Please give me info on any races next year. I haven't been able to find much info on the CT fleet. I hope to sail more in the ocean than in lakes. thanks for the greating.
John F. --- catflyer2003 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John, Welcome to this wonderful list! Glad to > hear you are on > the recovery end of your illness! Sailing can be a > great healer, and > is great therapy for most ailments. There are a lot > of good cat > silors in Connecticut, and quite a few come up to > Fleet 448 events > in R.I. and MA. I will hope to see you on the water > next season! As > far as the hitch goes, I've always pulled my cats > with V.W. Rabbits, > and a Honda Civic with the smallest hitches.I sailed > an 18 for the > first time last Summer, and loved it. They are a > great boat, but a > lot heavier than a 16 on the beach! Good luck! And > let us know how > your search is going! Brian McCarter, H17 Sport > conversion, > Westport, MA > -- > - In [EMAIL PROTECTED], JOHN FLINTER > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > good day fellow sailors !!! > > I've lurked long enough. My name is John Flinter > and I live in > Waterbury, Connecticut. > > I first sailed / raced Hobies way back in 1972 > when Jose Rodriges > opened the first Hobie shop in Isle Verde, <a > href="http://www.srch- > results.com/lm/rtl.asp?k=puerto%20rico" > onmouseover="window.status='Puerto Rico'; return > true;" > onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">Puerto > Rico</a>. I > crewed for Juan Torruella in the '73 16 Nationals in > Key Biscane, > Fla. We finished a respectable 19th. We sailed in > the 1st Culebra > race (where we met and competed against the great > Sandy Banks. Every > time I see a picture of a cat "flying" off the back > of a wave I > remember doing that on 14's and 16's off the barrier > reef of Isle > Verde almost daily back in the 70's > > Well then I was 17 years old, now I'm 48. I sailed > 16's every > chance that I'v had over the years, mostely on > vacation at <a > href="http://www.srch-results.com/lm/rtl.asp?k=cape%20cod"; > > onmouseover="window.status='Cape Cod'; return true;" > > onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">Cape > Cod</a>. I recently > survived 2 nasty attacks of a neurological disease > named Guillian- > Barre Syndrome and while laying paralized for 3 > months, the memory > of sailing and racing in Puerto Rico helped me to > survive. > > I made a vow that if I ever walked again I was > going to get a > boat. I recovered with only minor risidual numbness. > So now I'm in > the market for a boat. While my heart is with the > 16, I want to get > a Hobie 18. The less I pitchpole the more often my > wife will sail > with me. > > I've spent a lifetime preparing for this. But how > to start? > Obviously the boat will need to be trailored. Also > before I find a > boat I need to get "hitched". > > Any recommendations on trailor hitches and > trailors? I drive a > 1988 <a > href="http://www.srch-results.com/lm/rtl.asp?k=mercury% > 20cougar" onmouseover="window.status='Mercury > Cougar'; return true;" > onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">Mercury > Cougar</a> with > enough oomph to pull anything. But I think I heard > that Trailor > hitches come in Classes? > > How much weight will I be pulling with an 18? > > Any advice is welcomed. I look foreward to being a > part of the > group and can't wait to start racing again. > > > > See you on the race course. > > John Flinter > > (insp12) > > If anyone is interested I can send a copy of my > book, "Moonshadow" > about my experiance with GBS. E-Mail me @ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > Group Home > http://www.TheBeachcats.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Group Home http://www.TheBeachcats.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beachcats/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
