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Dave Bristle
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Initially Posted - 09/25/2004 : 23:37:45

This, to me, is what a national assocation is really all about. There I was, stranded in San Diego for the weekend, 3000+ miles from home, and Jim Baumgart (a.k.a. husband of Spike, our fantastic Webmaster) picked me up downtown, drove me up to Mission Bay, and took me sailing out of the bay, out around the kelp beds, up to Point Loma, into San Diego Bay, (almost to where I had been in the first place), and then back to Mission Bay--followed by dinner by the docks at Point Loma Seafood on our way back to drop me off at the hotel. A great day, thanks to a great guy!

And you C-25 racers beware... Jim doesn't present himself as one of the serious racers in this group, but he's got the knowledge, the equipment, and it sounds to me like the desire to take you on and ruin your day!

My only question is this: Do you San Diego sailors ever get bored with your 12.5 knot winds from the same exact direction and 78 degree temperature every day of the year?

Thanks, Jim!

Association Port Captain, Mystic, CT
Past member and DPO of C-25 #5032
Now on Eastern 27 Sarge (but still sailing) and posting as "Stinkpotter".

Passage, Mystic, and Sarge--click to enlarge.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 09/25/2004 23:51:42

JimB517
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Response Posted - 09/26/2004 : 11:17:02

Here's the forecast for heaven

seas 2 to 4
NW winds 12 knots
air temp 89
sea temp 72

fish biting, whales spouting, dolphins jumping, good friends on the dock, room for everyone

Dave it was a pleasure and lets do it again soon!

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Response Posted - 09/26/2004 : 20:56:46

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Question: Do you ever get bored....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Nope!!!

Dave, had I known you were in town I might have come down real early and sailed with you two before heading to the San Diego State University Aztecs football game (we're die-hard alums, my wife and I).
You saw our boat next to Jim's, of course. My wife and I stayed overnight after the game and when Jim showed up around 10:30am I jumped aboard Jim's boat and sailed with him while my wife relaxed and read a book on board "Classical Cat".
And, yes....the winds were the same and the sea was actually more "relaxed" than your sail on Saturday. Jim and I talked sailing for several hours on a SW heading, ate some lunch, before heading back to the slip. My wife and I teach up here in Hemet so had to head home early to get things together for Monday, while Jim headed back out by himself, back into that incredibly boring

Pacific Ocean again. I think he is still out there at 6pm. He'll most likely have sailed to La Jolla and start his return run when the Sun sets. Next weekend we've planned to do some boat work real early (gudgeons/pintels) Saturday and set sail around 9am....or maybe we'll leave the dock at 7am and forget the boat jobs

. Gotta get lots of hours in before the days get too short. Of course

we can still sail but the Sun just goes down earlier, which means we cannot sail more than, say, 8-10 hours a day then.
Check above for today's conditions. Thanks to JimB.
Anyone who travels our way this winter be sure to let us know. It's fun to sail with friends.....

Edited by - gnorgan on 09/26/2004 20:58:54

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/26/2004 : 22:13:07

Gary and Jim: I'll be "stuck" in SD again the weekend of 10/9-10... I hope I can see you both! (Jim can't hide--I know just about every way to contact him, including going to his slip.)

Thanks again--look me up in Mystic, CT next year, to see how we dodge rocks in the NE.

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Response Posted - 09/27/2004 : 01:35:58

Dave, we were in Mystic the summer of 1998. A very scenic place. All my wife's family went back to the New York area to see where her Mom and Dad grew up before moving out west. So we drove up to Lake Champlain, Lake George, Niagra Falls, through Pencil Veinia (or is it Vainia?). My wife and I then left the family and drove east to the coast, then down the coast, stopping at lots of places including Mystic and stayed in a hotel in New London, then back to Kennedy Airport for our flight back. Maybe someday we might do it again.
Weekend of 10/9 and 10/10 is a good weekend (which one isn't?

).
Hope to see you then.

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Response Posted - 09/27/2004 : 13:06:08

I really enjoyed Saturday sailing with Dave, Sunday noon with Gary. Sunday afternoon I returned to the sea. We had really nice winds, a great long-peroid 4 foot NW swell. I decided to fish the outside of the Pt. Loma kelp, sailing back and forth from Pt. Loma to the IB pier in about 100 to 200 feet of water. Although I metered some fish, I didn't have any takers. Looking for fish adds a dimension to sailing - attempting to tune in with natural life as well as the winds and waves. I enjoy that added dimension as much as the hookup!

Log for this weekend: sailed 6 hours and 25 to 30 miles on Saturday. Fixed autopilot electrical problem (shorted connection leading to a blown fuse) Sunday morning, on the water about 5 hours and sailed about 20 miles Sunday.

I was wondering why, after spending all the time I do at sea, why dreams are almost never about sailing or the sea?

Edited by - JimB517 on 09/27/2004 13:10:00

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/27/2004 : 22:11:47

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JimB517
 I was wondering why, after spending all the time I do at sea, why dreams are almost never about sailing or the sea?
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Wellllllllllll, Jim... Just what are they about?

(I guess that'll take us Off Topic now...)

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 09/27/2004 22:17:55

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