man it felt nice.... love the new hobie :love:

That hook set itself Eben....am I right?? I look forward to heading out with a group this season!:uhuh:

That hook set itself Eben....am I right?? I look forward to heading out with a group this season!:uhuh:
:love:...

heres some pics to prove i am not lying!

nice... be extra carefull.

I was don. I used to race small boats all winter long and know all about cold water.
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Probably safer now 0.5% chance you flip, die and, drown in winter. 5% chance you get run over by some drunk first year boater heading into Newport on their 40' SeaRay they just bought with their bonus check during summertime.

Probably safer now 0.5% chance you flip, die and, drown in winter. 5% chance you get run over by some drunk first year boater heading into Newport on their 40' SeaRay they just bought with their bonus check during summertime.

Lol!!! This is very true!
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Nebe- Did you race lasers or another small one design boat. I used to race lasers in thru my 30s... great boat

Nebe- Did you race lasers or another small one design boat. I used to race lasers in thru my 30s... great boat
Yep. Got 8th in the youth nationals long ago.
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I used to race Lasers and 470s out of CBI in the early 80s. Probably could have raced into Nationals if stayed focused enough.

I've been contemplating the fishability of a 470 - plus I want my son to learn from the demands of sailing - lots of life lessons in small boat sailing.

I used to race district 7 championships at BB race week in New bedford and Padanarum.. I remember wearing a vest with towels sewed into it to give me an additional 10 lbs of wt to hold down the laser ... I was only 155lbs and the "ideal build" when the wind was over 15 was 6' 5" and 180-200 lbs... Dave Perry and several others... and Moose McClintok who would carry a laser with one arm from his car to the launch location

John, my stepdad has an older flying Dutchman for sale if your looking for a father and son sled. I think he wants 500 for it.
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Wickford was a great early season regatta in RI... stayed with local families

I mostly sailed with fleet 413 in the winter- in the summer and fall i was busy with 420's at my local yacht club and high school sailing team...

tabor girls.. :love:

my brother went to Tabor until he got caught with girls in his room and other stuff in the fall of his Sr year.... love the campus and the tabor boy

Lol!
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NYC still does frostbiting, although at my size I was 'discouraged' from attempting for fear of sinking at the dock

Interclubs are good for the rotund like myself :hihi:
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John, my stepdad has an older flying Dutchman for sale if your looking for a father and son sled. I think he wants 500 for it.
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Wow - that's a steal. Bigger than I want and a year ahead of what I want. Besides - I need to work on the existing fleet before I get anything else. :wall:

Love this small boat talk of Dutchman's, and Scots, and 420/470/Larks/Lasers/2man Lasers, etc...

Want severe club racing?

N10s :rotf2:

I owned 2 lasers.. One was a practice boat. The other was strictly for racing. I used to sail out to Brenton tower, flip my laser, climb up to the top of the tower and jump off... And swim back to my laser. :rotfl:
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Interclubs are good for the rotund like myself :hihi:
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Next winter I have to find a local frostbite club for rotund sailors.

marblehead yacht club used to have a " large " fleet..

Newport yacht club uses turnabouts.

Yes, it would have to be closer to Newport. anything in Wickford?

First Laser was 13719 and my second laser was in the 75000 series... my current one is in the 175,000 series.... my first one was named blondterror.. a nickname I got working in a boatyard in rowayton,CT I always thought the original ones made by performance sailcraft in Quebec were the stiffest hulls and driest deck/hull seams... I used to race against bruce kirby (laser designer) on tuesday nights off fish island in long island sound...

there is a company right at 114's start in Portsmouth that looks interesting

Nebster

remind me to give you some pointers on those spots.
I caught a LOT of bass in that neighborhood on my 13ft whaler.... and not schoolies.....

I have 2 yaks now hound. Let's go in may!!!!
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I have 2 yaks now hound. Let's go in may!!!!
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2?

2?

Hobie revolution
Redfish 14
Great Canadian canoe
Oday widgeon

That's my armada. :)
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Old Town 16
Old Town Calypso 14
2 10' Manatee's
1 Maritime 2090

i walk on water

Hobie Revolution
Wilderness systems Pungo (2 of original 12 ft)
Laser
mad River Explorer 16' canoe
F2 Sunset Slalom