Sailing Anyone???

[alamo]

Do any of you out there enjoy sailing??? I live in Nebraska myself, but my dad owns a 26 footer. that we sail on the missouri with.

[bimbettes]

I luv sailing!!!!!! when i was younger we had a yacht we shared with my granparents but when they moved to spain we had to sell it - tho i gained a holiday home so its OK lol
We still go away sumtimes for a weekend cos we live on the west coast of Scotland and we have tonnes of friends that go sailin so its great ;D

[alamo]

AWESOME!!!!! It feels so wierd cause there are like no people around here that actually sail. well, I suppose there are a few but I sure don't know most of 'em. that's neat that you do though.

[bimbettes]

Yeh it's soo fun! We do race sort of things throughout the yr. The last one was really fun cos it was centred around the kids - yay ;D - so we sailed to rothesay and then played tonnes of little games. It's always really cool to just g away and have FUN lol!
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[gynovia]

yeah! i like to sail! its alot of fun. we don't own a boat but we live close 2 lots of lakes and acouple of our friends own boats so we've been out a couple times. i actualy steered one without running over any seagulls hehe ... in the summer i went tubing on the lake. awesome fun!
i've been white water rafting too. bit different than sailing -- actually alot different;) tons of fun though

[bimbettes]

Yes i would say its a lot different haha ;D

[Geberia]

Sailing with a sailboat takes alot of work.....I'm not sure I exactly like it. But I like motorboats

[bimbettes]

No! motorboats aren't nearly as much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have u ever been on a yacht and experienced the sudden quiet peacefulness just when the engine is turned off- oooh i luv it
lol

[Geberia]

Nope, never tried a yacht. Just a sailboat and motorboat. I can imagine the peacefulness you're talking about though...ahh. LOL

[alamo]

Yes, peacefulness is one great aspect of sailing, but I must say I enjoy the tension that a strong wind brings on. a bit of stress maybe but it's worth it. to be standin' sideways sometimes.
Anyways who would want a motor boat to begin with. after you drive it once it's always the same old thing. with sailing things are always unexpected and different. never a dull moment. (well sometimes there is but that's in that peaceful time, so it's not classified as dull exactly)
I can't describe the fear, tension, adrenaline, and exitement of a good coming about or accidental jibe every once in a while. That and sailing at 4 am is awesome too.

[gynovia]

sounds fun! when i was on a sailboat, i thought it was alittle boring to be honest,(thats why i like moter boats better) but i would like to try it when is was more windy and the water more.... bouncy? wavy? how do you say it.....tempestuous? or more alive.
but, i agree. i love the peacefullness of it.

[bimbettes]

Yeh the best thhing when i was little was sitting at the front of the yacht with my best friend while we were in huge waves sooo fun!!!!!!!!!
It's quite funny cos half the time i didn't realise the danger we were in - better that way i think!!

[gynovia]

that reminds me of wwrafting we went with a youth group, and our raft got separated from the rest of the group, i mean, we were MILES behind and there were no adults in our raft... it was just us teens.... we had NO control of the raft-we got stuck on trees, and every single rock sticking out of the river we got stuck on. we went under water several times, and our raft sailed down stream whith out us. luckily it got stuck on a rock ( as usual) so were able to get it, but not before we had to wade through waist high waters to get to it ahhhhhh! but the rapids were fun, and all in all, we had a good time,
but when ya look back ya realize that we could have been in huge danger. its funny when you think about it

[bimbettes]

lol it is - our poor parents, I think my Mum must have been given so much strength to keep smiling all those times I sat and giggled "look how big that wave was, it's like a rollercoaster" she never let on there was a problem!!!!

[falklands]

I like sailing, although I've only done it a couple of times. You all are right; the quietness of the boat combined with the exhilarating movement generated by the wind is lovely to be in!

Also, does anyone like kayaking? I love it. Especially in the open sea.

[alamo]

where is it that you all go sialing/boating/ww rafting at anyways??? I sail up on the missouri river, how bout you guys. oceans? lakes? rivers?? etc etc........

[New Titania (TD)]

I've never sailed in my life!

[bimbettes]

Emm we sail on the south west coast of Scotland- the bit sheltered from the Atlantic by Ireland. On a few occassions we gone further north on the coast to places like Mull- Scotland has the best islands for sailing!!!!
I don't do Kayaking Falklands but I do tandem canoeing which is so gd! For my silver duke of edinburgh 6 of us went on a 3day canoeing expedition on a canal it was really good fun and a real acheivment for us. I think we went about 50kilometres in all which isnt too bad considering we had only had two long weekends of training ever in canoes!

[gynovia]

well, we sail and go tubing on Lake Ontario, and wwraft on a river out of state. i've never kyaked though, i have done a paddle boat though- & its not as fun as it looks :)hehe

[Triphus (Titanian)]

I LOVE SAILING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! going out on the lake and just gliding in the wind feeling the wind and water rush against your face. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[falklands]

Praise God for his awesome creation.