Went sailing this afternoon. Wind blowing from the E variable 1-2 K Wind clocking 180 Deg and back become becalmed in middle of S Pine lake. Powered back to marina area wind came up so I was able to sail into slip under full sail 2nd time this season:-). Heat 111 F in Cockpit, Humidity 17%, Barometer steady @ 29.26, Forecast Cloudy Sunny entire sail. Try again tomorrow Wind forecast blowing from the E @ 8 m/h. http://fms.ws/Qtiyr/41.61779N/86.75189W George Merry Helen II 97 M15 #602 "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
Hey, that quotation should be attributed to my good friend Water Rat, who first turned me on to the joys of messing about in boats. Rick M17 #633 Lynne L On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Went sailing this afternoon. Wind blowing from the E variable 1-2 K Wind clocking 180 Deg and back become becalmed in middle of S Pine lake. Powered back to marina area wind came up so I was able to sail into slip under full sail 2nd time this season:-). Heat 111 F in Cockpit, Humidity 17%, Barometer steady @ 29.26, Forecast Cloudy Sunny entire sail. Try again tomorrow Wind forecast blowing from the E @ 8 m/h.
http://fms.ws/Qtiyr/41.61779N/86.75189W
George Merry Helen II 97 M15 #602
"We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
excellent job getting out in challenging conditions ... 111! hope you had some adult beverages waiting when you got back to the dock! On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, that quotation should be attributed to my good friend Water Rat, who first turned me on to the joys of messing about in boats.
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Went sailing this afternoon. Wind blowing from the E variable 1-2 K Wind clocking 180 Deg and back become becalmed in middle of S Pine lake. Powered back to marina area wind came up so I was able to sail into slip under full sail 2nd time this season:-). Heat 111 F in Cockpit, Humidity 17%, Barometer steady @ 29.26, Forecast Cloudy Sunny entire sail. Try again tomorrow Wind forecast blowing from the E @ 8 m/h.
http://fms.ws/Qtiyr/41.61779N/86.75189W
George Merry Helen II 97 M15 #602
"We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
-- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
Dave H2o only on the boat. That 111 F is at the seat level and a little cooler with any wind blowing probably 10 or 15 deg cooler. A cool Becks when I got home. George George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails" On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
excellent job getting out in challenging conditions ... 111! hope you had some adult beverages waiting when you got back to the dock!
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, that quotation should be attributed to my good friend Water Rat, who first turned me on to the joys of messing about in boats.
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Went sailing this afternoon. Wind blowing from the E variable 1-2 K Wind clocking 180 Deg and back become becalmed in middle of S Pine lake. Powered back to marina area wind came up so I was able to sail into slip under full sail 2nd time this season:-). Heat 111 F in Cockpit, Humidity 17%, Barometer steady @ 29.26, Forecast Cloudy Sunny entire sail. Try again tomorrow Wind forecast blowing from the E @ 8 m/h.
http://fms.ws/Qtiyr/41.61779N/86.75189W
George Merry Helen II 97 M15 #602
"We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
-- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
In those conditions, even an umbrella clamped to a handy vertical/horizontal surface is worth it!! On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:55 PM, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Dave
H2o only on the boat. That 111 F is at the seat level and a little cooler with any wind blowing probably 10 or 15 deg cooler.
A cool Becks when I got home.
George
George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
excellent job getting out in challenging conditions ... 111! hope you had some adult beverages waiting when you got back to the dock!
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, that quotation should be attributed to my good friend Water Rat, who first turned me on to the joys of messing about in boats.
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com
wrote:
Went sailing this afternoon. Wind blowing from the E variable 1-2 K Wind clocking 180 Deg and back become becalmed in middle of S Pine lake. Powered back to marina area wind came up so I was able to sail into slip under full sail 2nd time this season:-). Heat 111 F in Cockpit, Humidity 17%, Barometer steady @ 29.26, Forecast Cloudy Sunny entire sail. Try again tomorrow Wind forecast blowing from the E @ 8 m/h.
http://fms.ws/Qtiyr/41.61779N/86.75189W
George Merry Helen II 97 M15 #602
"We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
-- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
Rick SPOT only gives a limited amount of characters so had to leave the attribution off George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails" On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, that quotation should be attributed to my good friend Water Rat, who first turned me on to the joys of messing about in boats.
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Went sailing this afternoon. Wind blowing from the E variable 1-2 K Wind clocking 180 Deg and back become becalmed in middle of S Pine lake. Powered back to marina area wind came up so I was able to sail into slip under full sail 2nd time this season:-). Heat 111 F in Cockpit, Humidity 17%, Barometer steady @ 29.26, Forecast Cloudy Sunny entire sail. Try again tomorrow Wind forecast blowing from the E @ 8 m/h.
http://fms.ws/Qtiyr/41.61779N/86.75189W
George Merry Helen II 97 M15 #602
"We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
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