[Rhodes22-list] Artic Sail

[Leland]

Elle,

Castle Harbor Marina.  The old marina was exactly two miles from my house. 
The new one is exactly one mile.

http://marinas.com/view/marina/35 http://marinas.com/view/marina/35 

Lee


Elle-3 wrote:
> 
> --- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>>I should have bought a sailboat a long time ago.
> 
> Definitely lends credence to the saying," A bad day on
> the boat...."
> 
> Glad you made it safely...so what's your new marina??
> 
> 
> elle
> 
> --- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> My marina was sold to a Sea Ray dealer and all
>> sailboats were told to vacate
>> before the 1st of April.  Yesterday was the only day
>> I had available before
>> the deadline to move her to my new marina.
>> 
>> By 8:00 a.m. the temperature had risen to 32
>> degrees.  Winds were predicted
>> at 15 to 18 m.p.h. until mid afternoon.  Perfect
>> sailing weather.  The new
>> marina was only three miles north of the old marina
>> by land, but twelve
>> miles by sea.  Naturally, the wind was directly from
>> the north.
>> 
>> As bad as this sounds, it was a wonderful day of
>> sailing.
>> 
>> The first hour was mostly a broad reach with little
>> sail out.  I left the
>> motor hanging down in the water and the wind was
>> still pushing me at over
>> five knots the entire time.
>> 
>> The second hour was motoring directly into the wind
>> and chop.  I was dressed
>> for skiing to include polar mittens and a neck gator
>> over my face, but my
>> front was soaking wet by the time I reached the Kent
>> Narrows.  This wasn't
>> part of the wonderful day of sailing.
>> 
>> The most challenging part of the day was waiting for
>> the drawbridge.  Since
>> I was the only idiot in the water, I assumed the
>> troll operating the bridge
>> would raise it when he saw me.  I was told that the
>> current at Kent Narrows
>> was strong but had no idea how difficult it would be
>> to keep a boat
>> stationary in that kind of wind and current.  By the
>> time I got to my cell
>> phone and called him I must have done half a dozen
>> 360s.  He told me he
>> couldn't open the bridge until I let him know my
>> intent, which I can
>> understand because he probably couldn't figure out
>> what the heck I was
>> doing.
>> 
>> When I got through the Narrows, the wind was
>> decreasing and the temperature
>> was increasing and life was good.  Spent the
>> afternoon sailing in about 8
>> knot winds and nearly 50 degrees with not a cloud in
>> the sky or a care in
>> the world.
>> 
>> I should have bought a sailboat a long time ago.
>> 
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>> Kent Island, MD
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> 
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