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m_liddell 
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 Topic: Sailing without safety coverPosted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:26pm |
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Do you sail without safety cover? If so, what precuations do you take - tools, mobile (in waterproof pouch), radio, flares etc.? |
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Contender 541
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:29pm |
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It's written into our club lease that we cannot sail alone. Effectivly this means that we have either a safety boat on the water or a second boat for buddy sailing. When buddy sailing however I do not go out in winds that would require me to feel uncomfortable, and by uncomfortable I mean having the knowleage that I would like the safety boat on the water!! |
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les5269
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:32pm |
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At our club you cannot sail without safety cover ever. That said we have some form of cover at all times the water is open. |
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MRJP BUZZ 585
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:39pm |
I am guessing you mean sailing of a random beach in the sea In weymouth i don't worry about a mobile unless i am going outside the habour in which case i take a mobile and a paddle |
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tgruitt
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:48pm |
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Yes, i do sail without safety cover, i usually take some food, water and thats about it really. I dont have anything else to take...
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Jalani
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:02pm |
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When solo I carry a VHF, a paddle, water if it's hot and sometimes a mobile in a w/proof pack. On previous boats I've also carried a folding anchor but the Stealth doesn't have any hatches so now I omit that item as there's nowhere to stow it.
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Far too old to still be doing this......
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Jimbob
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:03pm |
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I often sailed a Laser at Largs and round the Cumbrae Island without any safety cover in winds varying from F2 to F5. I always fitted a rope doubling up the toe strap as a breakage there can mean you fall overboard very suddenly. I also tied the mainsheet to my ankle so I would not become separated from the boat no matter what, and I carried a knife just in case.
That was in the days before mobile phones. Now sailing any boat on the sea without cover I would carry one in a waterproof container. I now sail an RS 600 and if I did the same thing in it I would double up on the forestay and shrouds with ropes in case of breakages, lengthen the mainsheet, tie it to my ankle and carry a knife. |
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m_liddell
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:18pm |
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I ask since at most clubs the only time there is safety cover is for racing. On the south coast a lot of people seem to routinely sail with no safety cover and don't worry about it too much. There is no other way to put the time in on the water short of having a mate in a rib as a chase boat. |
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:31pm |
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I often sail with no cover - I always take drink and a mobile phone in a BoxIt case. I also carry an EZ Out Gerber knife. Rick Edited by Guest#260 |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:45pm |
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when i go out without a safety boat, we carry a knife and a paddle. we dont go anyhting we arent comfortable in. and we tend not to go out in northerlies because its a long paddle upwind if you're tired, or an even longer drift across 2 shipping channels to the isle f wight. not the end of the world but its not going to be fun. we always tell someone when we expect to be back and most of the time one of my parents are down there because i cant get the sails and foils to the club on my bike.
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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