I finally have some..

[Norman_E]

...Pictures of the yacht under sail. Our friends Richard & Ann left Selimiye with us for a quick trip to Orhaniye to pick up a car for a day out, and I found enough wind for a quick sail (up to 8 knots just after this picture was taken

 

[fireball]

your genoa isn't filling properly ...

reefing line is pulling on the leech ..


there - now that's go the picky bits out the way - why are there clouds in the sky?! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Norman_E]

The genoa was fine, I had left the helm to take a photo of the other boat, and had luffed up slightly, but the full size photo shows the telltales flying straight, on bearing away a bit the speed went up to 8 knots in about 12 knots of wind so it could not have been too badly set.

The reefing line has to be replaced as it is a bit short for the new main with its reefing points a bit higher than the old one. I had put the sails up in a hurry in order to get the photos taken, and closed the jammers on the reefing lines before pulling down the vang tackle, instead of the other way round. Mea Culpa.

The clouds were not my fault, but yesterday was a day of clouds and a little bit of rain. The usual wall to wall sunshine has now returned.

 

[Deleted member 478]

You need to get the fat git out of the fore peak. Bet you gain about 0.5 knots once the bow rises just that little bit.

 

[Chris_Robb]

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You need to get the fat git out of the fore peak. Bet you gain about 0.5 knots once the bow rises just that little bit.

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No No No, thats his new Rocna anchor and 100 mtr of chain

 

[Twister_Ken]

That's to counteract the step ladder he's left on the transom.

 

[Deleted member 478]

Well, it doesn't look like it is countering it, does it?

 

[fireball]

ah - excuses excuses (as I sit here with the wind howling through the rigging and the threatened rain on the horizon looking forward to another gloriously wet English weekend!!) Jealous .... not 'alf!!

 

[bilbobaggins]

You're a bit sharp-eyed for a well-fed and watered foreign liveaboard. WTF do you know about monomaran trim? And why?

Have you been out 'local racing' to get your B/B back in place?

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[Deleted member 478]

Ah! Before I came to my senses, I used to be a very keen racing-snake. My humble nature prevents me from bragging about the many wins I had in my time. And I used to own a monomaran.

You do know of course, that there are only three types of boat: a catamaran, half-a-cat and a cat-and-a-half.

 

[bilbobaggins]

.......Then there's Schrodinger's cat!

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[pyrojames]

That's just a normal catarmaran, by the time you work out where you are, you aren't there anymore. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[bilbobaggins]

So the faster you go, the shorter you get, the better your rating.....

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[Lakesailor]

You should have gone out later on, it was much nicer. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif