Who said the season is ending?

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MapisM

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Yeah, I know it's alt who said that. And TBH, he also specified "but not over..." in the title of his thread.

Otoh, down here in the middle of the Med, where I'm much nearer to Africa than to the rest of Europe, weatherwise the season doesn't give the impression to be ending at all, let alone being over.
Below is how it looked like during this weekend. And the forecasts for this coming week are pretty much similar! :)
I hope those who will see this in a cold working monday will enjoy a couple of short virtual escapes to warmer places... :p

First of all, the beaches aren't crowded anymore, therefore it's nice to enjoy them and not waste any fuel, for a change:
 
...then again, when you've got spots like this just round the corner (but only reachable by boat), it's worth burning some drops of diesel! :cool:
 
Well, we were out yesterday: UK south coast - pretty foul - rain, gale warning... Not too cold though and we had a nice time. ;)
 
You keep on pushing me to come over to Sardegna during the after season,
I have to admid that this attempt is the most convincing ! :)
 
Wow P, those videos!! That water is amazing. Someday i'll ask myself "why keep my boat in Ireland" ... careful though, the last thing the Med gang needs is me down there!!
 
Well I thought something was wrong with my audio when I played the first video, no music?!

It must have been rushed through the editing department ;)

Looks a fabulous destination btw :)
 
MapisM, nice videos, thanks

I'm curious about your trim tabs. Do they serve a noticeable purpose at your normal cruising speed (10kts?). I may have missed it but I haven't really noticed builders fitting tabs to D speed boats. Does your Azz go to 17 knot-ish semi planning speeds if you open the taps? What's the story?
 
Dunno about MapisM's boat but on mine I never even think about the tabs at D speed. They are effective if I open the taps. But not like a planing hull where you can steer on the tabs. I think I could go around in a circle if I really put my mind to it but it would have a blimmin big radius. Mostly they just bring the bow down a bit.
 
Thanks folks for the appreciation, and apologies for the late follow-up.
Trouble is, today we had some sustained wind, 20kts or so, though luckily blowing from SE, hence pretty warm.
Therefore, on one hand I couldn't be bothered to move the boat, having to rinse her afterwards for the spray (talk about laziness crisis...), but OTOH we happen to have another beach on the island which is very well sheltered from southern winds, so we couldn't resist going for yet another day at sea, before a late dinner with some friends! :cool:
I didn't bring the GoPro this time, but the landscape was worth a few mobile pics anyway, for good measure - see below.

Before that, in reply to your above Qs:

@BartW: don't mention food... Actually S didn't use the galley at all lately, 'cause various local friends wanted to reciprocate the boat cruises and kept inviting us for dinner.
But since I know that you appreciate, I will post one pic also on this subject! :)

@AndieMac: sorry, I just realised that youtube removed the "Grantchester Meadows" soundtrack.
Phew, good to know that EMI will not go bust because of my video.... :p
Here's the original version, for those who don't want to miss what is surely the best part of the clip!
http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mapism/media/Various/Beach_zps8837ba4e.mp4.html

@jfm: those two plates are fixed, not trimmable. Actually, their angle could be modified by mean of manual screws, but I never bothered testing different positions, and I always left them level with the hull (or at zero trim, in other words), as I found them when I bought her.
I think the idea is to give a bit more of lift to the stern, when going just above hull speed, with the bow beginning to "climb" above the water a bit (as also benjenbav said).
Though on my rather heavy boat, I don't think they really make a meaningful difference, even at 10+ kts, let alone at normal cruise speed, which is between 8 and 9.
In fact, the boat can reach 12kts flat out, but only because she's overpowered for a D hull, not because the hull is built for anything above D speed..
Anyhow, I did see something similar on Linssen steel D hulls, whose last 10" or so of the hull bottom (along the whole stern width) is raked downward.

And now a few pics of the day, just to not lose my touch in rubbing it in... :D

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Last but not least, here's a small culinary o/t, inspired by BartW comment.
Now, there's this local friend who happens to be a spicy food lover.
But he thinks that the quality and variety of chili which you normally find around is not good enough.
Therefore, he thought to grow in his garden about SIXTY different types of the stuff, drying them himself and preparing the powders for food preparation.
Below are a few samples which he gave us, together with a basket of some of the real things, just as a table decoration!
Talk about being food fanatics...
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Stunning pictures and stunning scenery! And the fresh self grown chilis don't look too bad either. Rubbing chili into wounds more like it... :)

I'd hazard a guess that the second to last pic has been enhanced a bit? There is a halo around the building where it meets the sky.

Re the plates: as they provide lift to stern, I guess it also serves the purpose of reducing the wake that follows the boat, which can be annoying to other boaters in inland waterways.
 
Yep K, well spot, guilty as charged! :)
Actually, for both the sunset pics I used a bit of contrast masking.
It's typical of cheap cameras (and it's also true for GoPro videos, btw) to struggle with high contrast images, loosing all details of both darker and lighter areas...

Re. the boat wake, actually I don't think the fixed tabs can do a lot for smoothing it.
I mean, D hulls are very efficient at creating almost no wake, when used at the speeds they are designed for.
Just as an example, in a few occasions I cruised next to a Ferretti 53', whose LWL is similar to mine.
And in spite of the fact that the F53 is 10+T lighter, her wake is much bigger, up to 9 knots or so (regardless of trim tab setting).
At that speed, I honestly doubt that those plates are doing anything at all, on my boat.
It's when the stern begins to "sink" in the boat's own wake, while approaching 10kts or so, that the sheer weight digs a big hole in the water, creating a huge wake. So, it's only at "almost SD" (so to speak) speed, that the plates might contribute a bit to lifting the stern. And in doing so, they are bound to extend a bit the area of pressure on the water.
But that's a speed which I would not even consider in inland waters, as well as in any other no-wake zones.
 
Ok, since I've already been accused to rub it in, I won't start a new thread this time.
Otoh, I though to officially end the 2013 collection with a last short video, after we had a swim in 24° water today... (yep, not a typo)!
I'll refrain from posting anything else if we'll have some comparably nice days also in November, I promise! :D
Njoy...
 
That's a shallow bay.....you non-tidal guys have got it made, no stress about water level variation :)

You would have to be happy still being able to swim with no wetsuit this far out of the summer season.
 
Nice video
And respect to you MapisM for nice anchoring with 0.5m of clear water under the keel. I always think teeth-sucking skippers who need minimum of 4m or whatever are a little bit wimpy. In my book, unless you're sometimes sucking some sand into the genset you need to move a bit closer to the edge :D Chapeau to you :D
 
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