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To: elpolvo who wrote (2567)	3/19/2001 7:08:21 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104191

elbow, The sailing magazines that I bought at the airport are called: Sail Magazine sailmag.com and Cruising World cruisingworld.com Did you ever hear of them? It's geared toward those interested in yachting. No motor boats or small Sun Fish articles. Some of the articles are pretty cool. Whole lot of stuff that I don't know much about but seems understandable. There was a good article written by a dude who explained how he had to cross over a narrow section of the gulf stream (approx. 50 miles wide) and explained how the water gets turbulent along with quick changes in wind direction, etc. Seems like GPS can tell you exactly where you are without any of the guess work. Many prefer using VORs or use sextants or even the stars to navigate. Seems like lots of planning is involved in taking long journeys. Must have to really know how to read the charts. Sounds exciting. I notice that many of these boats can take on water and hold them in their ballasts to help prevent tipping over. Does your boat do that? Ever tip over or see it done? I've seen sail boats on trailers and they often need a very high trailer. Much taller than a regular motor boat. Do you have to find a very steep ramp to launch it? I remember when my wife and I took out a small sail boat (Sun Fish or Sail Fish) on our honeymoon down in the islands. It was a lot of fun. I sort of got the hang of it but just as things were really going good, I tried to turn around and a sudden gust came along a capsized us. One of the ropes got tangled around her foot and I had to keep going under water to free it up. She was fine but that sort of ended our sailing fun. I was able to upright the boat by standing on the keel (or whatever the part that sticks down into the water is called). Getting back in the boat was a little tricky. Anyhow, I've been reading all these cool stories and I figured I'd ask you some more stuff... -Popeye