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ITriumph · 08-07-2005, 08:48 PM

Well I went sailing today. A friend of mone has a 32' sailboat and was nice enough to invite me along. I had a blast. There were alot of boats out on the Lk. Mich. It still feels like I'm on the boat still. Man oh man did i get one heck of a sunburn. OUCH! And I just shaved my head acouple of days ago.

skidoo_magoo · 08-07-2005, 09:22 PM

cool. id like to go out on a boat some time. we arent really in to it, but a lot of my dad's friends are.

SnowRida · 08-08-2005, 11:00 AM

Over the 4th of July, we were in Petosky. my brother in law has a 53' Ocean Yaght. That thing was a 3 bedroom floating condo!

skidoo_magoo · 08-08-2005, 11:07 AM

what's with the measurements? 53...32...why not 50 and 30? then again, maybe the useful space comes to the 30 and 50 measurements...

IndianRvrShiver · 08-08-2005, 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by mouse72
Well I went sailing today. A friend of mone has a 32' sailboat and was nice enough to invite me along. I had a blast. There were alot of boats out on the Lk. Mich. It still feels like I'm on the boat still. Man oh man did i get one heck of a sunburn. OUCH! And I just shaved my head acouple of days ago.

So that's where you were!! Your dog almost came through the window, your black cat walked in front of my path & I almost tripped on all the crap on your porch!! Nice lil' place you got, mouse.............nice pole barn/work shop!

ITriumph · 08-08-2005, 10:11 PM

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Originally posted by IndianRvrShiver
So that's where you were!! Your dog almost came through the window, your black cat walked in front of my path & I almost tripped on all the crap on your porch!! Nice lil' place you got, mouse.............nice pole barn/work shop!

I'm sorry about the cat dude. That little F@!%er does that to me all the time, and it sounds like my dog was doing her job...lol. I got your note. I'm bumbed that I wasn't there. I'm ussually not that messy. I've been trying to get yard sale stuff together. It's gonna be a biggy. Got half a barn full of crap. Mostly my dads.

SnowRida · 08-23-2005, 08:34 PM

How's the job hunting goin?

ecsnowmobiling · 09-02-2005, 08:38 AM

Sounds like you had a great time sailboating.

MackmxzX · 09-12-2005, 01:59 PM

i see people sailing all the time...it seems like a lot of work! in the movies it looks even worse...dont know if i could do it haha...but glad you had fun!

ITriumph · 09-12-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by MackmxzX
i see people sailing all the time...it seems like a lot of work! in the movies it looks even worse...dont know if i could do it haha...but glad you had fun!

It's not as hard as it looks actually. I'm still learnin, but the only thing I got to remember is to know when to pull one rope and loosin the other when tacking.

PolarisINDY500 · 09-13-2005, 07:21 AM

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Originally posted by MackmxzX
it seems like a lot of work! in the movies it looks even worse...dont know if i could do it haha...but glad you had fun!

its only hard work when your on a cruiser and theres a crew of like 10ppl in a race for example.

for the average sailer its quite simple. i learned to sail on a sunfish sail boat. when you get the idea of using a smaller vessel, then you can apply the same strategies for bigger vessels.

the one piece of advice ill give is, dont tack (turn) with the wind at your back (if possible) because you dont have any controll over your sail. however, when you turn into the wind your sail will have yaw (start flapping) and you can bring the sail in or out with ease.

the other thing to remember is the closer you bring your sail in, the faster you can travel, in combination with headding almost head on with the wind.

ITriumph · 09-13-2005, 08:44 AM

It was pretty fun though we didn't use the main sail (torn). All we were using was a 1 1/2 jib sail. We still got some good speed and was able to keel enough to have water come over the gunnels. We had to sail all the way to the dock because the starter wouldn't engage on the motor. It was pretty cool. All the ppl on the waterfront were lookin at us like we were crazy.

IndianRvrShiver · 09-13-2005, 09:39 AM

Prolly look somethin' like the ship in Speed2!! lol

SnowRida · 09-13-2005, 11:20 AM

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Originally posted by mouse72
All the ppl on the waterfront were lookin at us like we were crazy. [/b]

I have to believe by now that you are a little crazy. Should be fun in Jan. when you sing us a baby g mommy song!

ITriumph · 09-13-2005, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by SnowRida
I have to believe by now that you are a little crazy. Should be fun in Jan. when you sing us a baby g mommy song!

It funny you mention a song about g's mom. I wrote a blues song when I was like 16-17 yo. It's about Petoskey. It discribes women like G's mom. It's called " P-town Blues ". It's not intended for young kids. It does have a parental advisory...lol

IndianRvrShiver · 09-13-2005, 01:37 PM

You gonna' bring your axe to the ride?? Need to make a holder of sorts!!