Sea miles:YBW forum posts Ratio

[Sgeir]

Should this be a relevant factor in considering forum advice? Or is there a better formula?

 

[pyrojames]

Looks OK to me. Ratio 263. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[fireball]

Is advice from someone who can drift across an ocean more valid than advice from someone who takes their vessel on short trips through treacherous tidal races ?

Do we value the advice from a fair weather sailor less than one that only puts to sea when everyone else is sensibly in the bar?

 

[alldownwind]

Perhaps along the lines of:
If total posts divided by annual sea miles is >1, then ignore any advice?

 

[pyrojames]

I'd be suprised if you find many people who have drifted across oceans and not played with tidal races too. To get the stage of drifting across oceans, at least as a skipper, they are going to have a lot of mucking about in coastal waters too.

Lots of sea miles can be gained by people who sail everyweek, not just from crossing oceans, so I think they are a pretty good indication of experience.

 

[whipper_snapper]

While it may not be an issue in determining post value, I think that mile quality is an issue in evaluating sailing experience.

I have on several occasions had crew dumped on me who claimed many 1,000's of miles and thought they were god's gift, but were utterly useless. On closer examination, their experience was essentially 1 Atlantic crossing. You build-up a lot of experiences very fast when you mess about close inshore in N. European waters.

So I suggest the formula might be ( (sea miles x 0.1 x no of different harbours visited) / no of posts)


Any refinements on that? What about a factor for position on board?

 

[ccscott49]

What a load of old bowlocks!

Do I ignore an answer on the forum from an engineer who has zero sea miles, but is a [--word removed--] hot engineer?

Havent you folks got something else to do?

This post has got to be the most un thought out piece of junk on here, bloody hell!
/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I'm off to the bar! Well not actually offshore at the present time!

 

[Koeketiene]

As you said: miles on their own don't mean much.
It's also miles 'doing what?' - couple of races sitting on the windward side, or as skipper cruising?

So to refine your calculations: miles as skipper should count double.

 

[claymore]

Dear Heart informs me that whilst I have about 378 air miles from my credit card, these are being dropped and won't be of much use anywhere. Will I be able to use them here?

 

[flaming]

I normally judge people's suitability by their posts. It's normally pretty obvious on here who hasn't got the faintest clue what they're talking about, and who really has been there and done it.

And the even rarer bunch who have been there, done it, got the T-shirt but are still open to new ideas and trying new things.

 

[whipper_snapper]

I suspect you have made the mistake of taking me seriously. If this forum was confined to issues of real significance, it would be pretty quiet. So enjoy the bar, and no trivial conversations please.

 

[pyrojames]

Something like:

R=[(Om/2+(Cm+FPorts*10)^TR)Sk+(Om/5+((Cm+FPorts*10)/2)^TR)Cr]/posts

Where Om is ocean miles, Cm is coastal miles, Fports is foreign ports, TR is tidal range in metres, Sk is for skipper and Cr is for crew!

 

[flaming]

[ QUOTE ]
Something like:

R=[(Om/2+(Cm+FPorts*10)^TR)Sk+(Om/5+((Cm+FPorts*10)/2)^TR)Cr]/posts

Where Om is ocean miles, Cm is coastal miles, Fports is foreign ports, TR is tidal range in metres, Sk is for skipper and Cr is for crew!

[/ QUOTE ]

You missed off paper qualifications held, anchor type(s) used, length of beard, strongest wind strength claimed and best position in the RTI!
I think they should all be factors!

 

[jimi]

8.85735E+28

 

[Roberto]

ok but what about anchor threads ?

someone having spent most time at anchor without moving would not be qualified to speak about anchoring, correct ?

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[pyrojames]

I think beard length is function of ocean miles so that would be double accounting! You also need to deduct miles under power and intergrate it over the wind speed in beaufort. Tropical storms encountered get double points (but only if you survived), number of racing stories and 1/RTI positions get added to the "posts" in the bottom line. :0

 

[Sgeir]

[ QUOTE ]
8.85735E+28

[/ QUOTE ]Only if the parameters for the bound and 2.68 EV levels have been modified to preserve the cross section values and shapes in the thermal regions as described by YO70 and YO71, along with the higher resonance capture integral suggested by integral and production experiments. IMHO of course.

 

[pyrojames]

Of course not! If they have only anchored once succesfully how much experience do they have? They need to have dragged, reanchored, bumped into someone else, dropped the hook over someone elses chain and woken up an anchorage at 3 am, then they can make comment! Sheesh. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[sarabande]

[ QUOTE ]
Only if the parameters ...suggested by integral and production experiments

[/ QUOTE ]

but surely on Thursday ONLY, otherwise it's transgression of Neptune's amendment to the Bar Law ("Opening time is a function of available drinkers expressed as a proportion of the under-counter stock to the wind strength outside, limited only by cash reserves") ?

 

[chas]

One of the more important factors must surely be whether the poster is entitled to wear a blue ensign.