I like my Zhik, but have type III"s also. Best answer to the Coasties or the regatta chair is to wear the Zhik while you have a inflatable waist belt in the locker on the boat. USCG says it just needs to be aboard, not necessarily on..
Bait, check up on your US History, after the Civil War, the Republicans at the time morphed into the Democrats, and the Dems became the Republican Party.. So in reality, Lincoln was a Dem
I heard 760 rounds were fired by LE during the shootout... I would guess that something "accessed their minds", possibly more than once...
"Nice shooting Tex!"
And no collateral damage, job well done I say..
Let's drop the games out of this discussion for a moment. I feel there are FAR TOO MANY coach boats out for weekend events.. I have seen 15+ in LB on many occasions.. You want to talk about the cost of sailing these days? I feel this has become a major impact.. Who is paying for these $80K...
So where should regattas be held? It will cost more for PNW teams to make to to FL than EC teams to Bermuda. It cost a lot for EC teams to come to LB, vice versa.. I wish airfare and ground transport were cheaper. Road transit starts about a $1 / mile and goes up from there. look @ a map...
A few of us folks wanted to take in the endless D&S and lay out on the pink sand.. We will come back to reality with the 2017 dance @ Ft Walton and then probably back to the Left Coast in '18
Mid Feb In Newport, Balboa YC
Mid March in San Diego, Coronado YC
May 14-15 in Santa Barbara
Those are majors in Spring in So Cal.. Other events inter spread. Send me a PM
There is a disconnect between some power boaters and sailors. More that once I have been admonished / yelled at / almost run over by powercraft while sailing out of Alamitos Jetty.. Lots of room and I never push a situation.. I have heard "Quit zig-zaging in the channel", "you have done...
Abby, so in your emergency situation of your bulb peeling off, you are going down below to grab your 86lbs of Rock and put it on the "high side"?
Darwin is your hero..