Star

Now I know I'm new to sailing and everything but who has the Star at the top of their "ooh I wish I could sail that" list?

Neither of them look like their enjoying it, gold medal or not!

 

Edited by ellistine

why do star sailors use that odd stlye of hiking? I've not seen it absolutely anywhere else

Originally posted by Peter Rhodes why do star sailors use that odd stlye of hiking?

Its seen in some other leadmines. Ynglings and Solings I believe. I think the theory is that its a bit less work than straight leg hiking, but nearly as effective, especially when the boat heels.

For it to work the class has to permit toestraps (most keel boats don't), have lots of freeboard, and not be likely to suddenly heel to windward!

Mind you there are worse things about - the standard large leadmine method of hanging face down with your waist over a thin wire (called a life line!) in the "I am being seasick" position has to rank as about the silliest way to sail a boat at all, and there are boats that have neither toe straps nor the "lifelines" in which the crew lies vaguely along the gunwhale, and I think crews in the American scows, which have two daggerboards, one on each side, are sometimes seen balanced on the windward daggerboard!

I've been marvelling at the pictures of Chespeake Log Canoes- massive sailing canoes with three planks. Loose planks. To tack them, they pick the plank up, man handle it across, then wedge the end in under a lip in the middle of the boat. Two people out on each plank. Mental.

Originally posted by ASok The worst type of boats are the Sigma's - those toe rails really hurt your backside when hiking!

Get yer ass off the deck and hike harder then!