Sunday, July 24, 2005
Stink Potter V Ragbender
An Old Salt's Sea ChangeKirsti clipped this article for me knowing I would want to blog it along. I always enjoyed boating either way but never had enough dough to make a solid committment to power or sail. Although this article and its subjects seem to favor power it reminded me of some great things about sailing. The memories of weekends sailing with or without wind all seem to be good ones for me. I was willing to read this and remain nuetral but they keep on with the wisecracks untill I personaly took offense. Maybe I never went enough to get burnt out on it but the throttle of a power boat could never match the excitement of a stiff wind and the rail of the boat in the drink. I guess that just doesn't happen everyday, but the throttle is there everyday.
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I have to weigh in on the side of sailing, as well. There's just something about the sense of speed in conjunction with the quiet that surrounds you when you're slipping along, enveloped in the wind. There's also a rush that comes from the realization that you're harnessing a ragged edge of the same latent power contained in a hurricane; a sense of danger ... that you're kind of riding on the edge of control, that there's something much larger out there by grace of which we sail and return safely to shore.
With a power boat you gotta be sure you don't run out of gas before you get back to shore.
I don't know much about kite-surfing; doesn't that use a power boat? I've been thinking sail-boarding would be fun to try.
I know my tastes have changed over time. When we're in the snow, Dara always grumbles, "What happened to the guy who used to like sailing and warm places when we met?" Sailing is not for the faint of heart out here. It's wet suits for the small boat sailors, and it's pretty much a constant small craft advisory in the bay anywhere near the Golden Gate. Even if we had the time and inclination these days, I doubt we'd be bending rags or stinking up pots.
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