Conference unifix::sailing

Hi,   ( I was going to put this in topic 2 but it's dated 1984 (?) )

My name is Frank and I've been a "closet" reader of this note for a couple
of years now. I'm a contractor and in and out of Dec so much I hesitated
to jump in sooner. (Hope this isn't illegal or anything)

I'm from Peaks Island, Maine - Casco Bay and can second ALL suggestions
to try Maine sailing. I've sailed in SF bay and around SD California
but they seemed dull compared to the coast and inlets of Maine. I'm
sure I'm biased but......

I own a Rhodes 19 now which I chose for several reasons. One because I 
wanted to teach my 10 and 12 year old boys how to sail. Two, it was a
relatively inexpensive first boat to see if this is what we really like
to do and three to get a feel for what costs and responsibilities are 
relative to owning a sailboat. We got all three. Some more than others.

The boys want the Rhodes and I want to get back on a bigger boat. There's
another note I'm submitting about this. Any comments or information would
be greatly appreciated.

This is getting lengthy for an intro so Happy Sailing and THANKS FOR ALL
THE INFO YOU'VE PROVIDED HERE.

Since I don't currently own a sailing vessel for which the sailor doesn't 
also serve as the standing and running rigging (i.e., 2 windsurfers), and 
I do express my opinions not infrequently in these notes, let me introduce 
myself:

John K. Spencer 
Rockport, MA

Past vessels include about half a dozen sailboats from 11' on up to 33', 
culminating in 1978 with the ownership of PUFFIN, a Quoddy Pilot ketch, 
double-ended and built of wood, somewhat over 11 tons disp.  A fine ship,
but not an easy singlehander, as various jaunts alone between Roque Island
and Nantucket demonstrated.  She was sold, not altogether sadly, in 1983. 
Since then, I sail OPB's (Other People's Boats), most frequently Alan's
Valiant 32 TOWARD MORNING and the Condor 40 trimaran HIGH FLYER based on
Long Island, among others.  I'm a cruiser by training and temperament, but
certainly have enjoyed some racing, including collecting some hardware
back as a kid in Essex Bay and Cape Ann in the '60's. 

Two other sailing influences have made deep impressions on me.  First, my 
grandfather, who never taught me anything except by my observation, and 
from whom I first learned most everything that's really important on the 
sea.  The second was six years at Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, 
teaching mostly, but also directing the Florida Sea Program for a couple 
years.  The highlight of that experience was leading a staff expedition in 
1978 up the east coast from the Florida Keys to Maine in an open 30'
spritsail ketch, with only an Armstrong auxiliary ;-).  1632 miles under
sail and 238 miles under oar, up to 40 miles offshore, no outside
assistance at any point in the voyage, and with some major weather and
other war stories to recall.  If I tire of Digital, I have a 200-ton
mate's license (by new rules definition) to fall back on; I *do* think
about it from time to time. 

Having just sold a 15' outboard boat, I'm down to 4 boats now, the 
largest being a Kevlar 16' single/double sliding seat rowing wherry. 
Sooner or later another sailing boat is coming into my life, and despite
my background and love of traditional boats, this time it'll probably be a
lickety-split multihull.  After you've spent some time on them (I've
sailed about six tris over 30') and learned their own seamanship
requirements, it's hard to look at less than 10 knots average cruising
speed with the same outlook as before ;-). 

J.

        I've sailed a 14' "Sunfish" for about 6 years now around the
    Toronto area of Lake Ontario.  Terrific little boat for learning
    and generally having a good time on the water (can't be reefed
    though, so lookout for storm warnings!).
    
        Last June, my wife and I received delivery of a new Macgregor
    26, with lots of bells and whistles.  Last summer we trailered it
    all the time to a local marina, and sailed on Lake Ontario.
    This next summer, we hope to "dry" sail it at the same marina.
    
        Our excersions on the lake have included a couple of overnight
    weekends, and a week long trip around the west end of the lake.
    
        In addition, this December, we bareboated in the BVI on a Irwin
    32.  Unforgettable...wow!
    
    	It would be really interesting to hear from some other sailors
    on the Great Lakes, and closer to home, Lake Ontario.  But I shouldn't
    limit myself... there's water everywhere!
    
         Another sailing enthusiast
    
         Bob Halsey   (new DEC employee)
    

    
    Hi I'm Revel Arlington a C.S. Support Engineer in the Auckland office,I
    read this conference ofen but really  reply,except maybe when the
    kiwi's are getting too much of a hard time for their various expliots
    around the world. 
    	I own and race a YOUNG 88 ,a locally designed light/medium displacement
    30ft cruiser/racer keelboat, this is a class boat of which there about 150
    of them being made and sailing around Auckland this makes them about the
    biggest class in nz,apart maybe from a farr design. The racing here
    happens petty much all year round with the main season happening now
    until march when the national champs happen which we finished 6th in
    last year, our first year of racing the boat. During the summer we do 2
    club series,one on wednesday evenings with our local club  and
    saturaday with the club up town, I also do a 2 handed series on
    tuesdays so we have a pretty busy season, next week we have our first
    go at match racing to try and qualify for the national selection champs
    to see who represent nz in the worlds to be sailed here later in the
    year, we arent too hopeful but you have to give it a go.
    	I was out on the harbour as the Whitbread boats sailed out last
    sunday which made a very impressive sight as they layed up the gulf as
    I was outside the ring of islands that make auckland a sheltered
    harbour to get away from the crush that I thought would happen in the
    main channel and it seems it was pretty chaotic  there.
    	Yachting has a very high profile in NZ at the moment with us doing
    very well in the whitbread,current world match racing champ,we  use to
    have the one ton cup,the Admirals cup and a few gold medals at the
    olympics and not forgetting the current fight over a certain piece of
    silverware that the SDYC has it hot little hands on. 
    	Anyway it's wednesday and 1600 so I've got to go racing.
    
    regards revel.

    >     have the one ton cup,the Admirals cup and a few gold medals at the
    
    The Admirals cup is safely back in British hands after the 1989 series.
    New Zealand won it in 1987.
    
    Chris
    

    Hello again,
    		I've started looking at SAILING again after about a
    2 year absence.  I used to participate quite a bit but the time
    (even at home) got to be precious, so.....
    
    Info for list:
    
    Boat Name       Model		Owners			Homeport
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Stock Options   O'Day 40    Rick & Bonnie Fricchione    East Greenwich,RI

    We have had our current boat for 3 seasons now.  It's an 86 leftover
    that we commissioned in 1987.  We are quite happy with it and plan
    to keep it for a while.  The sail numbers (in case anyone is sailing
    around RI) are US41411.  The boat is beige hulled, with navy dodger
    and a full battened main.  Our previous boats were a 1982 Hunter
    33 and an O'Day Javelin (14').
    
    We usually sail in Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, and take a
    trip to Marthas Vineyard and the islands each year.  We don't do any
    blue water sailing, just coastal stuff. 
    
    Last June we had our first child, Alexandra Nicole (Alex), and she
    was sailing with us at 3 weeks old.  We rigged up a cradle/hammock
    and were able to day sail and go on weekend trips fairly well. She
    will be mobile this year and we of course have the life jacket but
    are looking for a harness at this time.  They don't make them that
    small.  I may have to get creative. 
    
    Nice to see interest is still here.
    
    Rick
    
                                  
    

    Since discovering the Sailing Notes about 6 months ago, I have been
    entering notes, but have never introduced myself.  So here goes.
    
    I am an avid sailor, having started sailing when about 10 years old
    with a home made wooden 12 foot day sailor.  I used it on salt water
    ponds in Charlestown RI.  Later I raced with the Univ. of RI for the 4
    years I attended college.  A short term in the Navy found me sailing
    in Puget Sound in Washington State, where I learned that mating
    killer whales and sail boats do not mix (got "bumped" by one). 
    
