Under sail this season . . .

[Nick]

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Got a CD through the post from Richard, the skipper of Swift, an HR42 we met in Lochinver and again in Lerwick in June. He took a couple of shots of us rounding Point of Stoer. It's always great to have pix of your own boat under sail, but sadly rare. Anyone else got any pix of their boat under sail this season?

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Thanks Richard

[Booby Trapper]

No, but as you know I have some with a sail under

[Mark]

Snot my boat but I was rather glad a friend got a shot of me on the wire last week:

[Silkie]

Who's the skinny guy on the helm in this one Jim?

[Silkie]

You wanna come and play yet?

I thought you'd never ask me again.

I'm off for a mini-cruise starting tomorrow with the last of this year's holiday entitlement but have a whole new year starting on 1st September. Keep me in mind for any adventures which might suit a person af my age and infirmity.

[Silkie]

Who's the skinny guy on the helm in this one Jim?

I'll have you know that no effort or expense has been spared in maintaining my shape.

Not intended as sarcasm. Maybe it's just my monitor/eyesight but I thought you looked in fine trum.

[Caer Urfa]

Whats so unusual about these pictures taken of me sailing back to the Tyne??
I sail all years round and these were taken in -14 deg C in January!

[Silkie]

Whats so unusual about these pictures taken of me sailing back to the Tyne??

That you had someone sailing with you to take the pics?

[Caer Urfa]

98% of the time I sail alone, pictures taken by a boat going back to Amble who know me

[bosun higgs]

yes. this is us racing:

and

Having a problem in the second photo as the wind was gusting 25kn

[aquaplane]

Mr L Sailor get's the credit for this one of Chiron:


Peviously published elsewhere. There are other good ones too.

Not got one of Carousell with the sails up.

One of Stormy going solo:

[Aja]

yes. this is us

and

Having a problem in the second photo as the wind was gusting 25kn

Pulling down tight on the lazy guy will stop most if not all of that windward roll......


Donald

[bosun higgs]

Pulling down tight on the lazy guy will stop most if not all of that windward roll......


Donald

Thanks Donald. I wasnt on board at the time but the stand in skipper is an experienced racer and the photo caught him just at the point that they were trying to react. I believe they centred the main, let out the spinny halyard and sheeted in hard on the lazy side.

To my irritation, they won without me!

[Aja]

Pulling down tight on the lazy guy will stop most if not all of that windward roll......


Donald

Thanks Donald. I wasnt on board at the time but the stand in skipper is an experienced racer and the photo caught him just at the point that they were trying to react. I believe they centred the main, let out the spinny halyard and sheeted in hard on the lazy side.

To my irritation, they won without me!

Letting out the spinnaker halyard will increase the tendency to roll. It allows the head of the spinnaker to pull the masthead sideways (float). If you have the wing keeled 35 it wont have as good a grip as the deeper keeled 35 either. All these things are buttock tightening!!!!

Donald

[Booby Trapper]

I'm no expert in the dark art of spinnakering but how common is it to have a reef in the main and still be flying a kite?