Re: Hello from David Ryan
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "ghartc" <gregg.carlson@...> wrote:
description of the LMII, it wasn't perfect, but various assets of
availablity, location, cost, etc were sufficient to advance the plan.
(ie. cut the doc lines.) We were able make make our trip without any
great adjustments in our "normal life", financial or otherwise. And if
anything finally just DOING IT, even with a deep keel in shoaley water
probably made the undertaking of a large DIY project sometime in the
not too distant future *more* likely.
Anyway, thank for the welcome back. Another post with NE cruising
pictures is probably about two weeks away!
>This why I say our C38 was remarkably "bolgeresque". Much like PCB
> Hi David,
>
> Welcome back! Nice post and nice cruising pics. I keep looking for
> a knife sharp enough to cut my dock lines - boy, are they tough.
description of the LMII, it wasn't perfect, but various assets of
availablity, location, cost, etc were sufficient to advance the plan.
(ie. cut the doc lines.) We were able make make our trip without any
great adjustments in our "normal life", financial or otherwise. And if
anything finally just DOING IT, even with a deep keel in shoaley water
probably made the undertaking of a large DIY project sometime in the
not too distant future *more* likely.
Anyway, thank for the welcome back. Another post with NE cruising
pictures is probably about two weeks away!
Hi David,
Welcome back! Nice post and nice cruising pics. I keep looking for
a knife sharp enough to cut my dock lines - boy, are they tough.
Thanks for the inspiration. The 38 is a nice boat; about the right
size and a pretty nice all-around performer.
With boats in general, though, it's all good!
Gregg C.
Welcome back! Nice post and nice cruising pics. I keep looking for
a knife sharp enough to cut my dock lines - boy, are they tough.
Thanks for the inspiration. The 38 is a nice boat; about the right
size and a pretty nice all-around performer.
With boats in general, though, it's all good!
Gregg C.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "ameliaw" <david@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Bolgeristas!
>
> Some of you may recall that last Fall I bought an old Catalina 38,
> and then my family and I spent the Winter on it in Florida and the
> Bahamas. In April Ken Young answered the post I put on here and
> together he and I brought the boat up from SE Georgia to Montauk.
>
> In some ways the Catalina is as far from a Bolger boat as you can
> imagine; deep fixed keel, high aspect ratio rig, etc. But the
> undertaking; finding the right (enough) boat, and getting out and
> enjoying ourselves (well maybe "enjoy" isn't the right word) was
> propelled by a lot of the things I learned building and sailing
> Bolger boats. It truly was "the trip of a life time" and I guess my
> family liked it after all. In seven days we'll be moving back aboard
> and putting all our hard-earned experience to work cruising our home
> waters for the month of August. So many thanks to PCB adn the Bolger
> list for helping actually get to live my boat dream.
>
> Another very wonderful thing that's come to me as a result of
> PCB/Bolger list is my friendship with Bob Wise, of the Loose Moose
> II, the 38 Bolger Box that has tantalized all of us with the
> possiblity of just building a big boat and sailing off into the blue.
> Through out the last 5 years Bob has been something of an older
> brother, or maybe younger uncle. But whatever the case, both my
> boating adventures and my filmmaking adventures have benefitted
> *immeasurable* from Bob's mistakes, and his gentle guidence in how I
> might a) avoid them, or b) deal with them should I insist on making
> them myself.
>
> Why am I telling you this? Because later this year or early next, all
> of what Bob's shared with me, and much more is going to be available
> in book form. If you've got PCB and Parker and Beuhler on your
> shelve, I think Bob's book is going to be an absolute must add to the
> collection.
>
> That's about all I can say right now without getting into the stuff
> that Bob said he would hunt me down and kill me if I revieled too
> soon. But seriously, Bob's approach to acquiring, enjoying and
> maintaining boats has been a huge step in going from wanting and
> dreaming to doing. If he puts half of what he's shared with me over
> the past few years into this book, it might just be the
> best "everyman's" book on living the dream that's been written yet!