    I have always sailed, mostly in the day sailor range.  After 30+ years
    of wishing I had a larger boat, but realizing that family finances
    would not permit kid's college educations and sailing costs to co-exist, I
    discovered sailing clubs. So, I took the necessary courses from Boston
    Harbor Sailing Club.
    
    I have since joined the Adventurer Sailing Club out of Portsmouth RI. 
    With this club I have a choice of sailing a Rhodes 19, O'Day 23,
    Pearson 30, S-2 34', and Sabre 38. I thoroughly enjoy the club and the
    variety of sailing boats I get to choose from.  In moving up to the
    larger boats I have fulfilled a boyhood dream.  I have also discovered
    that I enjoy sailing in winds above 20mph and seas over 5'.  Right now
    I am doing all that I can to absorb/learn how to get better performance
    out of the boats.  For the future I will stick with the sailing clubs
    as a way to sail,at least until kid's college expenses are over-
    somewhere around the year 2010 (I have 8 children). To keep my sanity,
    however, I do have a Sunfish, which I use on a nearby lake when I am
    not on Narragansett Bay.
    
    I enjoy this notes file, both reading and sharing.  I hope to sea those
    RI sailors on the BAY next summer and perhaps link up with some of you.
    
    Paul Rondina
    
    PS I work in Stow and live in Hudson, Ma.  DTN is 276 9400.

        We are Donna and Fred Darrow of Lexington and became the proud
        owners of a like new 1986 ODay 222 last October and have named
        her "WIND SONG" . We have a mooring in Salem, MA on the Danvers
        River near the Kerwood Marina just inside the Route 1A draw
        bridge.  Thought we would like the quieter waters for our first
        season on a mooring. 
        
        We sold "FIRST STEP" our SIREN 17 just last month and look
        forward to getting "WIND SONG" in the water. Just a bit of
        anxiety due to the fact that we bought her with out a test sail. 
        
        Most of our sailing will be out of the Salem/Marblehead area, but
        since the 222 has a shoal draft keel and is "trailerable" we plan
        to take her up to the Northeast Harbor area of Maine for the two
        weeks of July 7th to the 21st. We also hope to make a weekend or
        two down in the Newport to Point Judith area.

        Fred 

    Hi,
    
    I'm another Great Lakes sailor curently sailing out of Ivy Lea,
    Ontario,Canada. That's in the Thousand Islands to be more specific.
    
    The boat: a Bayfield 25 named "JUGGERNAUT" VHF call VO5036
    The Crew: my wife, Charmaine, and two urchins, Ryan (5) Lucas (2)
    
    I'd like to hear from others in the area as this will be the first
    season in the Islands.
    
    May the wind always fill your sails
    
    Allan Statham
    Polar::Statham
    DTN 621-4286  

    
    I have been reading this notes conference for the past 2 yrs but only
    entered a handfull of notes, and have decided it is time to stand up
    and be counted.
    
    My name is Fletcher Hearns I am a Software Specialist in the Providence
    RI sales office (after 2yrs of internal software engineering). My wife
    (Kathy) and I purchased a 1974 Sabre 28 in the spring of '89 and have
    enjoyed I first year of sailing very much.  Oh, before I forget, I want
    to thank everone who participates in this conference for all of the 
    great information in this notes file. My wife says I won't do any thing
    to the boat that hasn't been run thru the notes files at least once.
    
    I have been sailing all my life from sunfishes to Islander 36, but this
    is the first boat I have owned.  Most of my sailing has been in the
    Chesapeake Bay and Narragansett Bay is a whole new world. We have been
    out to Martha Vinyard and Nantauket and this year are planning on
    Block Island and the northern tip of Long Island.
    
    Now for the particulars
    
    Boat Name        Owner                      type             Location
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Biscayne       Fletcher and Kathy Hearns    Sabre 28     Portsmouth RI
                                                                          

    I got my first taste of sailing the year I graduated from college
    but put it aside for flying instead.  Now I've come back after 16
    years.  The critical push came from an evening aboard the dude schooner
    "Heart's Desire" out of Newburyport.
    
    The boat is a ZEF, a French import which looks a bit like an O'Day
    Daysailor 1 shrunk by 4 feet or so.  LOA is 13 feet.  We sail on
    Bear Hill Pond in Harvard Ma.  The learning curve has been fairly
    steep and I don't scare myself near as much as I did at first.
    
    Mike H 

    I have been reading this notes conference for a couple of weeks now and
    have replied to a few so I thought I had better introduce myself.  I
    got started in sailing in San Francisco about 12 years ago.  I started
    with a custom built 18 ft. cat.(suicide machine).  I didn't know what I
    was doing and had some exciting times as a result.  I sold the boat
    after about a year(normal sour boat partnership).  I was then convinced
    by a friend to take some lessons which I did.  I then sailed San
    Francisco Bay extensively for about another 7 years on a variety of
    boats as well as some off-shore shorties down to Santa Cruise and a
    little down at San Diego.  I then moved to Maryland where I raced and
    cruised the Chesapeak for three years.  I raced on Catalina 27s, CAL
    9.2M, and Pearson 30s.  I've done both long and short races, and day
    and night races.  I have crewed in most posiitons on boats.  I have
    worked main sheets, sheeted and tailed jibs, worked topping lifts,
    guys, and spinaker sheets, worked fore-deck, driven, and navigated. 
    I'm still learning my way through the maze of tactics.  I am currently
    living in Illinois some distance from the lakes, so I'm not currently
    doing any sailing, although that will be changing.
    
    Dave Berry, Chicago Illinois.
    

     I found this file when it was young, but didn't participate regularly 
until I was buying my second boat. The help and information I got from asking
in and reading this file has been of great value and I thank every contributor.
     Thinking about it as I read all of these replies, I really can't remember
when it was that I first learned how to sail. I spent many entire summers
at various summer camps as I was growing up and that is where I learned. After 
about 7 years of not sailing I asked myself why and decided it was because I
didn't have a boat. Simple solution, buy a boat. I decided I was looking
for something like a 470 because I wanted more than a Sunfish and was vaguely
familiar with 470s. Much to my surprise I found one at price that turned out 
dirt cheap. I got a whole lot more than just an extra sail to trim and with 
a brief book about "Handling a Racing Dinghy" that came with the boat, I 
learned more than I had ever expected to. 
     Three years of sailing my 470 when ever possible and as hard as possible
I pushed her beyond her limit. After being dismasted, kind of repairing 
the damage and then finding that my trailer wheel bearings needed replacement
I let the trade-up bug take full grip. Something made me believe that I 
could afford a larger boat and I decided that I should spend the time I'd
normally use for sailing to shop for a larger boat. I read lots of this 
notes file, asked a question or two here and got lots of feedback, got tempted
by a few boats and came around to buying an S-2 6.7. She's been on the water
since the last weekend in April and I'm not disappointed. I've gone a little
faster and learned something new every time I've been out.
     I can't part with my 470. I would like to replace the mast and get a new 
set of sails. I also want to add a few extras to my S2. But right now the
money isn't there and I'll probably spend more on the S2 first. 
     I have it in my mind that I want to end up with approximately a 35 
footer. I'm still kind of surprised that I have the boat I do. I really can't
see myself affording 35 feet, but 5 years ago I didn't even have a boat.
     Sailing is great and I'm not too bad at it. I'm constantly learning
more and to me that's more fun than knowing it all. This notes file is so
full of pertinent information there's different reading every day. 

     Owner	  Maker		Model		Name		Location
    ------	 -------       -------	       ------          ----------
 Geoff Sampson  Vanguard         470	      Dynamite	      my back yard

   "     "	  S-2       Grand Slam 6.7  Nuthin Shakin     Mattapoisett
     							    (on Buzzard's Bay)

    
    Ahoy! (I must be in the clutches of cliches).  My name is Richard D.
    Buchanan, a DEC employee with Consulting and Research Service in
    Merrimack, N.H.
    
