survival - and more

[blt2ski]

Sp charlie, going sailing today? about 15-20 off of edmonds right now, if boyz and I can get the motor bleed, should take 5 min......out we go!

Tenuki, if you read this and want to come along, call CP!

Marty

[sailingdog]

Umm... the limited fetch makes it much nicer to sail in that area for given wind conditions... that's cheating.

Originally Posted by CharlieCobra

Ok, I think that some of the friction is due to perception of heavy weather. Hoffalives and I sail in the Puget Sound. We get Gales and other nastiness from Sept through June but it's still semi protected waters with a max of 100 miles of fetch. We get the winds and wind waves but no swells. Going out in a Gale here can be dangerous but nothing like what you'd find on our coast. If you're gonna practice in heavy weather, pick your poison. Go out the first time in Force 7-8. Then maybe later in Force 9-10. I don't advocate going out into the Pacific in Force 10, not by a long shot.

[CharlieCobra]

Originally Posted by blt2ski

Sp charlie, going sailing today? about 15-20 off of edmonds right now, if boyz and I can get the motor bleed, should take 5 min......out we go!

Tenuki, if you read this and want to come along, call CP!

Marty

Couldn't rustle up crew. We saw 35+ at Smith Is. and I wasn't sailing with a total rookie in that so we just hung out and listened to distress calls while messing about the boat.

[blt2ski]

The winds per the edmonds kingston ferrie were 15-20 at about 10:30, when we went out it is 10-15, then after we got back in, it went back up to 15-20! We had a good sail, food and beer at anthonys seafood grill here in edmonds after!

Marty

[tenuki]

Sorry I missed it, I have family in town till the new year. And they are definitely not sailors. Andromeda is out of commission for a while, outboard service and sails going to sailclean. my new north sails haven't arrived yet either. jonesin.

[HoffaLives]

Originally Posted by CharlieCobra

Couldn't rustle up crew. We saw 35+ at Smith Is. and I wasn't sailing with a total rookie in that so we just hung out and listened to distress calls while messing about the boat.

we crossed the strait of georgia this PM on the ferry, and it looked very, very messy out there; the slamming of waves against the ship's hull kept setting of some nitwit's car alarm. and yet inside the gulf islands gull **** would fall straight down (the poor man's anemometer). the variability around here is incredible, and a good reason to not trust what you see, because it might be completely different around the corner.