just checking :devil2:

Yup!
No rod holders either.

There good on gas though!!!

tuna

:huh:

tuna

Cool pic. That is awesome seeing them boil and jump like that. Oh and I agree...sailboats suk

Sailing is very cool - great way to pick up the lasses and an awesome distiller of discipline and situational awareness as if you race - I will teach my son how to sail and race when he is older. I also think it makes a more competent boater...

That said - they suck to fish from :hihi:

Awesome Tuna Pic

SAILBOATS RULE

They suck to fish from, but I have caught big stripers trolling the race on my way back from longisland and large mahi off block. My good buddy caught a 145 lb bluefin delivering from Newpt -> St. Thomas last fall.

Sailboat racing is a major rush.

I can't wait til I have enough money to get a sailboat.

-Zac

Which would you choose to get from Pt. A to Pt. B
:as: :as:

You'd be amazed what a decent fisherman can catch off the back of a sailboat.

They are actually a very good platform to troll from. Maybe not to fight or land a fish from, but the fish seem to like them.

I sell a lot of trolling gear to sailors leaving Newport for winter every year, they definitely catch fish.

Who sails, all I see are long skinny boats with 9.9's buzzing around, assuming they've got the right of way because they're a sailboat. :rtfm:

Yes, sail boats SUK. There slow boats with to much attitude! :af: :af:

I've caught plenty of nice fish off a blowboat, when that was my only ride down in Rio.

They call me a stinkpotter, so I call them sheet-heads !!!!! :jester:

They don't back up, they can't go in straight lines and they're always tipping !

But they are peaceful, quiet and very relaxing if you're not racing :chased: :chased:

Sailing is very cool :doh:

Sailboats do suck :yak:

I could argue both sides for a week on this one. Reminds me of the boat fish don't count argument. I made my living in the sailing industry for a couple of years, so I can definitely tell you the best of times and the worst of times. Yes, there are less proficient sailors out there, just like there are less proficient fishermen out there. Open your minds. Just be aware whose boat you would be willing to board........

Nightfighter,

How/where did you make a living in "the industry".

I was in the sailboat industry for 25 yrs. We might have lost money on each boat, but we made it up in volume. :whackin: :whackin:

megabyte,

I was captain of a number of SORC race boats from 79-81. We raced under IOR rule back then. Room, board, vehicles, plus a mate and a cook on the A class boats. Was a good life for just outta school. Then took a sales job for Ulmer Sails, carting an early Apple up and down the east coast in the back of a Volvo wagon. Should have stayed on the water.... mixing your vocation with your avocation isn't always what you expect.

On some deliveries we would troll for dinner. When we did hook up, the fish didn't have a chance as we would reel them in with cross connected coffee grinders :bl:

sailboats dont suck... its the arroganat pricks that can afford them that suck :eek:

Sail boats are good on gas but they still suck!

sailboats dont suck... its the arroganat pricks that can afford them that suck :eek: :laugha: :laugha:

And Newport is a magnet to a sheetload of them...... am I right Eben?

yup..If I had the $$ I would have one, so i guess i am a hippy-crit.

i grew up on sailboats. in 1992 i was ranked 1st in RI and New England for Jr. singlehanded division. :smokin:

show off :bshake: :bshake:

sailing is for gayboys..... :rotf3: :rotf3: :rotf3:

:whackin: looks like beachwalker is posting agian :bshake:

sissy boy

don't you remember, i'm a sailing homo too ?

:rotf3: yeah... but your still doin it. i retired :(

maybe oneday i will pick up a cheap J-24 and terrrorize the newport fleet :think:

:rotf3: yeah... but your still doin it. i retired :(

maybe oneday i will pick up a cheap J-24 and terrrorize the newport fleet :think:

you see you didn't retire.....

i'm just in hiding....a sleeper cell if you will. kenny reed and Ed Adams will never see me coming :rocketem:

i'm sure they be real worried..... :yawn:

i was just cleaning off my Beetle Cat today. I have caught bass off it before

it za great cruiser, yo !

no wudd ime sayin ?

you have a beetlecat??? :love: what a great boat. I looked at buying a crosby about 10 years ago but ended up passing on it.

believe it or not it is a glass one.

so happy i don't have to deal with a wooden boat...

thing is pretty sweet. so friggin simple and easy to sail....

Showoff :bshake: gotcha:laughs:

wooden boats are a nightmare i agree. I have a wooden sea kayak and that is a beyotch to keep shipshape......

this concludes my internet broadcast for the night :buds:


i covet your beetlecat, but i have a super beetle :ss:

I have been sailing a long time and my first ever experience trolling was for bluefish using a handline off a snark when I was thirteen. Good fun.

Now I am more inclined to sail hardwater and ever since I started I have been spoiled by its speed and I don't sail in the summer nearly as much.

Now this is a sailboat-
http://www.iceboat.org/images/04-05/niya/photos/marsh/7.jpg

crazy shiite that ice boating. would love to try it some day...
cool (hehe) photo
i have become a bit of a pu$$y in my older age.

i get scared easily....