    I have been sailing as a professional and amateur for some 15 years
    (gack!).  I have had the good fortune to skipper Hinckley 50s and to
    race on maxis such as Kialoa III, Ondine and Tempest.  I am currently
    racing on a C&C 37R called Yaquina out of Marblehead, and am the proud
    but soggy owner of a Tornado catamaran called "Longbow".
    
    This is the first time I have used this notes file and I am delighted
    to have the chance to hear from some fellow "tars".  In a previous
    incarnation I made my living as a yacht broker.  This was during the
    1979-1981 recession and as I became (yacht) broker and broker I switched
    professions to ship building (General Dynamics).  After that industry
    went belly up I came to Digital in time for the collapse of the
    minicomputer market.  As you might suspect, stock analysts follow my
    career closely as a contra-indicator, but that is another subject.  
    
    I have also taught sailing professionally (Boston Harbor sailing club)
    and have raced extensively in the J-24 and J-30 classes in Marblehead.  
    I hope to have the chance to discuss racing with readers of these
    notes.  If you would like to get in touch, I am at CIVIC::Buchanan.
    
    Thanks to the moderator for your efforts.		RDB

I am a power boater (no stink pot here) who wishes that they could make the 
transition to sailor.  I have read and occasionally participated in the 
SAILING Conference and always find it interesting and very informative for 
anyone on the water.

My boat is ENDLESS SUMMER moored in Cotuit, MA.  It is a 28' Bertram FBCII.

I would welcome vistors down my way anytime...moorings can be arranged. The 
Cotuit/Osterville area is an interesting destination.

Call when visiting 508-420-0599 in Cotuit.

Carl

    
    Hello All!
    
    My name is Dale Gunn, and while I've browsed thru this conference
    occasionally in the past this is my first active participation.
    
    While I'm not totally new to sailing, I'm now at the point in my life
    where things are coming together to allow me the freedom to take a more
    active interest in the sport. I originally learned to sail some 30
    years ago at a camp in Bar Harbor, Maine. At the end of last year I
    joined the Regatta Point Community Sailing club in Worcester, Mass to
    begin my re-entry to the sport. 
    
    My goal is to learn as much as I can and I would like to own my first
    boat within the next several years. 
    
    Any help, advice, or sailing opportunity anyone could offer would be
    deeply appreciated. Anyone out there ever looking for crew?
    
    Happy Sailing!
    
    

Hello,

I've participated to this conference occasionally for the last few months,
so I figured I'd mention who I am.

My name is Federico (Fred will do) Genoese-Zerbi, and I was born in Italy,
which is where I learned to sail.  In Italy I owned a 420 and then a 470.  I
still remember the 470 fondly as the funnest boat I've ever sailed, and one
day when I can afford it, I'll have to buy another one (the previous boats
really belonged to my dad, but he never used them...).  When I moved to
the U.S. I continued sailing, though not as often (I'd sail the 470 daily
during the summer).  

During the latter part of high school I lived in San Diego where I 
sailed Lido 21 and Omegas that belonged to friends.  When I went to 
college, out here in MA, I had a Navy ROTC scholarship and ended up 
being on the sailing team there.  Sailed in a few regattas, as well 
as some ncaa regattas.  I worked and taught some sailing at the MIT
sailing pavillion, which I really enjoyed.  One summer in college, with
the Navy, I got my introduction to big boats, spending several weeks on
an Ericson 46 and a Morgan 41 (what a dog).  Those days are now gone, and
I sail out of Boston Harbour Sailing Club, where I have an Albin 28 and
J29 membership. If anybody would like to go sailing with me this summer, just
ask....always looking for crew.  

This summer I'll be chartering a boat in Italy with some friends and 
the help I've gotten from this and the Sailing_in_europe
notesfiles has been tremendous.  I really enjoy reading this notesfile
and I must congratulate the moderator, for this is the easiest notesfile 
to reference I've seen.

F.

    Cat's Paw is a Catalina 36 (sail# 921) owned by Charlotte and Chuck
    Homeyer and sails out of San Diego.  I have participated in this notes
    file for the last six months but have never formally signed in.
    
    I have been a boat owner for 20 years and the last 17 have been
    sailboats.  Cat's Paw is the first new sailboat I have owned, which is
    a 1989 model.  I was like a kid in a candy store figuring out what
    goodies to put on her.  At this point we are purely crusing sailors so
    the boat outfitted with that in mind.
    
    Some of the factory options are; tall rig, CNG stove and oven, Cold
    Machine refigeration w/3rd battery, and a electric anchor windless
    mounted in the anchor locker.
    
    I have added; Profurl w/155% jib, Micrologic Explorer loran, Autohelm
    3000, Signet gauges on pedestal, Icom M-55 vhf, dodger, 10' Achilles
    w/6HP Suzuki and a stereo system w/Bose speakers.
    
    Prior to living in San Diego we were in Minneapolis and kept our boat
    on lake Minnetonka (10th largest lake in the state).  Since moving to
    California I do NOT miss laying up the boat for the winter.  When we
    moved here I shipped our Islander 30 MKII and when it arrived at the
    yard I asked where they stored all the boat craddles?  I recieved a
    puzzled look, soon he returned with a "chain saw".  Out here the boats
    stay in year round and are only pulled out for paint or repair.  I now
    have a lot of "fire wood" in my garage!
    
    We have logged over 2000 miles in Cat's Paw in the last two years.  We
    make at least one trip to Catalina Island each season.  It is about
    75 miles directly up wind :-(.  We have always motored up at night when
    the seas are flat and get their early morning.  The return can be a
    straight power reach or a spinaker run which makes a exciting and
    fun ride.  For those of you that are jazz lovers the first weekend in
    October thay have a three day jazz concert in Avalon, the only town of
    any size on the island.  There are many places to charter and bring a
    boat over for the concerts.
    
    
    I enjoy these notes and look forward to reading them.
    
    Chuck

    Hello thought I'ld try to introduce myself I'm Wayne F.McCarthy out of
    the Bedford,N.H. Customer Service's I have a "Mark 23" Built by Mark
    Marine Raymond,N.H. 1980. I very much enjoy cruising and have cruised
    out of Rye,N.H. for the last 4 years Ranging from Bar Harbor Me. to
    Cape Cod,Ma. Trailering my boat to the Rye ramp. I have just purchasd a
    mooring off the prominard East Portland,Me so will be home ported there
    next year and am verry interested in hearing from others in the area! I
    live at 30 Cocheco Ave. E.Rochester,N.H.

    Just a note to "officially" sign into this conference. My name is Joe 
    Puleo and I live in Santa Cruz, California. I'm based in Santa Clara 
    working as a Customer Training Consultant. This conference provides a 
    wealth of information, all of which is gratefully appreciated. It's 
    also been fun reading about events and other various topics relating 
    to Marblehead. 
    
    My wife Susan and I own a 1990 Catalina 30. This is our second 
    Catalina 30. The first was a 1980, which we owned for five years 
    before trading it in on the new one. The new one has all of the 
    features we always wanted in the first one, and is rigged so I can 
    singlehand her.
    
    Susan and I are from the Boston area, and lived in, and occasionally 
    sailed out of Marblehead, Mass. we relocated to California in 1983. 
    We lived on our first boat in Santa Cruz, CA for a year and then 
    berthed it in South Beach Harbor, San Francisco for the next four 
    years. Our new boat is berthed in Alameda (the sunny and warm side of 
    the San Francisco Bay). While we miss Marblehead, our boat is in the 
    water to enjoy year round. This sort of makes up for not getting to 
    "Maddies Sail Loft", the "Barnacle", or "The Landing" to watch the 
    "Frostbiters".
    
