hello members

[Keith]

Brackish,

I'd love to but we relocated to western Mass a few years ago...was a bit of a haul up from Georgia towing the boat, doubt I'll be making the trip back down in the near future.  Spent a significant portion of my adult life in north Florida (Jax and P'cola) and Georgia (Brunswick and Athens) and miss the Florida waters.  I'm now trying to adjust to the colder waters and rockier bottoms of New England.

Cheers,

Keith

[brackish]

Cold in New England?  LOL.  I've lived most of my life in states that bordered the Gulf, some time in Key West, eight years on the Oklahoma plains, but the worst "hot"' I've ever experienced was a trek from Hopkinton MA, to Boylston St. on April the 16th, 2012.  The best and worst running experience I've ever had...

[Keith]

Yeah, when folks comment on how hot it is in (fill in the name of a southern town), I respond that in my experience, from Houston to Chicago, Jax to Boston, summer temps (and humidity) can make the whole eastern US pretty miserable.  Only real difference is the length of time one has to endure the conditions.

I believe the coldest I've ever felt was a 0400-0800 quarterdeck watch in Mayport, FL one January.  Cold and wet at the same time without proper clothing...was a long morning.

Cheers,

Keith

PS.  Sorry Rick for highjacking your original thread.

[rickwick]

No problem Keith, you fellows made it much more interesting. I was recently in Pensacola and decided it would be a great place to sail.

[Keith]

No problem Keith, you fellows made it much more interesting. I was recently in Pensacola and decided it would be a great place to sail.

P'cola is where I really picked up the sailing bug.  Had a room mate who had sailed at Florida State but was asked to leave before graduating...something about an unofficial club motto of "If you sail, you fail".  Anyway, he had a Nacra catamaran that he used to "show me the ropes".

Cheers,

Keith