Subj : RE: Sailing
To   : Nitron
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Mon May 16 2022 12:44:32

On 5/16/2022 10:46 AM, Nitron wrote to All:

-> Any sailors out there? I have been racing keelboats for about 15 years in a
-> beer can league out of my home towns yacht club. 
-> 
-> I'm fortunate to live somewhere 'landlocked' so sailing is actually affordable
-> to us mere mortals, unlike many coastal cities where slip costs can run into
-> the thousands per year.. 
-> 
-> It's good clean fun, and relatively low-impact for those less agile than they
-> once were before, like me - as long as we avoid going out on the *REally* windy
-> days. 
-> 
-> I race a 22ft keelboat type called a 'Tanzer 22' 
-> 
-> Maybe this belongs in the 'sports' echo ;).. If you ask the sporty types they
-> will often lump sailing in with 'golf' as 'not a sport' ;)

Although I don't own a sailboat, I always enjoy the experience.  Recently, a friend rented 
one for 3 hours and invited my wife and I to join him and his wife, as well as another 
couple.

The owner asked which one of us would like to pilot it while he pointed out the different 
hot spots along the Tampa Bay.

Very enjoyable for us, so I am sure that this is something that you really enjoy as well.

Do you do tours as well?

Mike Dippel
 
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