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14-03-2008, 05:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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newbe - canton OH
Hello everyone, greetings,
Just joined the group, and will tell you a little about myself.
name is jack
located in canton,ohio
boat (gemini) located on lake erie
the gemini is a 1985 classic and bought it 4 years ago in Conn., then ship it to lake erie where we put it in the water for the first time.
Great boat and my wife (sue) and I are having a great time sailing.
age here 67 semi retired.
glad to be a new member of the group and also member of gemini group...gemini.com
thanks again, will check in often
jbrunker gemini#155 (iona) lake erie
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14-03-2008, 05:38
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,139
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Welcome aboard!
Which model Gemini are you sailing?
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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14-03-2008, 07:26
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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model
I am sailing a gem3000 on lake erie
powered by 25 hp yahama
standard sail with 150 jenoa
handles very well
jbrunker
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14-03-2008, 14:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jbrunker
I am sailing a gem3000 on lake erie
powered by 25 hp yahama
standard sail with 150 jenoa
handles very well
jbrunker
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gem3000 (IONA)
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14-03-2008, 19:02
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hayes, VA
Boat: Gozzard 36
Posts: 8,700
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Quote:
Great boat and my wife (sue) and I are having a great time sailing.
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OK, nice to meet someone that has things the way they should be. It's all supposed to be fun!
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Paul Blais
s/v Bright Eyes Gozzard 36
37 15.7 N 76 28.9 W
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14-03-2008, 19:10
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha
Welcome aboard even though you are a multihuller.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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16-03-2008, 15:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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fun/multi
Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiprJohn
Aloha
Welcome aboard even though you are a multihuller.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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all sailing is fun, had a 26McGragor befor getting the Gem also sailed it here at lake erie
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16-03-2008, 16:17
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Always wondered how it was up there for sailing. My wife's sister and brother in law live in NE Canton and we'll probably be visiting them again this fall.
I do enjoy sailing the Wharram 23 cat that the club has from time to time.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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16-03-2008, 16:45
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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john,
we live in perry township
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16-03-2008, 16:48
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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I'll look up Perry Township and see where they live too. Can't be that big an area can it?
JohnL
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16-03-2008, 16:50
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiprJohn
Always wondered how it was up there for sailing. My wife's sister and brother in law live in NE Canton and we'll probably be visiting them again this fall.
I do enjoy sailing the Wharram 23 cat that the club has from time to time.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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john
we live in perry township
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16-03-2008, 16:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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perry twp is located between massillon and canton
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17-03-2008, 11:12
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha JB,
I found Perry on the map and my in-laws live on the opposite side of Canton from you up on Hahn Rd. I remember driving through Masillon on the way to their place from Chicago.
How long a drive is it to your boat?
Regards,
JohnL
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17-03-2008, 14:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Ohio
Boat: Gemini,3000,30ft.,Iona
Posts: 10
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mileage
hello John,
It takes 2hr. from our house to Catwba Island.
You said you were wandering how it was to sail on lake erie....great...
Erie is the shallowest of the great lakes so you have to keep a eye on the weather. They come up fast a can cause very large waves. We have been
lucky and fortunate not be out there in a storm.
The reason we got a cat was we rented one in fla. for a week and my wife really liked no healing and the room on the boat.
going from a 26ft 8ft beam to a 30 ft 14ft beam is a great change...
Were are you located there in Hawaii.....some people have all the luck..
jack
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17-03-2008, 19:17
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha Jack,
We're on the Big Island, Hawaii, near Hilo. Takes me 20 minutes to get to the bay. Even Paradise is not perfect. No Marinas, no Marine stores, no boat ramp for sailboats (have to go under a 12 foot clearance bridge to launch). So, although it could be perfect, the government doesn't allow boater friendly improvements.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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