Lost Mojo..

Actually didn't mean you had to sail a d-one week in week out, just that when you get it, like any technical boat you have to put in a few months to get the techniques for the boat. After that it's not that difficult according to the boys at the club. 

Edited by SimonW99 - 16 Jan 14 at 6:43pm

Jeez, you lot are bloody morose!

Instead of spending your whole lives looking for some unachievable panacea of sailing, just get a boat, any boat and just sail it and sail it lots. Stop moaning about being at the back of the fleet, stop moaning that the boat was made for people 1/2oz lighter than you and just sail and enjoy the sailing. If you spend more than one weekend a year sailing the damn thing you never know you might actually get better at it!!!!

As for my mojo, apart from having to remove all the deck varnish and epoxy over the winter and redo, and a bit of a re-stringing, I am really looking forward to April and the start of our dinghy season. My 5yr old daughter loves racing and loves crewing in the Graduate and I love sailing it with her, and for midweek races I can burn some energy and get an adrenaline rush from sailing my 700. Bring on the Springtime and bring on the sailing and please bring an end to the moaning!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by yellowwelly The fact that you need to take a week to train for the euros if you haven't sailed it much kind of support Simon's POV no?   And the fact that you are not club sailing it, but concentrating on the circuit (the same conclusion I had come to with my 100 for the second season) does also not go unnoticed mate. I'm sure they are good boats, but you are quite right the endless packing, unpacking, travelling (on the inside lane at 50) and arriving to find that 3 hours on the motorway heading away from a decent forecast, is reason enough to put some of us off treading in your footsteps. So yes, mojo definitely at an all time low for seeking out 'quality' dinghy racing and with none available in a suitable craft locally, it just makes sense to change directions a little- be that on a board, sailing with kids or scaling back to something like a laser and keeping it cheap and cheerful... but I'm glad you've got the Grad to keep yourself on the water and enjoying sailing in general.     Now over to Graeme... any solutions to get him out of the latest lycra obsession- road biking... whatever next?  (And cross country running.... purleaaseee, surely no one still goes looking in the woods for a porn stash these days?)

I never found windsurfing less time consuming than sailing. Let see, keep checking the wind, get the roof rack out. Put it on 15 mins, get the board and quiver down, strap to roof, drive to somewhere with wind, untie everything, start to rig, change mind on fin, change mind on sail size, try to reset harness lines, get changed, tension the rig, get in water.......have fun.....crawl ashore, de rig, change, repack, tie down, drive back, untie, put board and quiver away, undo roof rack and put away, collapse, day gone!

Originally posted by craiggo Jeez, you lot are bloody morose! Instead of spending your whole lives looking for some unachievable panacea of sailing, just get a boat, any boat and just sail it and sail it lots. Stop moaning about being at the back of the fleet, stop moaning that the boat was made for people 1/2oz lighter than you and just sail and enjoy the sailing. If you spend more than one weekend a year sailing the damn thing you never know you might actually get better at it!!!!

Yes, that being said, I have two dogs and no kids.  Makes a real difference.  The dogs go to their Nanneke (dutch grandma) when we want to go away. I live 15 minutes from the sailing club.  A much easier life than many.

But don't be envious - the joy of mini me should never be under estimated, I can see that in my friends.