>
> YIBB,
>
> David
>
Hello Bolgeristas!
Some of you may recall that last Fall I bought an old Catalina 38,
and then my family and I spent the Winter on it in Florida and the
Bahamas. In April Ken Young answered the post I put on here and
together he and I brought the boat up from SE Georgia to Montauk.
In some ways the Catalina is as far from a Bolger boat as you can
imagine; deep fixed keel, high aspect ratio rig, etc. But the
undertaking; finding the right (enough) boat, and getting out and
enjoying ourselves (well maybe "enjoy" isn't the right word) was
propelled by a lot of the things I learned building and sailing
Bolger boats. It truly was "the trip of a life time" and I guess my
family liked it after all. In seven days we'll be moving back aboard
and putting all our hard-earned experience to work cruising our home
waters for the month of August. So many thanks to PCB adn the Bolger
list for helping actually get to live my boat dream.
Another very wonderful thing that's come to me as a result of
PCB/Bolger list is my friendship with Bob Wise, of the Loose Moose
II, the 38 Bolger Box that has tantalized all of us with the
possiblity of just building a big boat and sailing off into the blue.
Through out the last 5 years Bob has been something of an older
brother, or maybe younger uncle. But whatever the case, both my
boating adventures and my filmmaking adventures have benefitted
*immeasurable* from Bob's mistakes, and his gentle guidence in how I
might a) avoid them, or b) deal with them should I insist on making
them myself.
Why am I telling you this? Because later this year or early next, all
of what Bob's shared with me, and much more is going to be available
in book form. If you've got PCB and Parker and Beuhler on your
shelve, I think Bob's book is going to be an absolute must add to the
collection.
That's about all I can say right now without getting into the stuff
that Bob said he would hunt me down and kill me if I revieled too
soon. But seriously, Bob's approach to acquiring, enjoying and
maintaining boats has been a huge step in going from wanting and
dreaming to doing. If he puts half of what he's shared with me over
the past few years into this book, it might just be the
best "everyman's" book on living the dream that's been written yet!
YIBB,
David
Some of you may recall that last Fall I bought an old Catalina 38,
and then my family and I spent the Winter on it in Florida and the
Bahamas. In April Ken Young answered the post I put on here and
together he and I brought the boat up from SE Georgia to Montauk.
In some ways the Catalina is as far from a Bolger boat as you can
imagine; deep fixed keel, high aspect ratio rig, etc. But the
undertaking; finding the right (enough) boat, and getting out and
enjoying ourselves (well maybe "enjoy" isn't the right word) was
propelled by a lot of the things I learned building and sailing
Bolger boats. It truly was "the trip of a life time" and I guess my
family liked it after all. In seven days we'll be moving back aboard
and putting all our hard-earned experience to work cruising our home
waters for the month of August. So many thanks to PCB adn the Bolger
list for helping actually get to live my boat dream.
Another very wonderful thing that's come to me as a result of
PCB/Bolger list is my friendship with Bob Wise, of the Loose Moose
II, the 38 Bolger Box that has tantalized all of us with the
possiblity of just building a big boat and sailing off into the blue.
Through out the last 5 years Bob has been something of an older
brother, or maybe younger uncle. But whatever the case, both my
boating adventures and my filmmaking adventures have benefitted
*immeasurable* from Bob's mistakes, and his gentle guidence in how I
might a) avoid them, or b) deal with them should I insist on making
them myself.
Why am I telling you this? Because later this year or early next, all
of what Bob's shared with me, and much more is going to be available
in book form. If you've got PCB and Parker and Beuhler on your
shelve, I think Bob's book is going to be an absolute must add to the
collection.
That's about all I can say right now without getting into the stuff
that Bob said he would hunt me down and kill me if I revieled too
soon. But seriously, Bob's approach to acquiring, enjoying and
maintaining boats has been a huge step in going from wanting and
dreaming to doing. If he puts half of what he's shared with me over
the past few years into this book, it might just be the
best "everyman's" book on living the dream that's been written yet!
YIBB,
David