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Topic: A Winter Game
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CK 2120
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posted October 30, 2005 01:40 PM
   
Hello All: Late last week I was introduced to an interesting website http://earth.google.com/index.html This site gives us satelite imagery of any place on earth and shows the GPS co-ordinates for wherever you are. So I thought it may be fun for us to pass the time by entering in our co-ordinates and we can all have a better idea of where each other sail etc. To use the site just do the free download and you're off and sailing.
To get the ball rolling I initiatlly sailed my CL 16 Celtic Kiss at the Glenmore Resevoir : N 50 58 56 W 114 06 25 and then in 1999 I was introduced to a much larger lake (Ghost Lake) known for great mountain winds from the Canadian Rockies
N 51 12 35 W 114 43 04 But now the home port for Celtic Kiss is in Pirate Harbour
N 45 35 12 W 61 22 56.75 Have fun everyone !! Robert
Celtic Kiss #2120 IP: 142.59.142.144 |
whited
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posted October 30, 2005 06:20 PM
I still run Windows 98 so I may not be able to download the program. I do have google satellite maps though.Nobel Tech says my boat/trailer are roughly at.
44 deg 39.138 minutes N
63 deg 37.131 minutes W IP: 142.167.230.201 |
Hyprstitch
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posted October 30, 2005 06:51 PM
Carter Lake 40 21 09N 105 12 45WIP: 207.200.116.203 |
CK 2120
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posted October 30, 2005 07:21 PM
Sid / Don: I found Carter Lake and noted that it's quite similar to Ghost Lake in Alberta. Your lake is much larger and I'm sure the winds from the surrounding hills can be quite exhilerating at times. And I also see that Don lives quite close to my girlfriend. Thanks for playing. Robert [This message has been edited by CK 2120 (edited October 30, 2005).] IP: 142.59.142.144 |
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posted October 30, 2005 07:45 PM
If she's anywhere near the 'old Halifax Forum', we're neighbours. IP: 142.167.230.201 |
Hyprstitch
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posted October 30, 2005 08:54 PM
The winds are unpredictable. Always hearing of a capsize. Carter Lake is where I got my personal best boat speed. 7.6 miles an hour. Sid IP: 207.200.116.203 |
Eric
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posted November 02, 2005 06:55 AM
I made this up for another forum. Basically it's Central Ontario, and I numbered various places I've sailed this year  . I am a trailer sailor, and like to get around!  
X is where I live.
1 is the Midland/Penetang area of Georgian Bay.(a little bit to the east of the #)
2 is Parry Sound
3 is Lake Simcoe
4 is Lake Rosseau
5 is Chandos Lake
6 is Balsam Lake We are truly blessed with an abundance of lakes in this area. Only time gets in the way of exploring and sailing new areas. Google Earth is a pretty cool site.
Eric [This message has been edited by Eric (edited November 02, 2005).] IP: 130.63.85.93 |
SuperPiper
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posted November 03, 2005 03:26 AM
You guys really put me to shame.Eric you did not even mention the Florida trip. And Darcy logged over 100 miles on the water this season. IP: 69.156.58.12 |
Darcy
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posted November 03, 2005 09:45 AM
We sail on Lake Rosseau which is just to the left of #4 on Eric's map. It's connected by rivers and locks to the other larger lakes around it; Lakes Muskoka to the south and Joseph to the west. If you look at a larger scale map you'll see there's almost more water area than land.Eric has shown the incredible trailer potential of the Sandpiper. We have friends with bigger boats who pay $1,000.00 to trailer their boat from Toronto to Perry sound for a weeks' cruise. Their only other option is to sail, which takes days before you get to your destination. We can easily and affordably do the same trip on a long weekend. As I've said before; "upwind at 55 mph!". D'Arcy, Shortwave IP: 65.92.115.73 |
Hyprstitch
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posted November 03, 2005 10:01 PM
Some of you may remember I pulled the Valhallabreeze from Denver to Rockport Texas to go sailing about three years ago. With my new motorhome it is now up wind at over 70 MPH. The Sandpiper is a great Trailor Sailor.
Here is a picture of us motoring on the intercoastal waterway there.  IP: 207.200.116.203 |
Shortstay
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posted November 08, 2005 03:34 PM
I was gonna play, but it doesn't support Apple...  For what it's worth: Home port (i.e backyard), Brownsville, VT
N 43 Deg 28.067'
W 072 Deg 28.270' Lake Sunapee, Newbury, NH - Closest best sailing
N 43 Deg 20.645'
W 072 Deg 03.732' LI Sound, Fort Trumbull Beach, Milford, CT - 2 weeks a year
N 41 Deg 12.364'
W 073 Deg 03.621' Lake Champlain, Apple Island Marina, South Hero Island, VT - Labor Day Weekend trip
N 44 Deg 38.204'
W 073 Deg 16.019' Lake Bomoseen, Bomoseen, VT. Largest lake entirely within VT - Several trips this summer
N 43 Deg 39.473'
W 073 Deg 13.779' ------------------
Kevin
Shortstay III, #901 [This message has been edited by Shortstay (edited November 08, 2005).] IP: 198.115.167.28 |
SuperPiper
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posted November 08, 2005 06:06 PM
Ok, so if Fort Erie, Ontario is the hub of the Sandpiper world, who is further away? Hyprstitch in Denver, Colorado or Don White in Halifax, Nova Scotia?IP: 67.71.20.148 |
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posted November 08, 2005 06:35 PM
MapPoint says..if I dip down into New England as far as Boston and then head west...it's only 926.8 miles one way ....Halifax/Fort Erie.
If I stick to Trans Canada etc it jumps to 1181.3 miles[This message has been edited by whited (edited November 08, 2005).] IP: 142.167.230.201 |
Hyprstitch
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posted November 08, 2005 10:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SuperPiper:
Ok, so if Fort Erie, Ontario is the hub of the Sandpiper world, who is further away? Hyprstitch in Denver, Colorado or Don White in Halifax, Nova Scotia?
I'm 1700 miles away IP: 207.200.116.203 |
California
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posted November 09, 2005 06:23 PM
Alamitos Bay is where I launch my CL14
33 45 23 N
118 06 59 WIP: 63.206.242.2 |
California
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posted November 09, 2005 06:34 PM
My little radio controlled Soling 1 meter sails in Tri-City Park
33 54 14N
117 51 56WBob IP: 63.206.242.2 |
