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03-02-2012, 20:16
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Boat: 1968 Columbia 36
Posts: 23
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Hello and Thanks for Having Me
Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to all of you helpful people. I am in the process of buying my first sail boat - a 1977 Catalina 27 - and while I am super excited I must confess to a bit of apprehension. Which is why I am so thankful to have found such an awesome support group.
I look forward to sharing many tales of bumbling blunders and, hopefully, at least a few blissful days on the water.
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03-02-2012, 20:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Boat: Cal 34
Posts: 100
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Re: Hello and thanks for having me
Welcome, you will like it here.
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03-02-2012, 20:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ontario, Canukistan
Boat: CN35 - 1960 35' steel yawl
Posts: 118
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Re: Hello and thanks for having me
Hi and welcome! Catalina is a great boat! I still have a 25 around here somewhere. She'll treat you well 
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03-02-2012, 21:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Cruising
Boat: Privilege 39 Catamaran, Exit Only
Posts: 2,723
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Re: Hello and thanks for having me
This is a great place to learn the ropes. Enjoy.
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03-02-2012, 21:50
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Md, USA
Posts: 433
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Re: Hello and thanks for having me
Welcome Jaxmariner, good luck with your search. Advice is free and plentiful here at CF. You may not agree or like it, but none the less it is free.
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ShaunJ
I get knocked down...But get up again...
You're never going to keep me down....
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03-02-2012, 23:38
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Davilla, TX
Boat: Boatless
Posts: 94
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Re: Hello and thanks for having me
Welcome. I have many a fine memories aboard a sailing a 1976 Catalina 27. I once had everything just right and was able to sit on the bow watching the dolphins play. I was single handing. The boat was sailing herself. Enjoy your new boat!
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04-02-2012, 05:30
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Heathsville, VA
Boat: Gemini 105Mc 34'
Posts: 1,457
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Re: Hello and thanks for having me
Welcome aboard!
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19-02-2012, 12:07
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,192
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Re: Hello and Thanks for Having Me
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Catalina 27 is a great choice. Congratulations.
If you haven't sailed much before then a basic sailing class will help. Especially important is learning the rules of the road.
kind regards,
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John
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19-02-2012, 14:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 21
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Re: Hello and Thanks for Having Me
Welcome aboard, Im new here myself but also have a 77 Cat 27. my first boat, lived on it for a year. great boat.
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19-02-2012, 19:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Boat: 1968 Columbia 36
Posts: 23
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Re: Hello and Thanks for Having Me
Thanks for the big welcome everyone. I finally get to go meet my new (to me) boat this week. To say that I'm excited would be quite an understatement.
Capt. Dave - just started reading your blog and all I can say is "wow". Blunt Inspiration. Thank you.
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19-02-2012, 19:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Boat: 1968 Columbia 36
Posts: 23
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Re: Hello and Thanks for Having Me
Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiprJohn
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Catalina 27 is a great choice. Congratulations.
If you haven't sailed much before then a basic sailing class will help. Especially important is learning the rules of the road.
kind regards, |
That's great advice! I did take an ASA 101 course some years ago and have been fortunate enough to crew on a few friend's boats here and there. I am also a commercial mariner (200 ton captain's license) and am quite familiar with the rules of the road. I still anticipate quite a few bumps in that proverbial road though, and I'm brimming with anticipation at learning from them. 
Thanks again everyone.
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19-02-2012, 20:52
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,192
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Re: Hello and Thanks for Having Me
Sorry, didn't mean to imply that you didn't know about sailing. There have been so many here who decide to buy boats without knowing the basics. I kind of go into automatic.
kind regards,
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