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dlucier
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Initially Posted - 01/01/2003 : 00:07:26

Fair winds and following seas to all in the new year.

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 06:02:21

May the New Year bring y'awl peace, joy and happiness.

God bless!

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 13:31:34

...and my condolences to our Washington friends, who may have been feeling pretty good when UW had Purdue 17-0 in the first quarter of the Sun Bowl yesterday, until the Boilers scored 34 straight!

And while I went to Purdue, a bunch of my money went to Maryland, which really romped over Tennessee last night! FEAR THE TURTLE!

Happy Bowl Day,
Boilermaker Dave

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

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 14:36:19

Hi everyone,

I hope y'all got your New Years Day essentials ...

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Happy New Year!

Buzz Maring, C-25 SK/SR #68, "Freya"

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 16:52:44

Happy New Year All!

I just returned from the marina where I had thought to go for a New Year's Day sail. Wind is really kicking over here @ 25-30k. I got the rudder manned and raised the main and reefed it. But after I loosed six of the moorings and still had two to go she was already bouncing off the piers. <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> First the starboard stern pulpit seat and then the bow pulpit rail. Decided not to risk it. I never would be able to get out of the slip fast enough. Not that I haven't sailed in high winds before. Was just the wrong direction today to get out, ie. off the starboard bow. And as usual, nobody to help crew.

So here I am back at the forum checking you guys out.

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 17:43:20

"I just returned from the marina where I had thought to go for a New Year's Day sail. Wind is really kicking over here at 25-30k...Decided not to risk it." - Ben

Hey, at least you tried. Don't fret though, there are still 364 days to go!

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 19:58:27

Don: I hope there are a few more... <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 20:08:34

I guess I should have phrased it, "...there are still 364 possible sailing days left this year."

Although in my case, my wife would change "possible" to "probable"! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
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On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 21:18:03

But the 364 is only a theoretical kind of number, based on 365 days in the year.

Some of us loose sailing days because we are now on the hard and couldn't sail for say 180 of those days. that leaves only 184 possible sailing days for us.

Others of us may have the liquid form of water all year, but it gets so hot in the middle of the year that life runs indoors,

Oh, well in theory . . .

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 21:31:51

Yes Buzz.... we had our black eyed peas 'n corn bread... and a right smart helpin <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
R&R N/E Texas and Great Lakes

[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 01/01/2003 : 21:49:42

Looks like chili (about 3.5 alarms) to me. <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/02/2003 : 00:51:25

"Some of us lose sailing days because we are now on the hard and couldn't sail for say 180 of those days." - Don

I'm one of those who is currently high and dry, but from May 1st to October, I'm a sailing fool. Last season, I probably sailed more often than most year-round sailors. At the end of last season when the kids were back in school, we had a stretch of good weather that lasted nearly a month. For that entire month, I don't know if a day went by that I didn't go out for at least an hour or two. The Monday thru Friday routine was:

8:20am Get the kids off to school
9:00am Arrive at boat with coffee, newspaper, breakfast, and big smile
9:10am Underway
2:00pm Come back down to Earth and dock boat
3:00pm Pick up kids from school

Just last week our neice from California was visiting and as she was looking at pictures of our boat, she asked me, "How often do you go sailing during the season?" and before I could say anything, my oldest daughter volunteered, "EVERYDAY!"

Do I have a sailing obsession? I may. One day last week I was at work, it was cold and we had just received a fresh 6" dusting of the white stuff, and I began thinking that maybe this year I should cut back on my sailing a little and try to expand my activities with my family beyond sailing. As I pondered this thought, my gaze turned to my sailing calendar on the wall with it's picture of a boat on a beam reach crashing through a wave, and in that instant, I said,
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May 1st can't get here any sooner! <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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tinob
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Response Posted - 01/02/2003 : 09:04:48

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
"Some of us lose sailing days because we are now on the hard and couldn't sail for say 180 of those days." - Don

I'm one of those who is currently high and dry, but from May 1st to October, I'm a sailing fool. Last season, I probably sailed more often than most year-round sailors. At the end of last season when the kids were back in school, we had a stretch of good weather that lasted nearly a month. For that entire month, I don't know if a day went by that I didn't go out for at least an hour or two. The Monday thru Friday routine was:

8:20am Get the kids off to school
9:00am Arrive at boat with coffee, newspaper, breakfast, and big smile
9:10am Underway
2:00pm Come back down to Earth and dock boat
3:00pm Pick up kids from school

Just last week our neice from California was visiting and as she was looking at pictures of our boat, she asked me, "How often do you go sailing during the season?" and before I could say anything, my oldest daughter volunteered, "EVERYDAY!"

Do I have a sailing obsession? I may. One day last week I was at work, it was cold and we had just received a fresh 6" dusting of the white stuff, and I began thinking that maybe this year I should cut back on my sailing a little and try to expand my activities with my family beyond sailing. As I pondered this thought, my gaze turned to my sailing calendar on the wall with it's picture of a boat on a beam reach crashing through a wave, and in that instant, I said,
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May 1st can't get here any sooner! <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie
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Wow Don,

Your schedule from 8A.M to 3P.M daily is as mine. Thought I was the onliest one so blessed,or obsessed)<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

Val Bisagni

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/02/2003 : 09:23:19

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I began thinking that maybe this year I should cut back on my sailing a little and try to expand my activities with my family beyond sailing. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

A sailor at our lake, who had 8 kids, said, "I've told all my kids that, if they want me at their wedding, they'd better have it in the winter!"

Now that's a sailing obsession!

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554

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dlucier
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7583 Posts

Response Posted - 01/02/2003 : 11:37:13

I am fortunate in that I'm not much of a sleeper(maybe 5 hours per night, sometimes 4 with a power nap or two) and my employer allows me to work from 6:00pm til 2:00am(never needed daycare for the kids). Additionally, with strategic scheduling of vacation days, holidays, and work time, I have every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off during the entire month of May and from mid-June to mid-September. I also take a week of vacation off in June, July, and August. Furthermore, I am just minutes from my boat and can have her in open water in 30 minutes from the time I leave my house.

My body's need for little sleep, a favorable work schedule, and my boat's proximity to my home is very condusive to feeding my sailing addiction. Kind of like an alcoholic smoker tending bar at a cigarette factory!

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 01/02/2003 : 15:27:05

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I began thinking that maybe this year I should cut back on my sailing a little and try to expand my activities with my family beyond sailing. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

A sailor at our lake, who had 8 kids, said, "I've told all my kids that, if they want me at their wedding, they'd better have it in the winter!"

Now that's a sailing obsession!

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554
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Steve,
Why do you think I got married on Jan 19, 02. (Then we went somewhere warm to go sailing).....That reminds me, I should probably start looking for a gift....?

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
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