Sean & Jo: Nice video! Even without the viewfinder. And fun sailing--you just get good sailing and I just put the boat in storage for the winter! Glad to see you two having so much fun! --Gary Hyde 2005 M17 sailboat #637 'Hydeaway 2' We can't change the wind, but we can trim our sails. Sailing is like "African Queening" thru life.
On Oct 13, 2008, at 9:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey gang, > > Dauntless is now sitting in her winter berth where we keep her each > year. > Finally, our AZ weather pattern has shifted to the normal fall/ > winter scenario > with good North winds pushing through as frontal systems dig down > from the > Pacific Northwest. Usually we get just the wind, not the clouds or > rain. This > week has been a perfect example. Temps finally dropped into the double > digits!! and the wind climbed into the double digits!!! > > SOOOOO....we threw off the dock lines and took Dauntless out for a > romp. I > broke 'Jo's camera when we were sailing at the Cruiser's Challenge > in Monterey > this year by flexing the screen on the back which broke it. So, > there is no > viewfinder on the camera now. BUT, that doesn't stop me! We had > some great > sailing I took some terrible video. Actually, considering there was no > viewfinder at all, and that also include no menus to tell you what > the camera is > doing, what the settings are, etc... I thought it came out pretty > good! It even > impressed Jo who you will see laughing at me trying to figure out > how to get > the dang thing to work. > > > Winds were forecasted to be 15 to 25 with gusts to 30. Don't think > we ever > made it near 30 as we never reefed the main. We were, however, able > to get up > over 7 knots boatspeed on a broad reach with a "glad bag sized" 36 > square foot > "Micro Jib" flying. So what was the windspeed......I think the wind > was > blowing "fun" miles per hour! :-) And that can't be > disputed!!!! ;-) > > > We had a good time. If you'd like to see the video go to my home > page at > _www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com_ (http://www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com > ) and > scroll down the home page to find the video near the bottom. It's > nothing > special, just something to wet your whistle for a trip to Havasu > this February to > attend the 09 Poker Run/Scavenger Hunt sail! > > AND.....Hey Yakester!!!! You know I'm excited to see the first > official San > Juans 09 post!!! Woohoo!!! It's gonna happen!!!! :-) > > Sean > M23 Dauntless > _www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com_ (http://www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com > ) > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
