With my "home" waters being 85 miles away and given that we sail/race all over the mid-Gulf Coast, every regatta is an "away" regatta. When in New Orleans, I have Gratis as my "condo". I had been thinking about another Campmobile off and on for a few years now, and this thread ain't helpin'. Take a look at Ebay and see what those things are selling for...you can pick up a good Cat 27 for less. Looks like I'm stuck with the "camper tent" thing that fits in the bed of my F-150, 'cause I'm not even gonna try to get my skipper to put the cushions (if he even still has 'em) on the J-35...;>)
Mark, Gratis (6115) Want to keep your WHOLE PAYCHECK? PLEASE VISIT http://www.fairtax.org ----- Original Message ----- From: ivan To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:09 PM Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Re: OT- VW sailing Oh boy, I can see the OT haters are going to get fired up over all of these VW emails! A buddy of mine had an old VW Vanagon in high school. The first time I stepped in it, I said man this is just like being in a boat!! And it was! We had some many great time on the open road, and gunkholing in some smaller camping sites. Of course the girls always thought there should be a bathroom on board! It was just like a little boat. So needless to say, I loved that thing. michael mcvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My sister had a VW van I had to push start it every morning so I could get a ride to school I realy hatted that van! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:00:56 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Re: OT- VW sailing > > You will note I started my story with "when I was a kid". > > Chris > - forever 8 > > -----Original Message----- > >From: tim ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Mar 11, 2008 12:23 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Re: OT- VW sailing > > > >Har, yeah with reefing! > > > >This is beginning to morph into a: "You Know You're an Old Fart When > >You Have a Bunch of VW Bus/Camper/Beetle Stories" thread. > > > >take it to VW Anarchy... > > > >tf > > > > > > > >Sailor Chef wrote: > >> I know all about the VW busses in a breeze. The worst were the Campmobiles. > >> Not only were they lighter and had more "sail area" than a Cat 22, they were > >> top heavy to boot. When we would camp on the beach, I had to park it into > >> the wind to minimize "rolling". Every body else would be all lined up nice > >> and neat to maximize the view (girls and/or water), not me, I'm pointing to > >> the SE. Actually, now that I recall, I had to park "stern to" because of the > >> way the roof opened, which put the "living room" on the dune side. Life was > >> hard! > >> Mark > >> Want to keep your WHOLE PAYCHECK? > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Get it now! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.16/1251 - Release Date: 1/30/2008 9:29 AM
