I had a good friend in San Francisco with a sailboat. His wife was thrilled when he bought it, but the first day out on their first cruise, the minute he hoisted the sails to get underway and the hull heeled over, the lady turned white as the sail, grabbed that rail and hung on for dear life, totally paralyzed with white knuckle fever. When they got back to the doc, she never sailed with him again. Oh, she would go to the docks, sun tan on the deck, sit and read, and enjoy the day - but the very second he unmoored the boat, she was off that thing in a heartbeat - waving at him as he set sail. He later sold it in favor of a motorhome they could enjoy together. John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com
Mark Dearing wrote: > In a message dated 2/27/2010 12:03:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kggilbert@MYACTV.NET writes: > > Open canoe for whitewater, sailing kayak for flat water; car-top both > > > > > hey guys I use to do a lot of white water in an open canoe all up and > down east . I have one of nolan whitesells early Pirranha 14ft whitewater > canoe. . the 2 whitewater places close to me were great, class 5 runs , Goshen > Pass and johns creek. Johns creek drops about 165 ft per mile for 4 1/2 > miles . has 35 names rapids, 12 ft drops, crazy names like godzilla meets > bambi LOL I could roll it back over with no problem. I also have a folboat > sail rig that I addapted to my old town Penobscot canoe and would take > sailing out in the sound at the outter banks. that thing was a lot of fun and > pretty dang fast. I have always wanted a big sailboat but wife gets > seasick. :( later mark d > > > |
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