I take my turn at the tiller. You can see the railroad drawbridge that links KSC to the mainland. The solid rocket booster segments are brought in from Utah on the railroad.
I take my turn at the tiller. You can see the railroad drawbridge that links KSC to the mainland. The solid rocket booster segments are brought in from Utah on the railroad. |
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Not but a week or two after the class was over, William and Jodi came across a good deal on the boat in which they were interested - the West Wight Potter 15 - and bought it! Jodi says the "JD" in the registration number is an abbreviation of "Jodi." |
Here they are on their new boat. |  |
I am looking at getting an inexpensive boat to get me on the water. A possibility is a Chrysler 16 foot boat. Here are drawings from Chrysler data sheets:
I got these from the The Chrysler Sailing Association Web Site.
Of course, William and I had to go to the next big sailboat show. Sail Expo 99 was coming up the first weekend in November, so William and I took off work on Friday to go to St. Petersburg.
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William is a big proponent of easy sailing, while I think the more line you have to tweak, the better. A compromise was this new boat from Catalina called the Aero 20. Notice how the boom extends forward of the mast, and the jib is connected to the boom. It is a sloop rig that has a one-line control. It also has a carbon-fiber, unstayed mast. We were on the dock looking at it, when the captain asked if we wanted to sail it. No hesitation there. I took a turn at the tiller and the mainsheet. The thing sailed quite nicely. Winds were good, and we were sailing in Tampa Bay with the rail in the water. |
We had also signed up for an afternoon sail on a 36-foot EndeavourCat, a cruising catamaran. In this picture, William is at the helm while motoring out of the harbor. |  |
