Competitive Motor Cruising?

[Nick_H]

Why is there no competitive motor cruising. I guess its because there's no objective way of measuring who's having the most fun? Any suggestions on suitable judging criteria?

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[PaulF]

Yes but they would get 'pulled'!

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[Peppermint]

Re: There is Competitive Motor Cruising?

The RYA have a format that includes boat handling & passage making skills. Add in a boaty pub quiz for the evening and away you go.

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[hlb]

Thats the whole point about it. Who wants competitive. We do that all the rest of our lives, as opposed to raggies who sit on there arses all week and get competitive at weekend!!

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Haydn

 

[tcm]

Bet i'm less competeive than you

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[hlb]

ffffffff. Off. Your on the second leg of your round the world cruise.

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Haydn

 

[jfm]

Fun points

Results would need to be adjusted by the Mobo Portsmouth yardstick equivalent, known technically as the OB factor

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[SP2]

In the late 70's/early 80's the RYA ran a Predicted Log competition sponsored by Silk Cut which involved mobo skipppers predicting their time at places around a pre-designated course. A marshall was put on each competitor's boat to record the actual times at each check point.

Each skipper made his own predictions against his own chosen speed around the course. It was not a race and was open to displacement and planing boats.

My Club organised one in the Thames Estuary and as Commodore I got to choose which boat I should travel on to marshall. Decided the new Sunseeker 28 looked best. The owner had made his predictions at a speed of 28 knots which in those days was impressive.

On the day it was blowing a good F5 so we crawled around at about 6 knots being bounced around the cockpit with crew throwing up. I think we decided as a club to give it a miss after that.

A Nelson won it - just ploughed through everything at a steady 20 knots.

Thames clubs have boat handling comps for mobos.

Mike



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[LittleShip]

Over in the States, they "race" their boats on a regular basis and are by all accounts very competitive about it. I’m told that it’s not about speed it’s about navigation, how long it will take them to travel a certain course. As I understand it, it’s more to do with knowing how your boat will handle the weather conditions on the day.
It can be won by anybody who can accurately work out time and distance traveled and in many cases it’s not the fastest boat.
Then it’s off to the bar for refreshments together.

Seems a great way to improve some people’s very poor ruler and string navigation techniques??


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[Wiggo]

we set off across Lyme bay with 4 other mobos, and over the VHF decided to have a sweep on ETA. Fiver a boat, sort of stuff, loser buys the first round etc. ChrisB4 won. Then fessed up he'd just read it off his GPS...

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[duncan]

Only sad bit there was that the other 3 didn't automatically!.../forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[tcm]

Re:Bally Rally timed log

There is, or there used to be.

Each boat is given a course and target speed. Then, you have to go along that course in exaccerly that speed. I won our class once, second overall - I think over about 200miles we were about a minute wrong, whereas the winner was only about 40 seconds out. in the UK, they do the same thing except there's tides on top, and they aren't allowed watches or GPS, erk...

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[miket]

Re:Bally Rally timed log

Its called a "predicted log".

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[PaulF]

Spot on Haydn, spend all ruddy week fighting for contracts, biz an stuff. Boating is playtime!

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[Andrew_Fanner]

Club contests this year have included fixed throttle both tidal and non tidal plus boat handling into, across and out of a lock, towing and so forth, both inter and intra club. And that's just the ones I entered.

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[hlb]

Doing all that at fixed throttle positions sounds impresive. I'll have a go!

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Haydn

 

[PaulF]

Yes Andrew, i was being a bit flippant. Have done predicted logs quite successfully and they can be fun, just wasn't in the mood for another 'target' at the moment, as have been harrasing for orders, winding down is more appropriate. So have organised to have monday and tuesday off for the rest of the year. If weather good will go and play on the boat!

They can be fun, but you always find some wazzock will take it all too seriously, like in some of the handling competitions. I took part in one. and one particular skipper was screaming instructions like his boat crew and whole shebang were in peril. Had he spoken to me in that manner I would have sent him swimming to remind him it was supposed to be fun. All he achieved was to convince his crew and all the onlookers what a jerk he was.

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[Wiggo]

Probably did, but were too devious to admit it.

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[itsonlymoney]

Quite agree old chap. could'nt be arsed with anything competitive at weekend other than drinking games and the like. As "paul f" states I spend too much time stressed out during the week.
Now were did I leave that drinking games hand book..............

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[Andrew_Fanner]

H'mm, competitive crusing drinking games anyone?

Everytime a dinghy tacks across your bow only 3m away drink a finger of a decent malt. After a few tacks you won't care anymore

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