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Webmuppet 
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Joined: 11 Mar 06 Location: Suffolk Online Status: Offline Posts: 534 |
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 Topic: Who was out this weekend?.....Posted: 11 Dec 10 at 5:18pm |
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Had a lovely sail in our Graduate (single handed) - a lovely bright winters day at Alton Water, five boats out making the most of a relatively mild day (+ 7 degrees C), very theraputic and just what the doctor ordered,
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I am the milkman of human kindness, I will leave an extra pint (Billy Bragg)
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ex laser
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Posted: 11 Dec 10 at 6:08pm |
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no ice on our pond today!
hope to have a good race tomorrow. |
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ham4sand
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Joined: 27 Jul 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 452 |
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Posted: 11 Dec 10 at 7:50pm |
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AWESOME days sailing today at draycote!!!
first proper wind for weeks! hints of white horses at times in the gusty conditions aswell :) a brilliant feeling to see a moth foiling along beside you downwind in the cherub, and not going any faster 17knots on GPS peak :) cold though :/
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John Hamilton
cherub 2645 - cheese before bedtime cherub 3209 - anatidaephobia laser 176847 - kiss this |
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crosby mafia
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Joined: 18 Jan 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 62 |
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Posted: 12 Dec 10 at 10:32pm |
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We were out at Crosby today.
Saturday we had no ice, go down this morning to find a thin sheet of ice on a sea water filled lake ! A few good runs with the safety boats saw more of a slush. Cool and very little wind but we got out and got rid of some heavy heads after last night club Christmas party.
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Better a crap day in Abersoch than any day at work.
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Neptune
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Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314 |
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Posted: 13 Dec 10 at 9:21am |
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Musto Skiff and Solo sailor
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Guests
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Posted: 13 Dec 10 at 12:27pm |
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A few boats out at Pevensey. We volunteered to do safety boat. The sun was out, light winds but enough and flat sea.
We set a shortish course aiming for 3 lap races lasting about 30 mins. Didn't suit the single cat of course but the light winds meant he was going to struggle anyway.
.........those warps and chains were very cold when we pulled them out
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radixon
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Posted: 13 Dec 10 at 6:39pm |
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Lake frozen in Hillingdon, first time this year.
I believe water will only freeze when wind is light to nothing. When its blowing, it cant freeze as easily. Lets hope there is no snow this weekend, I want to sail, last time before Christmas. |
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Villan
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Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768 |
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Posted: 13 Dec 10 at 6:55pm |
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Turned up with kit and sails - first time in 6+months I was free and able to sail - and the lake was frozen over! Gah!
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Vareo - 149 "Secrets"
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alstorer
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Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899 |
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Posted: 27 Mar 11 at 9:54pm |
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So, lets reanimate this thread. Back to the TT circuit, with a disappointing six boats at Rutland for B14 TT1. Sharing the racecourse with the 49ers and Mustos. Yesterday was cold. Very cold. A lot windier than midweek forecasts had predicted. Windier than forecasts that morning predicted. But cold. Oh so cold. Having taken a dip, my helm was in the early stages of hypothermia after two races, so we missed the further two- long gaps between races didn't help- we were last, but even we had ages to wait. Frustrating from an otherwise good race team- it wasn't as if marks were being shifted around. This morning we were running rather better, in much less wind. Many failed to make it to the start in time- laziness to blame rather than mis-set alarm clocks in most cases. B14 fleet came together somewhat, and during the first down wind leg in the first race even we found ourselves leading- unheard of. The lottery soon helped sort things out, but we did avoid last places in both races which made us happy. As we headed for shore, with racing over, the sun started to breakthrough... Edited by alstorer - 27 Mar 11 at 9:54pm |
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 27 Mar 11 at 10:09pm |
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We had a superb day at Hythe, light Easterly about 5-8knots, so rigged the big sail, byt the time I launched it was 10 knots, which climbed to 12 knots as the 10 minut went, co-inciding with my first trip into irons.
Banged on loads of downhaul (I'd re routed my downhaul to get maximum travel the day before) that worked, went up wind a bit, tried bearing off... Not a chance, dumped kicker, still no way, tacked over, went inshore managed a bear off close in got back down to the line, watched the whitecaps appearing downwind decided discretion was the better option, not wanting to be the main rescue boat botherer this time of year and kicked myself for not sticking to the 8.4... Very dispirited, have two options now, sell the damn thing or go on a vacation to somewhere like that Minorca place and see if i can learn how to sail it.
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