    Regards,
    
    Joe Puleo
    ______________________________________________________________
    Boat/Name	 Builder/Owner	Owner(s)	   Homeport
    
    PIEINTHESKY  Catalina 30	Joe & Susan Puleo  Alameda, CA
    

    Hi,
    
    Since I read and respond in this conference I had better identify
    myself before the moderator gets me.
    
    Boat	Make/Model	Name			Port
    
    Sleeper	Jeanneau 36	Johnson & Mary Jo Waite	Annapolis, MD
    
    I find that the notes file contains a wealth of information that I have
    put to use over the last four years. I hope to help others as much as
    this file has helped me.
    
    Regards,
    
    Johnse
    

    Since I entered a topic, I felt I should introduce myself.  I have been
    reading sailing notes for about 6 months.  I really appreciate the
    information.
    
    Hunter 25      Ronnie and Lelia Wright     Dallas, Texas  
     
    There really is more than one Texas sailor--Lewisville lake about 10
    minutes from my house, 15 from work.

  BOAT NAME	         MODEL		       OWNERS		  HOME PORT
  ___________________________________________________________________________
  
  Viking Rose     Westsail 43' Cutter     Howard & Beth Radke     Seattle, WA
  		    
  
  Hi,
  
  I have been participating in this conference for some time now and just 
  noticed that I have not yet introduced myself.  I am an Integration 
  Executive on the McCaw Cellular Communications National Account team here 
  in Seattle.  I have been with Digital for four years.
  
  I began sailing on the Columbia River with a friend on his O'Day 25 about 
  15 years ago.  Since then we have sailed our own 15' wooden sloop, 27' 
  Catalina, and now 43' cutter.  Our primary cruising grounds are Puget 
  Sound, the San Juan/Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island.  We have also sailed 
  a number of times with friends cruising in Mexico and the South Pacific.
  
  I am fortunate in that my wife loves sailing and being on the water and has 
  no interest in maintaining both a house and a boat.  We live aboard Viking 
  Rose at Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island just across the Sound from Seattle.  
  
  My sailing related interests are cruising and exploring, navigating, marine 
  electronics and amateur radio (N7TI). 
  
  		  Fair Winds,
  
  		  Howard Radke

    I guess it is time for me to add to the introductions.
    
    My name is Graham Mowbray, Account Manager in the St. John's,
    Newfoundland, (Canada) office.
    
    My boat is an Al Mason designed 31' called Vital Spark II.  The "as
    built" is somewhat different from Mason's original.
    
    Although I have only owned a boat (this boat) for 7-8 years, I have
    sailed over the last 20 or so.  Sailed on a "Top Hat" in Port Philip
    Bay and also sailed some on the west coast of Scotland.
    
    My present boat was unfinished when I bought her and I made the big
    mistake of putting her in the water when she was "partly finished".
    She is now (5 yrs later) still "partly finished".
    
    My boat is steel, about 12,000 lbs displacement, cutter rig and Lynn
    and I do mostly day-sailing in and around a place called conception bay
    in Newfoundland.  I am a member of the Terra Nova Sailing club which is
    a 50 member/boat club with a very "do it yourself" approach but is a
    great club and has the best lobster boil you could think of.
    
    Currently I am in the market for a new boat, the is just too much work
    on an unfinished steel boat in this climate and I have my eye on a
    Rival 32.  If I get that one I will update this note and add lots of
    fiberglass questions.

    Mr Moderator, please make a change to the master list in .2 .
    
    No more Wildside!  New boat is named Harrier.  Nelson/Marek 40.
    Still in M'head.
    
    Thanks!
    
    Dave

    As a relatively new participant in this conference, I suppose I should
    introduce myself.
    
    My name is John Hasson.  I've been sailing a Catalina 30 out of East
    Passage Yachting Center, Portsmouth RI for the last 3 years, and can
    normally be found somewhere on the bay or beyond every waking moment
    from April 1st until the snow flies again. (aside from...alas....work
    days)
    
    The boat name is "VALKYRIE", sail # 5536.
    
    I look forward to seeing some of you on the water.
    
    John
    

    I have been away from the notes file for a while and noticed I am no 
    longer listed.   But since I moved from Norfolk to Washington, a lot of 
    the data was incorrect anyway.
    
    Boat name is Second Wind a 37' Hunter Cutter rig docked in Mayo,
    Maryland (S. of Annopolis).  
    
    Owners - Hank and Deborah Johnson

I have recently purchased a Cape Dory 25 and am mooring it at Great Island
Boatyard near Brunswick Maine. The new entry is:

BOAT NAME	BUILDER/MODEL		OWNER			HOMEPORT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EEYORE		Cape Dory 25		Mike Thompson		Great Island, ME

I have been sailing for about five years. After a collegue constantly urged
me to check out Community Boating on the Charles River, I eventually did so
and was infected by the bug!

Next came Solings in Boston Harbour and then until recently Pearsons (26)
in Boston Bay. I was most impressed by the Pearson 26 - a solid boat.
We often found ourselves coming home when small craft advisories were
flying and I always had confidence in the boat.

I have been on a few other trips: Cape Cod to Bar Harbour, New Bedford to
Plymouth NH and Plymouth to Nova Scotia. Also some courses on much larger
ocean going yatchs from San Francisco to Monterey and back,
and from St Thomas to Nevis and back.

The Cape Dory 25 suited me because it is a sturdy boat that is also 
aesthetically pleasing. As my wife doesn't sail, I chose a boat 
which I could easily single-hand. However I usually find myself sailing with
one other person for crew and find this ideal for a boat of this size.

I intend to keep the boat in Maine for another year at least, so as to
explore Casco Bay and up to Desert Island. I'd be delighted to meet any
DECies who sail up there.

Mike 

    Farewell to our Hunter37, Second Wind.
    
    Hail to our Caliber 38, Second Love - Owners Hank and Deborah Johnson
    sailing out of Mayo, Maryland.
    
    

    Boat Change:
    
    "Secret Arrival" has now joined "Vital Spark" in the fleet of Graham
    and Lynn Mowbray (the fleet will be reduced as soon as a new home can
    be found for Vital Spark).
    
    Secret Arrival is a Rival 32', built by MARCON in Britain in 1975. 
    Bought in Twillingate on the Northeast coast of Newfoundland in the
    worst year for Ice on record, Secret Arrival is now halfway home with
    only a few scratches from the ice.  

    I guess it's time to add my name to the list ... tonight I put my
    signature on a partnership agreement that makes me part owner of the
    boat I've been sailing on since 1982.
    
    Since I've been noting in this file for nearly five years, I doubt I
    need any introductions.  So I'll just list the relevent information, so
    that Alan can add it to the list next time it gets updated ...
    
    BOAT NAME   BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)                HOMEPORT
    
    Wags        J/36              Bob Bailey &            Beverly, MA
                                  Dick Wagner
    
    Now I get to join y'all standing under that "cold shower" tearing up
    dollars ... ;^)
    
    				... Bob
    

>    I guess it's time to add my name to the list ... 

Yeah, me too!

    BOAT NAME   BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)                HOMEPORT
    
    29 Again	CAL 2-29          Reinhard Schumann	  Warwick, RI
    
Some of you may remember this boat as "Vendor". Until two weeks ago, it
was moored at Jubilee Yacht Club, and belonged to Dick Svenson.

--RS    

    Paul,
    
    I sail out of EPYC, where Adventure is based, and have wondered about
    the rental/financial structure, rates....etc.
    
    I know many folks who sail, but for one reason or another don't own a
    boat of their own, but might be interested in that type of club.  Could
    you somehow capture the essence of rates, scheduling, terms/conditions,
    etc. in a brief note?
    
