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Pompano
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Great photos of those sloops, Judy.
You're right about all those old posts with photos, all gone...Gasp! Good thing I have all mine on discs..ready to post any time now...
Those kids remind me of a few of us a hundred years or so ago. This amigo, Johnny Tequila, careened his trimaran on Burros Beach after it drug anchor
and holed the stern. This photo shows him doing a little emergency repair while some other amigos from NOLS are manning the pumps. An exciting day
in the bay.
I can remember JT saying later around that evening's campfire.."For real bailing, nothing beats a scared man with a bucket."
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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bajajudy
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I cant take credit for the photo. One of them took that.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
"For real bailing, nothing beats a scared man with a bucket." |
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Udo
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Nice follow-ups by us Nomads on this thread...
but we still have not found out why Watson wanted a sailing sub-forum on Nomads!
Udo
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Awatson
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Well, it seemed logical to me. There is a section for every other activity. I live in Tucson, and I just bought a little 18' Seaward. I'm looking
forward to running around in San Carlos Sonora. A buddy wanted to head across to the Mulege area. I just wanted to see others experiences, opinions,
tips, advice, do and don'ts, etc...
So I was a little surprised there wasn't a "sailing specific" area. thats all. Not a big deal. Sailing info, reports, conditions, etc... can certainly
all be posted under "general discussion". You could however use the same logic for all sub-forums, so why bother having them separated at all?
There's very little posting activity on any of the forums you provided links to, and not much info in the posts that are there.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
This amigo, Johnny Tequila, careened his trimaran on Burros Beach after it drug anchor and holed the stern. |
That would be a Jim Brown trimaran. I sailed on one for a few days in the South Pacific.
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Yes, oxxo, lots of Browns here in the SOC over the years. Johnny's 'Quetzal' was a veteran of Hawaii and the South Pacific, too. We sailed her in
all kinds of weather..once flew back into the bay downwind of a quick chubasco. We could have water-skied. No time to pitchpole.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
We sailed her in all kinds of weather..once flew back into the bay downwind of a quick chubasco. |
Exactly! The Browns are the best designed trimarans....ever, in my opinion. The daggerboards in the amas were a brilliant innovation.
Jim Browns is a wonderful humanist. I hope he gets the credit he deserves sometime in the future for all the work he has done in third world
countries. The last I heard he was living in Florida but getting pretty "long in the tooth."
I wish he would have retired in Baja. He would have liked it here.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Awatson
Well, it seemed logical to me. There is a section for every other activity. I live in Tucson, and I just bought a little 18' Seaward. I'm looking
forward to running around in San Carlos Sonora. A buddy wanted to head across to the Mulege area. I just wanted to see others experiences, opinions,
tips, advice, do and don'ts, etc...
So I was a little surprised there wasn't a "sailing specific" area. thats all. Not a big deal. Sailing info, reports, conditions, etc... can certainly
all be posted under "general discussion". You could however use the same logic for all sub-forums, so why bother having them separated at all?
There's very little posting activity on any of the forums you provided links to, and not much info in the posts that are there.
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Here is one for you, Watson...
About 25 years ago myself and three buddies sailed our Hobie 16's from San Felipe to Puerto Penasco, and three years later we did it again but the
other way around. Each time we went, we left at 6:30 a.m. and arrived at the other coast just after dark. At that time all we had were baja charts and
compasses. Excellent trip!
Udo
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Awatson
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Udo, man that takes big balls on a little cat! I can't wait to get down there.
I've been all around Kino, Pto Penasco, and Guaymas my whole life, but never sailed across. I'm really looking forward to doing some week long trips
with my kids. Maybe dragging a lure for Dorado in July or so...
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Hey Watson, didn't you read the story about Shipwrech Sarah!
That's a classic Baja sailing story if ever I read one.
But my guess is your talking about sailing the Cortez not the mighty Pacific.
I would love to sail up and down the Cortez on a nice yacht. A 30-40 foot sloop sounds about right.
I've sailed alot of the Cali coast on some nice big schooners. Sailing and Baja have atleast one thing in common. You get there when you get there.
Manana!
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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Awatson
Udo, man that takes big balls on a little cat! I can't wait to get down there. |
It was February when we did the crossings, and once we were about 10 miles out, the other coast was fairly visible. Especially spotting El Picacho Del
Diablo behind San Felipe, which on a clear day is visible from Penasco. Young and adventurous trumps big balls any day. The major considerations we
had were the tide and strong currents. We did have VHF radios and EPIRB's, plus all of us had sailed in chubascos before.
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