Pye_End
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Re: Update
Sandbank, with a strong tidal flow. They don't want to appear embarrassed.
Sandbank, with a strong tidal flow. They don't want to appear embarrassed.
Effective Sailing, or OTT?
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SwedishLass
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Re: Update
Sending the winchman up the mast to look for windshifts may have been an error of judgement.
Sending the winchman up the mast to look for windshifts may have been an error of judgement.
bendyone
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Have you got the rope off the prop yet???
duncanmack
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You can't see it, but another member of the crew is changing an anode/scrubbing the hull........... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
LadyInBed
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And hardly a life jacket to be seen!
Bilgediver
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That thing you see is the starboard rudder.....the port rudder is doing its thing /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Twister_Ken
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They probably reckon the weight of lifejackets would slow them down too much.
Reading the write-up that Lakey linked to, I amused to see it described as a cruiser/racer, when the article describes downstairs as empty apart from a coat of paint and the keel shifting mechanism.
Reading the write-up that Lakey linked to, I amused to see it described as a cruiser/racer, when the article describes downstairs as empty apart from a coat of paint and the keel shifting mechanism.
jimi
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Well I was there and there'e a whopping great hole on the starboard side of the hull where TwisterKen put his foot through it (lay off the pies Ken!) and we're heeling it to port by canting the keel to stop us sinking. THe chap up on the side is making sure we keep the hole out the water.
LymingtonPugwash
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As the title question is "Effective Sailing, or OTT?"..... we can all agree that it's definately NOT effective sailing as being over on ones ear that much is losing the effectiveness of the sail.
It's very easy for non racing people to forget that racing types do not attempt to have the boat any further over than a cruising person would want it tipped, as once you begin to go beyond a certain angle from sailing upright (generally around 30 to 35 degrees, though exact angle dependant on the yacht design) one begins to lose perfomance, especially when sailing upwind..... So in effect, it is almost never effective sailing to have the boat leaning much.
It's very easy for non racing people to forget that racing types do not attempt to have the boat any further over than a cruising person would want it tipped, as once you begin to go beyond a certain angle from sailing upright (generally around 30 to 35 degrees, though exact angle dependant on the yacht design) one begins to lose perfomance, especially when sailing upwind..... So in effect, it is almost never effective sailing to have the boat leaning much.
Slow_boat
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(generally around 30 to 35 degrees, though exact angle dependant on the yacht design) one begins to lose perfomance, especially when sailing upwind..... So in effect, it is almost never effective sailing to have the boat leaning much.
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On my boat that angle's about 15-20 degrees before mega leeway kicks in!
(generally around 30 to 35 degrees, though exact angle dependant on the yacht design) one begins to lose perfomance, especially when sailing upwind..... So in effect, it is almost never effective sailing to have the boat leaning much.
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On my boat that angle's about 15-20 degrees before mega leeway kicks in!
Twister_Ken
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The dinghy sailor's mantra of 'keep it flat' works pretty well on modern racing yachts as well. That's why, apart from crew on the rail, they're so keen on modern idiots like water ballast and decanting keels
kcrane
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That thing you see is the starboard rudder.....the port rudder is doing its thing /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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At that degree of heel the rudder would be up/down rather than left/right /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
That thing you see is the starboard rudder.....the port rudder is doing its thing /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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At that degree of heel the rudder would be up/down rather than left/right /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Stemar
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SWMBO's second comment was "I wonder if the crockery is still in the cupboards?"
The first was a threat of divorce if I ever sail Jissel like that.
Jissel's a Snapdragon 24. Do you think it's possible for me to qualify for a divorce that way?
The first was a threat of divorce if I ever sail Jissel like that.
Jissel's a Snapdragon 24. Do you think it's possible for me to qualify for a divorce that way?
TradewindSailor
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I used to do this on my Flying Fifteen when the race mark was the wrong side of a sandbank. The old timers thought I was not being very sporting though! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
