Went sailing Sunday, well for a ride anyway...

[Idle Time]

We fit right in with all the other replies...except....in reverse.....I am ususally at the wheel when we sail and Jim when we motor. Last trip I let him do most of the sailing and sail trim...he really enjoyed it. This week we kinda split both. We spent 3 days on the St Johns River and sailing Lake George. I think he's going to be more enthusiastic about time on the water...

It's true...it can get boring if all you do is sit around...

In my case....I love a 30 to 30 degree heel when I have the wheel....but it's amazing how different even 20 feels when someone else has it.

[kmclemore]

Scott I grow my finger nails and toe nails long these days as one day thats all that kept me from me overboard.

Sounds familiar. I once had a relative many generations back that was saved from drowning by someone pulling him out by his hair... and he never cut it after that!

From an old family text:

Those of you who know the story of James Knox Polk McLemore (1844-1908) and his hair will be interested in a third version of this story. The first version (from my mother) was that he fell into a river at the Battle of Shiloh and was pulled to safety by his hair, and never cut it again. Since JKP enlisted in the CSA Cavalry after Shiloh, there's a hole in that story, though the second version says it happened during the Civil War. Here's a third version, told in a letter sent to me by Neal McLemore. It's written by Brooks McLemore of Jackson Tennessse, retired judge, as told to him by his father. JKP, it seems, lived in Madison County, Tennessee at Spring Creek, and rode to Jackson to a tavern, where he proceeded to get quite tipsy. Riding the 13 miles home, he fell into a creek or river, and another traveler happened by and pulled him out by his hair. JKP never cut his hair again, and wore it in a bun similar to a woman's, hidden by his hat. Brooks McLemore also says JKP was considered the strongest man in Tennessee.
-- Tom Butler

[zuma hans 1]

Strongest man in Tennessee or strangest man in Tennessee?

[kmclemore]

Strongest man in Tennessee or strangest man in Tennessee?

Ha! Indeed!