2airishuman buys a sailboat

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I have a boat on Minnetonka and go out often.
All are welcome for a pleasure cruise, fishing trip or whatever.
We are dropping our little freshman at St.Olaf College, so close! How is the Scuba there? We can drysuit or wetsuit plus Thermalution shirts. She’s playing St Olaf ice hockey, bring credit to the Oles (we hope!)
 
Maybe it was cruisersforum.com that did it. Maybe it was the s/v Delos videos. Or Keep Turning Left. Or too much time spent walking around in local marinas. But, in any event, I bought a sailboat. It's an older 25' cruiser. Came with a trailer, and the whole affair will go down the road just barely within the size limits that keep it from requiring a special permit.

I didn't get it specifically for diving but I imagine I'll do some diving from it. One of my first to-dos is to add a ladder, since it only came with a portable one. Home port will be on Lake Pepin (best understood as a wide spot on the Mississippi downstream of St. Paul), at least at first.

At some point, I'm hoping to make some journeys to Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior, Minnetonka, Vermilion, and other area lakes. I've heard that Dryberry Lake in Ontario has fantastic diving, but it is extremely remote with multiple logistics and regulatory challenges, but I may try to get there.

Good luck - I am learning to sail through the community parks & rec programs. My 101 cert will probably be in August at some point. Props to you, because trailering a sailboat seems like the last thing I'd want to do when it comes to boat ownership.
 
If you think scuba is expensive...

my new mainsail...
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Good luck - I am learning to sail through the community parks & rec programs. My 101 cert will probably be in August at some point. Props to you, because trailering a sailboat seems like the last thing I'd want to do when it comes to boat ownership.

It does take practice and a combination of several skills (you have to be able to back up, for example).

I never took the class, but have spent a lot of time at the helm of various power boats over the years, and that makes a big difference.
 
that didn't have any lines longer than his 25' docklines and had never towed a boat before, and wasn't sure what to do.

no anchor rode?
 
no anchor rode?

::shrug:: that was what he said. It was a somewhat larger vessel and may have had an all-chain rode.
 
First gift I give a new boater is usually 100+ feet of heavy line. They will find a use for it on a boat.
 
100 feet is still a distance which the average person can swim back from... Maybe you should up that length by a factor of 3 or 4?
 
"Bridget" is the perfect name since you plan on selling her in 5 years she is the bridge between your adventures. Does not mean you can't have a Re Christening ceremony.
The process also involves many traditions intended to invite good luck, such as christening by breaking a sacrificial bottle of champagne over the bow as the ship is named aloud and launched.

Ya did good helping out another so you got some good charma built up already.

Thanks for posting your adventures, I await many more.
 
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