I was referring to the US Dove and the associated book(s) which probably got half the sailors in my generation hooked. I had not heard of the Canadian boat - do tell....
John Sent from my iPad > On Nov 1, 2013, at 6:26 PM, Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net> wrote: > > 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 didn’t >> 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; that’s 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 it’s 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 :^( > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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