Drinking...I totally get it now!

Iain C said:
...what is this fine ship I see pictured before me?
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Same old Osprey, Iain, thank you for your kind remarks. But she's been quite tidy for a while now...that photo was from 2016...

...and this one is from 2015...sadly I can't find another, featuring a bottle, to match the theme of this thread. :rolleyes:

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It's really a very long time since she was green. (2013) :eek: Just realised, it's five years ago this week, I bought her.

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dancrane said:
Same old Osprey, Iain, thank you for your kind remarks. But she's been quite tidy for a while now...that photo was from 2016...

...and this one is from 2015...sadly I can't find another, featuring a bottle, to match the theme of this thread. :rolleyes:
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That does look good Dan, a proper fast cruising dinghy. Well done. However I would say you need to move the blocks back along the track on the bottom of the boom I think. From the photos it looks like they are a bit far forward...the forward one wants to be an inch or two behind the traveller with the boom on the centreline. It looks from the photos (slightly hard to tell) like it's in front of the traveller and will actually be working against the kicker a bit if they are both on hard. Still looks great though!!
 
Still not the clearest pictures, Iain, but if you suspect I've rigged something wrongly, I'd be glad to know how. :encouragement:

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It's quite hard to tell TBH Dan without a dead side on shot. I might have expected the blocks a bit further back...they should be pushing the boom forward slightly as you sheet in. Easy way to tell...disconnect the kicker, centralise the traveller, sheet on really hard as you watch the gooseneck. If the boom starts to slide backwards off the gooseneck peg, move your boom blocks back a bit. Splitting hairs here though as the boat looks great.
 
You're very kind, gentlemen. To be honest, close-ups from many angles don't reap such flattering comments. But she is very special.

I only wish I had more pics of me actually sailing her. My mate brings his phone, but its waterproof cover makes the images terribly faint...plus, he can't usually keep up...how bad is this one, of my first attempt at trapezing? I know, I know, I need to be flatter...:hopeless:

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Maybe it's just as well...if I had better photos, I'd fill every thread on the forum with random pics that don't relate to its theme. :rolleyes:

On that thought, I was going to plaster this page with amusing photos of people enjoying wine, aboard boats...but almost every picture available from Google, seems to require payment to Shutterstock or Getty. Can I request that as many forumites as possible, post photos of themselves celebrating (or drinking to forget their costs) on board, in order that such images stay in the public domain?

Iain, I'm actually confident that my mainsheet isn't set up in such a way that it is at risk of shunting the boom off the gooseneck...

...but I'd like to know whether you favour the mainsheet coming straight off the boom, as some RS800s do...I used to use a fat 6:1 tackle which was wholly unsuitable...I've gone to 4:1, led through a swivelling block on the centreboard case, with a cam cleat, which is normal aboard Ospreys...but for maximum responsiveness in the gentle to moderate conditions when I go out, might I gain by setting up a 3:1 coming straight off the boom, in order to tighten up or spill wind more rapidly?
 
dancrane said:
On that thought, I was going to plaster this page with amusing photos of people enjoying wine, aboard boats...but almost every picture available from Google, seems to require payment to Shutterstock or Getty. Can I request that as many forumites as possible, post photos of themselves celebrating (or drinking to forget their costs) on board, in order that such images stay in the public domain?
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Shall we make this a where is it?

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dancrane said:
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Iain, I'm actually confident that my mainsheet isn't set up in such a way that it is at risk of shunting the boom off the gooseneck...

...but I'd like to know whether you favour the mainsheet coming straight off the boom, as some RS800s do...I used to use a fat 6:1 tackle which was wholly unsuitable...I've gone to 4:1, led through a swivelling block on the centreboard case, with a cam cleat, which is normal aboard Ospreys...but for maximum responsiveness in the gentle to moderate conditions when I go out, might I gain by setting up a 3:1 coming straight off the boom, in order to tighten up or spill wind more rapidly?
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Re sheeting angles...that's good, it might have just been the camera angles TBH!

Now, I've never sailed an Osprey so I'm no voice of authority here, however along with many other dinghies of similar types (including Fireballs) pictures of more modern ones do seem to show the class shifting to split tail mainsheets coming off the end of the boom. You can ususally ditch the traveller, a load of blocks (as boom end sheeting is more efficient) and it's also better in light winds as there's less leech tension applied. No, I would not advocate off-boom sheeting on a boat of that type, especially as you single hand, as you'll want to be able to cleat the main. I also think boom sheeting works brilliantly in skiff classes where the crew has the main upwind, but not so well in traditional classes or singlehanders.
 
SarahJ said:
That's a lovely photo. I would guess West Scotland, Mull maybe, but not been there for ages so memory dull I'm afraid. But thanks for posting. Today is a TISNOB day but gonna have a glass of wine tonight anyway..... (TISNOB stands for Today I Spent Nothing On Boat)!!
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West Coast of Scotland it is, Mull it is not.
This is a bad period for TISNOB days.
 
Iain C said:
I would not advocate off-boom sheeting on a boat of that type, especially as you single hand, as you'll want to be able to cleat the main.
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Thanks Iain...I've no desire to change a set-up which works fine - I just thought there might be something beneficial about it.

I've read about boom-end sheeting, but I recall the 'eighties when I had it, and hated it. Plus, the long tiller extension I'll need for trapezing, will be almost impossible with boom-end sheeting.
 
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