On 5/26/2016 1:41 PM, Jazzy wrote: Hi Jazzy, Great idea. We sailors need all the help we can get. The motorboat people breed like guinea pigs and are taking over everything. I pulled a similar stunt on my children many years ago. They were very competent sailors, but had never taken our 29-footer out by themselves. We were at Block Island. It was Sunday afternoon. I went down into the cabin, wrote a note and handed it up to them in the cockpit. I wrote something like, "The Captain is in need of emergency medical help. He can't speak. He's comfortable but get him back to Noank, CT ASAP". Then I turned on the tape player with some nice Croation folk music, and started reading a book. They had to solo; and did so in a very professional manner. They got me back to our marina in Noank; moored the boat; and then told me they had arrived. Years later our daughter was on a 50 foot sail boat in the San Francisco Bay area, and everyone on board was a total neophyte. She offered to take over the helm and do the sailing to the surprise of the owner. He let her do the sailing , and she had a ball. Ciao, Connie
Hi all, was just pondering my tired sails. How does one know what size Genoa is installed? Thanks!
Couple of updates...
Stoked for Mem Day...trailering to Pleasant Harbor Marina where we have a slot for a night, full amenities and a motor couple coming to join the festivities. Should be good pirate fun.
Last week I took my friends son out. He's 18 and had never been in a sailboat, we spent a few hours tooling around the harbor, I worked him hard on terminology, parking, stopping at random buoys, starting and stopping the motor, approaching objects slowly... boy was he surprised when I hopped off and told him to take a solo lap at the end of the day! Hahaha. Reminded me of flight instructor days. His dad told me afterward he couldn't stop talking about it. Now dad wants to go. Maybe got us two new sailors... do share your boats and teach some youngsters! What's a dock ding or two compared to passing the torch?? Hahaha. A bonus was that I got to see my boat cruising around. They are quite graceful and salty looking when off their trailer aren't they ? ;) Much sexier than the Harbor 20 that was buzzing around.
Found a slip for 110 a month 8 minutes from home...sooo tempted. Comments? Is the bottom going to hell in a hand basket?
Jazz