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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2021 18:54:43 GMT
I'm not sure I'll ever have the nerve to launch in conditions like this - tomorrow's prediction. But apart from the temperature, Tuesday looks more like the ideal scenario:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2021 19:01:27 GMT
Depends on the class of boat. There's a keen chap with a Musto Skiff who seems to have trained as a trapeze artist at some point. But if the Wayfarer goes I can't see how at least some swimming will be avoided. I also have a non-standard sail which is quite a bit smaller than the official item. I always meant to try it when the wind is really blowing but it may have more use as a training sail. In a Wafarer, others did the swimming, I staid onboard!
Edit to add - why the smaller sail - we just used to reef the sail.
So that the amount of sail showing looks more like a pair of knickers than a mainsail. As stated, perhaps to be tried in unusual circumstances. When the main is reefed, it loses some of its ability to assume the 'aerofoil' shape ideally needed. However if the wind really gets going my experience is that the point is moot.
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Post by Jim on Mar 11, 2021 11:12:27 GMT
In a Wafarer, others did the swimming, I staid onboard!
Edit to add - why the smaller sail - we just used to reef the sail.
So that the amount of sail showing looks more like a pair of knickers than a mainsail. As stated, perhaps to be tried in unusual circumstances. When the main is reefed, it loses some of its ability to assume the 'aerofoil' shape ideally needed. However if the wind really gets going my experience is that the point is moot. Today's the day to test the small sail Shirley.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 11:28:07 GMT
So that the amount of sail showing looks more like a pair of knickers than a mainsail. As stated, perhaps to be tried in unusual circumstances. When the main is reefed, it loses some of its ability to assume the 'aerofoil' shape ideally needed. However if the wind really gets going my experience is that the point is moot. Today's the day to test the small sail Shirley. You are not taking into account the wuss factor.
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Post by Jim on Mar 11, 2021 11:34:43 GMT
Today's the day to test the small sail Shirley. You are not taking into account the wuss factor. Well you are below Watford Gap, taken as read.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 11:43:34 GMT
If bored, read some of the cruising logs on the Wayfarer Association website. 'Last Tack at the Needles' is a good one.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 12:16:41 GMT
I checked on our sailing boat on the webcam today. It's sitting on the sand at the moment. Hopefully the wind will drop later. Its been afloat all winter on a fore and aft mooring. These strong winds always give me cause for concern.
Not much dinghy sailing last year either. Hopefully this year will be different.
Never sailed a Wayfarer, but the smaller Wanderer is a very nice boat to sail.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 12:53:16 GMT
I checked on our sailing boat on the webcam today. It's sitting on the sand at the moment. Hopefully the wind will drop later. Its been afloat all winter on a fore and aft mooring. These strong winds always give me cause for concern. Not much dinghy sailing last year either. Hopefully this year will be different. Never sailed a Wayfarer, but the smaller Wanderer is a very nice boat to sail. Yep, sailed a Wanderer, the one I was in had a metal centreboard which gave a very stable dynamic. Much the same deal but you can't lie down in it! I think a lot of dinghy sailors are blowing off the cobwebs about now. Apparently some are planning to launch this weekend but personally I don't feel like shivering to death just yet. I've heard of people being out there in high winds but I get the impression they more sort of found themselves in it rather than choosing to be there. I read an account of a Wayfarer that crossed the North sea from Wymondham to the Netherlands and encountered F7s along the way. I seem to remember that they ditched the main altogether and used the cruising genoa alone. Sounded bludy scary to me. There was a pic of rolling seas. I was on the Solent one day in what I believe to have been about a 6 and that was manageable (double-reefed). ETA not Wymondham - near Saxmundham.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 13:09:32 GMT
