Hi Guys. Newbie here.....

scoobies

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Nov 12, 2009, 2:19:49 PM11/12/09

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Some really interesting info on all aspects of sailing guys.....keep
it up.....certainly got me glued
to this group.

Andy Champ

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Nov 12, 2009, 4:10:03 PM11/12/09

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Am I missing something, or is this the first post since ..err.. July? I
though the group had died!

Or perhaps they aren't making it past the doldrums.

Andy

Jason Keats

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Nov 13, 2009, 7:54:23 AM11/13/09

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You're not imagining things, Andy. It's been dead for nearly three months.

But we're all sailing again, now that the weather's warmed up, aren't we?

Who's winning?

Andy Champ

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Nov 13, 2009, 4:01:17 PM11/13/09

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Jason Keats wrote:
>
> You're not imagining things, Andy. It's been dead for nearly three months.
>
> But we're all sailing again, now that the weather's warmed up, aren't we?
>
> Who's winning?
>

Being stuck in the Northern Hemisphere summer is pretty well over. Last
weekend was probably the last wetsuit day of the year; drysuit comes out
now. Real Sailors don't wimp out unless the water is solid.

Andy

Jason Keats

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Nov 13, 2009, 6:04:31 PM11/13/09

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Andy Champ wrote:
> Being stuck in the Northern Hemisphere summer is pretty well over. Last
> weekend was probably the last wetsuit day of the year; drysuit comes out
> now. Real Sailors don't wimp out unless the water is solid.

I've heard of people crazy enough to shake the ice from their boat
covers and go sailing - I'm just glad I don't have to associate with
them. :-)

Speaking of solid water, I'd love to try ice yachting,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_yachting, but I've never even seen a
frozen lake.

Adrian Simpson

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Nov 14, 2009, 3:21:02 PM11/14/09

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In article <3ClLm.54645$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Jason
Keats <jke...@melbpcDeleteThis.org.au> writes

>I've heard of people crazy enough to shake the ice from their boat
>covers and go sailing - I'm just glad I don't have to associate with
>them. :-)
>

We sailed one day back in February where the wind chill was recorded as
-8.5 degrees C, after that it started to get cold.

Adrian
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Andy Champ

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Nov 15, 2009, 2:23:30 PM11/15/09

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Jason Keats wrote:
>
> I've heard of people crazy enough to shake the ice from their boat
> covers and go sailing - I'm just glad I don't have to associate with
> them. :-)

Bye then.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Number774/ThenIscrapedthesnowoff.jpg

(look in the background, a bit left of centre, those are sails!)

>
> Speaking of solid water, I'd love to try ice yachting,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_yachting, but I've never even seen a
> frozen lake.

The real catch is a lake that's frozen enough to _safely_ support
weight. I've never seen it that cold here in Southern England, although
it occasionally gets that cold in the north. Those few hundred Km can
make quite a difference.

Andy

Adrian Simpson

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Nov 15, 2009, 4:08:13 PM11/15/09

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In article <RZSdnVYzvMquyJ3W...@eclipse.net.uk>, Andy Champ
<no....@nospam.invalid> writes

>The real catch is a lake that's frozen enough to _safely_ support
>weight. I've never seen it that cold here in Southern England, although
>it occasionally gets that cold in the north. Those few hundred Km can
>make quite a difference.
>

Back in the early eighties, I was a member of Draycote Water Sailing
Club (about 30 miles SE of Birmingham). Some of the longer serving
members there told the tale of driving a Land Rover out to some moored
boats one winter.