Good to find friends

[UCantFinish]

It is always nice to find a knowledgable forum. While nowhere near a new ComPac owner, I am new to the forum and thought I would say hey.

[Pat McL]

Welcome to the forum. Do you mean you have, or don't have a compac?
Also, I see that you are an experienced member of that exclusive club at UCF by your handle.One of my kids is now trying to figure how to get those required classes that mysteriously disappear when you need them during the senior year. It's all about money, not education.   Pat

[UCantFinish]

Yeah I guess that didnt make much sense... that is what 16 hour shifts will do to you I suppose. I have had my 16 for quite a while. It is actually what I learend to sail on. I just recently found this fine forum and have already learned quite a bit.

And I know all too well what it is to be a UCF student. Dont get me wrong, it is a GREAT school, but it can take quite a while. I have several friends who have had to wait a FULL YEAR for classes to reappear so they can just graduate. Good times!

[Craig Weis]

UCANTFINISH, who says? Anyway welcome and keep the people here posted as to the sailing adventures down in Florida. Nice red sail! Anything special on your 16? I'm too old for 16 hours unless it sailing... :wink: skip.

[UCantFinish]

No, she's pretty much original equipment. We have had her since I was a kid, and now that I have been around a bit there are a few things I plan on doing. The red sail is my 155, and I agree, it sure is pretty. I do feel bad for those of you who can't sail year round. Put the boat up and not look at it for six months? Thats CRAZY!

[Craig]

I would like to sail year round. Can't convince my wife that we should move to Florida. She thinks an alligator would eat her dog!  

Craig

[Pat McL]

Hi Craig
Your wife is probably right. Gators can outrun any dog, and I've seen pics of one climbing a chain-link fence to get one -- tastes like chicken! (Have a friend who got a divorce by using his wife's little dog suspended in a harness to troll for gators off his boat. Dog came out fine, caught some gators, but lost his proverbial shirt -- judge was a gal and a dog lover). More commonly lake front living here in Fla involves higher taxes, cottonmouths, and millions of blind mosquitos. As far as year-round sailing, we have that, but it really gets hot in summer, usually 100 degrees or at least high ninties followed by fast moving thunder squalls. best sailing is spring and fall-winter.  --- Pat

[UCantFinish]

Sure the BEST sailing is fall/spring... As far as I am concerned sailing is YEAR ROUND, at least for me anyway! Summer just means sail in the morning... And in all my years here I have never been harrassed by a gator, they want nothing to do with us for the most part. The bad ones are those who were fed by humans who are looking for another handout. So dont let all that talk you out of it!

The major down side nowa days is the huge cost of owning anything. At least in Orlando, home prices are rediculous, and can barely touch something waterfront for less than half a million.

[B.Hart]

just wanted to say HI to my florida neighbors Hope to see ya'll on a central florida lake.

[multimedia_smith]

Hi,
We've been enjoying it while we can here on the North Shore of Lake Ponchartrain (just outside New Orleans).  We DREAD the summer... suffocating heat and humidity and the thunderstorms are daunting.
Summers... we try to sail at night.  This winter and spring have been great.... I'm going out tomorrow... we got a front and have rare north winds and coool.
That's the advantage of being self employed.... you can take advantage of the weather.... I'll make it up at night...  as a friend of mine says...
"when you're self employed.... you get to choose WHICH twelve hours a day you want to work."

[UCantFinish]

Howdy Hart... Where do you sail mostly? Im usually tooling around Conway and Lake Virginia around Rollins College.

Simlar to being self employed, while in school I only work weekends (16 hour shifts) so I have mon-fri to hit the lakes. Its great!

[B.Hart]

HI finish, my favorite lake to sail is lake harris in the leesburg, eustes area. It's fairly large, apx 5 miles accross and a great boat ramp at hickory point. I spent all day friday there  sailing it was fantastic. The winds were N, NE at 10 to 20 mph.