How old are you guys?

[Ferd Johns]

I'll be 70 next October. So far so good.

Ferd Johns

[Greene]

I have achieved Level 53 in this game.

Weight is in Spring Tide.
Metabolism and energy level are in Ebb Tide.
Still playing basketball 3 days a week at the Y to slow the inevitable.

THE BAD: Wasted 50 years before trying out this sailing thing.  I've rapidly progressed to what I'll generously call "Novice" ability.  i.e.  Boat leaves land - boat returns to land - I leave the dock in more or less the same condition that I found it - all the crew is still accounted for and willing to try sailing again.

THE GOOD:  29 1/2 years ago I married a lovely girl who likes nothing more than to go sailing with me.


C'mon spring.  There are freshly painted docks waiting to do battle with us.

Mike

[ALEXANDER]

I may be the senior member here,  I"ll be 75 in July and just bought my CP16.  I live in N.C. and have a small place on the space coast in Florida, where I keep my sail boat.  This is the best sight ever, and thanks for all the help you guys have passed along to me!
Fair winds to you all...

[breeze]

I started sailing in 1957 the year I was born.
I started in a Dipper and will probably be sailing when I'm back into them, or at lest going along for the ride
Can't imagine a life with out water and boats
David

[skip1930]

I don't remember, mom says I was a baby in the bassinet when our family took the schooner up to the North Channel.
Mom's uncle was the postmaster and store keep on Drummond Island. The last photograph I think shows the Corinthian Yacht Club pennant flying high.
We had that boat in Chicago, Belmont Harbor till just about when JFK was assassinated.

Hey! Years later during another visit to Drummond was where I first saw a Model 'A'. It was a Tudor. I pointed it out to my dog Bomber who was in the back seat with me.

skip.

[don l]

ALEXANDER, thanks for your post and "Karma to you".  And also to Skip & ferdjohns !

[DaveE]

I just sold my iceboat and I'm feeling a bit low. I'm 75 and by the time I got it rigged and on the ice I was too pooped to enjoy the sail. But I have my CP 16 in the garage outfited with its new CDI and ready to go when the water turns soft.  As for old, you guys ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Mundaysj]

Don't you know you are never supposed to ask a lady her age? 
That being said.. I just turned 49 for the 6th time.  You do the math.
Cheers,
Sherie

[SpeakEasy]

Well, here I was thinking I was on the old side of things, and I find out that I'm just about in the middle. Fifty-seven here, but I still mostly feel like I'm about 30.

Cool thread.

-Speak

[Bob23]

Age is a strange thing.  I know some very young 80 somethings and some 20 something old farts. To keep young, it's good not to live by the clock whenever possible. Dance while you can. Don't take life too seriousliy. Don't take yourself too seriously for that matter. Go out of your way to help folks who cannot pay you back. Eat expensive chocolate. You get the idea, I think.
I'll be 58 in 2 weeks. I'll never have very much money but in truly priceless things, I'm a rich man. A paid-for house with a roof that doesn't leak. A wife who puts up with my curmudgeonyness. 2 wonderful kids who, although knowing my faults better than almost anyone, still love me. A business since 1984 and a very good reputation in my field of work. I am a blessed man!
Who knows how many  more years I have? Not me but I try to cherish each one!
Bob23
"Life is too short for cheap wine, a grumpy attitude or an ugly sailboat."

[HideAway]

When a friend of mine turned 76 I teased her about her age to which she replied that she was proud of being 76 - That s how you keep score - she said

Matt 61

[rip]

Hey Bob 23 , here is something you will appreciate. It is the saying on the bottom of my lady's emails:
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? M.Oliver
My underline...rip

[Bob23]

rip:
   That is one very good question. It has always been a dream of mine to cross the Atlantic but I don't think my 23 is the boat. If I can find myself at the end of my days knowing that I've cared for my wife, tried my best to raise my kids, cared for my widowed mother and left this world a little better than I found it, I guess that's a good start, eh?
   I believe that to be able and willing to forgive unconditionally is the greatest achievement one can strive for. After that, it's all details/
bob23 

[David]

rip:
   That is one very good question. It has always been a dream of mine to cross the Atlantic but I don't think my 23 is the boat. If I can find myself at the end of my days knowing that I've cared for my wife, tried my best to raise my kids, cared for my widowed mother and left this world a little better than I found it, I guess that's a good start, eh?
   I believe that to be able and willing to forgive unconditionally is the greatest achievement one can strive for. After that, it's all details/
bob23 

ABSOLUTELY  Beautiful Bob.

David

[Potcake boy]

Redfishnc - leave Annapolis on the back of a cold front.  They come through that area frequently in the spring and will give you a fast reach going down the Chesapeake. Crisp air, cloudless blue skies to boot. The Northwester can last up to two days, more more commonly they diminish after the first day.  Enjoy the trip - if you've not made it before, the Virginia cut is a pretty and fascinating passage.  Passing through Norfolk is strange, and I suggest you approach Hampton Roads during daylight as there is heavy commercial traffic.
Ron