Anxiety nah..... every confidence

Daydream believer said:
did you manage to get anywhere?-- under sail that is :rolleyes:
Or would that be an embarassing question:ROFLMAO:
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Furthest North was Den Helder, furthest South was Vigo based in Plymouth. I sold her and went for a Vancouver 34 for the extra knot or two on passage speed. Both very good sea kindly boats that never gave me a moments concern.
 
I got to enjoy the convoluted launch process there both ways in the last year or so...not sure I'll be in a rush to do it again. Nice boatyard though.
 
Fr J Hackett said:
Furthest North was Den Helder, furthest South was Vigo based in Plymouth. I sold her and went for a Vancouver 34 for the extra knot or two on passage speed. Both very good sea kindly boats that never gave me a moments concern.
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I had a bad experience sailing to Eyemouth in 2012, so a club official of Blythe SC, who was sailing with a friend in a V34, invited me to sail in company with them; from Eyemouth to Blythe. We duly set off on a broad reach, together in heavy weather & the V34 had full sail, whilst I was on 2nd reef. By Berwick Upon Tweed I was a long way in front, so I furled the jib & waited for them. Same again By Holy Island. By the time we got opposite Seahouses, I got fed up waiting. So, I unfurled the main & gunned it to Blythe, arriving ages before the dodery V34.
2 days later I moved south & they were sailing to the Tyne to get fuel. I blasted past them with no bother & gave them a wave.
In heavy weather they were easily able to carry full sail, but one wonders what the point is if the boat cannot sail very well in the first place
 
Daydream believer said:
I had a bad experience sailing to Eyemouth in 2012, so a club official of Blythe SC, who was sailing with a friend in a V34, invited me to sail in company with them; from Eyemouth to Blythe. We duly set off on a broad reach, together in heavy weather & the V34 had full sail, whilst I was on 2nd reef. By Berwick Upon Tweed I was a long way in front, so I furled the jib & waited for them. Same again By Holy Island. By the time we got opposite Seahouses, I got fed up waiting. So, I unfurled the main & gunned it to Blythe, arriving ages before the dodery V34.
2 days later I moved south & they were sailing to the Tyne to get fuel. I blasted past them with no bother & gave them a wave.
In heavy weather they were easily able to carry full sail, but one wonders what the point is if the boat cannot sail very well in the first place
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No idea of what your boat was, what you class as heavy weather but a V34 will carry full plain sail in up to 20 /22 knots true wind on a broad reach a little more and should be making 7 kits through the water. However in stronger winds and big seas then she will come into her own making way and giving a comfortable ride for her crew.
 
Fr J Hackett said:
No idea of what your boat was, what you class as heavy weather but a V34 will carry full plain sail in up to 20 /22 knots true wind on a broad reach a little more and should be making 7 kits through the water. However in stronger winds and big seas then she will come into her own making way and giving a comfortable ride for her crew.
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20-25 kts & doing about 5 kts at best. Yes I can see that she would be comfortable. Especially tied up to a pontoon. :rolleyes: :ROFLMAO:

I have a 31 ft boat
 
In my opinion sailing is like motorcycling, eg. On a IOM tt race trip , we were camping nr the pitts . Mate says let's nip into Douglas for a big breakfast, only a few hundred yards down the road . Do we take the direct route...No way ...its a full lap of the TT circuit first then breakfast. We had gone to ride bikes .
Sailing to me is the same the longer it takes the less time ime tied up . Yes my boat is heavy and no racer, but if I want to get their quick I can drive / fly .
 
wingcommander said:
In my opinion sailing is like motorcycling, eg. On a IOM tt race trip , we were camping nr the pitts . Mate says let's nip into Douglas for a big breakfast, only a few hundred yards down the road . Do we take the direct route...No way ...its a full lap of the TT circuit first then breakfast. We had gone to ride bikes .
Sailing to me is the same the longer it takes the less time ime tied up . Yes my boat is heavy and no racer, but if I want to get their quick I can drive / fly .
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Yes!! Do not give me that cobblers
When you went down that route you took the bends in style. I bet you did not go round them at 10MPH. I bet you laid the bikes over a bit & played the bends like a true motor cyclist. You wanted to feel the wind over your body & the acceleration of the bikes. That is why you went that way. You probably did a bit of overtaking each other for fun. You did not do that tour to make it as long as possible --you would loved to have clocked 100MPH better still, Guy Martin's 129 MPH
Same with sailing. I like to work the boat & get the best from it. Not wallow in the waves .
 
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