please remove my email In a message dated 1/23/2014 8:30:28 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dennis@wildmountain.com writes: Hi all, It is interesting that when you poke into a ants hill you get more ants. That is what Bills comment has done. I think we have all gotten away from the fact that our type of boat is no longer new. Another thing is that our list was trying to cover everything from smaller high speed day boats to long range open ocean going cats. Unfortunately there are very few ocean crossing cats out there. If you don't enter in then do you expect others to carry the ball. I have in several occasions said I was making a trip from point A to B and heard nothing from people along the way that had cats. You could contact people traveling off list to make contact. I love to talk cats with anyone and I expect others are the same. I would like to hear comments by how your cat handled and rides in a beam sea. I understand that Domino had to deal with that condition just as I did. I know Brian will pop in on that one. Some people don't like four letter words. Mast and sail. Now that might be just be for long range open ocean cruisers. Wild Wind IV is in Port Angeles WA in the water. The plan for this year is to go back to AK . I tried to find a place to leave the boat somewhere around Bella Bella BC but could not so we opted to leave the boat for a month in Ketchikan where the security is good and the rate I reasonable. In late Aug. we will move the boat south to the San Francisco area and leave it there till after Christmas. In 2015 we will move the boat through the Canal and on to FL and eventually back to Lake Superior. Jim Meader, I think you are figuring a little high for the annual budget, although I am a cheapskate cruiser and do almost all my own work. I get by on about half that other than fuel. It's great to see some life in the list again. Dennis Raedeke Wild Wind IV Pachoud 60 _______________________________________________ Power-Catamaran Mailing List

Dennis Thank You on my cost estimates Having never made the trip from the Puget Sound area to San Francisco what boat preparations will you make. I read that the passage has some challenges to it base on swell size and overall water conditions. Your thoughts are much appreciated. also what are the things you find after leaving your boat for a few months in a port. What things do you anticipate doing when you get back. Thanks Jim Meader - CEO Today Sotheby's International Realty www.LifeStylesForU.com > On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "MWhite4@aol.com" <MWhite4@aol.com> wrote: > > please remove my email > > > In a message dated 1/23/2014 8:30:28 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > dennis@wildmountain.com writes: > > Hi all, > > > > It is interesting that when you poke into a ants hill you get more ants. > That is what Bills comment has done. I think we have all gotten away from > the fact that our type of boat is no longer new. Another thing is that our > list was trying to cover everything from smaller high speed day boats to > long range open ocean going cats. Unfortunately there are very few ocean > crossing cats out there. > > > > If you don't enter in then do you expect others to carry the ball. I have > in several occasions said I was making a trip from point A to B and heard > nothing from people along the way that had cats. You could contact people > traveling off list to make contact. I love to talk cats with anyone and I > expect others are the same. > > > > I would like to hear comments by how your cat handled and rides in a beam > sea. I understand that Domino had to deal with that condition just as I > did. > I know Brian will pop in on that one. Some people don't like four letter > words. Mast and sail. Now that might be just be for long range open > ocean > cruisers. > > > > Wild Wind IV is in Port Angeles WA in the water. The plan for this year is > to go back to AK . I tried to find a place to leave the boat somewhere > around Bella Bella BC but could not so we opted to leave the boat for a > month in Ketchikan where the security is good and the rate I reasonable. In > late Aug. we will move the boat south to the San Francisco area and leave > it > there till after Christmas. In 2015 we will move the boat through the Canal > and on to FL and eventually back to Lake Superior. > > > > Jim Meader, I think you are figuring a little high for the annual budget, > although I am a cheapskate cruiser and do almost all my own work. I get by > on about half that other than fuel. > > > > It's great to see some life in the list again. > > > > Dennis Raedeke Wild Wind IV Pachoud 60 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List > > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List