I had a 36' Catalina here on SF Bay for a number of years. Eventually
sold it and got a 13' Melonseed. http://www.melonseed.com/  Its a
sprit rigged "skiff" based on the NJ Barnegat Bay Sneakkbox - a duck
hunting boat from the late 1880s. Having the big boat was great but
there was never enough people around to take it out. I beach-launch
the Melonseed from a boat yard 100 feet from my office on Richardson's
Bay in Sausalito. Small boats are way more fun but can be a handful on
SF Bay. Vanagons and sailboats go together. There are lots of Vanagons
around the houseboat communities in Sausalito.

Jeff / Marin

On Feb 27, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:33:06 -0600
> From:    Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
> Subject: Re: So who sails? I keep forgetting a bunch of the vanagon
> people
>         also have boats....
>
> 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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