01-23-2008
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New England
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Rockter-
You're a Scotsman... no one would ever claim you're sane.  And you sail on a lake with a resident monster...
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Originally Posted by Rockter
Backing any ship into a slip in anything other than calm is not easy, nor will it ever be. You only get one run at it, and in a Loch Ness blow, the bow will pay off at the first gust. The only counter is to reverse much faster than sanity would allow.
For me, it's all about a crew of three and lots of lines. Even with a single line ashore, it's a totally different game. But alone, in high winds, with an 11 ton ship?.... forget it.
Others no-doubt think otherwise, but they seem to be painting the hull more than we do.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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