[Alberg30] Die Hard Cruise

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Gord;

I used to keep my Rhodes 19 in the river here in Pittsburgh till early
January and sail maybe 4 to 6 times in November / December  (usually on
Christmas day while singing "I saw three ships come sailing in, come sailing
in, come sailing in; I saw three ships come sailing in, on Christmas Day in
the morning ...").

Had to dress like going skiing and be careful not to fall overboard because
all other (potential rescue)  boats were out of  the water.  One year got
caught by the ice and had to wait two weeks for it to melt (including
applying snow melt on the ice at the launch ramp).

One plus, with the exception of those pesky barges, you definitely own the
river.  Don't even need to keep the air horn near by to ward off approaching
speed boats.

Enjoy your season extender crusing.

Roger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon LACO" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Die Hard Cruise


> Hi -
>
> We are going out aboard Surprise this weekend too... Georgian Bay is
getting
> frosty and lonely this time of year but what the heck... a guy's gotta do
> what a guy's gotta do.  We call the this trip simply "Suffering" but
somehow
> I still get crew.
>
> My old season ender used to be the annual "Victorian Gentleman's Yachting
> Day" which involved a trip up the Musquash River to a one-tree island in
our
> British Seagull powered 7' dinghy to eat a sandwich out of a wicker
basket.
> Timing for that was by tradition after the first snow fall.  The last guy
> who would go on that with me (Barry Moreton whose family introduced me to
> Albergs aboard their A30 KC #234 Surya back in the '60's) moved to
Australia
> years ago and no-one would take his place.
>
> Will give a full report after...
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
>
>
>
>
> on 10/28/03 9:29 PM, Mike Lehman at sail_505 at hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Forecast:  Saturday, November 1:  Chili weekend ahead!
> >
> > No - not temperature - but chili.  We've made 3 pots of chili, and we
have a
> > special entrée by one of our fellow Albergers.   All you need to bring
is your
> > own drink - and if you'd like, pitch in a dessert - or baguette of
bread.
> > We'll have bowls and spoons and the makings for a salad.  (This is a
true test
> > of dexterity - handling a bowl of salad, a hot bowl of chili while at
the same
> > time, holding a drink.   You'd think by the end of the cruising
> > season, we'd have it down to a system.....)
> >
> > We'll plan on meeting in Broad Creek at around 4:00 Saturday afternoon -
hang
> > around on the anchor for awhile on Sunday morning - and plan on breaking
up in
> > time to be home for the football games (or not!).    If you can, please
drop
> > us a line to let us know you can make it.   If you forget - don't
worry - come
> > anyway!
> >
> > (P.S.  The extended forecast is really upper 60's!!!)
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