Lost Mojo..

   My helm and OH misses his riding at this time of year, when they'd be galloping hopelessly around the West Somerset countryside while the foxes were up to their evasive tricks, but he always reckons horse time is 59 minutes hard work and 1 minute riding. And you have the commitment of having to attend to them every day without fail and he doesn't miss the 5a.m. starts or the kit-spending ex wife!  
At least with boats you can sail for far more of that hour, even with a wooden vintage boat! And you can leave them alone when the weather is bad or you just don't feel like sailing.

Has anyone noticed that tomorrow is officially "Blue Monday", the most depressing day of the year?
So enjoy today's sailing high.

Edited by patj - 19 Jan 14 at 7:49am

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patj Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Jul 04 Location: Wiltshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 643	Post Options Post Reply Quote patj Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Lost Mojo.. Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 7:43am
	My helm and OH misses his riding at this time of year, when they'd be galloping hopelessly around the West Somerset countryside while the foxes were up to their evasive tricks, but he always reckons horse time is 59 minutes hard work and 1 minute riding. And you have the commitment of having to attend to them every day without fail and he doesn't miss the 5a.m. starts or the kit-spending ex wife! At least with boats you can sail for far more of that hour, even with a wooden vintage boat! And you can leave them alone when the weather is bad or you just don't feel like sailing. Has anyone noticed that tomorrow is officially "Blue Monday", the most depressing day of the year? So enjoy today's sailing high. Edited by patj - 19 Jan 14 at 7:49am

Do Different Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312	Post Options Post Reply Quote Do Different Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 8:27am
	Having anything to do with horses in many ways is very much like sailing. Only MUCH MUCH more so if you love them/it you'll never notice or remember the ludicrous cost of related equipment, time spent phaffing on, days wasted because it went lame the night before / to much or not enough wind. But those Red Letter days when everything went as sweet as sweet and the balance was like a ballerina will live in the mind forever and keep you coming back so long as your spirit of optimism survives.

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 3:57pm
	Well I had a really good sail today and not a bad race, got off and away from the pin end, lead for a fair while, lost it to the Rooster man on an off wind led that shouldn't happen and got it back on an upwind leg which also shouldn't happen given our totally different specs, me short light, him tall and fairly lithe but must be in the 80 kgs range. Then he disappeared, some thing had broke, and a 300 came through me like a knife through butter, and was gone, couldn't hang on to him at all, it seems faster on all points of sailing. So I had to have a go in it....
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Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 4:26pm
	The EPS out at Whitefriars today left us all behind like we were standing still - but then the sailor knows what he is doing, and was able to get ahead and get clear wind, while the rest of us battled it out and got in each other's way. Just showed how quick the EPS is in light (but not dead) winds. Sailed away from a Phantom in the 1st race, too. Was a perfect spring-like day - this time last year we were a foot deep in snow. No chance for a Mojo to go missing on a day like this.
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pondlife1736 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 17 Jan 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 106	Post Options Post Reply Quote pondlife1736 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 5:28pm
	Having bought a boat for light winds 3 weeks ago (a Laser EPS), I decided to give it a try for the first time today. I fully imagined I would be the only EPS in the universe sailing today, but apparently not - they seem to be everywhere!

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 6:06pm
	They go a lot better with a soft sail, but today the 9-12 mph wind seemed to suit it, only the 300 had a discernible turn of better speed and for some reason that is still a puzzle, the Rooster 8.1 off wind.
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Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 6:16pm
	This one had the normal sail - seemed to go well enough! I have raced against them in the kind of wind one ought to stay in the bar for, and in that kind of weather a soft sail might be quicker, simply through ease of reading. I can't see it being faster once flow is properly attached, though, especially as you must be an expert with hard sails?
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pondlife1736 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 17 Jan 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 106	Post Options Post Reply Quote pondlife1736 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 6:29pm
	Well mine has the original sail, so definitely soft by now! Early days, but it seems to go OK - looking forward to spending more time with it.

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 6:57pm
	No, it's not, once there's 'enough' that there aren't going to be those lulls where you have to yank the rig to get it to fill on the new tack, then I still find the original sail points higher, but the thing I struggle with, getting going after transitions, that works much better with the soft sail. It's No 124 so really old and shagged
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Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 7:03pm
	I love soft sails, for all the reasons you give - I guess I just need the feedback from the rig - so I can see why you might want one. It just surprises me that a top windsurfer feels that way, especially on a pretty quick boat. But on a small lake I can see the corners would make more of a difference than absolute speed, for sure.
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