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Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers
Some of us like more wind... in fact a lot more wind. It takes a lot of wind to make a ride on my boat... exciting.
I like the warm weather, but I love the wind 20+ is just right. Kinda separates the real boaters form the wimps, don't you think?
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In a friendly manner: Because I do my sailing in the Virgin Islands, we seperate the men from the boys after 30 knots ... 14 foot seas are interesting and after that we head for "the hurricane hole ! " we don't even think about reefing until we see 20 knots ,,,,remember the basic rule of reefing : if you think its time to reef ,you are already 15 minutes late , if you are considering reefing more ,,then you are also way late ,,When the word reef enters your brain for the first time ,,that is the time !
then there is my brother ,who sailed his new pearson back from N.Y. and ran into the only hurricane in 5 years off point judith ,so I think he could add a few interesting words here also , but he did the right thing ! "please haul her out ....NOW !