[Public-List] Conversion of water tank to holding tank

[Gordon Laco]

Great story Roger!




On 25/10/11 3:35 PM, "Roger L. Kingsland" <r.kingsland at ksba.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Gord,
> 
> Understood.  Darn, I removed those travelers, filled the holes, painted the
> deck then reinstalled them; should not have bothered with the reinstall.
> 
> The leeway thing reminds me of my Hobie 16 (asymmetrical hulls, no dagger
> boards).  I used to race open class on a NH lake, often against a 19' Flying
> Dutchman; he ahead at windward mark, I breeze by on reaching legs and get 8
> boat lengths ahead at leeward mark and he catches up at the last upwind leg,
> I steering like a small airplane in a big crosswind, he like giant slalom
> skier, and beats me by a nose.
> 
> Very disappointing for me and my crew, my 85 pound yellow lab.  Best crew I
> ever had though; he would go to windward or leeward side of the trampoline,
> he learned the hard way to keep from sliding to leeward when flying a hull,
> he didn't talk back and, when the wind died, just put him between the hulls
> with his leash on and steer back to the beach at about 2 knots.  Of course,
> his contribution wasn't optional as he would swim after me (causing a hazard
> to navigation) if I didn't take him along.
> 
> Roger 148
> 
> 
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