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    Posted: 03 May 09 at 9:54pm
Beaten by our old boat this weekend, tried out the new mainsail with the
knaff battens started off well enough, battled and hung onto the five oh,
then we got gusted, flipped and nothing was quite the same after that.

Gusty offshore 3-4 which became a 5, some creaming reaches and some
aweful holes really enjoyable until we stacked it, after which we lost
Cunningham and the Gnav developed a mind of its own and the plate
wouldn't stay down.

Then our old 500 passed us how bad is that?

Haven't figured out all that went wrong yet some of my mods might not
have been as effective in strong wind as they are in the lighter airs we've
been dogged with this year to date.

And I've told that crew not to bleed all over the boat...


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I shall see you then and will come and take a look at your little beauty of a boat then. It did look good (but that was from a distance).
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Yes,  I think so.  I have to modify the rig first - I wouldn't want it to collapse on anyone!  I will be there in the afternoon, once I have done my sailability stint at Grafham.
the same, but different...

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Originally posted by winging it


So then did you see a weird little red boat out, with a moth rig but that obviously wasn't a moth?

I did indeed. It did look very Moth like in the absence of any other Moths!

The only problem was I didn't get much chance to look because I was too busy trying to keep the rest of the Laser fleet behind me. Will you have it out again on the friends and family day?
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You've got her on the wanter, then, Nessa? Does she work? Photos, please!
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Originally posted by jeffers

Was out at Hunts for the first time on a Sunday in a while. The wind was strange, there seemed to be 2 different gradient winds fighting for supremacy. Once the southerly got it's way thing stabilised though. Shame I was not about for the final race of the day as the wind looked to have stablised. Still managed to show the Laser fleet round the course though


So then did you see a weird little red boat out, with a moth rig but that obviously wasn't a moth?
the same, but different...

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Was down at Stone SC for the 505 event there

Wind was nothing like forecast - it was much better.  20 to 25 on Saturday and then built all day Sunday from 10 to 20

Awesome sailing, some good racing and smiles all around when back on shore

 

God I hurt this morning - my bruises have bruises and my hands have lumps missing from a 'controlled' spinnaker dump

 
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Was out at Hunts for the first time on a Sunday in a while. The wind was strange, there seemed to be 2 different gradient winds fighting for supremacy. Once the southerly got it's way thing stabilised though. Shame I was not about for the final race of the day as the wind looked to have stablised. Still managed to show the Laser fleet round the course though
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Originally posted by ratface

oi! we gybed perfectly fine... started
a drop and the rudder wouldn't let me bear away as a
wave made us go sideways!! jib has a hole in it, and the
rig didnt fall down but the bow ring came off as the rib
tried to right us


Sorry, the rudder won't let you bear away cause of a
wave, was this in hertfordshire?.....mmmmmm! I'm
intrigued.
I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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