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And I like your new avatar, too. I'm envious ... I'd love to have a picture of my 17-year-old daughter on the tiller. But that would require her to spend an afternoon with her incredibly uncool father. :-/
Enjoy those great kids of yours, sir. They'll be teenagers before you know it.
Have you looked at his photo??? Actually, to his 17-year old daughter, he can't be cool... it's against the laws of nature.. she's a teenager... think back to when you were a teen... were your parents "cool". Didn't think so.
The problem with that photo is that it is a horizontal, and most magazine covers require a vertically oriented photo, with a fair amount of clear space at the top for the magazine's masthead. It would be better for an interior double-truck horizontal photo layout.
My parents didn't have a chance with me. I was married at 18 (no shotguns involved) and 26 years later still am to the same wonderful person.
I am fortunate that both my kids (22 year old son and 18 year old daughter) have no issue being seen with me in public. I never grew up and still have no desire too.
I put my glasses on and checked the photo again. Now I understand
Yes, the glamor shot in my avatar gives away some of the reason why my kid thinks I'm a dork. She's basically right.
I'm lucky ... she's a good kid, works hard, gets great marks from her boss, does well enough in school, loves music (as I do), has a great sense of humor, hasn't been in trouble with the law, doesn't do drugs ... but doesn't like sailing. I'll live with it.
When I post a pic it will never have me in it and as you see I have no avatar. I will not give any photoshop ammo.
I must be a dork also. Both of mine are great and make me very proud.
My daughter does'nt understand why to have a sailboat. Too slow. She will though spend all day on my power boat. (Hi my name is Jim and I am a stinkpotter) I will drag her and her friends all over the James River, so they all think I am cool.
If Fred can tow her on a set of skis behind a sailboat, then she may change her mind. He would also probably have to roll the boat.
SD,
I still have yet to get the wife sailing as the boat is still on the hard, but I see a cat or tri in my future if my wife enjoys sailing. She has made it clear that the sailboat is "not to lean over to far". She has heard that cats dont "lean" as far. I see a reefed mainsail with no jib as I drag the anchor in my future. The plus side is the fresh paint on the topside should never need redone.
Mark Twain reportedly said "When I was 14 my father was such a fool I was ashamed to be seen with him. When I was 21 I looked back and was amazed how much the old man had learned in just 7 years." It is a common malady among teens; has been for centuries, and will continue forever. Cheer up, some day those kids will grow up and present you with grandchildren, perhaps your grandson will like to sail! Grandchildren are your reward for not drowning your teenagers!
Can you confirm they actually made it out of the marina...
and yes, I know you're kidding... if you weren't, I'd have to come to Portugal and cut the shark off the bottom of your boat and bring it home as a trophy.
VaBuckeye—
Did you go to OSU??? My dad's a Buckeye.
As for heeling, cruising catamarans are pushing it if they're heeling 10˚s, if you get them to do more, you will soon find out how hard they are to flip back over once they capsize.
Trimarans will heel about 15˚ when being sailed hard, but any more than that, you're again heading for a capsize. That said, it is pretty difficult to flip a cruising multihull.
My avatar isn't really me or even really my boat, though I am a human and my boat is a Newport 17, so it is sort of accurate. I was with a couple of other boats on Saturday and I am kicking myself for not asking them to take pictures (they both had cameras) when I had three of my kids up on top of the cabin and fore deck and the fourth child being towed on a boogie board. That would have made a good avatar. I guess I will have to do it again!
Great shots, Alex! I hope to get my family to do a dream vacation like that someday. I have a lot of learning to do before that is possible; I am amazed at the number of lines in some of your pictures.
Went to OSU in the early 80's. Had a hard time choosing between happy hour and class at the time. Happy hour won. I grew up outside Dayton. I have been out of Ohio over 20 years and am still a Buckeye.
I'm late to the conversation, but here's a shot of my 19-year-old Penn State junior enjoying the Chesapeake Bay air in my 28' 1975 Newport Free Spirit, just behind the tiller:
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