Bill, I relate very strongly to your story. I've worked with Doctors (with a 70' boat parked where our back fence would be) and just local folks - with forty foot fisher. Give me those local folks every time - they know how to 'appreciate' life. btw - when we had one Boat Surveyor work with us, he had just sold his 52 footer and picked up a trailerable. His statement being that he had learned 'bigger is not always better'.
Enjoy, Gordon of Monterey Bay M8 Coba' (and a Snipe too) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Working, working, working... > Hi Connie, > Amen to trailer sailing. > I also prefer the smaller boats. > I know a couple of people who are partners in a Cat 320. Nice boat that sits > in her slip about 350 days out of the year. Probably would have been better to > invest in a beach front condo as the boat is basically used for social events > at the dock. Good for them I guess... > I think all of our pastimes have gone, or are going by the wayside. I used to > do a lot of backpacking. Twenty years ago it used to be said all you have to > do to get away from the vandals is get 1/2 mile into the forest and you'll be > safe. No longer the case. I fear people more than I feal bears and mountain > lions. At least the wild critters are predictable. > I used to do a lot of river running (whitewater) and we felt safe to think we > were among friends in a 50 mile wilderness river trip. Not any more. There > are weirdo's out there too. > I somehow thought sailing would be different. Now I find the (new) owners of > the big boats are snobs or just plain inconsiderate. However... I've had my > best fun with the trailer sailing crowd. Seems like, for the most part, all we > want to do is have a little fun. > You'll like this tale... I've been to Mexico a few times. The first was a > tourist trip to Mazatlan, very nice, and very tourist like. The second time I > flew down and met a friend with a 42' monster sailboat. We were treated with > respect deserving visiting royalty. Sort of boring. Nice boat though. > Third time, I went with a friend towing an aluminum bass boat. Nothing fancy, > just a decent fishing boat. We went to a large lake (Bacaburito) east, into > the mountains from Guaymas, MX. We intended to spend a week fishing for > Largemouth Black Bass. Instead, we befriended a couple of commercial fishermen, who > were after Tilapia (another fish) and we ended up staying for two and a half > weeks. Eating dinners with their families, helping them with their commercial > fishing, drinking cervesas (beer) until we couldn't stand up. And having the > time of our lives. These people weren't rich and were just being themselves when > they offered their friendship. I'll never forget that trip. I'm planning > another trip to Mexico this winter. I can assure you, when I go... I'll go as > myself. I don't want to be considered special, I just want to have a little fun. > It's only been 5 years since the fishing trip. I'm hoping I'll be able to meet > some quality locals while sailing my little sailboat into their fishing > villages. I'll be keeping a diary of this adventure, to be assured. > Regards, > Bill SF Bay > M-17 #496 "Tiperary" > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
