Introducing RichS...

[curtisv]

Rich,

Welcome.  Good choice of boat.  Great choice for where you plan to sail.  Its smart of you to take some sailing courses as a refresher.  Also wise to take good care of her bottom.  The boat I mean.  I think.  Single handing should be no problem.

When you get comfortable with her (the boat again) you can take a reluctant Admiral for a gentle cruise and bring a cooler with some wine and perhaps fruit or cheese and crackers or shrimp cocktail is also nice.  You'll have her hooked in no time (the Admiral this time).

Beware of the hazards of this sort of sailing.  For example, watch out for champaign corks stuck in the scupper (bad for cockpit drainage).

Once again, welcome.

Curtis


BTW-

Bob23
(I do use a mooring and am proud to say my 23 has withstood 60 mph gusts. I however didn't sleep a wink that night!)

Bob-  I may have you beat but don't know what the wind speeds were on the mooring.  My CP23 has sat out three hurricane warnings on her mooring on Cape Cod (maybe four, but I think she was hauled out for Hugo).  The most recent last summer when Earl came by but fizzled.  If I were to guess I'd say Hugo was the strongest winds, but I'm not sure if she was on the mooring.  She was for Isabel, Juan (2003?), and Earl (2010).  I was on Block Island when Hugo came by (camping, in a tent, in 50 MPH winds and nearly horizontal rain).  In another occasion we had 120+ MPH microburst winds recorded on Dec 9, 2005 but the boat was on the trailer.  The annemometer tower that recorded 122 MPH in Town Cove was knocked down by the winds and wasn't a NWS tower so the winds at the Chatham airport are the official peak winds (I think only 90 there but microbursts are highly local).  We lost 11 good sized trees in my yard that day, mostly pine.  We also sailed in the Carribean when Dennis came by (missed us by 500 miles) as a tropical storm - nice 25 knot winds - no big deal - some big waves from the south - one squal line with a real interesting 5 minute or so "wall of water" rainfall but we had sails down in time.  So maybe I have you beat in some other windy experiences.