Cruising Sailors Forum Archive

Messages In This Thread

• Cruising, coastal sailing, daysailing,...what's the hardest part?
  • As I age I look only to Eldridge as
    • The surprises aren't much fun ...
      • I don't like commissioning and de-commissioning
        • Fun dog collar. Did you make it?
          • It's called a Martingale style
            • Very cool.
        • Poor dog looks..uh, whipped.
          • 
        • This seasonal commissioning - not something we do in the west...
          • You can spend a few hours in a fine restaurant, or all day in one of those, 'open 24 hours', highway cafeteria's.
            • Well, the sailing is better on SF Bay, hands down, all in. However if you want coastline to explore...
              • Just having some fun, 'year round vs seasonal sailing', joisting.
                • You must be concerned about the draught in your area, I am.
                  • We are on a well in Northern California...
                    • Down in Southern California we haven't
                      • The water wars are in the early stages.....for all of us.
                      • Here in Texas recently, the powers in Austin wanted to shut down the flow down the Colorado, so the folks up there
                • Out west we call that "jousting"? Hehehe. Sometimes it's hard to tell what a feller means.
                  • Ahhh, I've got my work on the desktop too.
                    • Dude. You can hang with the best.....just joisting, of course.
    • Well said. That's an issue for us as well.
      • Tom, you have too much stuff.
        • As the family donkey, I've murmered those words many times.
          • Family donkey-grin.. I call it "muling"
      • We use weights and blocks also
      • 
  • Schlepping is right up at the top but you
    • We've gotten better at keeping duplicates onboard over the years.
      • We moved into our condo in downtown
  • Getting off at the end?
    • That's one beauty of a big boat