Come on down to Ft Walton Beach Dec 8/9th. .
Gulf Coast
Fairhope AL: the yacht club got destroyed by Katrina but hosted the 2007 Sunfish Nationals. That's the spirit.
East Coast
Newport RI: you don't need a yacht club! Sail Newport looks fine to me.
or Naptown MD: bunch of expensive clubs and not much wind in the summer
Florida has turned out to be great (although prices are up here, now too). We got a nice small house 10 minutes from the Sailing Squadron www.sarasotasailingsquad.com (and the beaches) and the weather is wonderful 8 or 9 months of the year. Summers are hot and sultry, but still tolerable for sailing in the evenings.
LOTS of great sailing here. Hope your cruiser is relatively shallow draft, for the Keys. It's pretty shallow down there, in a lot of places.
Come on down to Houston/Galveston! Cost of living is way lower than most places in the country, plenty of year round sailing opportunities, and active Laser district, and very cosmopolitan.
I'll consider doing that. I know we'll want to get to Florida this winterat least once.
Ross, we want to sail in the Florida Keys and maybe the Caribbean with our pocket cruiser. SoCal is lovely though.
I guess getting in the greatest variety of sailing would be good, wherever we are.
If youre considering coming down here and crusing, you should definately go to the Dry Tortugas, I think its 70 miles west of the keys. It takes about 20 hours sailing from Fort Myers goinf 7.5-8 knots
I garuntee that you would have a blast, there is also an anchorage!
yup, storage is free for me
I keep my 2 Lasers, Naples Sabot, and winsurfer in the garage lol
How much would that indoor storage cost in Orange County if it wasn't in your parents' house?
France ?
Ian
Mon mari ne parle pas le francais. Mine's not so great either.
But it either of you is almost certainly better than me at it. I have a little cheat sheet with what to shout at marks, in luffing matches, etc. Getting there but its a long slow process.
You would manage fine (and would be welcomed).
Ian
So how do you tell someone to head up in French or demand rights at the mark? We haven't officially set English as our language at the club races. Maybe I'll be a pain . For those of you who already think that I am--c'est la vie.
Head Up = Au lof
Water at a mark = De l'eau
Not yet managed to find out what a hail to get somebody to resume their proper course would be though.
(or so I'm told). Its waving both hands around in the air and trying to keep control of the boat that gets amusing (which I have seen done)
Ian
let me know if there is any way i can help you out.
Nick Dees
Tribord!How about Starboard!?
Tribord!
Doh!A French person - great. What would you shout to get somebody to stay/return to their proper course
They are perfectly right.(Also, if the ones I gave above are wrong or there are better alternatives, please do correct me as my French language skills are (very) limited).
Doh!
I don't know. Next time, I'll try "waving both hands around in the air"
So now we have established Merrily is moving to France, we have to sort out the area. Do you prefer lots of wind or things being a bit more peaceful ? Do you prefer sea or lakes, coast or inland ? With your new boat I'm guessing somewhere up round the Quiberon/Gulf of Morbihan might suit you nicely. http://www.robinbarkerphotography.com/gallery_11586.html or http://www.robinbarkerphotography.com/gallery_11586.html
(Its OK, I don't live round that part of the world)
Ian
As far as I know, I would still have to pay US taxes if I moved to another country. Does anyone know anything about this? Not into being taxed twice.
Other than that, France would be lovely.