    John
    
    

	Having been reading this conference for 6 months and having just 
bought a boat in the South of France. I thought I would sign in. I am a 
contractor working in Telecom Engineering at Valbonne.

		Stephen Kell

    BOAT NAME   BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)                HOMEPORT
    
    Chrysalis	 SAMSON C - Spray  Stephen Kell	  	  Bai-des-Ange,France

	I also have  a part share in a Falmouth Pilot Ketch in Britain, which 
I am trying to sell.

I know I'm jumping the gun a bit but I couldn't wait to announce the news.

Tomorrow night my fiance and I are passing papers on our first sailboat! I'm
so nervous/excited that I haven't slept in 2 days. He grew up sailing and he
claims he's pretty good at it; this is something he's wanted for a LONG time. 
This summer he's been crewing weekly on a racing sloop down in Mystic; it's
owned by a coworker of his who races every Wednesday. It's a long haul from our
home in Nashua, NH, so you know he must really love the sport. I, on the other 
hand, have NO sailing experience at all. I mean ZIP. I sure hope I like it! 

Here are our stats: (Mr Moderator, you can add us to the list in .0)

BOAT NAME       BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)               HOMEPORT
Ruby Sue	23' Kells 	Ed Colbert & Sue LeVan	Lake Winnipesaukee, NH
							(for the boat)
							Nashua, NH (for us)

Ed concocted her name from a favorite instrumental song (Rubina) and from my
name (plus I'm a red-head). (I had suggested "Titan's Temptress" and "Lust at 
Sea" as amusing alternates. :-)

I think we'll do _most_ of our sailing on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH; in fact we
need to find a slip for Aug 17-25th! This is all happening sooo fast! I hope
those of you who sail on Lake Champlain in Vt and Lake Massabesic in Manchester,
NH will tell us about those places. I like to go exploring. I wonder how the
sailing is on Lake George. Then again - I wonder how sailing is PERIOD!

I guess I'll be looking to take some lessons; I'll have to call that number I
saw in another note (800-366-BOAT) to find out where to "study". Any advice for 
a new sailor will be much appreciated.

Happy landings,
		Sue

    Well I've been a closet reader of this conference for some time now so
    I might as well sign in:
    
    Paul Stiff
    European Headquarters OIS services in Geneva.
    
    Boats:
    
    Parker 5o5 #1591 (1975) racing # Z 5544 name: Isotonic.
    Laser #79286     (1982) not raced, no name.
    
    I also sail quite regularly a "Surprise" (7.5 m keel boat) 
    that I do not own:
    
    "Molaine VII" Surprise #36 racing # Z 1036.
    
    The 5o5 is the favourite....
    
    Paul
    

    Ronnie and Lelia Wright
    
    New boat 1985  31 O'Day
    name:  Le Galion
    Port:  Lake Texhoma, Grandpappy's
           1 1/2 hours from Dallas, Tx
    
    Sold the Hunter 25 listed with no name.  Been on it
    every weekend (I know, its new to me) and love it so far. Happy
    sailing.

    As reported in the Hurricane Bob note, our C&C 26, "Siriusly" fell off
    her stands during the storm. She had in fact, fallen earlier in the
    year too -- so she had not been hauled out due to the impending storm.
    She was already out awaiting repairs. Lesson learned -- despite what
    the marine hauling company tells you, ALWAYS place wood (plywood) under
    poppit stands. We didn't, and in the spring one of the bow stands dug
    itself a hole in the ground rather than supporting the boat. Over she
    went, with me on the ladder at the receiving end.
    
    After much shopping and discussion (see "Choosing a boat by feel") we
    have replaced "Siriusly" with a last-generation CCA-design C&C 35. The
    delivery trip home (about 70 miles in 20-40 knots) verified what our
    research had shown. She's a comfortable, dry, fast, seaworthy boat.
    We're happy campers again.
    
    BOAT NAME       BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)               HOMEPORT
    
    Impulse	    C & C 35          Carl & Jenni Gerstle   Portsmouth, RI

    After accepting a three year assignment on the Optus Program in January  
    Beth and I have moved to Sydney, Australia.  After researching the 
    possibility of bringing Viking Rose down here we elected to put her on 
    the hard in Port Townsend, WA.  The bureaucratic complications, expense 
    (customs bond etc.) and shipping risk discouraged us from bringing her 
    down.
    
    We are fortunate in having a good friend who is in the marine service 
    business up there looking after her.  We decommissioned her and have 
    her under a full boat cover.  After seeking professional advice, and of 
    course consulting the Sailing Conference, we elected to keep the fuel 
    tanks full and have the engine run every few weeks rather than 
    preparing it for long term storage.  I'll let you know how it turns 
    out.
    
    We live on Mosman Bay with a beautiful view of sailboats on their 
    moorings.  I have a 20 minute commute to downtown Sydney each day on a 
    passenger ferry.  Life could be worse, but it would be even better if 
    we had our boat here.  This is a sailors paradise.  When the pace at 
    work settles down a bit we plan to do some chartering up north.  We 
    will probably also have the opportunity to crew on one of the many 
    weekend races here.
    
    Although we love living in Australia we want to keep the connections 
    back home alive and well.  The Sailing Conference is an important link 
    for us.
    
    Best Regards,
    
    
    	Howard and Beth Radke 
    
    	S/V Viking Rose

    Good to hear from you, Howard. My brother in-law is in Melbourne, not
    Sidney as we discussed. So, I guess I won't be dropping in on you. I
    have decided to go to Desolation Sound for August 8-23, instead of
    Australia.
    
    Tenafly Out.

    I have broused through this conference, and haven't seen much on
    Hobie Cats.  My SO and I have a 16' Hobie, and we are affiliated
    with Denver Hobie Fleet 61 (he's the Vice Commodore now).  We go
    to Lake Dillon; Standley; Cherry Creek; Lake McConaughy, NE; Glendo,
    WY....
    
    I was wondering if there is a topic in here for Hobie Catters in
    Colorado.  I like to hear other sailors' stories, plus I'd like to put
    in a plug for Fleet 61 membership.
    
    Any input is appreciated!
    
    Thanks,
    Kathy Carl
    SSDEVO::CARL
    522-2610
    

    On Dec 14 my group of 40 consultants is being terminated, myself
    included.  I've decided to follow the classic advice: to take the
    lemons and open a lemonade stand.  My new career as an independent
    management consultant begins immediately.
    
    This notes conference has undoubtedly been the most consistent
    enjoyment I've had at Digital.  The discussion has always been
    informative, reasoned, thoughtful and high-level.  Though I know most
    of you only by your NODE::NAMEs, I've enjoyed sharing lunchtime with
    you most days.  A special thanks to Alan for the most professional and
    effective management of any notes conference I know of.
    
    I'm sialing with an Aussie buddy in the BVI's in mid-Jan (Nonsuch 30),
    and hope I may actually get a few more days sailing in during the
    coming months that over the past couple years.  Good luck and fair
    winds to all of you.
    
    John.  
    
    TFSO = Totally Free to Sail On

    Another new boat! Actually not so new but I'm new to this conference.
    
    I'm also on Lake Texoma but slip at Mill Creek Marina, house 5, slip
    12R.
    
    My boat? She's a 1984 Catalina 25 that I've had the pleasure of sailing
    for four years. A very nice little boat! Very forgiving of grogged
    sailors and heavy weather sailing. Her name is "This Side Up" (with
    arrows pointing the way) and her labeling has been very helpful in
    keeping the right side up in the past.
    
    Ya'll stop in for a cocktail.

    Mr. moderator,
    
    Please make a change in the listing at .1. We have purchased a new boat
    but have kept the old name.
    
    
    PROMISE	PEARSON 303	BOB AND JOAN POMERLEAU	ROCKLAND MAINE

    Ours is an Island Trader 51 Cutter-rigged ketch (Bermuda ketch),
    54,000lbs displacement and rather pretty with beautifully varnished spruce
    spars.
    
