So what do you do when sailing season ends

[kickingbug1]

some advice bob, buy a hammock and a fire pit and you will always have a place to sleep

[Bob23]

Advice taken. Got the firepit...need the hammock!

[Tim Gardner]

The oysters come from Urbana, on the Chesapeake Bay.  They are from BRACKISH water.?

[Reighnman]

Never read about retired pirates raising alpacas!

[Potcake boy]

I would love to come across a scene one day of Johnny Depp herding alpacas.

[Mas]

Well the first week is now starting with no boat in the water and no plan to head to the bay, well until CBMWG, nor any Alpaca herding, but my son built us a trebuchet that we used today to launch the many small free pumpkins we were given that make fun sport with a shotgun. The constant booming did bring the county police out to check on things as we were having much fun. After realizing the nature of the sport he joined in for a few shots....wondering about maybe a bow pivot gun for Interlude in case being a retired pirate doesn't work out so well! Now a design of my Jolly Roger is in the works! I remember Heave always flew one...you out there Heave?

....and Brack, know what you mean about the seemingly lack of dress code on boats in cruising the warmer latitudes...ah when we were young and foolish, now jus older and sill foolish!!!

Meanwhile stood in snow this morning at 3,640 feet and then was shooting pumpkins here at almost 70 degrees.....what season is it?

[Vipersdad]

Time for hard water sailing.

[Mas]

Nice! Boy those hard water sailors really fly!

[MGS]

Read Small Craft Advisor magazine by the wood stove.

[kickingbug1]

 putting hardwood floor in the house and restoring a 89 ranger bass boat and watching the clr videos when the snow starts to flying

[Bob23]

One thing is- plan on attending CLR 2019!!    I know....you'll  believe it when you see it!!

[philb Junkie19]

With the new woodshed finished and all this year's and most of next year's firewood in I've been watching some Compac youtube videos. I hadn't realized realized how much boat there is in the Horizon's 20 feet that includes a private head with it's own sink. The total rebuild of the cp16 Kpeting is an intersting one. I especially like the incredibly simple clamp on trailer tongue extension shown.  This may be just what you are looking for Ken J.

Of course if you are curious about how quick and easy it is to reef a junk rig and haven't seen it, check out 'junk rigged compac 19'. But watch out. Luke the young man taking the video came up to see what it was like to sail a junk rigged boat. Two years later he is buying a 34 ft Phil Bolger designed boat that has crossed the Atlantic twice under a hybrid junk rig and will be converting it to basic cambered junk,  His wife not only still speaks to me but is an enthusiastic partner in this. The video of my 19 that he put on youtube has had about 5000 hits and I swear that no more than 2500 of them are mine. Oh yeh, what looks like a fender flopping over the side must be some camera related illusion and not an unseamanlike gaff.

[philb Junkie19]

I was asked about finding the Kpeting youtube site in regard to the simple trailer tongue extension shown near the end. The problem locating it may have come from this misspelled way it is listed on youtube. The name of the boat is Kepting. That shows up on the video ( stills) but youtube lists it as Kpeting.

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=Youtube+kpeting+compac16&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&as_rights=

[Mas]

Well post sailing season is shaping up to be just as rainy as sailing season was. Hoping this not the new normal, but regardless it does make for good sitting by a fire reading weather! The daylight hours will be on the rise oh so very soon, spring will be here before ya know it, and we know what that means! Meanwhile what else is everyone doing while we wait? (those of you in warm climates are probably shaking your heads wondering what non-sailing season even is!)

[K3v1n]

Counting down the days until my return to Florida, hoping at the end of January. Get to help out with some actual tractor work.
In the meantime reading about the American Guinea Hog and Freedom Rangers!

TRACTOR TIME

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In case you missed Lesa driving a tractor.


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