The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:24 pm
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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:26 pm
But for all of those who have sailed the islands, I would rather talk of navigation, and of anchorages.
Am I a communist? Not at all.
Well, perhaps a bit...
Am I a communist? Not at all.
Well, perhaps a bit...
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:41 pm
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:51 pm
One wonders what Slocum would have thought? 
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:56 pm
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:03 am
For those who like sailing...
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:08 am
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:16 am
The previous video is what got me into sailing.
This is me on my boat heading over to Catalina for the weekend a few years back.... with my ex...the one walking around...lol
This is me on my boat heading over to Catalina for the weekend a few years back.... with my ex...the one walking around...lol
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:22 am
G~Man. it was the same thing that made we want to be pilot.
I learned to sail on a dam in the old Transvaal (some 450 miles from the sea)...
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:52 am
Seems like it was a previous life when we crossed the blue Pacific on a 32" sloop (upwind) . Those were the days.
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 2:11 am
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:14 am
Ummm, let's change that to 32' eh?
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:29 am
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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:55 pm
Found it a bit worrisome watching that first prep video. Going up the mast on one halyard, with a perfectly good second halyard right next to it not being used as a safety rope.
Had a 25' wooden Folkboat as my first yacht.
Had a 25' wooden Folkboat as my first yacht.
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:32 pm
Nice---I have a Beneteau 343, a Hunter 26.5 and a McGregor hybrid....
They say that time spent on the water or in the air is not deducted from one's lifespan...
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:52 am
..depends whether your parachute opens
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:32 am
We're doing good as landings equal take offs.....
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:08 am
The F1 of the yachting world.
Equipped with a big purple cushion and a hooker pipe for the "strategist!"
Equipped with a big purple cushion and a hooker pipe for the "strategist!"
Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 4:34 pm
Interesting that very often they're running on three legs, not four. I guess that's based on wind pressure holding up one corner of the boat so the foil isn't needed and gets hauled out to reduce the drag.