[Rhodes22-list] too windy
elle
watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 23 12:30:56 EDT 2009
We've been watching the Planet Earth series...much different from the excerpts on NatGeo...truly awesome photography and planet info.
elle
Beer is good....people are crazy
1992 Rhodes 22 Recycled '06"Watermusic" {Lady in Red}
--- On Mon, 6/22/09, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] too windy
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:05 PM
Babylon 5 is a great series... and if you have a Netflix account all 5
seasons plus the full-length features are available for rent.
Definitely the best way to watch a TV series.
Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:31, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Babylon 5 was on for five or six seasons, so I have more than 100
> episodes
> to watch. Unfortunately I have already seen most of them, but it's
> great
> entertainment anyway. I got the complete set for fathers day from
> the wife.
> It's really nice watching them this way because there are no
> commercials.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/22/2009 11:18:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes:
>
> Nice while it lasts though :-)
>
> Never seen Babylon 5, but summertime TV is pitiful. Let me know
> how it is.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 10:03
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] too windy
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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