Anyone got a boat?

“ok tree, you get the honor of naming the new boat!”

“The SS Money Pit...”

“Naming it after myself, the SS Doofus!”

“i love sunfishies.

if you duff it, you can just grab the centerboard and flip'em back over. they're so much fun.”

“It may be easier to sail with two people when you're first learning to sail it. One person controls the rudder and one the sheet on the sail. It will also be much easier turning the boat up right when you capsize.”

“Easier to ditch the corpse too, LZ!”

“You mean when you keel someone.”

“oh brother”

“Good one, LZ! Goes into the Treebeard "Hall of Groaners."”

“Is this why they are giving the boat away?
Mystery Hand Falls From the Sky ”

“OK that's just weird!”

“hmm i wonder if it was the sailboats orig owners head?
maybe that why its free.”

“Truth is stranger than fiction!

Hey, treebeard, maybe you ought to have that boat dusted for prints...”

“Gives new meaning to "can you give me a hand here"”

“Can you give me a HAND, Bit?


(Bwaaahahaaahaaa)”

“Manuka!


(beat me to it)”

“He says they've already got one!”

“Takes new meaning to the saying, "All hands on deck."”

“maybe it belong to this:

May 31, 2004 -- Coney Island Cyclone riders had a hair-raising experience yesterday when the world-famous roller coaster stopped dead in its tracks at the top of a hill after a woman's wig blew off and got caught in the wheels.
The bizarre mishap had riders stuck in their seats for nearly 30 minutes.

"This happens sometimes where something flies out and gets stuck," said Cyclone manager Jerry Menditto. "Usually, it's a sweater or a pocketbook, but this time, it was a lady's wig."

Witnesses said the ride ground to a halt at around 3 p.m. when the train reached the top of the second hill, about 75 feet up. As puzzled riders enjoyed sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean, emergency workers and firefighters climbed the tracks to locate the problem.

They discovered a dark brown wig tangled in the wheel base of one of the cars. After pulling the hairpiece out, they used their muscle to push the cars down the hill to get the ride started again.

Menditto said the wig apparently blew off of a woman's head on the previous ride cycle and landed on the tracks. When the next ride began, it got caught in the wheels.

"We have no idea whose wig it is. It's a mystery," he said.”

“Who says it was a woman's wig?”

“Convenient storage in the back of cockpit which is perfect for extra gear or a cooler


oooo I can go away for the weekend with the boat.
I think im in love....”

“That's another flash back to '66.... the styrofoam cooler and a 6-pack of Red, White and Blue!”

“Tilt, your really showing your age today!”

“oops.


Let me tell you what Florence Nightingale was really like....”

“no tell who or what a BOB is”

“heh-heh-heh-heh....


”

“Mapleleaf said "cockpit"...heh...heh.

I think you'll find the storage for extra gear to be just about big enough for a can of soda and a pocket knife.”

“LOL.

ok does BOB have anything to do with COCKPIT?
DAMNITT TLL ME IT MEANS!”

“ML...in a manner of speaking...”

“thank you chili,


Tilt your evil!”

“Something you may want to buy for the boat is a small short paddle. Incase you get stuck some place without any wind.”

“I Try, Maple!”

“second the paddle but get a telescoping paddle for storage
Kwik tek


also get a bailer, cut the top off a large wisk deteregent bottle but leave the handle intact.”

“got an extra paddle for my kayak and a bailer. well a large sponge and a turkey baster.
it works!”

“For bailing scoops, we used to cut the bottom off gallon milk jugs.”

“mapleleaf, SailNet has a Sunfish sail on special, marked down from $150 to $135.

http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=11672”

“I learned how to sail in a sunfish at Boy Scout camp. Three of us signed it out, each thinking the others knew how to sail it. Not until we got out in the middle of the lake did we realize that none of us had the slightest clue. The really funny part was when we were bearing down on the dock and the lifeguard, who had been madly waving his arms above his head just seconds before, decided he’d better make a break for it and went tear assin’ up toward land. Goood times…


If you get a trailer for that thing, I’m moving by a 2-mile long lake at the end of the month. I’d be happy to help you try to sink it.”

“So, treebeard, exactly where does your fleet rank in Jane's now? lol...”

“I alway liked heading into the beach with the Hobie Cat on a Full Run. The last command from the helmsman was usually "All ashore that's goin' ashore!!"”

“thanks for the info on the sail, but my new baby will have to wait till next spring to get her feet wet.

why is it all hobbies cost so much money :(
I just want to play”

“You get where you're going LOTS faster, for one thing, <G>


oH - you said 'hobbies' not 'hobies'...”

“only one thing to do. start renting out Treebeard's body!”

“ok Tilt, you need a girl friend!

I said GIRL FRIEND not BOB”

“Watch out mapleleaf, sailing has even more gear potential than BPing. I've got a couple items waiting to add to my boat -- a boomkicker (it supports the mainsail boom when the mainsail is down) and a Windex wind indicator that goes at the top of the mast. Plus I need to get a new spare tire for the trailer, reseal the mast head, etc.

Just remember sailing also has a gear disease similar to BPing's "lighter is better"-itis -- it's called "2-foot-itis": "I like my boat, but it would be perfect if it was only a couple feet longer." I've started with a 14-foot centerboard day sailer, sloop rigged. Now I dream of something around 25 feet. Of course I'd need a bigger truck to tow it........”

“oh man I need to get books on sailing. I have no clus as to what you just said pekka LOL
but just like kayaking and backpacking, I will learn.

just dont tell tree LOL

but it's something I really look forward to getting into. I swear to you all, someday I will boat to work!!”

“okay, Maple... Can I just RENT a girlfriend?? LOLOL

You already curse like a sailor --- you're halfway there!



Those Cape Dorys sure have nice lines, don't they Pekka? 28-30' is a nice size... after all, you'll want some head-room downstairs, <G>”

“Why, yes, Tilt, you CAN rent a girlfriend, lol...”

“Well the nice thing, mapleleaf, is that with a Sunfish you don't need anything I mentioned above. Plus you can cartop it, so no trailer. Just get that sail and rigging and get on the water. Good luck in your quest. A free boat is a good thing already.

My guess is that there is a sailing center in New York that runs courses for beginning sailors. It would give you a good place to hook up with like-minded folks (maybe even some other Sunfish owners) and also lessen the learning curve from lots of good advice and even some practice on other small boats.”

“hmm your right about the club. I used to belong to one. maybe I should give them a call.
thanks!”