I checked on our sailing boat on the webcam today. It's sitting on the sand at the moment. Hopefully the wind will drop later. Its been afloat all winter on a fore and aft mooring. These strong winds always give me cause for concern. Not much dinghy sailing last year either. Hopefully this year will be different. Never sailed a Wayfarer, but the smaller Wanderer is a very nice boat to sail. Yep, sailed a Wanderer, the one I was in had a metal centreboard which gave a very stable dynamic. Much the same deal but you can't lie down in it! I think a lot of dinghy sailors are blowing off the cobwebs about now. Apparently some are planning to launch this weekend but personally I don't feel like shivering to death just yet. I've heard of people being out there in high winds but I get the impression they more sort of found themselves in it rather than choosing to be there. I read an account of a Wayfarer that crossed the North sea from Wymondham to the Netherlands and encountered F7s along the way. I seem to remember that they ditched the main altogether and used the cruising genoa alone. Sounded bludy scary to me. There was a pic of rolling seas. I was on the Solent one day in what I believe to have been about a 6 and that was manageable (double-reefed). My mid life crisis caused me to rush out and buy a dinghy. I have had a great blast in it the last few years, but finally think its time to trade it in for something more suitable for my age. I would love a Wayfarer or a Wanderer, but they are just too heavy. I was considering a Pacer dinghy, designed by Jack Holt. They are quite light, will take an outboard and can be rowed too. I have never sailed one, but guess they are like a bigger version of a Mirror dinghy, or perhaps an Enterprise or GP14. Its a bit too early for my sailing season to begin too. Usually get going mid April.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 13:14:32 GMT
Yep, sailed a Wanderer, the one I was in had a metal centreboard which gave a very stable dynamic. Much the same deal but you can't lie down in it! I think a lot of dinghy sailors are blowing off the cobwebs about now. Apparently some are planning to launch this weekend but personally I don't feel like shivering to death just yet. I've heard of people being out there in high winds but I get the impression they more sort of found themselves in it rather than choosing to be there. I read an account of a Wayfarer that crossed the North sea from Wymondham to the Netherlands and encountered F7s along the way. I seem to remember that they ditched the main altogether and used the cruising genoa alone. Sounded bludy scary to me. There was a pic of rolling seas. I was on the Solent one day in what I believe to have been about a 6 and that was manageable (double-reefed). My mid life crisis caused me to rush out and buy a dinghy. I have had a great blast in it the last few years, but finally think its time to trade it in for something more suitable for my age. I would love a Wayfarer or a Wanderer, but they are just too heavy. I was considering a Pacer dinghy, designed by Jack Holt. They are quite light, will take an outboard and can be rowed too. I have never sailed one, but guess they are like a bigger version of a Mirror dinghy, or perhaps an Enterprise or GP14. Its a bit too early for my sailing season to begin too. Usually get going mid April. Its not the lightest boat in the world, thats why I want a crew!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 13:18:08 GMT
Come to think of it we sailed the Medway one year after going up the Thames. It was a really rough entrance with wind over tide.We moored up in the shelter just around from Queenborough down one of the muddy creeks before heading on to Gillingham. We never made it further than that for some reason, but opted to head around the Isle of Sheppey before nipping back across the Thames estuary.
The water pump packed up somewhere near Faversham and we walked for miles on a very hot day before finding a very helpful man who replaced the seals and bearings that would get us home again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 13:29:44 GMT
Timing is everything! Doesn't look like the around Sheppey race will happen this year but always wanted to do it. Also St Mary's island to St. Catherine's dock would be good.
Water pump? You mean you were motoring?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 13:34:58 GMT
Water pump? You mean you were motoring? Well, it is a sailing boat, but has an inboard diesel engine. Sometimes turning the engine on is a necessary evil, especially where we moor our boat.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2021 9:57:30 GMT
I am still waiting for my used sail to come back from the loft...and in the meantime I've been renovating an older boom to use specifically with that sail. I peeked at the price of an asymmetric spinnaker...eek. And I've never sailed with the spinnaker even though the boat is rigged for it because symmetric ones are too much faff. I also have a snubber gleaned from a boat which was scrapped so I think I'll have a try at making that work. I also need a new cover. The old one has discombobulated. They're not cheap either.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2021 15:14:33 GMT
And yet another hiccup on the road to Nirvana. The drysuit I am intending to lend to exceptionally tall crew members (Musto HPX, no junk) has a problem with the latex neck and wrist seals. And since a drysuit that doesn't keep you dry is as much use as a sausage at a bar mitzvah (and a liability), its gone straight to the repair shop. Ready on April 15th. No sailing till then. Curses.
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