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jamesrose 
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 Topic: Racing at an unfamiliar venuePosted: 28 Sep 15 at 6:21pm |
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Hi all,
Novice question ! What's the easiest way to remember a course for a race over a few miles at an unfamiliar venue ? Do people use handheld GPS devices, phone apps or good old pen and paper ? I'm looking to race a boat at a venue where the courses can be a bit more complicated than I think I will be able to remember off the top of my head so I'm looking for a better solution ! Thanks |
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ClubRacer
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Posted: 28 Sep 15 at 6:36pm |
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chinagraph pencil draw it straight onto the deck
If you know the course prior to the event you can just laminate a piece of paper and stick that down GPS devices are typically banned in most dinghy classes depending on what you sail
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jeffers
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Posted: 28 Sep 15 at 6:55pm |
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Most venues will provide either a compass bearing to the windward mark or (if you a lucky) a lead boat.
For places that used fixed marks it is a good idea to get a map of the area and mark them on it and laminate it and stick it to the deck somewhere then use a chinagraph pencil to draw out the courses.
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NickA
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Posted: 28 Sep 15 at 9:29pm |
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Follow the boat that's in front ... first time at an unfamiliar venue, it probably won't be you!
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fab100
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Posted: 29 Sep 15 at 9:15am |
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Rather than chinagraph pencils, I prefer a waterproof paper pad; tape a sheet cut from it to the deck and use a standard pencil.
Also useful for noting close-hauled compass headings over timed intervals
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Null
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Posted: 29 Sep 15 at 9:53am |
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Do you really do that Clive? By that i mean noting close-hauled compass headings over timed intervals?
I dont think i ever saw anyone in the Olympics doing it, on a club course or at a national champs.
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Rupert
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Posted: 29 Sep 15 at 10:32am |
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I can imagine noting the compass angle rounding the leeward mark, so having a reference for the next lap, but where does the spare pair of hands needed to write stuff down come from?
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fab100
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Posted: 29 Sep 15 at 1:09pm |
I have been known to, yes (the notion came from Mark Rushalls's excellent book). When I get lazy and don't, I regret it. I've also decided readings in tactic mode is insufficiently granular (and getting the tacking angle right is a PITA too) so have reverted to proper bearings - so more numbers to remember. Mind you, the way I sailed at Torbay recently, flipping a coin or tacking when legs hurt would have worked better. Some people don't use a compass at all - but sadly I'm not that talented. And have become too much of a pond sailor (cue abuse from grr) having grown up on the salty stuff that goes up and down and in and out
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getafix
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Posted: 29 Sep 15 at 2:13pm |
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Couple of suggestions
stick silver or white bodge tape on the hull and use a permanent marker chinagraph or waterproof paper make it the crews responsibility |
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davidyacht
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Posted: 29 Sep 15 at 4:58pm |
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I stick some wide white pvc tape on each side deck. Stanley do some very neat permanent markers, have one in my PFD and one in the halyard bag. Write down courses and bearings. This works fine.
In my pond sailing days would scribble the course on the back of my hand in biro.
Like Clive now use tactic as compass rather than tactical, it is very easy to lose the plot in tactical, especially after a big shift that may have come in between beats. Have seen Mark's plots for compass bearings, but it in reality you need a lot of discipline to do this, I tend to write a few bearings on either tack to get a mean bearing ... Hasn't won me any championships though! |
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