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Skiffybob 
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 Topic: Who was out this weekend?.....Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 12:12pm |
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12ft Skiff - Gordon Keeble and the Furry Fly-by
AC - GBR271 - Whoosh B49 - Island Alchemy |
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ifoxwell
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 11:48am |
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I really think you should be leaving the 10.2 in the bag all the time Graham
I found the 8.4 to much most of the time... the trouble with an unstayed rig is that you put all the power in the sail in the hands of the mast and sail designer and as they were trying to cater for the fat people as well its all pretty powerful. The normal trick of dumping the kicker to bear away starts by straightening the mast and powering up the sail just at the time you don't want it. I found that if I wasnt big enough to power through the zone then it was hard work, the trick was to dump a load of main, get some windward heal and then drive it hard through the manoeuvre quite quickly but it was real easy to over cook it and screw it in to windward On the other hand the 10 odd sq m on the Blaze is much easier even with a stiff alli, mast simply because you can loose all the power out of the top of the sail with the kicker and then the leverage from the wings helps me push it through. Ian
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 11:21am |
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I've identified my 'threshold' at 10 knots, above that and I start having serious issues with that big rig.. had it been later in the season I suppose I could have thrashed on, but it's not fun..
There ought to be a weight versus sail area guide somewhere.. I guess it's also to do with the boat width and the type of sail, the Blaze has a similar sized sail and that's nowhere near the trouble, then the racks are wider and it's a more stable boat to start with. But someone must have worked something out to do all those weight equalisation things in the nineties. It does ruin you're whole day (and the rest of the week until next time) when you f**k it up like that..
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radixon
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 10:43am |
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Video of Saturday's RYA event. I appear at 2.19 and also at 3.12 sailing the RS100 Edited by radixon - 28 Mar 11 at 10:44am |
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 10:38am |
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A nice sunny sail at the top end of a steady Force 3 on the Medway this Sunday, and 30 boats out for the "Ice Breaker" (most years it's a mis-nomer, and this was no exception).
There have been times over the winter when I've been pleased to be sitting in the heated luxury of a race box, but now i've been reminded that sailing needn't be freezing cold, i'm raring to go again!
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Andrewst
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 10:28am |
That will teach us for helping Barnsie. We do however now have some very bling looking carbon and in repayment beat him in both races that day
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radixon
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 8:59am |
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I got to sail the RS100 at Datchet on Saturday (see 100 thread for my report) fantastic boat and much better than I thought, although do I want one, no, sorry, not sure I could handle 8.4 mtr although I am told there is a 7.4 mtr version.
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alstorer
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Posted: 28 Mar 11 at 6:56am |
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Forgot to mention G.R.F.- D&D were one of the pair of B14s late for Sunday's start. They hadn't slpet in, they were just being inept :P
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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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alstorer
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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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