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Topic: Cold is Relative
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Tom D CL16
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posted January 19, 2003 06:42 PM
 
I am not looking for sympathy I know it is in the dictionary between one of the sexually transmitted deceases and human excrement. I just want more student sailors.
Last Wednesday we had our sign up for sailing lessons here in SW Florida. We had the smallest turnout in many many years. Normally we have 50 students, this year only 21 signed up.
It has been very cold(Florida Standards) we had to cancel our first class due to the cold weather. Our policy is not to take new sailors out if the tempature is below 60.
We have been close to the record lows for several nights. We even had frost warnings.
O well I know what you are all if for this winter. From East to West winter has been severe.
Tom D
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CL16-2695
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posted January 19, 2003 07:53 PM
Low 60's eh Tom... I'm sitting looking out my office window at home and watching the 35km/h winds whip the snow around and drive the already minus 13 degree Celcius temperature down to somewhere close to minus 25 with the wind chill. For you Americans who don't deal in Celcius the easiest translation is it's bloody cold. I didn't even want to go skiing today so it's that bad. I'm just sorry that you have to struggle with those "low 60's" The good news is that we're one day closer to getting our boats in the water so just hang in ther guys. By the way I'm in London Ontario just a couple of hours from Detroit Michigan and it's bloody cold there too. Think warm Norman
CL16-2659
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cgj
Member
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posted January 19, 2003 08:58 PM
Tom,
I will be dreaming of those temperatures next saturday night when I am camping in algonquin park.
the forcast is for -27 degrees C.
that translates to freeze the balls off your brass monkey!!
cant wait for the spring to get here so I can get the sails out again.
sorry to here about your turnout, perhaps there is an upside as you can give more one on one.
CHEERS
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Celtic Kiss
unregistered
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posted January 19, 2003 10:56 PM
I think I live further North than all of you guys N 50 56 830 W 114 06 509 and I was raking the yard yesterday (Jan. 18) The Poplar trees in the back yard are budding, the community ice rink has melted and there's no snow (in the city) for skiing. I'm really disappointed with the winter so far.  Robert (hoping for snow)
Tom, I also think the students will benefit from more 'one on one' instruction.
Celtic Kiss #2120
[This message has been edited by Celtic Kiss (edited January 20, 2003).]
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whited
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posted January 20, 2003 08:40 AM
Actually, I think Tom is a Canuck who travels to Florida for the winter.
Is that so...Tom?Robert, you should have stayed down here. It's been steady cold and lots of snow here in Halifax. It rained almost every weekend in the fall, so it follows that we get snow every weekend in the winter.
Just the opposite of a normal winter.
We have more snow than PEI at this point.
The world has gone topsy turvy.
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Eric
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posted January 20, 2003 09:18 AM
Well guys, they say this year is an el nino year. But in the past that has meant warmer weather in Ontario. Looks like it has messed up everyones weather but ours, which is actually normal.
Maybe we could help out Tom and put a group package together, and join him in Florida! Sounds nice right about now. I hope your class grows Tom and you share you love of sailing to many more people. 
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Darcy
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posted January 20, 2003 10:17 AM
The earth usually balances cold areas with warm. While we're all freezing here in Ontario dreaming thoughts of sailing, it's 10 degrees centigrade in Moscow.If I was in Florida and it was 60 degrees F; I'd sure be sailing. Sanding my rudder in the basement, D'Arcy
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Tom D CL16
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posted January 20, 2003 04:55 PM
I expected to get a responce from most of you and I got it.
I will sail when it is colder than 60 F.
I was sailing on a Gibsea 33 in Grand Traverse Bay in mid Sept in snow flurries.
The snow wasn't bad but the sudden downpour when we were tieing up was a nightmare. The temp was 35F or 3C. That was miserable.
However the students don't like cold water(relative again). We use 6 sunfish and a 6 hommade dinghys for classes.
I am not Canadian but I lived in Vancouver B.C. for a year in the early 80s. I spent a lot of vacation time in Ontario mostly near Toronto when the kids were small.
Spring is coming with sailing weather all over.
Tom D.
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whited
unregistered
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posted January 22, 2003 10:32 AM
Spring comes a bit late here.
It will be four months (mid May) before
it's fun sailing on the North Atlantic.
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martyb
JuniorMember
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posted January 22, 2003 10:38 PM
I'm in SE FL. Same problem. I scheduled classes for adults in our 16 ft daysailors. Every Saturday was cancled since December. I finally decided to forget about it and wait for our regular Spring/Summer schedule.
Marty Becker
North Palm Beach Yacht Club
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whited
unregistered
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posted January 23, 2003 09:40 AM
We're just trying to get over that cold weather Ontario sent East.
Yesterday minus 17 C. or about 0 F.
Plus high winds.
Last night at about 2330 I had to go get my son . His car stopped dead. I gambled it was a frozen gas line and had it towed to our house. We'll get gas line anti-freeze and hopefully get it moving as warmer temperatures roll in.
It was just too cold to even think of trying to get it started. That wind was brutal.
If I wasn't so busy here at work I'd be daydreaming about sailing my CL 14 in
Mahone Bay NS.
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Celtic Kiss
unregistered
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posted January 30, 2003 12:14 AM
I finally went Cross Country skiing today in Kanaskis Alberta (Canadian Rockies)where the 2002 G-8 summit was held. Like I said before, Winter has been a total "dud" here(No snow) and was anxious to get out. We didn't find snow until we reached 5000 ft above sea level and it was only about 4 inches thick and 1 inch of ice. We skied for a few hours but was a bit difficult for a novice like me because there wasn't a groomed track. I fell a few times going down the hills but no major damage. My GPS, whom I've named Gloria, came with me and was reading 22.5 km/hr as my highest speed and most spectacular crash. (I was worried more about the Gloria than myself). Hopefully we'll get out again before all the snow melts.
(Maybe I should stick to sailing)
Robert
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whited
unregistered
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posted January 30, 2003 01:18 PM
Either that, or move to St. John's Newfoundland.
They have already received 300cm of snow with 2 months of winter left.
Good grief! that's 10 feet...............
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Canadian Sailor
unregistered
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posted February 15, 2003 08:38 AM
It was -35 last night with wind-chill.
Today, it's a HIGH of -18 without wind.
Yikes!
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Tom D CL16
Member
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posted February 17, 2003 02:31 PM
In two months I will head back to Michigan. The boat will be waiting and the ice will be off the lakes. I will have the reefing in the sails by then and I can try it out with the spring winds.
Anyway our cool(RELATIVE)weather has subsided. The weather is fine down here.
Good luck and enjoy the beaty of the snow.
Tom D.
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