Kristal
New member
Crystal and I are sitting in Woolverstone, weatherbound (gusts at Gale 8 at the moment, and white horses on the Orwell), and whilst all the other boats are moving about a bit, Crystal is 'surging' with the top of her stem traversing almost two feet from nose-down to nose-up attitude. The warps are creaking like hell and I'm sure it can't be right.
I have two bow lines, two springs, and a stern-line rigged - they were tight enough in lighter conditions - should I tighten them up more to give her less room to move when the wind knocks her over? Is there antything else I can do? At this rate, something is going to tear loose from the deck...
...although at least we are the only boat whose halyards aren't trying to re-record Tubular Bells... because we are good frappers, we are...
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I have two bow lines, two springs, and a stern-line rigged - they were tight enough in lighter conditions - should I tighten them up more to give her less room to move when the wind knocks her over? Is there antything else I can do? At this rate, something is going to tear loose from the deck...
...although at least we are the only boat whose halyards aren't trying to re-record Tubular Bells... because we are good frappers, we are...
/<