Day Sailing

[steve yates]

I cant be arsed daysailing, and I have an 18 footer I like to go exploring and chill, none of which I can really do if I have to get back to the mooring that day.
2-3 days minimum, 1-2 weeks preferred.

 

[Daydream believer]

Having sailed in our river since 11 years old I no longer find cruiser sailing in it of interest. Very boring in fact. But racing the Phantom , until 4 years ago, was great fun & I will probably do something with my Squib.
But I like going places. I have now realised that it is not always so much the actual sailing. I hook up the Aries as soon as I can, trim the sails at regular intervals, to keep the speed up; but that is it.Sometimes I see another boat that I can pass & that sets the senses & I have to race it if I can. The feeling of passing a bigger boat always cheers me up.
Generally, I realise that I do it for the fun of navigating (turn the chart plotter off ) & arriving at a port somewhere different- preferably across the channel. That gives it a sense of achievement & a holiday atmosphere. Having been to many of the places before makes it so much easier.
When I get there, wherever that may be, I love to sit in the cockpit reading a book, with a beer nearby, watching the antics of boats coming & going. I then have to be careful I do not get "marina bound" in places like Boulogne,Dieppe, St Peter Port etc. but force myself to move on. Always try to go for a few days minimum, or 3 months preferred.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

I cant be arsed daysailing, and I have an 18 footer I like to go exploring and chill, none of which I can really do if I have to get back to the mooring that day.
2-3 days minimum, 1-2 weeks preferred.

I used to be like that.
How can I get that want back ?

I still have all the attributes - fit, lithe and a handsome looking swine .

 

[Wansworth]

John Leather designed a gaff rigged open clinker day boat with a inboard engine.The helmsman could stand to the tiller and there was pleantyofroom for guests and picnics……must have been 25foot plus bowsprit

 

[LittleSister]

A great thing to do if you live close to the boat, but not very practicable/appealing otherwise.

 

[mjcoon]

I still have all the attributes - fit, lithe and a handsome looking swine .

And modesty in-tact!

 

[johnalison]

Having sailed in our river since 11 years old I no longer find cruiser sailing in it of interest. Very boring in fact. But racing the Phantom , until 4 years ago, was great fun & I will probably do something with my Squib.
But I like going places. I have now realised that it is not always so much the actual sailing. I hook up the Aries as soon as I can, trim the sails at regular intervals, to keep the speed up; but that is it.Sometimes I see another boat that I can pass & that sets the senses & I have to race it if I can. The feeling of passing a bigger boat always cheers me up.
Generally, I realise that I do it for the fun of navigating (turn the chart plotter off ) & arriving at a port somewhere different- preferably across the channel. That gives it a sense of achievement & a holiday atmosphere. Having been to many of the places before makes it so much easier.
When I get there, wherever that may be, I love to sit in the cockpit reading a book, with a beer nearby, watching the antics of boats coming & going. I then have to be careful I do not get "marina bound" in places like Boulogne,Dieppe, St Peter Port etc. but force myself to move on. Always try to go for a few days minimum, or 3 months preferred.

I have much in common with that but I actually do enjoy the sailing bit, even if I'm not immune to the "when are we going to be there" feeling on longer trips. There is something special about visiting somewhere entirely new, and the further from home the more so. I also take pleasure in revisiting a harbour miles from home, when I mentally take possession of it and it becomes 'mine'. The most extreme version of this was when we returned more than once to places in Poland and Bornholm to find the exact same berth available.

Leisure time in the cockpit is very valuable to me to. Our routine in the Baltic was to arrive around teatime and settle down to watch the charter-Bavs come in. Having paid for their sailing they would always leave it until the decent berths were occupied and the period from 6-8 would be mayhem as they struggled to cope with the laws of physics.

 

[Daydream believer]

I used to be like that.
How can I get that want back ?

I still have all the attributes - fit, lithe and a handsome looking swine .

Yes! we can certainly see the swine in you

 

[MisterBaxter]

I came to the conclusion that for minimum effort for a day sail, a small cruiser is less trouble than an open boat. Open boats need to be put to bed with covers, or hailed onto trailers, or whatever.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

We do quite a bit of day sailing. Our elderly cat cannot really be left for more than a night, and the cat hotel needs months of notice. Our daughter seems to be too busy most of the time, even though it’s technically her cat. It hasn’t really held us up much yet though, both my wife and the boat required a bit of restoration. The wife has had 3 of her limbs operated on in the last 3 years. Things will change, we will graduate to weeks on board soon enough.

 

[GHA]

It's taken a very long incremental little additions over the years time but it takes literally minutes now to get the boat ready for a sail & pull up the anchor & get underway plus finally having an autopilot that works the boat is pretty much put to bed by the time the anchor drops again. Though a fair bit is done beforehand like engine checks & weather planning ( windy.com premium distance & planning, love it ).
All of which is a good thing imho, living on the hook you never know when you might need to get out to sea in a hurry...

 

[DanTribe]

The phrase " day sailing" can be open to interpretation. My insurance renewal had an exclusion for " no single handed sailing." I phoned and said that I sometimes went for a day sail alone.
The new wording came back " No single handed sailing at night".
Accurate but not quite what I meant.

 

[Daydream believer]

The wife has had 3 of her limbs operated on in the last 3 years. Things will change, we will graduate to weeks on board soon enough.

You never said that your wife was trans

 

[Chiara’s slave]

You never said that your wife was trans

 

[capnsensible]

Wot I like about sailing is that there are no time rules. We had a very pleasant few hours out this morning. Sunshine and breeze. Yay.

But I've been lucky enough to do all sorts, days, weeks, months. As you do.

 

[Wansworth]

There Isa lot to be said for just being aboard

 

[Daydream believer]

There Isa lot to be said for just being aboard

Yes. You should try it some time

 

[Wansworth]

Yes. You should try it some time

Had to get your oar in….

 

[Daydream believer]

Had to get your oar in….

Gotta kick a good man when he is down

 

[Wansworth]

Gotta kick a good man when he is down

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