    We (Ray and I) bought her in December 1992 and three friends from this
    notesfile helped sail (er, motor) her to Boston from Branford, CT in
    January.
    
    Ray has owned a number of boats, and we have both chartered in the
    Caribbean, but we finally took the plunge and decided to live aboard,
    here in Shipyard Quarters Marina, Charlestown.
    
    Drop by and see us, when you are in the area!
    
    Ashikin

    I need to be deleted :-( and/or have the owners' name changed for the
    Yin Yang.  She now belongs to John Kalinowski and his wife.
    
    	Regards,
    
    	Ron
    
    ps: the canoe's gone; the inflatable's gone; the Yin Yang's gone; the
    Sunbeam Tiger's gone; the '74 BMW 900's gone   :-(
    
    pps: hey, at least nobody's bought my 15' O'Day!  :-)
    

Master of Herrshoff 65' Ketch  SOUTHERN CROSS located
(as of May 10,1993) in Burlington VT. 

					

					georgia

Come on.  It's hardly fair to tantalize us like this and not give any details.

Heck, I'm still trying to give my 20'er growth hormones.  Maybe someday it will 
grow up.

Doug Claflin

The southern cross wsa built in 1985 in ackland New Zeland.
The boat is a 65 foot (75 including the bowsprit) in overall
length. She was sailed to florida after the owner purchased her.
She has lived in Florida over the past few years and has summered
in the Cheseapeak bay. For the next three years at least, the 
Southern Cross will be summering in Burlington VT at the
Lake Champlain Yacht Club and wintering in the Florida area.

She is a cutter rigged ketch with a split rig configuration. 
IE: the main and mizzen masts are completely seperate, no 
connecting stays or shrouds. Her main is approx. 65 feet high and
the mizzen is about 45 feet high. 

The Southern Cross carries 2 VHF and 1 radio telephone, Loran,
Sat Nav (old style) and 1 GPS unit. She also has an autopilot.
we will be outfitting her with a new RADAR with interfaces to 
the GPS and autopilot as well as setting up the CMAP kits for the
RADAR display. 

She has a 3 berth forward cabin, a cabin forward to port with 2
singles and a cabin to starboard with a double. Walking aft from
the forward companionway is a head to port and then the main
salon, which is BIG. aft again is the galley and a companionway
along the engine room with electronics/electrics and a NAV 
station. aft again is the master stateroom complete with a 
double and one single, and finally its own head. Aft again is
a large storage area.

We are in the process of final planning and crew selection for
the run north from Miami beach to Burlington if any one is
interested. (send me e-mail)(BTOVT::HILTON_G)

She needs TLC and a good family so I am looking for volenteers
to help refit her in exchange for some fun sailing on the lake
this year!!!


				Georgia 

			(who would love to share this boat 
			 with good people)

    
    	Time to fess after 20 years of not owing a boat I took the plunge a
    small plunge and bought a boat.  It is a JY15 and the name is "Nuts!"
    as in I got to be nuts for owining a boat.  This summer it will  be
    kept at the Greater Lowell Festival Regatta Boat house in Lowell.  With
    a little luck I will get it out to one or two races.   I promised the
    program I would help out for one more season.  
    
    Forrest

    Well, everyone,
    
    You may all consider this an entry in "Who's gone" as opposed to "Who's
    Who", because I didn't really see the need to start an entirely new
    note, and expect that our benevolent Moderator will remove this note
    after a reasonable period of respect.
    
    In any event, it has happened again, and another sailing noter bites
    the dust.  For reasons too numerous and probably too common to list, I
    have opted out and will be off the network as of next week.
    
    Before I left, I wanted to thank all of you for your input, perspec-
    tives and experiences which you have shared so openly.  It has made
    this file one of the most productive and useful aspects of my stay, and
    I take away many printed pieces of value which I would not otherwise
    have had access to.
    
    Also, a particular thanks to Alan, who has managed to inspire enough
    respect, fear and/or genuine affection to have maintained this in as
    professional and informational a manner as possible - AN ADMIRABLE JOB!
    
    For those with a particular interest, I and my bride will be spending
    the month of July on or around the 27 foot Cal "Idler" in Quissett
    Harbor, Falmouth, Mass and vicinity, and the balance of the summer at
    the same place most weekends.
    
    Would be happy to pop a brew or a shot with any of you who turn up if
    you will excuse any gloating I may have to do about having a whole
    month off to play on a boat.  It's a first for me.
    
    
    Without drawing this out, Thanks to you all for the opportunity to
    participate, and smooth sailing to you.
    

The entry:

Eeyore		Cape Dory 25      Mike Thompson          Great Island, ME

Should now read:

Grace		Cape Dory 25	Mike Thompson		Spruce Head, ME

    Thought I had done this once before, but that was a while ago. 
    Assassin is a Soverel 33, the last of her kind.  Hull #90 was laid up
    on January 25th, 1988 (the date of my wedding, without planning it that
    way)   Assassin was built by Tartan, only 12 were.  The rest (all
    earlier) by Olsen or Soverel.  Tartan took one look at the those
    interiors and said "This just is not right!"  So the Tartan boats got
    plushier, heavier, and sounder.
    
    Assassin has a tall 15/16th's rig with running backstays and checkstays
    and a whole lot of sail area.  Single handling or double handling takes
    planning.
    
    I've been sailing about 28 years with some gaps in there.  I started on
    Sun Fish and graduated to Flying Scots (is that a promotion?) :>) 
    Imagine my surprise and utter elation when visiting the airbase at Cam
    Rahn Bay in 1969 and finding a marina and finding a Sunfish in that
    Marina.  Yes, I managed to sail on Cam Rahn Bay, RVN.  How unique!
    
    In 1984, at a sales meeting in San Diego, I noticed that the hotel
    would rent Catalina 22's by the hour.  Alright! a "big" boat!  I was a
    little alarmed when I noticed it did not have an engine, but what the
    hell, it was down wind from the dock, we'll sort it out.  We did (my
    partner in crime had never sailed before, but we beat back up to the
    dock four hours later like pros  (or so we thought).  This prompted me
    to decide to buy my first boat.  So I chose a Merit 25 because it was
    the most completely equiped boat for the money I could find anywhere.
    
    The 1985 Merit named Walkure (from Wagner's work), came with a schlok jib
    and main and was rigged for spinaker but no #1 or chute.  At the time I
    thought that was the pits.  Ullman sails in Detroit made up the chute
    and #1 and got interested as Merit was doing really fine on the west
    coast in MORC.  So they enrolled me in racing (literally ganged up and
    and put me at the mast on a Tartan 10 that evening).  I was hooked, an
    eighteen boat start, dead even ratings and an olympic course on lake st
    clair.
    
    So we did the 1985 MORC nationals in Detroit, and yours truly got
    written up (In yachting, I think)  Like I had anything to do with our
    2nd place finish (we did win fleet on the distance race).  So I raced
    Walkure hard for three years struggling in our light air with a heavy
    air design and learning alot.
    
    I even met Jane sailing Walkure and we started cruising together and
    then the Merit seemed too small and often too slow in the summer
    doldrums.  In one race we didn't finsh in August of 1987, a shape came
    out of the night. PHRF A starts last and this boat was literally
    ripping through our division.  I though it had the motor on until it
    went by us only 15yds away.  Our speed was something like 1.6kn and
    this baby was doing 5 or 6.   The stern said "Lickety-Split"  You bet!
    
    I check of the Fleet roster revealed "Soverel 33".  and the rest is
    history.
    
