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No problem, it made me laugh. The thought of my husband sanding and varnishing makes me laugh, too!
My 8,10, and 12 year olds went to sailing camp last year and the older 2 loved it. The youngest was a little intimidated, probably b/c she's very small. My 15 yr. old thought sailing would be slow and boring until a friend took us out on his 62 footer and nearly put the rails in the water! He had a death grip on the lifeline that was hilarious to see! I'm hoping that they will all be doing Jr. regattas this summer. My husband and I had to sell our last sailboat, a 17 ft. Slipper, when we were young and poor and couldn't afford the slip fee anymore. Just as we were about to pull her out and store her, someone stole our trailer! That was 12 years ago. In retrospect, it probably wasn't the greatest idea to load our 4 kids on the boat and take off into the gulf after a 12 year hiatus, but we made it. That's how you create memories, right?
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I know exactly what you mean. I too look back at my early days of sailing and think "what was I thinking?". My wife and I moved to Florida in 1978 with a 1 year old daughter. About 6 months after we got here we bought a chrysler 16' open daysailor. We would spend most weekends in that daysailor with our 18 month old daughter. We would go about 2 miles out into the gulf to a sandbar that was always above water and we would spend the day on the beach and then sail back in with the sea breeze. We never had a motor on that boat and all was well until one day with some especially stiff wind we were sailing along having a great time and the shroud broke. The mast went in the water and we had to paddle a mile plus back into shore. That was the day my wife decided she was not getting on a sail boat again that did not have aux. power. memories....
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Bet you paddled that mile acting a lot more unconcerned than you felt!
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And 109, thank you, too, for your input. Sorry I missed you somehow. I'm sure you're right about the sanding. The boat may need a burka, though, you wouldn't believe what the Louisiana sun can do!
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Oh my goodness!!! I just realized who you are, Rico! Looking at Mephisto Cat's restoration finalized our decision to buy 272! I am honored by your acknowledgement...
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Thanks!
Wow! - You are too kind!
Thank you...
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I am always happy to see an Ariel / Commander go to a good home! (and an enthusiastic skipper!) As a fellow Commander owner, I'm very happy to see you on the board!
These boats are beautiful to sail, and very pretty to boot!
Congratulations on your (& your salty crew's) new Pride & Joy.
Happy sailing!
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Got hardware flyin' off the boat at 13 kts. Damn.
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That was IN 13 knots, not AT 13 knots. : )
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I know this is an old thread, but I am in New Orleans with Commander 220. I'd love to see 272 if you still check in to the site. My email is btoche@hangmancreative.com
