[Rhodes22-list] too windy

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Ben,
I had a similar day except for the sailing. Being Fathers day I slept in  
until 9:00, a real rarity for me. Had a nice bacon and eggs breakfast with a  
bloody Mary. Took the wife's boat over to the marina and filled it with 38  
gallons of premium gas. Got back to our dock and went for a swim. Took the  
SeaDoo out for a ride and then another swim. Rum and cokes the rest of the 
day  and watched my new DVD set of Babylon 5 until 11:30 and then this 
morning back  to reality. Yuck.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/22/2009 10:45:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes:

We had  our floors redone, and the original plan for father's day was for me
to  spend all day moving furniture back into the house.  It's been  hovering
around 100 with little cloud cover for a couple of weeks.   This would have
been a miserable, miserable day.

The upside of slow  contractors is that I got this day instead:

*  Start with an early  morning sail.  Perfect breeze to fly through the 
chop
at hull  speed.  Wind direction allowed me to go back and forth in  parallel
with bridges, so only one change in sails required -- when turning  around 
to
head back.

*  Late morning dockside swim and play  with the kid.

*  Long nap through the heat of the  day.

*  More play and swimming, and an evening  kayak.

*  Steak dinner.

*  Bed.

Now, back to  reality.

Ben
R22 Velvet Elvis

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From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Leland
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:20
To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] too  windy


Chris,

Saturday was too wet and Sunday was consumed  with Father's Day stuff. 
Sunday was too windy for my enjoyment but I  wanted to go out just for the
high-wind experience.  I think the  forecast was around 20 mph, but the chop
and gusts probably made it more  work than fun.

As a daysailor, my only destination is the marina at the  end of the sailing
day.  If the winds are less than 5 knots, my tacks  are usually on close
reaches out and back just to keep moving.   Sometimes I'll motor downwind at
the end of the day just to get back  quickly.  For winds between 5-10 knots 
I
usually go wherever I like  since it's easy to get back home.  Beyond 10
knots I typically go into  the wind as much as possible.  Boom and board 
down
with sheets run  inside the shrouds.  It's a much smoother sail heading into
the chop  and it's an easy return home on a run or broad reach when you have
a strong  wind.

Did you go out over the weekend or decide it wasn't worth  it?  Saturday
evening we thought we saw a Rhodes between the Severn  and bay bridge on the
western shore side.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22   At Ease
Kent Island, MD


cowie wrote:
> 
> Did anyone  sail on the chesapeake bay this weekend?  Too many storms and
>  wind for me.
> 

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