Where is it with saily boats

[Scillypete]

First get out of the marina

Try to sail

Head for the mark

We've rounded the mark

Any ideas then

 

[johnalison]

er, no pics

 

[Jonny_H]

Not Garda or Como

Lake Constance or Zurich perhaps?

 

[davel]

Dunno, but that first pic is an X332.

 

[Scillypete]

Yeah working on it but they don't seem to want to come up. must be doing something slightly wrong

 

[Helina]

Did you run out of fuel ? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[johnalison]

Funny, looks like the others have it.

 

[Scillypete]

Cracked it, nobody correct so far.

 

[davel]

No, just did a cut and paste of the address into my browser.

I can't spot what's wrong with the Mark-Up.

 

[Scillypete]

Er, thats not connected, engine fresh water pump was seized and then the forestay parted, not a great day out.

 

[longjohnsadler]

Somewhere in France

 

[Scillypete]

No but 'tis on the continent.

 

[Helina]

Switzerland , Lake Geneva ?

 

[Jonny_H]

Austria?

 

[Lakesailor]

Lake Leman, Switzerland

 

[Scillypete]

Correct Lake Geneva, racing in the Bol D'or 2001 to be precise.

 

[LymingtonPugwash]

Two points to make on pics posted:-

1) The sailing lot look bored silly and asleep... no wonder they don't make it look enjoyable.... not even a glass of something in sight!

2) Scillypete said: "Er, thats not connected, engine fresh water pump was seized and then the forestay parted, not a great day out." ..... Why did you need a gert great lifeboat for? Don't you paddle/swim pulling the boat/get a fellow sailor to tow you/ or any of the other zillion things one should do rather than calling out the RNLI? No wonder they're going bankrupt! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Take the missus along in future, so that she can jump in the water with the tow line between her teeth and give you a tow! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Scillypete]

You're obviously on a wind up but as you have used insufficient tongue in cheek I am going to bite hook line and sinker.
1. It was a long race not just round a few cans a couple of hundred metres apart, have you ever been out on a trapeze for up to ten hours, if so you too may have a long face. Its not easy to keep the banter going all day long and if someone does it can also be very annoying. Yes we did have the occassional drop of wine and port as the bilges were well stocked but as I said it was a long race which took us over 16 hours and if we had been drinking from the start we would not have finished. It was probably one of the most enjoyable races that I've done if only from the point of view of the challenge of trying to sail on a lake with very light and shifty winds to begin with and fairly strong and cold winds once it got dark. The cold air fairly blew off the mountains.

2. This incident was mentioned and discussed on here some two years ago when it happened. But as you have obviously missed it and I don't remember you being there so how can you decide what was required, so I shall put you straight, We were sailing for home (Scilly) the engine was out of action as the fresh water pump was seized. We had a fair wind which was forecast to rise to force 7, but as it was on the beam we were going great guns, we had one reef in the main and only about a third of the genoa out and were about to put a second reef in the main when the forestay parted. At this point we were right in the middle of the TSS between Lands end and Scilly not a good spot to be having a bit of bother. Now we could, eventually have rigged it up to possibly sail toward Scilly but the conditions made it extremely difficult, especially trying to get a forestay that is horizontal from the masthead and whipping about under control when the roller reefing line and the sheets are getting caught under fittings etc and ripping them off the deck is not easy. we were lucky to keep the mast up and finally secure the forestay when it landed by chance in the cockpit and one of the crew grabbed it but it still lifted him off deck (15st) so we lashed it there. The coastguard called out the lifeboat for the tow after we put out a Pan Pan there were no other vessels except some fairly big ships which is no suprise as we were in the shipping lane.
Here in Scilly we have a proper job gert great lifeboat to cope with the gert great seas which often lash our coasts.
I for one am glad that they came as the service was excellent and professional and embarrassing for us as we live in a small community and know all the crew. To the coastguard and the lifeboat crew it is far better to be called out early to tow people in rather than to be out there looking for bodies.

LymingtonPugwash I wish you trouble free sailing and hope that you never need rescuing which you shouldn't as you have obviously never ventured far out to sea where the conditions might just catch you out one day.