I currently sail a skeeta foiling dingy. Itâ??s a handful but it flies
(literally and figuratively).
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> On Aug 19, 2023, at 11:29 PM, Greg Hilyer via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> And yah.
> Four of those 6 (actually only part of the family boating history) incidents
> were being
> â??beaten by equipmentâ??.
> But in the interim, Iâ??ve been fortunate enough to be schooled by Kas!
> Greg â??Lunkerâ?? Hilyer
>
>
>> On Aug 19, 2023, at 10:46 PM, Greg Hilyer <lunkercars@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> The charter members of the newly formed KKSS have taken our conversation
>> off list so as not to pollute things with non Triumph stuff.
>> But I though Iâ??d share this nun the less;
>>
>> Us Hilyerâ??s have a long rap sheet when it comes to boats.
>> My dad and I made the front page of the Seattle Times by abandoning a
>> burning ship (18â?? speedboat) and leaving it adrift and thoroughly engulfed
>> in flames in Kirkland (WA) Harbor.
>> A few years after that my 10 year older half brother and I took a 17â??
>> rental daysailer out on Lake Champlain NY. At the age of 12 I said â??Bruce,
>> those whitecaps look a bit muchâ?? But since he was 10 years my elder, I
>> differed to his superior knowledge. We got towed back in keel up and mast
>> down.
>> When I came of age I started my own legacyâ?¦ Two speedboats at the bottom
>> of Lake Washington 1 year apart to the day (Seafair Hydroplane races).
>> 3rd boat the following year was a flatbottom, Corvette powered V-drive.
>> Sitting in a marina restaurant someone came running in asking who owned the
>> hot-rod sinking at the dock. Saved that one.
>> Our current powerboat is a 1974 Thunderbird Formula (first year for the name
>> Formula) and Iâ??m sorry to say I scared Connie pretty bad (and that gal
>> donâ??t scare easily) by getting caught out in sudden and vicious surprise
>> thunderstorm with zero visibility and 50mph winds in Elephant Butte
>> Reservoir here in New Mexico. Came back from that one unscathed but very
>> wet.
>> My most recent powerboating was at that same reservoir with a customers
>> 600hp semi-V jet boat. Once I got it running right the owner scared me bad
>> enough at about 65mph that I demanded he shut it down. We switched seats and
>> the both of us were comfortable at 90ish with me at the helm.
>> All I want out of Mirage is some â??smooth sailing/cruisingâ?? in the San
>> Juan Islands in September.
>> Thatâ??s not asking too much is it?
>> Lunker
>>>
>>>>> On Aug 19, 2023, at 8:39 PM, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>>>> I like Kas Kastner Sailing Society. I haven't manned a boat of any
>>>> description since way back in Indiana, over 50 years ago. I was an Eagle
>>>> Scout, and we had a small group of us that were into sailing, mostly on
>>>> Eagle Creek Reservoir, as I recall. And our neighbor across the street
>>>> had a small sailboat that I would occasionally be invited along.
>>>> Oh gee, I almost forgot! About the time I got my first Triumph, a '69
>>>> GT6+, I was dating a woman who had a Hobie Cat. That was fun! Well,
>>>> except for the time we were in a dead calm about 200 yards from shore and
>>>> all we could do was look longingly at the cooler of beer sitting on shore,
>>>> having nothing at all to drink on the boat.
>>>> mjb.
>
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