Age is no bar!! any advance?
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Resolution
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Respect! But with my mathematical head on, the formula should use the mean age of the crew, not the total.
AnnaMac
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Respect the maths, didn't want to elevate the helms age!!
mjcoon
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Why, if adding up all the components for a "combined" age? Agreed the number of crew might make a difference to the "respect"...
Mike.
johnalison
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I like the idea of mean, or perhaps average age, so my boat + crew comes out at an average of only 58 exactly. That makes me feel better already.
DownWest
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That sounds encouraging. So, my boat is 11yrs old, gives an average of 41; Makes me feel a whole lot better;o)
Now, the build in the shed, will result in me needing nappies.. or have I got the idea wrong?
Now, the build in the shed, will result in me needing nappies.. or have I got the idea wrong?
Resolution
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You would hand victory to one of the J class like Valsheda - forty odd crew, even youngish ones, adds up to an awful lot of years.
Balbas
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Boat = 45
Outboard (a rather nice Johnson 3.3 - yes I have a 'little johnson') = 19
Crew - me 42 , wife 35, daughter 6, son 4, dog 12 So mean of 20 (unless we're counting in dog years in which case it's 35)
Total = 84 (or 99). We're positively youthful!
Outboard (a rather nice Johnson 3.3 - yes I have a 'little johnson') = 19
Crew - me 42 , wife 35, daughter 6, son 4, dog 12 So mean of 20 (unless we're counting in dog years in which case it's 35)
Total = 84 (or 99). We're positively youthful!
zoidberg
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Interesting approach.
When I'm sailing a handy yacht, hand on tiller, the sun shining, and the sails 'full and by'.... I feel half my age. And I'm sure the boat knows it, and responds.....
When I'm sailing a handy yacht, hand on tiller, the sun shining, and the sails 'full and by'.... I feel half my age. And I'm sure the boat knows it, and responds.....
Nikia
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I had new sails this year, does that affect the age of the boat?
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Carina is a West Kirby Star, built 1906. She was, last I heard, sailed by an octogenarian with 2 crew not far behind in years. No engine but I still think she's in the running.
martyn78
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Daydream believer
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When I am "shuffle bumming" along the deck to get to the bow in F7, soaking wet, freezing cold & feel twice as old as "very old" & I wonder if I should have given up years ago. The boat definitely knows it & nearly always dips her bow to tell me that she is in charge & not to be so stupid; get on with it & stop complaining, because she knows I love it ....really!-- I think!!!! & I am not giving up for another year , at least.
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Brilliant
stuartwineberg
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The most senior member of our sailing club (which I wont name to avoid embarrassing him) is now 92. He single hands his 32 footer from the Hamble all over the Solent single handed and is a credit to all of us although we do stand by mob handed to take his lines when he approaches. Long may it continue.