Having never been to Oklahoma I didn't realize that there were lakes large enough for sail boats but I saw this one in Savannah, Ga. this weekend.
Andy
I thought this post was about prairie schooners.....
Beavers Bend is a large deep lake and I have seen many double decked houseboats about 100ft long during their 4th of July parade of boats celebration.
Texoma Lake does have a marina with many sailboats.
😉
Sailing in Oklahoma can be fun...
Here's my great-uncle Pettigrew "Petty" Cash near Mangum, Ok. around the turn of the last century.
Sailing has always been a family affair for us bluebloods. :pinch:
> Having never been to Oklahoma I didn't realize that there were lakes large enough for sail boats but I saw this one in Savannah, Ga. this weekend.
Maybe therein lies your clue....;-)
Just did the Harvest Moon Regatta on a 44' Pacific Sea Craft. The race is from Galveston to Port Aransas, about 150 miles. It took us 24 hours, we won 1st in our class, 4th overall out of 180 boats. Pretty scary sailing at night through well heads sticking up out of the water, some lighted, some with horns, some with nothing at all. Fortunately it was a full moon and the squall line that came through with rain and 30+ knot winds waited until daylight!
> Having never been to Oklahoma I didn't realize that there were lakes large enough for sail boats but I saw this one in Savannah, Ga. this weekend.
There are no natural lakes in Oklahoma large enough for a 3 man rowboat. There are several man made reservoirs plenty large enough for that sailboat, and more. And barge traffic makes it up the Arkansas River from the Mississippi to within hailing distance of Tulsa with the aid of an extensive system of locks.
I can't speak to lakes of OK but I am very curious as to the name of the boat - "Melaka". It has been quite a while since I've worked in the field with a native Greek speaker [i.e. Taso] and if I recall "Melaka" (sp?) is not necessarily a good thing to be calling each other. We did all the time but it was in fun.
So as not to come close to violating rules of inappropriate language here, I dare not attempt a translation.
I've been running that word through my head all afternoon trying to be sure I have it right and I think I do. He taught me to speak it in "proper" Greek and was quick to advise me not to say it in Greek company lest I know them to be a good friend and of good humour.
E.
> I can't speak to lakes of OK but I am very curious as to the name of the boat - "Melaka". It has been quite a while since I've worked in the field with a native Greek speaker [i.e. Taso] and if I recall "Melaka" (sp?) is not necessarily a good thing to be calling each other. We did all the time but it was in fun.
The word is "malakas". I had almost forgotten it from my college days, when I worked in the kitchen of a pizza a steak resteraunt owned and staffed by Greeks. It's a mild curse, offered mostly in jest. Sort of like "jerk".
It certainly wasn't a mild curse the way it got put to me.
Then again... how would I know.
Natural Lakes in Oklahoma
Actually there are a few natural lakes in Oklahoma. They are almost exclusively oxbow, or cut-off lakes, created by meandering rivers. But as you've stated, not many suitable for sailing.
Here's a 'whopper' in McCurtain County, over 200 acres!
A mere 28 miles from Oklahoma but..............
A mere 28 miles from Oklahoma but about a trillion miles from huge bodies of waters is the home of Cobalt Boats, one of the premier sources with excellent quality built in. Located in Neodesha, KS.
http://cobaltboats.com/index.php
Unbelievably, a premier designer/fabricator of yacht interiors has his fabrication plant located in his boyhood hometown of St. Paul, KS which is only 37 miles from Oklahoma. Check out his website. St. Paul has maybe 500 population today. If you need your yacht improved to impress your Rockefeller-type buddies, you should contact Mr. Westhoff. http://www.westhoffco.com/
Sailing in Oklahoma... hailing port
USCG Documented Vessel Hailing Port: The Hailing Port must be a place in the United
States. Vessel Name and Hailing Port must be displayed...
Hailing Port can be either the principal port that the boat is docked OR the home/business location of the Owner.
Knew a fella that had a large documented sailboat (50+ feet) that he kept in the SF Bay, but was documented with hailing port at his home in Fallon, Nevada. He said the local Coasties had fits but that is how the rules work. 😉
In Oklahoma sailing is like NASCAR, we can do 500 miles, in circles. 😉
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SA007.html
Sailboat Bridge in Grove OK
