...yet another reason why "Honshells" is burned into my screen under "Deleted Items".
----- Original Message ----- From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:14 PM Subject: M_Boats: (no subject) > > You ARE speaking only for yourself as far as I'm concerned, Stephen. Connie, If you're going to limit the > recipients to whom you send these stories, please include me, [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . Thanks! --Craig > Honshell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 12:05 AM > Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 14, Issue 21 > > I know we've pretty well worn out most things Montgomery, but this is still > a "Montgomery" forum as far as I know. I'm sure somewhere out there is a > cruising forum who would appreciate your local knowledge and stories, but > speaking only for myself they're wearing a little thin. Maybe you could > direct these just to Scott and not the entire list. > Thanks ! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:50 PM > Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 14, Issue 21 > > > Hi Scott, > > > > Before you can dream about cruising destinations, you have to know that > > they exist. > > > > Now you are aware of the Adriatic coast of "former" Yugoslavia. > > > > Another wonderful area is the Stockholm archipelago. Hundreds of low, > > pine tree covered islands with Swedish summer homes on them, and, > > ..........almost every Swede has a power boat or mainly sailboats. > > Powerboats tend to be primarily slow speed (6 - 8 knots) plus a few > > outboard powered fast machines. > > > > Everyone is most considerate of one another - no wake zones are > > respected. > > > > But once you are off the well marked ship channels, you need local > > knowledge and someone has to "correct" your charts so that you avoid the > > rocks. > > > > I came to the conclusion that this was done on purpose to give Russian > > mini-subs that were constantly trying to explore the Swedish coast a hard > > time. If you believe the published Swedish chart and then run aground: > > it's Swedes 1 - Russians 0, in the game of cat and mouse. > > > > I once was heading back to Stockholm from one of the outer islands of the > > archipelago, hard on the wind in a Swedish racing class sloop - a long > > thin boat: tall rig; deep keel; long overhangs, .............. > > > > I checked the chart I had and saw 30 meters of water where I wanted to > > lengthen my tack between two islands. OK go for it, fewer tacks are > > better, right? > > > > With lee rail under and marching along at about 6 knots, all of a sudden > > - in the middle of my 30 meter depth area there was a loud BOOM, and our > > ship was high and dry on a nice - barely underwater boulder. 30 meters > > of water????? No way. My wife, to this day, never lets me forget that > > episode when I decide to cut a corner or stray from "guaranteed" deep > > water. > > > > Luckily, as I walked forward to get an anchor out of a forepeak, the boat > > quivered and slid off the rock into deep water again. > > > > The rest of the 30 NM back to Stockholm I stayed in the marked up areas > > of my chart. > > > > But still; another area to put on your "dream about" list. > > > > If you hit it in August it's kraftor (sp?) time. These are Swedish fresh > > water crayfish (probably similar to the crawfish from Louisiana). Then > > it's ritual eating and drinking time: 1 kraftor: 1 Aquavit: 1 kraftor; > > 1 Aquavit. and so on, deep into the night. > > > > Another great area are the Danish islands............. Towns are built > > around the harbors. Marinas all have showers and toilets for the > > cruising sailor. In the morning you walk to the local bakery and buy > > fresh Danish pastry, and are back on board in time for the coffee to > > finish brewing. > > > > Another delightful area. > > > > Connie > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
