[Rhodes22-list] Hey Wally!

[Wally Buck]

Brad,

Saturday was perfect. I sailed around all day chasing a friend's Hunter 32. 
The wind was a steady 12-15 but as always there were plenty of interesting 
gusts. I worked pretty hard for a couple of hours beating upriver and up 
current.  I had the boat balanced with full 125 and furl in the main.

The run home was wild. I unfurled main, hecl I wanted go for it. It was not 
the right call. The wind realy picked up and I was flying. The wind kept 
increasing and gusting around from different directions. The white caps were 
stacked close and the current teamed with strong winds drove me higher up. I 
broached badly but was able tp gain back rudder control before anything bad 
happened. When I got things under control I quickly furled my genny and 
sailed down wind under main alone. I was still flying!

The wild front blew through and things calmed down. I ate a late lunch and 
decided to keep going down river for a few more miles and then back for nice 
sun set ending. One of the best days sailing all year.

There was a bunch of debris but nothing like last years flooding. Most of 
the bigger piles had herons standing on them so you could see them easily. 
We saw very few motor boats out.

Today we get to do it all over again!

Wally

>From: brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Hey Wally!
>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:16:16 -0700 (PDT)
>
>What was your end of the river like today?  I'm going
>to Pickwick on Wednesday.  According to tnriver.com,
>Pickwick is spilling and will do so for some time.
>The good news is that I can go just about anywhere on
>the lake and not worry about staying in the channel to
>avoid grounding (I draw 4' 11").  Just curious about
>how much trash is coming downstream.
>
>Brad Haslett
>"CoraShen"
>
>
>
>
>__________________________________
>Do you Yahoo!?
>New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!
>http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
>__________________________________________________
>Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list

_________________________________________________________________
Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® 
Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963