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12-04-2008, 18:05
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Aiken,SC
Boat: Hunter 280 AliMar
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First time poster, long time sailer.
There are some sites that you wish you never visited and then others that you wish you had YEARS ago. This is the one I needed to find years ago. I hope I can share some of my "Never do that again!" wisdom? and learn some new and better ways to let the wind take me there.
I down sized recently to a Hunter 280 and its docked at Lake Lanier, GA. I bought it just in time for the lake to drop 18-20 feet! lol. Its been raining, finally, and the lake is up about 7 feet now. AND I'm back in my original slip that was dry for the last 6 months.
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12-04-2008, 18:45
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Van Helleman Schooner 65ft StarGazer
Posts: 10,281
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Welcome Richkd…….. We all know sailing has it’s ups and downs, but you landlocked guys bring it to a whole new level (lol)
We look forward to your stories!
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12-04-2008, 21:22
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Nevada City. CA
Boat: Sceptre 41
Posts: 3,857
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richkd
I down sized recently to a Hunter 280 and its docked at Lake Lanier, GA. I bought it just in time for the lake to drop 18-20 feet! lol. Its been raining, finally, and the lake is up about 7 feet now. AND I'm back in my original slip that was dry for the last 6 months. |
Its just practice for tide changes in New Foundland or BC or parts of England with alot of tidal range. LOL
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Fair Winds,
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Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea. Besides holding our hearts together through long periods of separation, it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other's yarns -- and even convictions. Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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13-04-2008, 14:20
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,192
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Aloha Rich,
Welcome aboard!! Good to have you here. I'm glad the lake is filling once again.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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16-04-2008, 15:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Moving to California(Monterey Bay)
Posts: 50
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At least you didn't get stuck on the hard. Lakes have finicky water line in the winter. Take that baby to sea!
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01-05-2008, 22:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Aiken,SC
Boat: Hunter 280 AliMar
Posts: 34
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Originally Posted by mermaidserena
At least you didn't get stuck on the hard. Lakes have finicky water line in the winter. Take that baby to sea! |
Been to sea but sadly I am now 3.5-4 hours away from salt. So a sailors gotz to do whatz a sailors gotz to do. Wind still howls here. 
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Richkd ( Not Rich Kid)
"If the wind is free then why is sailing so dang expensive?"
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05-05-2008, 14:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Moving to California(Monterey Bay)
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Welcome Ricky
I am sorry that you have to be so far the ocean! I have a hard time being stuck in Long Island Sound opposed to the OCEAN! A sailor's heart is always broken when the sailor to far from the sea! My heart is broken being stuck to the computer for a thrills about sailing!
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05-05-2008, 15:06
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,901
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but he still got to meet me.....how much better can life get?
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05-05-2008, 18:55
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Aiken,SC
Boat: Hunter 280 AliMar
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Quote:
Originally Posted by never monday
but he still got to meet me.....how much better can life get?
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Only if the next time it involves a few beers or better yet SCOTCH! 
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Richkd ( Not Rich Kid)
"If the wind is free then why is sailing so dang expensive?"
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05-05-2008, 18:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Aiken,SC
Boat: Hunter 280 AliMar
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mermaidserena
I am sorry that you have to be so far the ocean! I have a hard time being stuck in Long Island Sound opposed to the OCEAN! A sailor's heart is always broken when the sailor to far from the sea! My heart is broken being stuck to the computer for a thrills about sailing! |
Broken heart??? Lemme tell ya 'bout broken heart. Buy a boat in Febuary 2007 and not step on it until April 2008. Havent raised the sails yet. Been traveling to much, but its time NOW! 
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Richkd ( Not Rich Kid)
"If the wind is free then why is sailing so dang expensive?"
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05-05-2008, 19:23
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richkd
Only if the next time it involves a few beers or better yet SCOTCH! |
NewCastle or Honey Brown are great bribes
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07-05-2008, 09:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Moving to California(Monterey Bay)
Posts: 50
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RICK
hoist the sails and feel them take draft! I wish I was there!!! Congradulations! Are you gonna sail the atlantic down there in SC! God it's great sailing there in the summer!
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07-05-2008, 09:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Moving to California(Monterey Bay)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by never monday
NewCastle or Honey Brown are great bribes
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My personal favorite is Sailor Jerry's and a new castle!
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07-05-2008, 10:41
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Georgia
Boat: 38' sedan bridge. 10' Snark :)
Posts: 29
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Richkd,
you mean you haven't taken your hunter out for her maiden voyage yet?? That should be against the law!
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07-05-2008, 13:19
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
Posts: 4,507
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Just had the pleasure of Meeting Sailor Jerry the other night. Quite a nice fellow I must admit....lololol
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