tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post610715345327603643..comments2023-06-13T08:23:51.707-05:00Comments on FLIGHTS OF PEGASUS: MY BOATING ACCIDENTFleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-38088498300423647662009-08-20T09:21:56.413-05:002009-08-20T09:21:56.413-05:00Thanks for your comment and confidence, Vic. I eve...Thanks for your comment and confidence, Vic. I eventually moved up from the Hobie Cat to a larger, conventional hull. No more pitchpoling.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-13493385747829511182009-08-20T09:19:54.678-05:002009-08-20T09:19:54.678-05:00Thank you very much, Christer. I agree with you t...Thank you very much, Christer. I agree with you that sailing is a wonderful thing -- for me, one of the best experiences in the world. After the Hobie Cat, which Julia understandably didn't trust in much wind, I eventually went to a sailboat like yours which wouldn't turn upside down unless in a tsunami.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-72102853355921033312009-08-20T07:33:36.858-05:002009-08-20T07:33:36.858-05:00I sailed with you up on the Chesapeake and sailed ...I sailed with you up on the Chesapeake and sailed with others and never had an event like this. I'm surprised with your talent at sailing you would have felt uncomfortable at the pull of the sail as described here and returned to shore. Risky my dear Fleming. Well, what did that lesson cost you? Do you still have the Hobie Cat here in DeLand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-32539677223964238742009-08-19T13:07:49.236-05:002009-08-19T13:07:49.236-05:00Great story! I did wonder iof the mast had got cou...Great story! I did wonder iof the mast had got cought in something :-)<br /><br />I had a sail boat once an Amigo 21 (I think that it actully exists one in the US). It is a kind of boat that is slow and really safe. It refused to capsize. I had a friend behind the rudder once and he didn´t let go of the mainsail in time once. <br /><br />My boat got the mainsail down in the water and I remember thinking that it would be expensive to get it in sailing condition after it had capsized. But just seconds after the boat rised again, even if the sail was filled with water. <br /><br />There´s nothing like sailing and sometimes I miss it. But I was never a good sailor so I think the world is a better place without me out on the ocean :-)<br />Have a great day now!<br />Christer.The cottage by the Cranelakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521318192039394408noreply@blogger.com