Any sailors onboard?

[schulr]

add me to the list, had a catalina 22, american 16, and currently restoring a super sunfish 14, all lake sailing.

[Jeffra]

Yep, I sail. Liveaboard, too.

I own a Concept 40. Divorced 3 years ago, she got to house and I got the boat (and the pcar.) Love it. Blue water and Porsches are in my blood, you might say.

Sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti last summer. Dream's to circumnavigate the world some day! Any other Alaska Eagle sailors out there?

[Neilk]

I sail, but on a windsurf. I love the thrill of speeding over the water.

Like many others on this board, I was introduced to sailing, ahem, windsurfing by my father when I was a kid. He still enjoys it at 66 and goes on one or two trips a year of which I get to go on one of them. The trips are a great way to spend time together and fduring my stay with him, I am his sail rigger. I dread the day that he decides he is too old for it.

[Sarah]

One of my cousins in California built a TriMaran several years back that was in the America's Cup race. I think the group/boat ended-up doing pretty good too.

Growing up my family had several boats at the cabin (fishing boats, speed boats, small sail boats) but nothing as large as a lot of these. Now my hubby and I just enjoy having rides in other peoples boats.

[FIN]

I cruised on CV-60.

While in port at Trieste, IT, I got to sail with a gentleman that owned a 36' sloop. I thought walking off of a 60 thousand ton boat onto a 36 footer was a transition to the perilous until the owner pointed out a windsurfer with a drysack strapped to the board.

The guy cruised up and down the Adriatic on his sailboard. Made flying off a carrier downright purdent.

[Jeffra]

Sounds like there's been a few ex-navy posting responses.

I served as Disbursing Officer onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during Gulf War, nothing better than being haze grey and underway!!!

[Jim T]

Originally posted by Tyson Schmidt
.......and the winner for "Gayest Sounding Thread Title on an Automotive Bulletin Board" is!...................

Exactly! The next few threads should involve the construction worker, the indian and/or the leatherclad motorcycle cop.

Seriously, though, a lot of you have some really cool looking boats! Its amazing - you could ask a question on just about any subject, and there are real-life experts here on that subject.

[ttweed]

I just went to click on the "mark this forum read" link and accidentally hit Wayne's profile, and lo and behold, under his "Interests" is "sailing"!

[Greg Otto]

Great thread!! My two favorite passions.

I own a 1984 Cal 24, hull #69 of 72. I get a lot of ribbing because of my mainsail number!!. The gentleman I purchased the boat from runs a Sprite and an old MG in the historics. In fact they had a hillclimb event down by the Marymoor Museum on the Columbia River over the weekend. So I would agree there is a definite connection between sports cars and sailing!!

I sail year around here in the Puget Sound and up to the north end of Vancouver Island. One of the worlds greatest boating spots. If I had to choose between the P-car and the sailboat I,m afraid the boat would win.

Greg

[RickC]

Hot day on cool water - sailing and 911's are both are air-cooled!!!

Seem to enjoy any sport that gets me outside - whether DE's, cross-country car/bike/hike journey's, or sailing/kayaking/open water swimming.

Get the feeling that most Porsche fanatics are just Romantics in the original, poetic sense of the word!!!

[singpilot]

I grew up in Ventura County too (930Chas; when?). My father had a big, heavy, wood boat, an Alden-Herreshoff cutter, at Ventura Marina since the marina was new. My grandfather was harbormaster there. I used to go fishing from Channel Islands Marina with him when there were 8 boats there, including his, all on moorings just inside the entrance. There are 5,000 boats there now.

I presently have an Ericson 32 in King Harbor-Redondo Beach, that goes on the Newport-Ensenada race every spring, and I did my first Transpac at age 15 (1969). That was followed by the Tahiti Race summer of '70. Got my first of many Captains' licenses (a six-pac) the day I turned 18.

I paid my way thru college driving ferryboats on San Francisco Bay(1974-1978) and then did a 7 year stretch on CV43, with 232 arrested landings in various versions of the F4.

I still fly for a living, but now it's an MD87 and a Gulfstream 4SP.

One of the p-cars is either at the hangar or the marina at all times.

Michael Krebs
'80 911SC SCWDP
'83 944

[Jim Garfield]

I grew up sailing on the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron. Sunfish,
Hobie Cats, Lightnings mostly. Moved to Newport, Rhode Island
after college and have owned a Dragon ( handles like a 911), and
do the Tuesday night races on a Doug Peterson designed 46' that
someone else pays to keep up. I have a day sailer that was passed
along to me from my dad, but it didn't see the water this year...
too many projects. Hopefully next year I'll get to do more kart racing,
boat racing, and maybe a few DEs... Hope springs eternal.

[dickster]

Jeffra - wow, nice boat.

i spent 12 years of my youth sailing with my parents every weekend. hated it at the time 'cause i wanted to be playing football with me mates, but secretly enjoyed it.

my dad owned and built (kit) 3 or 4 boats. biggest and best was about 28ft - can't remember the name now.

we use to sail around the thames estuary - LOVELY, NOT!

his friend sold a car bodywork shop and house a few years ago, and is currently sailing around somewhere in the med with his wife. they email newsletters now and then. what a life! one of the strange things they've found is that they keep bumping into the same people (doing the same thing) over and over - with all that ocean!

[RSupdate]

Originally posted by Sarah
One of my cousins in California built a TriMaran several years back that was in the America's Cup race. I think the group/boat ended-up doing pretty good too.

I hate to have to say this Sarah, but I think your cousin is pulling yr leg....'cos "trimarans" have never ever been used for America's Cup competition. H'ver back in the mid eighties Dennis Conner used a 80' Catamaran against the NewZealand 120' monohull Challenger. Prior to this from the end of WW2 until then, 12 metre class yachts were used, and after this the International America's Cup Committee(IACC) Dveloped the 75' long, very hi-tech "IACC Class" boat for America's Cup Competition. These have been used ever since.

No BIg deal...But let yr cousin know that he's full of it, and you know it !!!

[pwd72s]

Hoot! John, I remember that "race"...The poor Kiwis...thought they were clever getting away from the 12 meters...built that huge boat...Conner answered with the cat. Boy did he answer! Not even close...

[Jeffra]

Conners....never have been a fan of his.

[Sarah]

RS - Don't be so sure about that....i'll get more info from my uncle and post back.

[DonDavis]

I just knew the USN was here.

I did a little time on BB-64, DDG-24, CG-62 and CVN-68 (actually DESRON-21). Jeff, you relieved me in '91 and if memory serves, you folks had some really bad luck heading over. Hated hearing that. Going home we lost 4 crewmen on a CH-46 two days prior to Hawaii.

There's gentleman over on the 914 board that I served with in CVN-68 that has a wicked 914 w/ 2.7 and I think he is an instructor for Wash, DC area PCA. Fine officer.

Go Navy! Beat Army!.................... (but..we won't....talk about last season)

[Mrdi]

Yup! Big time 5 o's from San Diego to Puget sound and several Swan trips south of the border. Try Mazatlan and of course Cabo.
Try 30+kts, pitch black @2:30 AM, chute up and coming into and off-shore island on the Cabo race.
Ready Jibe !
All hands on deck, safety harness' and clicked in.
So much noise from the hull speed you couldn't hear anything but the freight train you were.
J I B O !!
YO MAMA.

[arcsine]

Sorry Sarah but it is true. There was Dennis's catamaran a few years ago but as much as I know about it, that was the only multi-hull used in AC racing. Maybe that your relative helped build the S&S cat though.