I understand - a Vanagon doesn't "heel over" quite as much and only in turns
& high cross winds.....

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 2:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: So who sails? I keep forgetting a bunch of the vanagon people
also h

I had a good friend in San Francisco with a sailboat. His wife was
thrilled when he bought it, but the first day out on their first cruise,
the minute he hoisted the sails to get underway and the hull heeled
over, the lady turned white as the sail, grabbed that rail and hung on
for dear life, totally paralyzed with white knuckle fever. When they got
back to the doc, she never sailed with him again. Oh, she would go to
the docks, sun tan on the deck, sit and read, and enjoy the day - but
the very second he unmoored the boat, she was off that thing in a
heartbeat - waving at him as he set sail. He later sold it in favor of a
motorhome they could enjoy together.

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

Mark Dearing wrote:
> In a message dated 2/27/2010 12:03:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kggilbert@MYACTV.NET writes:
>
> Open  canoe for whitewater, sailing kayak for flat water; car-top  both
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> hey guys  I use to do a lot of white water in an open canoe all up and
> down east . I have one of nolan whitesells early Pirranha 14ft whitewater
> canoe. . the 2 whitewater places close to me were great, class 5 runs  ,
Goshen
> Pass and johns creek.  Johns creek drops about 165 ft per mile for  4 1/2
> miles . has 35 names rapids, 12 ft drops, crazy names like godzilla meets
> bambi  LOL  I could  roll it back over with no problem.  I  also have a
folboat
> sail rig that I addapted to my old town Penobscot canoe and  would take
> sailing out in the sound at the outter banks.  that thing was a  lot of
fun and
> pretty dang fast.  I have always wanted a big sailboat but  wife gets
> seasick. :(  later  mark d
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