Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-17 Thread Curt Raymond
I've been tempted by a snark or a little hobiecat. A friend in highschool had both and they were great. -Curt Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:23 -0400 From: Mitch Haley Subject: Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon? To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <4ad90

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-16 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: I have a Larson built M16 Scow -- LOTS of fun, and a sail rig on the kayak - very relaxing. My first boat was a Super Snark. Basically a 11' chunk of foam wrapped in a thin layer of plastic. On a light wind day, I'd just take it out to the middle of the lake, laying on my back a

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-16 Thread OK Don
I have a Larson built M16 Scow -- LOTS of fun, and a sail rig on the kayak - very relaxing. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:14 PM, LarryT wrote: > There's lots of sailors here - we owned a Catalina 27 until my health > determined it was time to let it go. (I still regret selling it) > > LarryT > 91 3

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-16 Thread LarryT
sit: http://www.merchantreferralsolutions.com/A365706 -- From: "tyler" Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:30 PM To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Subject: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon? Sweet, it sounds like a lot of people

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-14 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I wonder what happened to him? I don't know. He was still in Muskegon or wherever when that gold 190DT down the road from me was on ebay 2 1/2 years ago and I told him about it. He'd outgrown the urge to buy 190 turbos by then. Interesting that most of his family see

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-14 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I wonder what happened to him? There are ALOT of people that are not around anymore that I have forgotten about and wonder where they are from time to time. Mitch Haley wrote: tyler wrote: Sweet, it sounds like a lot of people on here are also into sailing. Ron Dwelle isn't around here any

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-14 Thread Mitch Haley
tyler wrote: That sounds like an interesting book, I think I might look for a copy. I've been obsessed with reading every sailing adventure book I can find recently. The W201factory towing package would be quite a nice setup! Did he use it for towing sailboats? I don't know. Seems like he

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-14 Thread tyler
That sounds like an interesting book, I think I might look for a copy. I've been obsessed with reading every sailing adventure book I can find recently. The W201factory towing package would be quite a nice setup! Did he use it for towing sailboats? I've toyed with the idea of towing my sailboa

Re: [MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-14 Thread Mitch Haley
tyler wrote: Sweet, it sounds like a lot of people on here are also into sailing. Ron Dwelle isn't around here any more, but he writes books on the subject. http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Studies-Ron-Dwelle/dp/0738839728 Last I knew, Ron had a euro W201 2.5NA with factory towing package, includi

[MBZ] Sailing was: Re: Anyone tow with a W124 wagon?

2009-10-14 Thread tyler
Sweet, it sounds like a lot of people on here are also into sailing. It's starting to sound promising- the idea of switching to an MB diesel wagon for towing my sailboat. And yes, I will keep the hydraulic spheres rather than "re-engineer" the rear suspension myself, per previous discussion.