Ian, I have to agree. I grew up in Newburyport, 30 miles north of Boston. My dad was a commercial fisherman. New England has REAL winters. Nothing like the mild weather and largely protected waters of Puget Sound.
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Everett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 8:29 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: boston sailing > Hello Rick, > Before we slight the sailing tenacity of our brethren in Boston we have to > give pause for comparison. I have lived on both coasts and in the northern > Midwest and let me assure you our Pacific Northwest winters are nothing > compared to one of theirs. When was the last time you had to wear a > goose-down filled parka to work? Have you ever had to plug in your car at > night to make sure it would start in the morning? Have you ever had to > wait until the middle of May to think about applying a new coat of bottom > paint or varnish? > Instead of chiding them, let's pity them for having such a short sailing > season. Besides, they did give us the Red Sox who > beat the Yankees..Oh Yeah! > > Ian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: >> Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:41:26 -0800> Subject: Re: M_Boats: boston sailing> > >> > Sigh, thanks, but I called them and they only rent to members.> > Looks >> like we are stuck with going on a duck boat tour as our only way of >> getting on New England waters :-(> > If any of you New Englanders ever >> come to Seattle in the winter, spring, summer or fall, look us up and we >> will show you how REAL sailors do it.> > >Here you go Rick> >> >> >http://www.community-boating.org> >> >Open April 1st maybe I'll see you >> out there.> > _______________________________________________> >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _________________________________________________________________ > Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_getintouch_042008 > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