    /bob
     
    
      

    In case anyone visits the Texas coast, thought I might as well join!  
    Sharon and I (Lee ) Demarest sail BREAKAWAY, a C&C 37 (mkI) out of
    Houston Yacht Club on Galveston Bay and occaisionally on  the Gulf of
    Mexico.  Most of our time is spent racing PHRF but cruising every
    available weekend when not racing.   Fortunately we win most races,
    establishing that a true racer/cruiser can still beat the lightweights
    and even the IMS boats with a great crew (we train our own, no pros
    allowed on the boat, unless I'm no there!!).   Occaisionally I race
    J22's for humility!  I am active in the Houston Yacht Club, recently
    retired after 8 years on the local PHRF comm., and race in regatta's
    around the country when I can.   We have even been in Sailing World
    twice!!
    
    However, now we are converting to serious cruising and BREAKAWAY is in
    semi-retirement.   We've added 380lbs of batteries, roller furling, etc 
    and are preparing for our next few years in the Carib. and ????   Yes, 
    in a 6'10'' draft racer/cruiser!  Preparing for this is a monumental task
    and very time consuming, and watching this note file has been very
    informative. I now have opinions on roler furling, wind generators, 
    SSB/Ham, watermakers, anchor systems, refrigeration, air cond., 
    generators, etc. Right now, we're waiting for the house to sell so we
    can live aboard before we depart.
    
    Again, anyone visiting the Texas coast, sailing is a great place to
    entertain, and get to know, customers.
    
     

    I'm Andy  Jeschke  and  work  for  Western Territories  Computing and
    Network Services.   Working  out  of  the Seattle office, I have been
    sailing Puget Sound and  the  San Juan Islands for about twelve years
    now, much of that time  single-handed.    I've had several boats over
    the years and currently own a Lancer 30.
 
    The Lancer,  Esprit  X,  displaces  around  9,000  lbs  and is a well
    equipped cruiser with  Autohelm  800,  Loran-C,  (King  8001),  and a
    Garmin GPS 75 topping  the list of other standard goodies.  Auxiliary
    power is a Yanmar, SB-8, which is small, but performs very well.
   
    This notes conference has saved me alot of time and grief, and I hope
    that I can offer some of my experience in return.  If any of you plan
    to sail around this  area,  I have current tables, charts and several
    good gunkholing books which may  be  borrowed  for  a  six pack and a
    promise of their return.

    BOAT NAME       BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)               HOMEPORT
    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    Esprit X        Lancer 30         Andy Jeschke           Seattle

      BOAT NAME       BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)               HOMEPORT
    
     Sea Star	      Island Trader 51  Ashikin Wan-Noor	Alameda, CA
    					Ray Thackeray (Ex-Deccie)

    
      BOAT NAME       BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)               HOMEPORT
    
      Traveller	I     	COM-PAC 16  	Al Williams	       Olney, MD

      BOAT NAME       BUILDER/MODEL     OWNER(S)               HOMEPORT
    
      Passe Partout   Valiant Esprit 37 Paul & Christine Sears Woods Hole,
							       MA

    Boat Name: Cunning Linguist
    Builder/Model: Rondar 505
    Owner: Jonathan Rennie
    Homeport: Balmaha, Loch Lomond, Scotland, UK
    
    
    

This is the second boat for Amy and me.  It is probably the last boat for Dick
and Peggy.

Amy and I have been sailing for about 8 years, most of it on a 20' Luger
Southwind.  we started in Colorado and of course have continued out here.  The
sailing in New England has been on the south shore of Cape Cod.  The water is
warm as is the reception at my cousin's home.

This past fall we bough Holiday II from Dick and Peggy.  Age had finally induced
them to put her up for sale.  I think Dick originally crewed for Noah on the
Ark.  In any event he has been sailing out of Manchester for 50 years.  Not
being a total fool, I have asked Dick to continue on with Holiday II.  In some 
65 years of being the master of his own boat, he has to have learned something. 
I simply hope to pick up some of his knowledge.  dick in turn gets to keep his
boat and have someone else worry about the bills and labor involved.

Of course, Amy and I have first access rights to Holiday II.  We will tend to
use it on the weekends, Dick and Peggy during the week.  Joint sailing whenever
possible.  Basically no conflicts invisioned.  This includes my 2.5 year old
daughter Jessica (who thinks "her" boat is wonderful) enjoying their 11 year old
dog Blackie.

We hope to sail the first third and last third of the seaon on the north shore.
July and August will be down on the Cape and Islands.

We are not particularly agressive sailors, but do enjoy getting out and being
safe without being paranoid (delicate line here).

The Manchester Boat Club burgee will be flying when we are sailing.  Impromptu
flotilla to a destination are welcome.  Crew is welcome on a space available
basis.  For sailing, Dick will need crew.  His eye sight is not up to snuff.

I am a conratctor with Dec, so who knows how long I will be around.  Amy McGowan
is a permanent employee at Hudson (BIGQ::MCGOWAN).

Doug Claflin
dtn 244-7042
hm 508 635-0460

	G'day,

	I'm an Aussie living in Maryland.  Bin sailing the Chesapeake Bay
	for the past 4 years.  Recently sold my first boat, a Thames Marine
	26 Snapdragon and took possession of our new weekend getaway ...

	Boat Name    Builder/Model    Owners		   Homeport

	LABYRINTH    Hunter 34 	      Keith & Dale Mayes   Deale, Maryland

    Hello!

    I've been reading, and now starting to contribute to, this conference
    for some time.  I enjoy the occasional sailing stories and look forward
    to the conversation on the America's Cup coming up.

    I sail often with my Father (retired) on multi-day and multi-week
    cruises and also race the boat in the local Yatch Club events.  We sail
    the northern half of Lake Michigan and Green Bay (Door County).  Some
    of the best fresh water cruising in the world is found north of Lake
    Huron in the North Channel where we've cruised numerous times.

    Boat Name:	Rhomboid
    Builder:	S2 30' #467
    Condition:	Better than new!
    Owner:	Robert Becker
    Homeport:	Manitowoc, WI

    -Brad Becker Waukesha, WI

        Boat Name: Latitude
    Builder/Model: Catalina 27
            Owner: Michael Weber -- PCBU Software Engineering
         Homeport: Salem Harbor (Salem, MA)     
            Notes: Although growing up on a boat in the Great Lakes 
                   and having sailed 'sailboards' for many years,
                   the Catalina is the first large boat I've owned.
                   Too, this is my first experience with salt-water
                   sailing. I enjoy getting the most out of Latitude
                   and enjoy applying new techniques I learn along 
                   the way.

                   This year will be spent crusing along the New England
                   coast and hopefully next year will hold a trip
                   to Nova Scotia or Newfoundland.

                  

    Boat name: Depends on how well I sail it!!
    type     : Standard Laser no. 67058
    Owner    : Dave Burnett - MCS Livingston, Scotland
    Homeport : Dalgetty Bay Sailing Club, Fife Scotland (River Forth)
    
    Everything from the deck up is in good shape 'cos I probably broke it
    at some point, mast, boom etc..... yep, even shredded the sail!
    Insurance is a wonderful way to upgrade a boat!! 8-)
    
    A Laser is a great way to learn the meaning of the term "Death Roll"
    
    A great boat but shares in a rope making company are advisable, as it
    eats kickers and cunninghams like they're goin' out o' stlye!!
    
    Force 4 and big waves = heaven!!
    
    Dave
    

Name:	Wavedancer
Type:	Catalina 34
Owner:	Art Beane
Port:	Watergate YC, Kemah, TX

Wavedancer used to live in Providence, RI, when we lived in Shrewsbury. (We
ordered her from Wells Yachts, Marblehead, at the '86 boat show in Boston). But
we all got moved to Houston in '88. (Kemah is located at the junction of Clear
Lake and Galveston Bay.)

Wavedancer started to get all mildewey in the heat and humidity down here, so we
had to add an 18KBTU air conditioner. Very comfortable, now!

