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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I live in Brooklyn Heights </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I keep my A30 at a marina in Connecticut so I never make
it out there in <BR>seasonable months. But as I drive 1.5 hours on a
good day I was intrigued <BR>to read your report on sailing waters so much
closer.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>John,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> Once the
season gets rolling, come on down (let me know your coming first, or just take a
chance (I am the only pretty boat in the marina, almost)) and we'll go out
sailing in the bay. Love to have you. I know that when you get far enough out in
the sound, there is some wind in the sound, at least in the afternoon. I used to
crew on a freinds Morgan 38 out of Centerport L.I. in the Target Rock race
series, if there was enough wind to move. Come to Jamaica Bay almost
anyday. There is something about the way Brooklyn heats up in the sun, hot
air rises, and the winds just come right in from the ocean. Frequently, I'll
have to reef passing Coney Island, but if the day takes me toward Sandy Hook,
the reef comes out by the NY harbor entrance channel and sometimes I'm even
becalmed by the time we approach the "Hook". Yes the wind does pick up again on
the return trip.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> I live out in
West Hempstead (near Hempstead Lake State Park if you don't know Long Island)
and <STRONG><U>IF</U></STRONG> (!) I don't get stuck in traffic, it's only
20 minutes to the boat. Yes, it usually takes
longer.</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>