by TIM WEBB » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:19 pm
OK, I'll chime in here, even tho I'm one of those who can "sail all year" ...
I just got back from Berlin, where it is very cold and snowy, but also where my lovely (German) wife decided she wanted to go to give birth to our beautiful daughter! Mom and baby are doing just fine, and will be back here next month. So, what was the first thing I did when I got back? Grabbed our doggie Balto (white german shepherd) from the kennel, and took him to the lake on the boat! Now, I just have to figure out how I'm gonna manage to get out to the lake as much once my wife and daughter get back home next month - hmmm ... how early is too early to start teaching an infant how to sail? ;-P
Neat side note tho: while in Berlin, we stayed at a place in Freidrichstafen (sp?), which is a funky little lakeside town on the Mugglesee, on the east side of Berlin, a lake about the size of lake Monroe down here, and while walking down there one day, I spotted the familiar Optimist logo on a van parked in front of a marina there, and so I went inside to talk to them, and they have a very active sailing program in the Summer for the kids, to include several daysailers! So, even in the bigger lattitudes this time of year, they're still talking about blow-boats ...
- Tim