Building a sail

[dylanwinter]

Dylan
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What way will you be going from Solent?
Clockwise or anti clockwise
Or should I just use my noddle & guess - turn left

I am off on my second circumnavigation as soon as the weather changes & will go clockwise- as before
When I tell people, the first question they ask is " will you go the other way this time?"

the plan is to head left because I know the area and all the hidey holes and stand a chance of getting out of the wind if we get caught

better shelter from the prevailing westerlies


the plan is to leave chich harbour first light sunday week and spend 36 hours sailing to see how far we get

if we enjoy night sailing and the weather is kind then we will just plug on

we are taking enough food for six days

if the weather is challenging then the plan is to drop into somewhere for the second night and then do another 36 hours

take a break for another night and then do the rest to scotland in one hit

of course plans are always falling apart

I reckon that might give us an overnight in the Thames estuary somewhere

an overnight maybe scarborough

but if the high establishes itself then it would be great to just sail on

we have a spinnaker, an inboard, a tiller pilot, a steering sail, an outboard, loads of fuel for the origo and plenty of water

three blokes

if we do it in one hit we will smell like rats

planning on doing thee hour night shifts and then just taking turns at kipping during the day

coffee and pro plus will keep the helm awake

should we risk baked beans and fried cabbage with garlic?

D

 

[doug748]

I laid the old one out on the grass and measured it for them

here it is

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/sailing-around-britain/sail-measurements/

so it should be the same size as the old one

Did the same myself, saves all that palaver of measuring the rig.

Got a bolloicking from the guardians of the public morals on the forum, for suggesting it, though.

 

[bluerm166]

Thanks Dylan for the dimensions.There's no argument when it's recorded like that.
Looks like 210FS so perhaps 125% ish.

 

[Lakesailor]

Enjoyed that film Dylan.
That David the cutter really knows what he is doing.
Quite surprised that the lad with the hat was wearing trainers on the table. Does he take them off before walking on the floor?
You may have blown the gaff on your "Polo"...........

 

[Keen_Ed]

if we do it in one hit we will smell like rats

planning on doing thee hour night shifts and then just taking turns at kipping during the day

coffee and pro plus will keep the helm awake
D

Three on, six off is luxury. Don't forget the iPods. And you'll all smell the same, so you won't notice. Just crack on, IMHO - by the second night, you'll be in the rhythm. First night at sea is the worst.

NATO standard tea is my favourite nightwatch drink. Strong, white, two sugars. IMHO you don't want to go mad on caffeine - just means you don't sleep, & staying awake for three hours is pretty easy.

 

[Keen_Ed]

Bet you'll never be able to fold it that small again!

When I'm returning a sail for cleaning and service, no matter how I try it's always a squeeze to get it into the bag. When it comes back from the loft it seems to fill only about half the bag. .

The advantages of folding on the loft floor.

 

[dylanwinter]

Enjoyed that film Dylan.
That David the cutter really knows what he is doing.
Quite surprised that the lad with the hat was wearing trainers on the table. Does he take them off before walking on the floor?
You may have blown the gaff on your "Polo"...........

new car

old one failed its mot - not worth fixing

this one was £1200 - it was a write off at one time - 50,000 miles

it will last us 100,000

although I normally drive the micra - also a good little car

 

[prv]

IMHO you don't want to go mad on caffeine - just means you don't sleep

+1

I took a load of ProPlus to Sandhurst, but quickly realised that dosing up on the stuff would mean I couldn't seize the opportunity for sleep when it arose.

Perhaps take a kitchen timer, so that if the singlehanded watchkeeper does fall asleep it won't be for too long?

Pete

 

[dylanwinter]

is pro plus bad

+1

I took a load of ProPlus to Sandhurst, but quickly realised that dosing up on the stuff would mean I couldn't seize the opportunity for sleep when it arose.

Perhaps take a kitchen timer, so that if the singlehanded watchkeeper does fall asleep it won't be for too long?

Pete

is pro plus worse than coffee for disprupting sleep patterns

I will be putting the sail on in the morning - too windy today

planning to go to Langstone, Portsmouth and then overnight in Wootton

then film southampton tuesday and back on the pontoon tuesday night

we have a keeper for maggy for the summer

she is going to a KTLer who lives near Royston

I made a dog advert

 

[Pete7]

In another life I took pro plus for the same reasons Pete did, military course that needed to be passed. Rather than take them one at a time we just made sandwiches laced with them washed down with black coffee. Yes they keep you awake but when its over and you stop then its pay back time and the body needs a long spell to catch up. I was mid twenties then, wouldn't do it now.

 

[sailorman]

is pro plus worse than coffee for disprupting sleep patterns

I will be putting the sail on in the morning - too windy today

planning to go to Langstone, Portsmouth and then overnight in Wootton

then film southampton tuesday and back on the pontoon tuesday night

we have a keeper for maggy for the summer

she is going to a KTLer who lives near Royston

I made a dog advert

is that Royston Herts

 

[dylanwinter]

it is

is that Royston Herts

lots of KTLers live a long way from the sea

the USA mid west blokes are miles away

one bloke sails in arizona under london bridge

D

 

[Keen_Ed]

is pro plus worse than coffee for disprupting sleep patterns

The few times I've tried pro plus, I got so wired I couldn't think straight.

No further than one red bull for me. But even that's best avoided in any other situations than nights out that go a bit self-inflicted - VRB = craziness ensuing.

 

[prv]

is pro plus worse than coffee for disprupting sleep patterns

I don't think so - caffeine is caffeine. But it's in the nature of military exercises that sleep doesn't necessarily come in patterns, so being wired to the moon when you suddenly have a spare forty minutes is not helpful.

Pete

 

[sailorman]

lots of KTLers live a long way from the sea

the USA mid west blokes are miles away

one bloke sails in arizona under london bridge

D

its our nearest town thats the reason for asking

 

[[2574]]

Another gratuitous Jeckells sail photo....

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7x8u56w9tyuq9k5/Jeckells sail.jpg

I've tried to embed this photo on the the thread to save you having to click the link but I'm obviously too dumb. The dropbox link is {https://www.dropbox.com/s/7x8u56w9tyuq9k5/Jeckells%20sail.jpg} but without the curly brackets - what do I have to do to get the image to appear in the thread? I've checked the BB instructions - none the wiser!

Rob

 

[prv]

what do I have to do to get the image to appear in the thread?

It's not you, it's DropBox

The URL you give isn't a link to the picture itself, it's a link to a DropBox page that includes the picture.

To insert the picture into another page, you need a link to just the image file. DropBox seem to make that deliberately hard to find.

Here:

Pete

 

[[2574]]

Pete,

Many thanks! Could you just paste the actual text of the link (with curly brackets to prevent it appearing as an image) so that I can see it please?

rob