I wasn't aware that Bacardi worked for ANYBODY. Nice factory tour if you are ever in San Juan, however.
Russ, have you tried Mount Gay? The question is more than rhetorical as I want to have an accomodating supply on board. Chris -----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Dec 21, 2007 10:11 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: The Importance of Rum > >Hey Russ, my wife and one my daughters have celiac! >Sure makes travel and dining out an adventure!! > >best of luck with yours!! > > >tf >btw, ETOH free for 23 days now >(picked one helluva time of year to dry out) > > >> Good man...... FYI ..... Anyone who has a particularly rough time the >> next morning after becoming quite familiar the night before with adult >> beverages should ask their doctor to give them a Celiac blood test. >> After waking up sick and tired after a few drinks the night before I quit >> for 10 years just to avoid the god awful headaches the next day. Well it >> turns out I was Celiac (basically I must avoid grains) like about 10 to >> 15% of us, especially the people from northern Europe originally, and the >> grains in the alcohol (wheat, rye, barley, hops, etc) are a no no. There >> was a light at the end of the tunnel though when I discovered Meyers Dark >> Rum (Bacardi didn't work for me) and now I can drink rum all day without >> adverse affects. Now we know why rum was the favored drink of the early >> sailing man........ I'm getting ready to duck from differing opinions on >> that one...... Russ >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All this talk about weight and speed is making >> me sick. I work too hard during the week to spend worrying about >> ballast,weight placement, water lines. etc. As for removing the outboard >> for a race, yea right. I love my boat and I go sailing to RELAX. All this >> talk is too stressful. When I want speed, I take out my Hobie 18. By the >> way, I NEVER RUN OUT OF BEER AND RUM ON MY BOAT!!! >> >> Jeff >> 1988 C-27 Wing, O/B >> "Matthew Lauren II" >> Phoenix, AZ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 8:44 pm >> Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Race Sails & Ballast/IB v OB >> >> Oh man - Here we go again. I'll take my outboard any day. >> >> In a message dated 12/20/2007 10:16:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> In a message dated 12/20/2007 12:09:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> This is all speculation, but I believe when Frank designed the >> hull, it was for an outboard and a tiller. So the addition on a >> much heavier inboard and wheel (the wheel, also moving you aft) >> will make the stern squat. This is obviously not ideal, but IMO >> makes for a much nicer boat. Also, you can add enough weight to >> the bow to nearly sink the thing, and the stern will still squat >> at hull speed as it falls into the bow wave. I feel the best >> option, if it bothers you, is to move all your "stuff" forward, >> including the batteries, but never ADD weight to any boat unless >> it is a cargo ship. >> >> Tommy, >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter. >> >> >> My inboard weighs 245 pounds and is at the fwd end of the cockpit. How >> much does that 9.9 weigh hanging way back on the transom? Can you say >> Torque? Most of the time, when the auto pilot isn't engaged, I steer >> from the fwd side of the wheel. The only drawback to an IB is the drag >> from the prop. A folding prop would cancel that. Plus I don't have to >> mix gas or have to worry about the prop coming out of the water! >> Barking up the wrong tree! >> Ray Winkle >> 5275 >> Knot Home >> Sarah Creek >> Gloucester Point, VA. >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter. >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter. >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail! >> >> >> >> >> Change your thinking, change your life. We are guided, we are guarded, we >> are healed, we are blessed..... > > >
