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Prospector
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Initially Posted - 08/03/2012 : 06:07:04

First off, sorry for not being on here much lately. This summer just hasn't been much for sailing.

First we launched late, which was OK, but not ideal. Once we were in the water and the rig went up, I realized it was time for new standing rigging, so we only went out in light conditions, and took it easy.

Then we were moving and with all teh packing and lawyers appointments, etc. we missed a couple more weeks.

New rig finally arrived, and we got it on, but lost a spreader tip in the process. CD was shut down due to the loss of an employee, Catalina no longer stocks the part, local Catalina dealer has no spare stock, yadda yadda - add another 2 weeks of not sailing.

The part finally arrives and we get the mast back on the boat, and I spend the next 2 weeks bedridden with health problems. Arrrgh. Get feeling betterish, and here we are the start of august with summer half done. I can go sailing this week, but next week is the start of our 2 week family vacation (road trip) which has us getting home just in time for kids to go back to school. I may get to go sailing in September/October. I hope.

So far teh boat the boat has only left the dock 3 times this season. Demoralizing I tell ya.

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 07:22:17

But the best part is, it's there!

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redeye
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 08:27:55

Enjoy.. I'm around people every day that are just happy for Today... and many that have just lost today.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 08:36:27

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">So far teh boat the boat has only left the dock 3 times this season. Demoralizing I tell ya.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Sounds like us last year. I think we got out four times all year. This year has been better. Your next one probably will be too.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 08:52:45

Chris, I can relate. I didn't launch this year. Hopefully, next year. I agree with Dave, though. At least I still have the boat. Provides a little hope. We'll see how much longer that lasts.

I hope you're feeling better and your health issues were limited to just those 2 weeks. For me, sailing in September has always been the best. I love the crisp air as the sunsets. It is nearly a spiritual experience for me. I hope you are able to enjoy the late season.

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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 09:19:24

With only going out three times so far, I'd imagine for you it could only get better from here. Geez, I think I average sailing three days a week! I was on vacation for a week in July and I ended up sailing for nine straight days. Around the seventh day, I was in need of some rest so I decided not to do the usual of waking up at the crack of dawn and heading straight for the boat, and instead simply lazed around the house taking it easy. Around 10:00am, the winds were blowing in the mid teens and I couldn't take it anymore so off I went to the boat.

Life's too short to be wasting wind!

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redeye
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 12:50:49

<< So far teh boat the boat has only left the dock 3 times this season. Demoralizing I tell ya. >>

So .. I'm at the beach and the guy shucking my oysters at the oyster bar is tellin me he has worked there a coupla years and loves it and I've seen him on and off, one place or another, for about 20 years and I ask what he has done livin here all his life, livin at the beach and he say's...

"Well.. I usta work on the boats.. you know, first mate on a shrimp boat for a few years, and that's hard work and smelly, and we'd get up at the crack of dawn and run offshore and drag the net and pull it up and sort the catch and ice um for several days, and raft up with some other boats at night, and it wasn't bad but still hard work.. and then I started working on a long liner boat, and that wasn't too bad but still hard work and then I started on a bottom boat.."

"We'd drive out 60-100 miles or more and anchor up and put bait on a hook and drop it down to the bottom and hit the button on the reel and pull up some big grouper, or snapper or such..and that was pretty easy.. and then one night we were anchored up and it started gettin kinda rough.. and the Capt'n decided we better start headin in as we were expectin a real blow comin up and we went to pull the anchor and we pulled it from the left... and we pulled it from the right... and we tightened up and finally the capt'n said to swing around as he knew what to do, and cleat that anchor line to the transom, and he was gonna gun it and about that time a big wave hit up and the whole back of the boat went underwater..."

"And I've been workin in the food service business ever since..."

As for me.. I always try to enjoy it when I do get to go out, and I try never to get too anxious about it when I don't get to go.

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islander
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 13:27:25

Jeez, And I was griping about having to miss 1 weekend and go to a wedding...

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glivs
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Response Posted - 08/03/2012 : 17:44:54

Hang in there...life is full of curve balls. I joined the 8% (U.S.) about a month after buying Great Escape. Really put a cramp into plans but have survived so far, all family members are reasonably healthy, and my daughter has a retirement plan at her new job. No complaints.

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hewebb
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Response Posted - 08/04/2012 : 03:49:02

I guess I should be really thankful. Being an old retired fart, I usually go sailing a couple of times a week. Yesterday it was a very quick sail as I got a late start. Left the dock about 10:30 and returned at 1:30. Temperature was 105 and I was soaked from sweating while putting the boat up. However, Out on the lake it was comfortable. Will be pulling the boat in a couple of weeks to do some work on it, (clean the hull) then to storage while we do some traveling for a couple of months. I know I will miss the boat while we are gone.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 08/04/2012 : 10:14:28

For the second summer I have had to pull in late July due to low water. Our lake has a single small watershed and is not part of a river system so if the fields are dry so are we; sure makes a Sunfish look tempting.

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Response Posted - 08/04/2012 : 11:56:10

A Sunfish probably draws more than the beach cat you had, and if you hit something with the daggerboard, it's not good. (I know.)

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/04/2012 : 21:53:01

I've been working too hard with the responsibility for 8 headstrong people.
I've been having a problem getting out on the boat during the week (late afternoon) and with all the honeydos, have had problems getting out on weekends.
Yesterday (Friday afternoon) I was just about done with everything at 1:30, and just then my manager called with a huge project. Somehow I was able to forestall the work until Monday and had two or three other things to do.
I finally got underway at 4PM and I have 4 hours to make it to my favorite gunkhole. 8:04, dropped anchor, sun set at 8:12.
Today I was able to get almost a whole day in sailing.
These are the kinds of trips I write up in my log, and you think about in February when the snow if falling. I took several photos, and will relive the trip as my screensaver on my work computer.
I thank the lord above for every day I wake up, and every day out on the water.
And besides, we still have at least 9 more weeks of good summer and fall sailing weather until Columbus Day / Thanksgiving Day in Canada.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 08/07/2012 : 06:12:14

Thanks for the kind words and comisseration.I know this is totally a "first world problem" but I just hate that I haven't hardly gotten out. Hopefully I can take good advantage of the boat this week, and then enjoy our vacation for the next couple weeks.

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