Thanks all, always appreciate help!, mainsail did look horrible but was making 5.8 knots in 13 knots of wind, still what could I have been doing with it set correctly?. Cheers Ming
My favourite posts on this forum is seeing the photos of good summer days under sail
In my case not under sail (always hard to get a good picture of our own boat, most photos are from our boat) - here she is tied up after a great days sail, we are off to the pub knowing that there is another great days sail coming up the next day - nothing better!
apart from you, Unit18, Pheran, and meself, this post appears to have become a hanky-saily-boaty kind of thing;
as I believe that boats is boats (and probably ultimately aspire to a saily boat thing, but not that practical on the Thames) I am going to post a picture of a v.good friend's boat (which I have done a good amount of skivvying on) because she is extremely beautiful (the boat, not the skipper)
Ive also noticed i'm the only one still with the same 1971 tub /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Has everyone upgraded or something /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Oh well , i love her /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Another pic from the Wey . Moored stern to stern for a very practical reason . As the evening draws on you can retire to your boat with SWMBO who will no doubt go into the cabin to keep warm . This allows you to open up the back of the canopy and carry on drinking with your mates while still on board to reply to any questions that she may ask /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
that's only because you and Forbsie dont't know when to quit! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
If either of you had a fire onboard, it would rival Flixborough.
Jeeez, a heck of a lot of dismastings this last year.. sorry to hear it guys.. hopefully the insurance will pay for a new one.. must be really bad to have a boat without mast..