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07-01-2008, 21:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Boat: 1969 Cal 25 "NoAn Wind"
Posts: 4
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Landlocked....for now
New here, and to sailing I guess. My wife has infected me with her dream, and I must say, I'm more into this than I was prepared for. She learned to sail a few years back during a separation, and has wanted her own boat since.
November of '07 she realized her dream, and is the proud owner of a Cal 25 of 1969 vintage. Solid deck, new bottom paint, beefier rigging and good sail inventory. I've been busy installing a depth sounder, making new hatch boards, galley modifications for storage, and actually have made time for sailing. That's one good thing about Vegas, the winters aren't too harsh. One good thing is, the previous owner installed a Mermaid marine a/c-heat system. It'll make Miller time in the slip more enjoyable when it's 110 degrees outside. This is the boat we'll learn on while I get my years in at my school district job, the final plan being to move up to something large enough to cruise on at retirement. Not too big, after all I realize the bigger the boat, the bigger the hole in the water to be filled with money.
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07-01-2008, 21:48
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 217
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Well welcome  I see you have this whole boat thing figured out already
heheheh
seer
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07-01-2008, 22:01
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,820
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She bought the boat but you're doing the work on it? Smart cookie your girl!
And, for the geographically challanged (I'm in Australia) Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert last time I spun a few coins onto the roulette table. So you are high and dry?? Or are the artificial water features of the casinos getting bigger?
Weird!
Signed,
Confused 
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07-01-2008, 23:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 217
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
She bought the boat but you're doing the work on it? Smart cookie your girl!
And, for the geographically challanged (I'm in Australia) Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert last time I spun a few coins onto the roulette table. So you are high and dry?? Or are the artificial water features of the casinos getting bigger?
Weird!
Signed,
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BIG azzed lake right outside of Vegas, and I mean REALLY big
seer
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07-01-2008, 23:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Samford about 20k out of Brisbane
Boat: Swanson 28
Posts: 3
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Hi to all from the new lad
Just a short note to say hello. I love this site! I sold my boat about 12 months ago and am getting the itch to see the blue water again.
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07-01-2008, 23:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 217
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Originally Posted by quilpiegold
Just a short note to say hello. I love this site! I sold my boat about 12 months ago and am getting the itch to see the blue water again. |
well, looks like you hit the pendulum at just the right time course just as then was a good time to sell, now and the immediate future are going to be great times to buy
Welcome to the forum
seer
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08-01-2008, 01:37
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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: 52,581
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeratlas
BIG azzed lake right outside of Vegas, and I mean REALLY big
seer |
Lake Mead is the largest man-made reservoir in the United States.
The 158,000 acre Lake has a length of 110 statute miles and 550 stat. miles of shoreline (when full).
See:
Lake Mead - Destination Boat/US Magazine, Jan, 2004 by Tony Gibbs
Lake Mead - Destination | Boat/US Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com
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"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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08-01-2008, 01:49
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,820
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
Lake Mead is the largest man-made reservoir in the United States.
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Well thats one place to strike off the list of boat buying areas!
It must look pretty funny towing a boat through ther desert lol
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08-01-2008, 06:06
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Hayes, Virginia
Boat: 1962 28' Pearson Triton
Posts: 289
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I've only owned three sailboats in my life -- a West Wight Potter 15, a Cal 25, and a Pearson Triton. The Cal 25 is a GREAT boat! Not a lot of headroom, but a good, solid boat that sails well.
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S/V Dove
1962 Pearson Triton, #318
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08-01-2008, 12:06
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Winter land based UK New Forest. Summer months away. Making the transition from sail to power this year - scary stuff.
Boat: Super Van Craft 1320 Power Yacht
Posts: 2,175
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Can I add my welcome ot the site also?
I recall like yesterday our first boat - a 21 foot trailor sailor - and its hard to recount just how much pleasure she gave us as we started out.
If you get half as much pleasure you'll be pleased....
Enjoy
JOHN
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08-01-2008, 12:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Boat: 1969 Cal 25 "NoAn Wind"
Posts: 4
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Not a lot of headroom, but a good, solid boat that sails well.
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Ain't THAT what I know!
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Well thats one place to strike off the list of boat buying areas!
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I counted 114 MASTS in the marina the other day. And we are in the small marina.
The weekend cruise by the sailing club, and the sunset so common here.
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08-01-2008, 15:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
Boat: Nordship 40ds
Posts: 3,865
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Welcome
Any plan that includes sailing is a good one! The more sialing the better the plan!!! Good luck. Let us know how things are going.
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Fair Winds,
Charlie
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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08-01-2008, 15:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2007
Boat: 1973 Morgan 36T
Posts: 808
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My wife has infected me with her dream
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You are a lucky man.
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09-01-2008, 15:48
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha,
Welcome aboard!!
Looks beautiful.
Kind Regards,
JohnL
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