Re: stepping mast on the water

Eric Pederson (eric@winternet.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:32:21 -0600 (CST)


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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It has been rumored that Mike Calva said:
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> There are a few places in Minnesota (land of the bass boat) where I have no
> choice but to rig in the water, as there is a poorly places tree limb over
> the launch ramp. But there is just something about a sail boat the even make
> all the bass boat owners stop and just watch, makes for interesting
> conversation as they come over to talk to the "skipper". Funny how a bass
> boat owner is a fisherman, but a sailboat owner is a "skipper".

It never fails that some fisherman/powerboater will wander over while
we're in the lot and start asking questions. Sometimes fun, but when it's
95 and the sun's beating down on you as you run the sheets, you kinda wish
he'd go away. I know, Mike, 95 degrees is a forgotten memory.

> I'm gonna go south the last two weeks of April. I don't know how far, I'll
> just drag Panacea until the weather is great and stop for a couple of weeks.
> This last 16 inches of snow was the last straw... I'm thinking Cranston on
> "Lake of the Ozarks"

I'm saving my vacation. We're going to the Apostles this summer, and
Julie expressed an interest in trailering to the Keys. Besides, the
sailing here might be good in late April.

-- 
Eric L. Pederson
P-19 #970, Necessity
Bloomington, MN