Beachwalker you find us during the iceboat season and I can get you a ride in a boat. Check our hotline for where we will be (508)481-1011 recorded message call anytime of day- New England Ice Yacht Assoc.

Personally - Im a long time sailor - but these guys may agree with you

Watch this series of pics (http://sfsurvey.com/photos/sailh/imagepages/image1.htm)

Whoops!

What were those guys thinking?

I know that spot. Right underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. They tried to cut the corner during a large swell. Bad idea.

wow. looks to me like they were trying to be daredevils. I have sailed there and nobody would make that mistake unless brain damaged.

Whoops!

What were those guys thinking?

I know that spot. Right underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. They tried to cut the corner during a large swell. Bad idea.

They were thinking I'm a BLOW boater I have the right of way. The wave will get out of my way watch this. :rotf3: :rotf3: :rotf3: :rotf3:

Yes, there are less proficient sailors out there, just like there are less proficient fishermen out there. Open your minds. Just be aware whose boat you would be willing to board........

Nuff said

Beachwalker you find us during the iceboat season and I can get you a ride in a boat. Check our hotline for where we will be (508)481-1011 recorded message call anytime of day- New England Ice Yacht Assoc.
thanks dude,

maybe....

great wipeout !

anybody die ?

should have..... :lurk:

They were thinking I'm a BLOW boater I have the right of way. The wave will get out of my way watch this. :rotf3: :rotf3: :rotf3: :rotf3:

"hold my cheese, watch this"

5 Mahi Mahi and 2 Tuna while running a boat from Annapolis to St John this past December, and it didn't even cost any fuel. :hihi:

"hold my cheese, watch this"

"That was fun.............another wine cooler?" :doh:

Xavier High School in CT is where i go and is the team i'm on. lots of hot girls on other teams, too. sailing is a helluva workout in heavy winds, too. it's also pricey.

RFG, you should go to URI. We could use you, and imagine the fall fishing!

As RIJimmy can tell you, housing at URI is the best. Live right in South County, ON THE BEACH. My last house while at URI was in Jerusalem, 100 yards from the west wall. The year before that I lived ON salt (point judith) pond. WITH A DOCK! FOR $400 a month! Usually if you play your cards right you can have the house through may. Can you say WORM HATCH!


_Z_

I used to surf Fort Point a dozen or so times a year. Never saw anything that stupid there, just people getting sucked out on the outgoing tide or getting hammered into the rocks after wiping out. One of my friends did see a jumper. :skulz:

Xavier High School in CT is where i go and is the team i'm on. lots of hot girls on other teams, too. sailing is a helluva workout in heavy winds, too. it's also pricey.
cool

I went to Amity High School in Woodbridge. We had a sailing team for a few years. won the nationals in 1976. first public high school to do so. it was pretty fun. YCYC was our home spot. Used to practice with yalies like Dave Perry, John Mckee, Peter isler, etc. It was pretty good practice....

good luck this season. when are the new englands ?

we went to nationals this past fall, we did crappy, we only sent 2 kids, lol. we're really good at team racing, though. all we need are some bigger guys, as we've got 3 over 150. our coach is paul haye, was on the olympic team a few years back, than broke his leg and didn't sail in them. we sail @ pettapaug (sp?) yacht club in essex on 420's. I love JY's though, especially seeing i'm a crew and the pulleys for the jib line make it easy on me, with little resistance. suprisingly, we're incredibly mellow, esp. for the only team in our school to win a state campionship this millenium.

Rogers highschool sailing team. i think we got 4th in the nationals in 92. I used to love racing at the coastguard acadamy in those FJ's... A bit tippy when your used to 420's, but i loved them as they handled like a laser, and lasers were my schtick.. Tabor always kicked our ass, and if i remember right, we smoked Xavier several times :smokin:

Rogers is/was looking for a Sailing Coach :hihi:

should be able to find someone.

Newport has a got few quick, knowledgable racers kicking around

check out the AC

Rogers is/was looking for a Sailing Coach :hihi:

man... if i wasnt to into bass, i would do it.

eben,
we've been to natl's since then. we kick a$$. plus, we've got a decent coach. we also kicked tabor's butts this past fall, i think. it's amazing, though, how little a lot of the kids on the team know about wind/tide relationship. hell, what do i know- i'm an underclassmen.
oh, and sanibel the week of the 18th :cool:

and eben, you should check out the frostbite series in newport. i think some of them do it to look cool, though, at least that's how it is in essex. :liquify: all yuppies.

and eben, you should check out the frostbite series in newport. i think some of them do it to look cool, though, at least that's how it is in essex. :liquify: all yuppies.
essex is a tricky place to sail. i used to do the spring regatta. did the newport series when i lived there. it was great. the occasional homo yupster but most people were real cool. that was when we used to store our boats and sail out of the armory. those were some fun days :wiggle: