What Sailing Problems do You Have?

Searush said:
The Vikings used to do it regularly in Scotland. Easy enough with a trailer sailer, not sure how you could do it without being spotted tho.
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If they do not use any mechanical aids but just sails and muscle power, then why not? (Assuming we exclude anything under a ton or two).
 
Russell_Sea said:
Hi guys, this is a strange question. I'm an Entrepreneur and sailing nut, out looking for some problems to solve. So if you've got a problem or something that stresses you about sailing, speak now or forever hold your peace. :D

What Sailing Problems do You Have?

If I can't help, who knows, another forum member might point you in the right direction!

Thanks everyone.
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Tomorrow's Euromillionnaire numbers??
 
RichardS said:
OK - here's a real problem.

Is there a way of hauling up a large, heavily-roached catamaran sail, which therefore needs full-length batons, without the baton-ends getting continually caught in the lazy jacks (which requires the sail to be temporarily dropped again) unless the helmsman is 100.00% accurate at holding the bow directly into the wind?


Richard
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Get haystacks. You could probably do away with the lazyjacks if you learn to flake like a man.
 
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Originally Posted by Searush
The Vikings used to do it regularly in Scotland. Easy enough with a trailer sailer, not sure how you could do it without being spotted tho.
If they do not use any mechanical aids but just sails and muscle power, then why not? (Assuming we exclude anything under a ton or two).
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Same techniques as in the crossing into the Baltic from the Eider lakes and the Baltic 'High road to Micklegaard' into the Russian rivers;
Ox teams, skids, runners fixed on boats- big trading boats too, grease/tallow lube, PuLLLL!

It was an established system with whole villages geared up to the seasonal traffic, causeways built across bogs, the works.
 
I'm having problems with stepping the mast on my own. Unstepping it is not a problem.
I wonder if Russell could help here?


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Searush said:
The Vikings used to do it regularly in Scotland. Easy enough with a trailer sailer, not sure how you could do it without being spotted tho.
If they do not use any mechanical aids but just sails and muscle power, then why not? (Assuming we exclude anything under a ton or two).
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Tidewaiter2 said:
Same techniques as in the crossing into the Baltic from the Eider lakes and the Baltic 'High road to Micklegaard' into the Russian rivers;
Ox teams, skids, runners fixed on boats- big trading boats too, grease/tallow lube, PuLLLL!

It was an established system with whole villages geared up to the seasonal traffic, causeways built across bogs, the works.
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Ahh, someone old enough to remember doing it. Always good to hear from personal experience. :p
 
Searush said:
Oooh, ouch, that's a Westerly 25 (I had one as my first boat) and the rig is seriously over specc'd, AND it's in a tabernacle. That has taken some serious hit.
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I like that, nice boat ;) Googled the Windrush 25 - Yuck! Not so pretty - shame, still has an outboard :eek: Must be a big one for that size of boat 2185KG :eek: Can't find the HP of one....problem!? Having said that I suppose a 10HP would do the job!

My father should have got one but he always thought anything over a 21' was big, he didn't ever sail single handed either...
 
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The 25 & the Windrush could have either an inboard or outboard & there are plenty of good examples of both still around. The Windrush (like the Nomad 22) had the cabin extended out to the gunwhales to increase interior accomodation. All designed by D A Rayner.
 
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