Round the Island Race

[Nina Lucia]

Just entered the race and I cant see any other Vancouver 27...
My eleven year daughter is with me and my two mates, I hope weather will be nice for here...

 

[marklucas]

Might win the class then :encouragement:

Good luck - I can't make it this year so have fun for me.

 

[Nina Lucia]

Thanks,
My daughter Enya is junior member of Porchester Sailing Club, she raising money for Free the Children charity - she sailing this year Round the Island race our Vancouver 27 Shamaya, please donate
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/EnyaNesic

 

[Nina Lucia]

I need new sail number on our dogers, any sugestion where to order it or how to make it?

 

[Cloona]

I need new sail number on our dogers, any sugestion where to order it or how to make it?

reverse the dodgers and use white gaffer tape to make sail numbers

 

[prv]

reverse the dodgers and use white gaffer tape to make sail numbers

+1, or fabric and paint secured over the top of the real dodgers. They just need something they can see easily.

Pete

 

[chewi]

get an offcut of sailcloth where you buy the self-adhesive numbers, and just hold it toward the finish boat.

No need to mess with dodgers.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

It doesn't need to be a permanent dodger. Just something you can lash on to cross the finish line.


Oops sorry Chewi. I didn't read all the replies!

 

[prv]

get an offcut of sailcloth where you buy the self-adhesive numbers, and just hold it toward the finish boat.

It's years since I did it, so I don't know what the requirement is. If you only need to wave a sign at them on the finish line, why bother buying self-adhesive fabric letters at all? Cheap paint on an offcut of hardboard (or thin ply, or stiff cardboard, or whatever's available) would be even better than a fluttering bit of cloth.

Pete

 

[ChiPete]

get an offcut of sailcloth where you buy the self-adhesive numbers, and just hold it toward the finish boat.

No need to mess with dodgers.

+1, any material will do as long as you can hold it up when crossing the line so the observers can see your number clearly.

 

[BelleSerene]

+1, any material will do as long as you can hold it up when crossing the line so the observers can see your number clearly.

Tie it on, perhaps. You'd need to be well crewed to hold it up as you cross the finish line of the RTI race: it's very congested indeed!

 

[chewi]

Tie it on, perhaps. You'd need to be well crewed to hold it up as you cross the finish line of the RTI race: it's very congested indeed!

It's not busy by the time I get there.
The pubs are nearly shut!

 

[flaming]

Tie it on, perhaps. You'd need to be well crewed to hold it up as you cross the finish line of the RTI race: it's very congested indeed!

We just hold it up.

The requirement to display it at the start is more of a pain as with all the prestart maneuvering it definitely does need to be tied on. It then gets in the way (stops people from hiking) so it goes away until the finish.

 

[ChiPete]

It's not busy by the time I get there.
The pubs are nearly shut!

You and me both Chewi, you and me both!

 

[Nina Lucia]

What size do we need, I comecross some self adhisive on ebay... I cant find any info about the size on RYA site
"Self-Adhesive SAIL NUMBERS 300 mm"

 

[wiggy]

Piece of light coloured ply with black paint for numbers, mind you I've used some display board and cut my letters from vinyl on the schools computer controlled cutter.

 

[Redshank Evo26]

Last year they allowed numbers on the Stearn 1/4 of the hull, need to check if its the same this year. I printed out letters on the computer, transferred them to black sticky back plastic (how Blue Peter is that!) and stuck them on the hull, no dodgers in the way, or things we needed to remember to hold up!