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At 18-25 mph winds you are in over my pay grade!!!!!! Good goin' sauerleigh!!!

For 5 weeks earlier this summer we had a young man from South Africa staying with us. I took him out once, his first time also, and while it was fun the winds were pretty light, 5 mph or thereabouts.

Is that on Lake Erie and your Cat-25? I'm hopin' for something similar this weekend.

astrodad is correct with his wire size/amperage. I do it every day for a living. To calculate total loads just add up your wattage then divide by 12 and you will have the amps at 12 volts. Load your wire and fuse/breaker to no more than 80% of capacity. As an example, if you have a 20 amp. breaker, ...

Now that is slick.

Hey Keith! Welcome to the forum! I'll defer the quesitons to the experts on site....cuz I'm far from expert!!!!! (this is my second year sailing). I sail at Stockton and have a slip at the State Park Marina. If you get down there look up the "Shirley Jean", that'll be us! She's a blue Cat-...

So I bought a Loos gauge for no good reason? (I was gonna say "fer nuthin'" but it cost me 50 some dollars!!!)

Japan is washing up on the shores of Washington? Wow....here in the Ozarks things like that cross our mind. The world really isn't that big, is it. Those folks over there have taken a beating. Just rain here....and rain...and rain. Fortunately for us all the bad stuff has gone either north or south ...

I remember sunshine. Glad ya had such a pleasant day!!! With all the rain during the last week in the Ozarks one would think it was the Pacific Northwest.

wow mcrandall!!! You made my day! I actually knew something about sailing that helped someone!! (good thing it wasn't about actually sailing!) I didn't expect to be able to do that for another 10-20 years! You're welcome sir!

My first sail boat was a Chrysler Buccaneer. What I knew about sailing could have been put in thimble with room left, not that I know much more now. Lots of folks on this site helped a totally ignorant newbie get going. The Bucc is gone, replaced by a bigger boat and a smaller boat, neither of which...

I admire your dedication. Too much for this fair weather sailor!!!

Now that's clever.

Wow...I spent the winter in the woods, hunting and cutting firewood, cross country skiing, made a trip to Wisconsin with my two adult sons and skied for 4 days, read about 10 good books, worked on my sports cars, played music in and out of church, tied flys, fished for winter trout, cast bullets, re...

I've been lucky...so far. Having 95% of my adult, working life on ladders and working above my head no problems so far. I've known enough folks who had to have rotator cuff repair I want to avoid it if at all possible. Thanks for the info sauerliegh. And you other guys take it easy too! lecker...cou...

It's close to hauling the Shirley Jean to the lake....if I didn't have so many "Momma-do's" for this spring I'd haul her down this weekend. Tip for others...never, ever let your wife put your house on the Home Garden Tour. They've been buggin' her for years to do it and this year Momma acq...

Welll congrats alan! I too watch for your posts and thank you for the info you've so generously passed on....especially for a rookie like me!

Precisely why I DO NOT browse Craigslist or evilbay or any place else there are A) sail boats for sale, B) vintage British sports cars for sale, C)old firearms for sale and last but not least, D) bamboo fly rods for sale!!!! Rolled up in sheets and beat with a broom would be the least of my punishme...

Good fer you! Yesterday was almost 80 here......but we have a ways to go as that was something of a fluke. Sure gettin' the itch tho!!!

First time out with my Widgeon I pulled the wrong rope on the centerboard...yup, centerboard UP!!!...couldn't figger out why it seemed I was going the direction I wanted to go but kept sliding farther away from my destination. Felt like a complete dolt when I figgered it out. Boat was a lot more fun...

Thanks Scott!!! I was afraid it might be gone for good and had no idea where to find the new one...if there was to be such. Glad it's all back and good.

Vic

Leatherneck, if ya'll need anything while passing through Missouri lemme know. I expect you'll be using I-70 and we're down on I-44 but that ain't no thang! If it fits in your schedule feel free to drop a little south into the Ozarks and bless us with a visit.

Vic

Well...Papax3, I believe I am a decrepit, old newbie! If it don't hurt it don't work and there's more gray than blonde in my hair and I've only been sailing for about a year!!! alan...I appreciate your humor. Humor levens anything! I haven't been around much lately...but, it's winter and we have sno...

I'm pretty new at this game also. The two I use and refer to the most I don't believe I saw listed. They are "The Complete Sailor" by David Seidman and "The Annapolis Book of Seamanship". When I started I was confused by the sheer number of books out there and bought those two on...

I've never been the superstitious kind....about anything Traditions, yes.

I agree astrodad. I don't believe we've seen the bottom of this market. Good advice 69 and good tip on the new tax law. Take whatever you can get from the govt. any time you can. They sure take ours from us! As my wife and I have always been self employed we started setting aside not long after we w...

Alan, precisely why mine is sitting here at the house. Those are sad pictures. Whew....

What Beady & mariner said. Mine is rigged the same. mariner...the doll looked better without the tattoos.

Well said saureleigh!!! I came on board having not sailed in 30 years, and even then I had no idea what I was doing, just kinda following the wind in a 10-12 ft. dinghy that belonged to a neighbor. Basically I'm a beginner at 57, (just behind ya astrorad!). When I bought the Bucc last winter everyon...

We had a white one here also. 2nd or 3rd in a row. It was only 3-4 inches so no cross country skiing here.......yet.

Capt., still might be headed your way next month....seein' as how ya'll got all the good snow!

Yes! That's the same one I saw last night on Greta. Amazing.