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A custom cold-molded, bright finished 50' cutter completely equipped for 
short-handed world cruising. 

    I'm hoping for a buyer...so I can stop hemorrhaging $$$$$.
    
    

    
    	1.  RAYTHEON R20 or MARS radar
    
    		( I have refused to buy one though until I can get a
		  video-out capability which allows a cockpit remote)
    
    	2.  A set of mylar/kevlar sails for the occassional race.
                    
    	3.  a dock-o-minium (paid off of course)
    
    	3.  On the more realistic side:
    
    		a.  book of loran TD's          
    		b.  fujinon binoculars 
    		c.  foul weather boots
    
    Rick
    
    * I was going to do the "12 days of christmas" schtick.. but...
    :-)
    	
    	

    A check from my insurance company (for the whole amount).
    
    Top of the line Henri-Lloyd wet gear.
    
    A Lirakis knife.
    
    A foredeck crew that weighs 90 lbs but is faster than Ben Johnson
    and stronger than Conan the Barbarian.
    
    A crew that refuses to drink all my beer or eat absolutely every
    morsel of food brought on board.
    
    A bootleg can of Micron 33 in white.
    
    A candy apple red Farr 40.
    
    Merry Christmas,
    	Dave

    A free slip in Mrblhd -- with power and water.
    
    Six or so other J35s racing in Mrblhd.
    
    A Valiant 40 (mothership and escape vessel).
    
    
    Happy Holidays,
    Dean F.

    Mine is a little cheaper:
    
    A new LASER with a trailer, and a DRYSUIT.
    
    
    Forrest

re .5: 

>>>    A free slip in Mrblhd -- with power and water.
    
HA! Now you're really dreaming. 

That aside, I like Marblehead without slips and all that nonsense. The 
town has long opposed such development, and I hope that it continues to 
do so.

Ebeneezer Scrooge

    An Anchor Windlass for my tired ol'back,
    
    Peace & Compentency for all who share the seas,
    
    & a L O N G Fair weather summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
                 All the best to you & Your's,
                                               Lou "the_token_stink_potter

    Higher marine fuel prices during the summer.
    
    To rid the world of : Banana boats
                          Driven by R.I. mobsters
                          At 50 knts
                          Through 5 ft seas
                          In the fog
                          At Castle Hill
    
    There should be a forth ghost of Christmas to haunt these guys.
    
    -Paul

   How about a lake in the St.Louis, MO area that is deep enough for
    a keel boat.  We in the mid-west don't have the luxury of an ocean.
    But we don't have the problems of salt water either - corrosion.
    
    I guess the song that I'll have to sing for Christmas is Singing
    in the Rain  - in hope that the lake fills before spring.
    
    Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
    
    Gerry Misener

	I'll take an extra 3 weeks of vacation, and my kids will win
	an all-expense-paid chaperoned vacation to Disney World 
	during this period.

	--RS

    Sailing year round! 
    
    [It's pretty depressing to go to the marina in the winter months,
     especially when the temperature doesn't reach the 20 degree mark
     like today...]
     

    
    1/2 a knot of boatspeed more than the competition.
    
    The headers to be on my tack.
    
    My personal parking space on the waterfront.
    
    - gene

    
          All I want is a small slip of paper 3 things written on it:
    
    
               Next weeks Megabucks number                          
    
               Next weeks Tri-State number
                                     
               Next weeks Mass-millions number
    
          I'll be able to find my way to the Hinckley Boatworks by myself
          the week after next!
    
                       Randy (who is seriously looking at DN ice boats
                              to curs his mid winter sail cravings!)

    Paul, Re .9
    
    Just looked in my log.  One of those days was August 27th. Did you
    happen to be out then?
    Don
     

    A Moody346 "such stuff as dreams are made of"
    
    A season when I spend more time out of my foul weather gear than
    in.
    
    Favourable winds for every cross channel crossing in '89.
    
    Considerate fishermen who DONT lay their nets and pots in the navigable
    channels.......
    
    An employer who will sponsor ie pay me for a year or two of
    cruising....
    

...a Condor 40 (if I have to support it myself, and keep working here.)

...a 60' custom Newick tri, if it comes with a trust fund to support it 
   (but I still have to keep working here to support myself.)

...a Deerfoot 61, if it comes with a big enough trust fund to support it 
   *and* me and a friend, 'cause I'd then move aboard, head south next fall, 
   then east to the Med a year from spring, then....

I love sailing, but I hope Santa knows how to spend his money more wisely 
than over-indulging an already lucky sailor.  I'll settle for warm 20+ kt 
breezes every weekend next summer -- for great windsurfing, spirited sailing 
with friends, and for keeping some of those pesky (i.e., inexperienced &
thoughtless) motorboats from feeling so overconfident outside the lee of 
their marinas and launching ramps.  

J.

    Re .15
    
    Don,
    
    I had several bad experiences with power boats last summer, mostly
    at the Newport harbor entrance and Castle Hill. The worst was in
    August but I can't remember the day. Seeing a Banana hull in flight,
    150 ft abeam, and bearing dead on must have wrecked my memory as
    well as my pants.
    
    The boat was appropriately named ICBM. My brother caught up to one
    of the owners in a bar. It wasn't a friendly conversation. Next
    season I'm going to find out how to report them to the Coast Guard
    and pursue all incidents like that above to the limit.
    
    Maybe a shoulder lauched missile would make a nice Christmas gift.
    ;)
    
    Paul

    How aboput one of those guns that shoot the paint capsules? Then
    you could decorate the sides of those Banana boats when they pass
    to close.
    
    For me Id just like a nice tancock schooner, about like The Vernon
    Langille.

    How about if the company let me use all 8 weeks of accumulated vacation
    time in one shot . . . then I'd . . . 

    here's hoping the pmax sells like crazy so i can speend more time
    on the bay..
    
    jfk

    --- Get the boat decked by this time next year
    
    --- A 4-cylinder Volvo or Yanmar complete with all accessories and
        ready to drop in.
    
    --- A full set of monel fuel and water tanks, ditto.
    
    Ross Faneuf
    

	RE .18
    
       I thought I was the only one that was annoyed by the boat named
    ICBM.  A similar incident happen to me in Narrag. Bay  at the south
    end of Prudence Island.  They were headed towards Newport.  After
    they deliberately 'buzzed' by my boat at an unsafe distance and
    speed (deliberately alterating course to do so) I radioed the 
    Coast Guard.  I don't know if they did anything or not.
    
       The incident probably occured in October.  I would appreciate
    hearing from others if this boat has given then problems.
    
    	Re .15
    
       I don't have my log handy but if my memory serves me correctly
    we sailed from Block Island to Portsmouth R.I. in pea soup fog.
    Essentially zero visibility until we past Newport Harbor entrance.
    Fortuneately almost all the boats we encountered maintained a safe
    (reduced) speed.
    

    Well..... what (if anything) did Santa leave everyone ??? 
    
    JC