    Name:   Irish Mist
    Type:   Catalina 25
    Owner:  Jim Finnerty
    Port:   Harbour Island, Narragansett RI
    
    I've owned the Irish Mist since about 1986, though three of those years
    were spent out of the water.  I enjoy cruising and racing about
    equally, though I'm not especially proficient at either.  
    
    After a couple of days sailing the coast of Maine with a friend in
    August, I've been bitten again and have refurbished the Irish Mist for
    a hoped-for launch next Spring.  It needed a significnt amount of work,
    and still needs a couple of headsails and a few shackles and lines, but
    I'm looking forward to getting her back in the water.
    
    I have two boys, now 4 and 6, that I hope will be interested in joining
    me (since otherwise the effort (and money) will have been wasted). I
    sail out of Point Judith, where there is a rather large, albeit
    shallow, pond where there are many dinghy races in the Summer.  My fond
    hope is that one or both of the boys will take an interest in racing as
    they get a bit older, and I'll be able to go racing with them.
    
    /jim
    

    Sea change - Life change.  I am more aware, more conservative. Less
    willing to jump in and get involved. Assassin typically now has a crew
    of one.
    
    Home port is moving to Kenosha, Wisconsin.  I could truck it but
    probably won't. Sailing it is too sensible. I'll be at Southport Marina
    next year.  Neptune granted me the last 35ft slip in the place. It came
    available the day I walked in to check on slips. 
    
    

    After seeing your updated list, I feel negligent at not having
    identified myself. I have been an infrequent, but very appreciative
    member of this notesfile for several years. 
    
    My boat is a Sabre 36, one of the few Sabres located on the West Coast.
    I keep her in San Francisco Bay where we race her during the summer
    months. She is called Padanaram, a name which may be recognized by some
    East Coast sailors, and the name of a former sailing venue and
    homestead for me. (Also a name that even my crew has trouble
    pronouncing.)
    
    My thanks to all the great contributions and contributors that can be 
    found in this notesfile
    
    Jim
     

    The Dolphin is a 1973 Tartan 30 we bought in August 1993, and are
    having restored to better than new condition. This is the boat Janel
    and I have dreamed of owning since our first sail aboard a T30 in 1976.
    
    Designed by Sparkman & Stevens, and built in Grand River, Ohio, the 
    original owner named her Mallard, and raced mainly PHRF out of Detriot.
    Seven years later, Mallard was sold to a family in Traverse City, and
    became Mateus II. They enjoyed her for 13 years, and actually were in 
    tears the day they sold us the boat.
    
    Now the Dolphin's home is the Cleveland Yachting Club in Rocky River,
    Ohio. There are 6 T30s at CYC, and there are strong feelings toward
    forming a one design fleet for weekend races. Dolphin has tasted salt
    only once when the previous owners cruised to the Bahamas. We use her
    for club racing and cruising mainly the western half of Lake Erie.
    
    Owner: Carl & Janel Gelo
    Boat:  Tartan 30
    Name:  Dolphin
    Port:  Cleveland, Ohio
    

    	I started sailing around 1984, with a 14' Sunfish for about 6
    years.  I sailing it all around the Toronto area in Lake Ontario.
    A terrific little boat for learning and generally having a good time
    on the water!
    
    	In 1989, only a year after finding my First Mate (Pauline), we 
    bought a 1989 Macgregor 26.  We put a lot of miles under her, cruising
    most corners of the lake and Thousand Islands.  During this time, we
    also had a couple of years we went Bareboating in the B.V.I. 
    Absolutely unforgetable, both the first time and second.  Both being
    very different experiences.
    
    	Just last year, we finally upgraded.  We sold the Macgregor and 
    acquired ourselves a 1994 Hunter 30.  This summer we again visited
    the Thousand Islands, with friends this time (much more room now).
    It's a great boat, and we're sad to hear that Hunter likely won't be
    making any more of them.
    
    	As for the SAILING conference, I have been an enthusiastic reader
    and past contributor, and after an absence of a couple of years, I now
    look forward to contributing again!
    
    	We are based out of the Bluffers Park Yacht Club in the Toronto
    area on Lake Ontario.  It would be really great to hear from any other
    sailors on the lake or from afar!
    
    	Fair winds.....
    
    	Robert (Bob) and Pauline Halsey

     	As to the question of Who's who, the answer is "She's Robyn". Today 
     it's Robyn Finan, but by the time we pull our boat out it'll be 
     Robyn Sampson. She hasn't put many entries in this notes file yet, but
     she's been reading for a while. 
     	Together we've spent this dismal, terrible, "damn I wish it would
     snow" winter, shopping for a boat rather than skiing. Now that we have
     closed on yet another boat (somebody buy my S2) the next month and a
     half can't pass quick enough. 
     	As for me, I've been reading and writing in this file for a long time.
     I'm sure somebody recognizes my name. I really like to go sailing and
     now I look forward to sailing fast! 
     	So with great enthusiasm and excitement I'd like to announce a new 
     boat participating in Sailing notes. 

     	Scarlet Fire, an F-27, manufactured by Corsair Marine, owned by
     Robyn Finan & Geoff Sampson will be sailing out of Mattapoisett, Ma.

     	We will continue to sail around the Elizabeth Islands & Buzzards Bay
     on day sails and will go much further on long weekends. We have plans
     to cruise along the Maine coast immediately after we have the same last 
     name. Aboard for many of these destinations will be Megann Finan whom,
     at 8 years old, if you ask will tell you that skiing is much more fun 
     than sailing (maybe you don't have to ask). 
     	We might do some racing with the boat, but with some of the 
     potential competition we've already met, tales of how hard they can 
     push their boats and how easily they can cover the cost of a mistake, 
     we probably won't be too competitive at the first gun. I am confident 
     though that we will out pace 90% of the monohulls we meet on the water.

     	Now I am very anxious for this next season to begin!!

     Geoff Converted_to_a_multihull_enthusiast

Randy Marks - Colorado Springs

I bought an old used folding kayak (FOLBOT) with a gaff-rigged sail kit
a couple years ago.  Learned some essential lessons by trial-and-error.

This spring I took some sailing instruction in order to continue learning
and get some time on larger boats.

Joined a sailing club in Denver which provides J-22's on various reservoirs
in Colorado.

I think the next step will be learning about coastal navigation.

Just a brief update - boat now has a name - "Knot One"

Beginner starting to learn to sail.  My wife and I have been out a few times.
Been in Lake Tully in Athol Mass several times, once in lake Squam in NH
and once on the Connecticut River at Barton's cove near Irving MA.

Kay R. Fisher
80 Fryeville Rd.
Orange,MA 01364

Home = (508)575-0663
Work = (508)493-4319
DTN  =      223-4319 (Maynard - Parker Street)

email = GAAS::Fisher

It is a 13 ft Chrysler.  I'd call it a day sailor.

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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Alan,
	Next ime you're updating this list of who sails which boat where, would 
you be so kind as to change the owner names on Scarlet Fire. Robyn is no longer 
a Finan and we'd prefer to list the owners of our boat as Robyn & Geoff Sampson.

	Thank you
	Geoff

    BOAT NAME	   KELTIC/FAUROUX	OWNER			HOMEPORT
    
    ILYACA	IOR racer (1/4 Ton)	Arnaud Jousse		Nice (France)

    Cuckoo's Nest	505	Doug Hagerman		Shrewsbury MA
    

    Sea Spray  McCutcheon Boats,Elk30	Mark Thorne	Waukegan,IL
    
    I am in the final stages of buying this boat.  She's a 1980 ketch rig,
    30', 9'6" beam with a fiberglass hull and everything else is wood.  Teak 
    decks, small diesel, fore and aft cabins, and everything in good shape.
    The survey didn't turn up any major surprises, so there's reason for
    optimism.  Should close on it in the next week or so, sea trial by early 
    May.