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#200857 01/20/10 01:53 PM 01/20/10 01:53 PM |
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Posts: 1,152 tampa, fl | That's great Tad! Looking forward to having you down here. Gulfport is a great club that has a really active schedule, mast-up storage, etc. Between Gulfport, Dunedin, and the Cocoa area, there is enough racing to keep you active all year long!
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#200859 01/20/10 01:58 PM 01/20/10 01:58 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | GYC is a good option, but you'll be 2 hours away. The east coast is another option, home of Hagar, Hirams and the KPRR regatta which will be an hour away, plus there are a couple of 20's to sail with. You will also be a 2 hour comute to Dunedin. You'll be 90 minutes from Daytona, home of Gilligans Run and the Daytona Summer Sizzler. You will be 45 minutes from Eustis the home of the WildCat regatta.
Mast up storage is awesome but it does make you lazy, although there are exceptions (Karl and Beth come to mind)
Ding
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#200863 01/20/10 03:18 PM 01/20/10 03:18 PM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | Congrats.
there is mast up storage in clearwater at the sailing center.. it will cost you an arm (you get to keep your leg) around 1200. there are a few boat parking areas for mast down storage near the dunedin causeway (around 60/month i think) if you are so inclined. let me know and i will get you more details. | | | Re: So its all but official....
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#200870 01/20/10 03:50 PM 01/20/10 03:50 PM |
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Posts: 5,525 | . . . Will I be able to race against Pete?!!?
Yes but you have to buy a F16. Just kidding, come on down! And don't listen to Ding, he's just jealous.
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#200873 01/20/10 04:08 PM 01/20/10 04:08 PM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | Saw a sign on a wrecker truck the other day: "We don't want and arm and a leg.., we just want your tows!" Haha.. funny.. but i have never seen/heard of a "reasonable" tow fee (except the last two guys who towed my cat back to shore... free from friends)
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#200875 01/20/10 04:20 PM 01/20/10 04:20 PM |
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Posts: 5,525 | GYC frowns on major work at the club. That isn't to say it doesn't happen. The weather is the best news. Florida has terrible thunderstorms in the summer, and most places can count on them on a daily basis, but for some reason they seem to stay away from GYC. The bay is sort of out on a peninsula, perhaps that has something to do with it, and they usually roll off north, south or inland. Stank is making noise about getting back in the game, so there's your N20 crew. Of course you are always welcome in the F16 fleet. It's destiny.
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#200878 01/20/10 04:40 PM 01/20/10 04:40 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Stank is making noise about getting back in the game, so there's your N20 crew.
I just don't see that getting past the comittee. I have a new found respect for the man.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#200879 01/20/10 04:48 PM 01/20/10 04:48 PM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | Tad, you are welcome to work on and leave your cat in my yard for a week if the need arrises (clearwater).
This is not possible in the mast down storage places i know of.
I suffered for 6 years in an apartment, BUT MAN ITS NICE to have.. power, water and my cat in eyesight now...
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#200895 01/20/10 08:10 PM 01/20/10 08:10 PM |
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Posts: 805 Gainesville, FL 32607 USA | Sailing at Gulfport? I hsve visited a lot, and it is an excellent venue with great sailing buds. Patrick Berger is an A-cat sailor, and a member, WITH a warehouse! At the moment he has an excellent craftsman, Ian Lindahl, works there on boats. Ian just won both A-cat races at Islamorada last week, on his HOME BUILT BOAT, the LR3. I think that is really something.
Dacarls: A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16 "Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
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#200899 01/20/10 09:47 PM 01/20/10 09:47 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Thanks for all the help guys.
How about info for the east coast? I will be a lot closer to the east coast (< 1hr to Cocoa Beach) than the west. Are there any places over there to keep a boat? Scott Hubel's shop is the only place that offers any kind of mast up storage and space is very limited. Performance Sail and Sport is the name of his shop.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#200902 01/21/10 01:06 AM 01/21/10 01:06 AM |
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | Tad, it's too bad there isn't more active cat sailing at Lake Eustis Sailing Club, http://www.lakeeustissailingclub.org/, because it is a really nice small-boat club on really nice piece of property on a really nice lake. If we lived in the Orlando area, we would probably try to build a fleet at Eustis. Maybe they have Portsmouth racing for their twice-a-month club races. They host the Wildcat regatta in the fall, and I think it is the George Washington Regatta in the spring that also attracts cats.
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#200915 01/21/10 09:06 AM 01/21/10 09:06 AM |
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Posts: 67 Daytona Beach | I reside just north of Orlando. Some of us leave our boats mast up on the beach all summer(just get it off before hurricane season), but you might not want to do that with a N20. Are you just a racer or do you also recreation sail? With so many great places to sail within a few hours drive time you may just want to keep the boat at home then pick the place with the best conditions for the weekend. During the winter months it's the west cost or Kelly Park or the Keys. There are some good weekends for the ocean but not many. The best regattas down here seem to happen during Fall and Spring(with the exception of Tradewinds in January). More than enough to keep you on the road during any free weekend. In the summer the only place to have wind is the ocean(although Ding says there is never enough). The fleet in Cocoa Beach is very active. Several active groups in Tampa(Gulfport, Tampa Bay Catamaran Assoc.) The best social sailing fun group has to be Dunedin. Daytona puts on several races each year. Another option if you want mast up storage or just need a place to get a sailing fix in every once in a while check out the Halifax Sailing Center in Daytona. Best deal going.
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#200917 01/21/10 09:26 AM 01/21/10 09:26 AM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | great write up Jeff, but i just want to say we (gulf) get a nice sea breeze almost everyday at 1(ish) in the summer too.. nothing to double trap with, but its rare we dont have enough to sail.
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#200921 01/21/10 10:09 AM 01/21/10 10:09 AM |
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | I was going to second Eustis for mast-up storage being close to Orlando.
And I could crew on the 20 for approximately 4 regatta weekends provided they meet strict criteria (which is as of yet still to be determined).
Jay
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