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29-07-2008, 09:16
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Yorktown, VA
Boat: No boat yet.
Posts: 9
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Greetings From The Southern Chesapeake
The sailing bug recently bit me hard. Just completed ASA 101, 103, & 104 in the BVI. Looking for all the experience and advice I can get on sailing, and living aboard with the notion of cruising in the not too distant future. I've begun a slow and deliberate exploration of all things sailing, using this, other forums, and extensive reading (e.g. Vigor, Kretschmer, Calder, and Casey, etc.).
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~Tom
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29-07-2008, 11:07
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CF Adviser
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Virginia
Boat: Island Packet 380, now sold
Posts: 8,943
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Hi, Sluggo.
Welcome to Cruisers Forum. I used to live about 50 minutes north of you, on a little creek off the Bay. Great sailing and gunk-holing in that area.
You're off to a good start with the sailing courses and reading lists. I'd recommend doing some chartering on different kinds of boats as a good way to solidify the skills you've developed in the sailing courses, and also to help you decide what you like and don't like about boat features.
Good luck and happy sailing!
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Hud
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29-07-2008, 12:49
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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 Sluggo,
I almost got stationed at Yorktown for my last tour in the Navy. Went to Pearl Harbor instead. I like your area and it offers a lot of sailing opportunities. My niece was instructing at VIMS there until a year ago.
Welcome aboard!
Kind regards,
JohnL
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29-07-2008, 13:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: St. Augustine, Fl
Boat: Allied Princess, 36-Scallywag
Posts: 693
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Welcome Sluggo,
What a beautiful area in which to sail.
John
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29-07-2008, 13:50
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hayes, VA
Boat: Gozzard 36
Posts: 8,700
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Welcome,
You may be new to the forum but not to the neighborhood. We sailed Past Riverwalk Landing yesterday.
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Paul Blais
s/v Bright Eyes Gozzard 36
37 15.7 N 76 28.9 W
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31-07-2008, 07:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Yorktown, VA
Boat: No boat yet.
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scallywag
Welcome Sluggo,
What a beautiful area in which to sail.
John
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Thanks to all.
John,
Do you live aboard that Allied Princess?
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~Tom
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31-07-2008, 10:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: St. Augustine, Fl
Boat: Allied Princess, 36-Scallywag
Posts: 693
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Tom,
No, I do not live aboard. The boss informed me that we were not going to sell the homestead and go sailing, so I have had to readjust my thinking. To save money, I am currently thinking about having the utilities turned off for the period of time that we would be sailing. I have to do more research on the cost of turning on and off the utilities. In June 09 I plan to retire and spend fulltime working on Scallywag, so she is in cruising condition.
John
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31-07-2008, 12:54
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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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Sluggo,
You're off to a great start. As Hud said, get on as many boats as you can. See what fits you best in all ways. In the end it's about comfort for me.
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