Define sailing; why?
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Topic: Define sailing; why?
Posted By: Do Different
Subject: Define sailing; why?
Date Posted: 06 Apr 23 at 6:58pm
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Moving yourself or others on water by solely means of the wind. I am currently railing against the present trend where everyone and everything feels like it has to be categorised and identified. Simply be and let others also be, there are areas of lesser interest to me but I applaud the particular skills of others, be they navigating an old harbour one design through the vagories of tide and reefs or foiling under a wing sail. |
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 06 Apr 23 at 8:50pm
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Quick answer, the ability to get from A to B using wind blowing from any direction.
The fun part is doing it on water, falling in, going fast enough to blink away the spray. ------------- Robert |
Posted By: PeterG
Date Posted: 07 Apr 23 at 8:03am
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Quick answer, the ability to get from A to B using wind blowing from any direction. ------------- Peter Ex Cont 707 Ex Laser 189635 DY 59 |
Posted By: fab100
Date Posted: 07 Apr 23 at 9:44am
------------- http://clubsailor.co.uk/wp/club-sailor-from-back-to-front/" rel="nofollow - Great book for Club Sailors here |
Posted By: tink
Date Posted: 08 Apr 23 at 7:35pm
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To me sailing is an only can be dinghy sailing… If you have ballast you’re yachting If you’re on a windsurfer you are windsurfing If you have a kite you’re kiting I probably have a warped view but if you’re not able to sail with the same kit in 2 or 20+ knots using body weight and sail trim it’s something else. Foiling isn’t sailing sailing either, was gaining on a foiling moth in my 1967 £360 eBay Gull today, it was eventually able to ‘sail’ Getting from A to B can’t be conditional on uncomfortable aspects of nature. Don’t expect I’ll have much influence on Chat GPT
------------- Tink https://tinkboats.com http://proasail.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Dakota
Date Posted: 08 Apr 23 at 10:31pm
| Totally agree 😀😀 |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 09 Apr 23 at 5:31pm
At Aberdovey today saw something I haven't seen for years, a young lad pulling his dinghy along the main road, boat was a Aero, no idea how far he had to go. That's sailing  ------------- Robert |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 13 Apr 23 at 9:17am
| I quite like an offshore breeze when paddle surfing - despite the obvious risk, sailing back out against the break is a lot less hardwork, and it encourages me to bend knees more when riding the wave back in... not so sure the lee bow effect is helping me as much as it did in Lasers (on salt water) ever did though. |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 13 Apr 23 at 9:45am
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Still haven't tried paddle boarding, need to go somewhere to hire one, Newquay, Wales probably. ------------- Robert |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 13 Apr 23 at 9:49am
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they're good fun - especially as a light / no wind option. I can take one of mine on a bus. However I've given up with the wing sail on one, it's pointless imho, especially if you come from a windsurfing or dinghy background, it's just too unrewarding fighting to keep a rounded railed plank upwind.... they need a dedicated foil board, and that's not of personal interest to me.
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 13 Apr 23 at 9:58am
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There was a few foiling wing boards sailing/flying between Aberdovey and Tywyn over the weekend, looks tricky. Couldn't work out drive angles for the wing, one appeared to be towed along. ------------- Robert |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 13 Apr 23 at 11:34am
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Found this mad thing while searching for wing foiling theory "#Flying #inflatable #boat - Polaris Motor #microlight - powered hang glider - #deltaplano a motore - flexwing - #trike - mad… | Flying boat, Boat, Powered parachute" https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/356488126732125641/ ------------- Robert |