http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/ Wooden Lightning Class Sailboats Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:22 GMT Jean Gosse http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5882 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5882 I suppose you mean sort of day-sailing in company.  We hae done both that and actual cruising with a Lightning.  It is probably safer in numbers than Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:29 GMT Ned Daly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5881 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5881 I have done some construction work in the SW tail of Virginia, where prisons and jails are treated as a growth industry.  Almost in Tennessee, if we found a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:28 GMT Bill Short http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5880 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5880 Hey, Mike: I’ll get some – I have one last step to wrap it up. When I bought it, all the fitting were stripped off and in a box, no labels. The guy I Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:04 GMT Mike Seibert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5879 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5879 Bill -  big congrats on finishing the Skaneateles!  Do you have any pictures you could post?  I'd love to see them. Mike ________________________________ Fri, 17 May 2013 12:58:26 GMT Bill Short http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5878 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5878 Jamo: I'm actually north of the Adirondacks, in the St. Lawrence Valley. Our nearest jail to contribute to the Lockdown and Lightning tour is Riverview in Fri, 17 May 2013 11:38:00 GMT Jamo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5877 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5877 What about bar bars? Bob, did you burn yourself out in the disco years? Bummer. Bill...where in the Adirondacks are you located? Do you have a boat shop?? Thu, 16 May 2013 17:57:36 GMT Bill Short http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5876 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5876 Bob: I'm glad the only bars you contend with are sand bars! Bill From: Wooden_Lightning@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Wooden_Lightning@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:05 GMT Robert Astrove http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5875 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5875 Bob S., A little preliminary research reveals "Sing-Sing" Prison is more or less directly across the river from Nyack. Former home of Charles ?Lucky? Thu, 16 May 2013 16:35:24 GMT Bob Shapiro http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5874 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5874 Love the cruising idea. Can we cruise to the other side to a nice place with outdoor cafes, have a meet-up for lunch and then cruise back? bob Thu, 16 May 2013 13:49:14 GMT James Force http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5873 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5873 Happy to see the interest in cruising. So much emphasis today is on racing and going faster (although recent events on SF Bay might give one pause). My high Wed, 15 May 2013 19:45:23 GMT John Faus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5872 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5872 Hi all, This is great news ! A 10 boat classic fleet would be terrific even if many just want to sail in the cruise ! This is a great way to get additional Wed, 15 May 2013 16:56:55 GMT Scott Stafford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5871 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5871 http://www.toyosoken.co.jp/rgcp8y.php Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:49 GMT Robert Astrove http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5870 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5870 Jamo, Please bring the whole fleet The Cruise idea is a new thing. We've kicked the idea around for a while. Seemed like the idea opportunity to try it. Wed, 15 May 2013 12:01:47 GMT Jamo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5869 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5869 Hi Bob, We have some real interest from several classic boat owners from Fleet # 4. I plan on being there with my 9415 Cayuga, working on Eric Ringdahl with Tue, 14 May 2013 00:32:08 GMT Mike Seibert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5868 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooden_Lightning/message/5868 Jim -  Sorry . . .  I am coming and already have dibs on last place.  Don't forget, last year I didn't make it to the first weather mark of the first race