| Author | Message | ||
     David Sheriff Board Administrator Username: admin Post Number: 76 Registered: 01-2004 |
My point in exploring moderately heavy weather is not so much to enjoy the experience as to get some experience when it happens, which it sometimes does unexpectedly. As we have essentially the same boat, I know it gets really squirrly in a decent wind with too much sail. Not to mention the seas. | ||
| David Sheriff Board Administrator Username: admin Post Number: 75 Registered: 01-2004 |
When I was much younger and working with high voltage x=ray machines I got exactly the same advice regarding old and bold. What did you use as a sail configuration? | ||
| Sandra Jean Gilman Intermediate Member Username: sandyjgilman Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2004 |
We just arrived home from Avalon -- sat on a mooring in front of Tuna Club in 50 + knot winds. The harbor patrol wore helmets! None of the ferries were running. One of the locals said," There are old sailors, and there are bold sailors, but there are no old, bold sailors." I would not, ever again, put a boat through a "storm," nor would I put my body through one (a cracked tooth to prove it). There you have it. I may not be bold, but at least I have a chance of growing old... |
