Poll: do you cruise your racing boat?

[mrming]

As this is the racing forum I'm going to assume most of you race your boats. But do you ever take the same boat cruising, and if so, how often?

 

[DFL1010]

This thread:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?435714-Cruising-the-racer

Might be worth a read.

 

[DFL1010]

Double post. Thanks internet.

 

[mrming]

This thread:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?435714-Cruising-the-racer

Might be worth a read.

Yep that thread was in the back of my mind - I wished it had a poll at the time!

 

[Hadenough]

Where is the "Racing? What would that be about now?" option?

 

[DFL1010]

Probably not in the "yacht racing" forum eh?

 

[Birdseye]

Yes but then the boat that I race isnt really a racing boat. The normal recipe is cruise in summer with swmbo and race in winter with "the lads".

 

[r_h]

Absolutely, but then she's set up for (very) long distance short handed racing, so cruising mode is achieved by changing the sails, and shipping extra ground tackle and a dinghy… might be different for a boat used for fully crewed inshore racing.

 

[Judders]

Magic has twice cruised from Liverpool to Norway and back under the previous ownership but since we've had her we have removed many of the Labour saving devices in favour of the higher performance options. Now she's a right ballache to cruise, however SWMBO and I did have a very pleasant long weekend pottering in the summer and I'm planning on cruising South Devon whilst the boat is down there for the Nationals next year.

 

[flaming]

I voted no, but it's not a real no...

I do quite a lot of cruising, and love it. But not in the race boat. I don't really fancy cruising a boat with a bolt rope main, jib on a foil and all the other little racing bits. Taking the thing down to Dartmouth once a year is enough.

 

[markhomer]

I occasionally race my cruising boat , but conversely , dont cruise my racing boats