Hi Fred,
Was this the USA registered Dove (two boats) with
the young skipper that circumnavigated the world
1969 - 1972 or the Canadian registered Dove with
the young family that circumnavigated 1972 - 1979?
I am interested because I bought the Canadian
registered Dove in mid-80s, lying in Florida, and
sailed her back to the West Coast via the South
Pacific. I was 27 years old at the time.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 12:27 PM 01/11/2013, you wrote:
Interesting, as I came to sailing NOT through
racing, but more from the cruising side. Like
many on this list, it seems, I spent a lot of
time seeing sailboats around and dreaming of
maybe someday having one of my own; and yes, I
saw The Dove back in the 70s and the romance of
that lifestyle must have stuck with me. But my
dormant sailing ambitions somehow didnt surface
until my thirties; then they bit me good.
Yes, racing is a good way to learn to sail. But
long-term cruising on a bigger boat has as much
to do with NOT pushing everything to the limit
all the time in the search for that last tenth
of a knot; thats how things break, and cruisers
hate it when that happens
:^)
I personally enjoy spending nice days out on the
water, with the sails and autopilot set, just
going where the wind decides and not fighting it
so much. I can short-tack my boat on a beat if
I need to (and I have at times); but often for
me its more about the tranquillity and working with nature.
Sometimes these qualities seem to be lost on the
younger generation, with all the constant
stimulation and need for 24 hour-a-day
connectivity. Racing may be a way to get them
into sailing; but the slower pace of cruising
mode is going to be a tougher sell.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
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