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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 7:19:44 GMT
Another sailing dinghy which always intrigued me was the tiny GRP boat with a deep bilge and an arrangement where the skipper lies down inside the boat with just his or her head protruding and all controls are to hand.
I think they have foot operated rudder.
We used to see them around Trowlock island sometimes. I recently saw several unused and unfitted bare moulds on stands at Millwall sailing club and also noticed some at Bisham Abbey on the Thames.
Very intriguing design but probably not successful as only ever seen a few of them.
In the right situation it looked interesting but doubtful as to whether it would plane.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 13:19:14 GMT
Here's two other exotic species of sailboat. This is a 'Moth', designed to plane on a slender hydrofoil. Those weighing more than 12 stone need not apply. And this is the current Olympic boat, a 49er. Very light, very fast, and very unstable.
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Post by JohnV on Apr 9, 2021 13:25:26 GMT
I was jusst looking for a picture of a "Hornet" the fastest sailing dinghy I ever had a go on ...... all the pictures I have found were using a trapeze whereas the one I sailed had a "plank" or as it was more commonly called "a ducking stool"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 14:01:01 GMT
I was jusst looking for a picture of a "Hornet" the fastest sailing dinghy I ever had a go on ...... all the pictures I have found were using a trapeze whereas the one I sailed had a "plank" or as it was more commonly called "a ducking stool" Perhaps like this? I daydreamed about such a device once, but I'm more contemplating a bespoke bit of metalwork fixed to the thwart and soles which you might attach a harness to. It would also serve as a backrest if anybody needed a break.
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Post by JohnV on Apr 9, 2021 14:55:05 GMT
I was jusst looking for a picture of a "Hornet" the fastest sailing dinghy I ever had a go on ...... all the pictures I have found were using a trapeze whereas the one I sailed had a "plank" or as it was more commonly called "a ducking stool" Perhaps like this? I daydreamed about such a device once, but I'm more contemplating a bespoke bit of metalwork fixed to the thwart and soles which you might attach a harness to. It would also serve as a backrest if anybody needed a break.
rapid tacking across a narrow waterway could be ......... challenging
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 15:02:52 GMT
Perhaps like this? I daydreamed about such a device once, but I'm more contemplating a bespoke bit of metalwork fixed to the thwart and soles which you might attach a harness to. It would also serve as a backrest if anybody needed a break.
rapid tacking across a narrow waterway could be ......... challenging It was with long hikes close to the wind in mind. Changing tack... something like ease off the wind and unclip first, perhaps. Its born of the reality that when you have your arse over the gunwale there is not much to hold onto except the jib sheet.
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Post by JohnV on Apr 9, 2021 15:22:23 GMT
Must have been late 50's when I had a go ...... most of my later sailing was in things a bit bigger and a bit more sedate Screenshot_2021-04-09 084 by mudlarker, on Flickr
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Post by thebfg on Apr 10, 2021 16:06:16 GMT
Here's two other exotic species of sailboat. This is a 'Moth', designed to plane on a slender hydrofoil. Those weighing more than 12 stone need not apply. And this is the current OlympicΒ boat, a 49er. Very light, very fast, and very unstable.
A friend and I got our hands on a free 49er. Far too much for us to handle. Being beginners and all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 16:35:33 GMT
Here's two other exotic species of sailboat. This is a 'Moth', designed to plane on a slender hydrofoil. Those weighing more than 12 stone need not apply. And this is the current Olympic boat, a 49er. Very light, very fast, and very unstable.
A friend and I got our hands on a free 49er. Far too much for us to handle. Being beginners and all. Sails and everything? Pretty good going if its more-or-less complete. Try it mainsail only on a calm-ish day and work up. Or buy something less racey to practice with. Or join a club. I expect it will have a hire-boat or two for members.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 16:37:32 GMT
My boats have spinny round things rather than sticky up things with flappy bits.
Seems to be a whole lot less agro to me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 17:16:51 GMT
My boats have spinny round things rather than sticky up things with flappy bits. Seems to be a whole lot less agro to me. I wonder, when Mr Bligh made his 47-day, 3,618-mile voyage in a 23-foot launch from Tofua to East Timor, how much fuel he would have needed to have carried had his boat been reliant on engine power?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 17:20:12 GMT
3600 miles 3.6mph 1 litre an hour A tonne of the red stuff. Did I do good math sir? ETA double it for reality and add a half. 3 tonnes. I have actually just been measuring up the deck on Dulcinea for barrels of red funnily enough it's for a trip to East Timor next month Strange coincidence isn't it. Seems I will have to stop en route for bunkering several times.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 17:22:07 GMT
Full marks. How big would that fuel tank be?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 17:23:48 GMT
A small vessel like that would probably need to have a tender behind full of diesel.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 17:33:54 GMT
Or you could just have a sail. Much simpler, no?
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