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JimC 
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Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662 |
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 Topic: FitnessPosted: 13 Feb 05 at 6:20am |
I was having a related discussion with a lady who sails 14s and we both agreed that (both being significantly more mature than you are Lucy) that its the kite hoists and drops that really take us out. Might be worth rigging up a sack of sand on a pulley to pull up the back of the house too. |
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Lucy Lee
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Joined: 17 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 276 |
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Posted: 12 Feb 05 at 5:26pm |
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Back to the original topic of fitness. We are trying to get a bit less lardy for the sailing season and were thinking about setting up a 'trapezing bench' in the garden. The idea is that it would be simillar to a hiking bench in that we could do a few minutes each day, teaching our cerebellums where the kickbars and gunwhale are, and how much to duck to get under the boom on the tacks and gybes. We were going to put down four wooden planks at the right distance apart, fix a hook to the balcony for the trapeze wires and put up one horizontal bar at boom height. Has anyone seen or used anything like this? Any suggestions about alternatives to digging up the garden? |
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Fly Cherub!
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Tornado_ALIVE
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Joined: 07 Nov 04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 611 |
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Posted: 21 Jan 05 at 5:50am |
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Mate.... Us Aussies CAN handle our drink. You just have to make room for more and you can only pee so quick Anyway of to a cocktail crawl in Newtown (Sydney) |
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Rob.e
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Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 7:41pm |
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Yacking works the stomach muscles too!
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Stefan Lloyd
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Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 12:07pm |
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How charming. Edited by Stefan Lloyd |
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Phil eltringham
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Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
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Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 10:49am |
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Head in a bowl Stephen? Once again proving that Aussies can't handle their drink!!
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FLAT IS FAST!
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Tornado_ALIVE
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Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 9:10am |
As any skiff or cat sailor can tell you, the training regime of champions is a quick sprint up to the bar after you de rig. Then work on your upper body lifting those schooner glasses. |
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terraslazer
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Joined: 19 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 50 |
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Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 7:42am |
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hey This is my first post! Does anyone kno if and where you can buy a hiking bench because to be honest i dont have the time n effort to make one. thanx for da help!!! |
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Laser Radial For Sale For Details And Pictures See
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Blobby
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Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 5:14am |
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Hiking bench: Go to an apple farm and acquire a proper apple box (1/4" thick wood not the namby pamby 1/8" rubbish from the fruit stalls). Put the box upside down on the floor. Nail a 6 ft length of 4 x 2 to each short side to stop if falling over. Screw some toe strap material to the 4 x 2's at a suitable distance away from the box to match you boat. Put 1/2" foam padding on the top to make it comfy. Install infront of tele where it will annoy anybody else who lives in the house. If you are really keen, fix up a rope on each side attached to some bungy cord to pretend to play mainsheets with... And if you are a computer genius, hook it all up to the latest version of Sailing Simulator so you can even pretend to sail at the same time... |
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redback
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Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502 |
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Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 9:10pm |
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I know I should do more exercise - my sailing would improve no end. I've sailed a 49er a couple of times. They require good agility and strength - after 20 minutes I'm knackered (well certainly when crewing). I told my fit 20 year old son about this, he said,"agility and strength - they call that athleticism - that's something you haven't got". |
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Later in the night you should finish up working those abbs whilst your hear is in the bowl 
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