Horrible Day

[Lakesailor]

felt slightly chilly this afternoon.

 

[Salty John]

Horrible. Don't know how you stood it.

 

[Romeo]

Is that a thermometer on your bulkhead saying 17.2?

 

[Channel Ribs]

Aye, your a brave man.

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[Phoenix of Hamble]

Thats the log... it was a lot windier than it looked /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Kilter]

What ship?

'kin hardship! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Deleted member 478]

The luff of your jib still isn't tight enough. Just a tad more will do it and you will be able to point about half a degree higher (if you ever bother going to windward that is)

 

[landaftaf]

from what I hear, the wind direction changes all the time on windymear so if you time it right you can stay on the same tack all day /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

Couldn't be arsed. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Some days you want it just right. Other days you , well, you don't.

Trouble is I usually take my camera on those days. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

There was me and 3 other yachts and 2 mobos out there.

I have sailed a round trip on one beat. Trouble is you can't plan it. Wind moves and you follow it. Sometimes it's the opposite and you're tacking all the time just to keep going in the same direction.

 

[Parsonsheath]

Looks like a nice break for you, bet the hot drink in the cabin was one of the highlights!

 

[bilbobaggins]

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[yoty]

Have you ever seen a boat called Scherzo up there in windy meer? Its a First 24.

 

[sarabande]

I'm not jealous at all: it was a steady 20.5C in the office all day.


How do you avoid washout of the large sail and GRP areas ? Selective metering / averaging, or just decades of practice ?

 

[starboard]

Good to see some of my high level aircraft have been trying their best to ruin your blue sky with their con trails!!! That's wht "Lakey" is a great upper airway navigational fix!!

Paul.

 

[awol]

Where did you buy the left-handed winch? YM keeps showing them as well and one would make the sheet lead on port tack so much better.

 

[Lakesailor]

I'm pretty certain (if I remember rightly) I was lucky enough to have one with two-sided ratchets and pawls I could turn over to alter the direction of rotation.
If I'm wrong it must have been my last boat.
However I think that was the case. I'll check on that next time I'm out.

 

[Lakesailor]

Nope. I'll keep an eye out.

 

[Cornishman]

Does it look like that to-day, Thursday?

 

[westernsailor]

At times there are advantages to not requiring crew. Just get up and go.

 

[Lakesailor]

I'm afraid not. Web Cam /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif