Tamarack
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Post by Tamarack on Aug 20, 2014 21:42:30 GMT -5
Seven days well spent on the Great Sweetwater Sea.
I am envious.
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Post by AlanC on Aug 20, 2014 22:44:06 GMT -5
Was you like the Captain and stuff? Ahoy, there matey- Be you Bligh, Christian, Teach, Hazelwood, Hale, Ahab, or other?
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Post by mnhermit on Aug 21, 2014 7:47:09 GMT -5
I'm just glad you made it back from your three hour tour.
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Post by dradtke on Aug 21, 2014 9:02:27 GMT -5
this Iowan wouldn't have a clue as to what to do on a sailboat. Hold on tight and puke over the rail. Swear you'll never leave dry land again. Moan softly and turn green. It's really not that hard.
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 21, 2014 9:54:38 GMT -5
How wonderful it sounds!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 12:26:48 GMT -5
Apostle Islands is yet another trip I'm trying to get Cheri to go on. She didn't think the Black Hills would be interesting, she had a great time. She didn't think there was anything for us to do in Wisconsin Dells, she had a blast. I finally got her interested in Door County, that only took two years.
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Post by Dub on Aug 21, 2014 18:23:35 GMT -5
That sounds terrific. I am extremely jealous.
And, had I been there, I could have mentioned that there are no "ropes" at sea, only "lines."
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 21, 2014 18:32:30 GMT -5
That sounds terrific. I am extremely jealous. And, had I been there, I could have mentioned that there are no "ropes" at sea, only "lines." Well, standing rigging, that which is stationary and structural such as mast stays are frequently made of wire rope so there are ropes on a sailboat. Running rigging, sheets and halyards etc. those are lines.
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Post by millring on Aug 21, 2014 20:33:48 GMT -5
This had me google mapping the area. It's got me re-thinking the "Great" in "Great Lakes". Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, and Lake Winnipeg all appear to be larger than at least two of the "Great" Lakes.
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Post by patrick on Aug 21, 2014 23:56:40 GMT -5
You know, no one has ever said "home is the sailor, home from the farm."
It just doesn't have the same poetic fervor to it.
I don't know why.
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Post by epaul on Aug 22, 2014 9:16:42 GMT -5
Lines, ropes, big strings...I'm not much of a sailor. I would prefer a large power boat (except those large power boats can eat up over $50 of diesel an hour, which would take some of the fun out pushing the throttle...so, I guess wind (and a little 40 horse Perkins on occasion) isn't a bad way to go).
While I'm happy to just stay out of the way on a sail, it is rewarding to see Anna and Gus become adept with lines, ropes, winches, knots, tie downs, and other sailing stuff. Everything you do with a line or rope or whatever on a boat matters.
Sail boats are a place for everything and everything in its place (and in its proper coil) kind of place.
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Post by Dub on Aug 22, 2014 13:05:34 GMT -5
This had me google mapping the area. It's got me re-thinking the "Great" in "Great Lakes". Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, and Lake Winnipeg all appear to be larger than at least two of the "Great" Lakes. I think it's because the five Great Lakes, taken together, contain 54% of the earth's liquid fresh water. Plus Huron, Michigan, and Superior are two or three times as large as them other lakes.
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