David,

I understand - at Guntersville lake you have to be careful in some areas.
You can get shadowed so bad by some hills that your sail just drops still or
barely flutters.  My friend John had me intentionally sail into some of
these areas for a "wind direction" lesson.

Thanks,

Tom Hargrave

256-656-1924

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From: David Milo [mailto:dellaone@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:16 AM
To: Tom Hargrave
Cc: Vanagon
Subject: Re: So who sails? I keep forgetting a bunch of the vanagon people
also have boats....

After I drive to the lake in my Vanagon, I sail on Lake Arthur, Moraine
State Park, PA. (same place Craig C has his boat). There, due to wind eddy
currents caused by the topography, one can sometimes sail and change through
270 degrees of heading, but never change tack. We call it the Bermuda
Triangle ;)

Dave

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

People who have a love / hate relationship with golf don't understand
sailing.

Sailing is the ultimate sport. I've spent all day trying to reach a buoy in
the middle of lake Guntersville. This may be an easy task on the
inter-coastal waterways where the wind is coming from one general direction
but Lake Guntersville is surrounded by low hills that break, shadow and roll
the wind.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924

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neil n
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

Subject: Re: So who sails? I keep forgetting a bunch of the vanagon people
also have boats....

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> As the title says,
> Who on here is an avid boater (in any discipline)?

Any discipline?

I have the good fortune of crewing once in a while (albeit in a
somewhat ignorant way on my part) on my bud's Catalina 27. Even help
him fix it up. Not so much over the last 1.5 years, but have had many
great times going on day sails. Even some at night (near harbour).
Quite something to see a moonlit night mit der stars and stuff. A
couple times we motored/sailed out to see the annual fireworks here in
Vancouver B.C.

It's pretty cool. Especially some of the winter sailing we did. Not
totally rough seas, but some pretty good swells.

Neil.

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