Boat Forum / Sailing / February 2006

 Went out with my wife and 9 yr old daughter today, left my 15 yr old
son at home and 19 yr old daughter is off at college.  Even with this
few people on my 28' S2, I felt crowded and wished nobody was in my
way.  It didnt help when a gust caught us unexpectedly and threw us

USA = 9 gold medals
CAN = 7 gold medals
Congrats to Canaduh!  Not bad for a 3rd world country, eh?
Scotty

http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2006/0206/Feb24/Feb24.html

Seemed odd that nobody else was out today at Shell Pt, FL.  We took my
28' S2 out with anenometer reaqding about 12 kts in the canal, wind
outa the North.  Unfurled the jib about 75% and sailed directly
downwind out to sea.  Once in deep water(about a half mile out), GPS

A few months back I found a website for a chandlery distributor selling
anchor chain at about half the retail chandlers' rate. It appeared that
they would sell at a counter to the public too. It was a biggish outfit,
based elsewhere (maybe London area) but with a branch in what ...

Out of interest, what are your 3 anchors?
I've recently got a 60 spade to replace a 7.5 kg Bruce-copy as bower on
a Solent-based Hunter 27.  I'm going to get some new warp (10m chain &
45m anchorplait), and plan to use the old one (err, ~5m chain & 25m

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John Cairns

http://slam.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesOld/white_sailor.jpg

http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/2006/images/The%20Rag.jpg
From Sailing Anarcy ..
Oz1...of the 3 twins.
I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

I got a phone call yesterday morning - Floatything had broken her mooring in
strong winds and is currently 3 metres from a very hard stone wall. Hell's
teeth!  The call was from the mooring association (thanks Chris) who had
been notified by the Modplod (marine division of the MOD ...

Just before Christmas I managed to upset a number of URS readers with my
insensitive comments about some Chav who had put Christmas lights all over
his boat.
Admittedly a little off topic, I offer the following 25 point recognition

http://home.flash.net/~rush/Sailor%20Moon.jpg

To all you East Coast Sailors:
If you knew Graham Hall as I did;
http://graham.memory-of.com/Timeline.aspx
He was my coach for the time I was at school and is the person the got

What one-design class features the letters I and C.
What features distinguish this class of racing keelboat?

I sailed three days this weekend on a Beneteau 39, approximately 1988
model, in winds of around 20-25kts, and I was somewhat surprised that
the boat seemed to wander about from port to starboard on anything
approaching a close reach.  It doesn't have a full keel but does have a