:32  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Thanks Ben, I love this place too! Have you used winchers before?
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 06/17/2010 :  08:06:41  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
I used winchers on a c-27. THey worked OK. I just use the cleats the boat came with though - a couple wraps and you have nothing to worry about.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/17/2010 :  09:14:17  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
When you're-single handing sometimes a quick fix is a real plus. Also when you have shifting winds and want make numerous sheet adjustments a cleat is a patience saver. But last Sunday when I was fighting that wild outgoing current and boat wake in the inlet I was getting really fed up with my sheet and would have really appreciated a cam cleat.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 06/24/2010 :  19:18:25  Show Profile
looks like great fun...I'd just be careful about wrapping the sheet - or any line for that matter - around your hand/wrist...
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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/25/2010 :  03:32:41  Show Profile
Clam cleats rock.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/25/2010 :  05:49:11  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
It's funny you say that Jerry. I totally found out Why JohnP likes his preventer. The mainsheet came across the tiller, caught my thumb and I can still feel it a little! And Ray, got my cam cleats in the mail Monday! I think I'll leave the cleats and put the cams just forward. Not sure but that's what I'm thinking.
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Ben
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Response Posted - 06/25/2010 :  06:41:49  Show Profile
Hi Dave, yes, I do use winchers. I race every Wednesday and they come in handy as an quick-release cleat. They don't work well at all for "self-tailing" but that's not why I use them. I like them because I didn't have to add any more deck hardware. They basically function like a clam cleat.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/25/2010 :  09:37:27  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Thanks Ben, I may try those! So after seeing Ray's post I was thinking, hey maybe they are called "clam cleats", but they are "cam" cleats.
Clam Cleat

Cam Cleat


Hopefully by the time I die I'll have 50% of my mariner terminology down
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