10 Things I hate about sailing dinghies...
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Topic: 10 Things I hate about sailing dinghies...
Posted By: iGRF
Subject: 10 Things I hate about sailing dinghies...
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 11:27am
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1)Those infernal split rings
2)Chain plates wiht the above 3)Heavy Boats (Anything over 35kgs is heavy) 4)Blade Rudders 5)Daggerboards 6)Rope it gets everywhere 7)GNAVS (they bend the mast all wrong) 8)Tel Tales (especially when you need them they're stuck to the sail) 9)The time it takes if you order a new boat 10)The fixation with 'Classes' being the be all and end all of the sport. Those are mine, what's your pet beef? |
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Posted By: ex laser
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 12:30pm
people who sail dinghies who spend more time moaning than sailing.
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 1:01pm
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 1:05pm
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I don't 'hate' anything about sailing; except maybe the risk of drowning, or pi$$ing in your drysuit. ------------- |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 1:06pm
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1) Boats that are designed so that they fall over if left alone for more than a few seconds, even in no wind
2) Boats that float too high when capsized, and so turtle
3) Mast head floats (see above)
4) Friction in control line systems
5) Short tiller extensions
6) Over long Tillers
7) Finding that all that is left of the hog in an old wooden boat is what looks remarkably like soil
8) The price of new boats
9) Big fleet racing (and the idea that "big fleet racing" is what everybody wants, and that it is somehow the holy grail of dinghy racing
10) Sailing in salty water ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 1:17pm
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In reverse order
5) sand 4) ice 3) damp sailing gear 2) smelly damp sailing gear 1) other people's smelly damp sailing gear |
Posted By: MattK
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 2:16pm
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I hate that this thread has more genuine replies than '10 Things i like about sailing dinghies' |
Posted By: GybeFunny
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 2:18pm
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I can only think of 3 hates….. 1) People rocking in light winds 2) General rule observance 3) Washing out sailing kit on a Sunday evening
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Posted By: Ian29937
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 2:29pm
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1 - People rocking in light winds (so I bought an overpowered boat) 2 - Being overtaken by lightweights in light wind (so I bought a weight/power equalised boat) 3 - Being underpowered (see1 above) 4 - Politic's and behind the scenes dealing at the upper levels of the sport (not a lot to be done about that - life isn't fair!) 5 - Bias and intolerance (but that's not just just sailing is it....) Actually, start again 1 - not a lot! Ian
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 5:00pm
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Just in case the like thread draws level I've though of some more..
1)Bandits an B'stards who deliberately seek them out to wind me up 2)Bandits an B'stards who deliberately seek them out who don't care wether they wind me up or not 3)Builders who make the Bandits for the above 4)Stalling out and not realising I've stalled because I've got a stupid arse full battened sail that I'm not directly connected to. 5)That stupid wiggle thing that wraps itself around the rope coming off the back of the boom er usually mid gybe. 6)Did I say daggerboard? Well even worse the ones that fall right through when the boat is upside down 7)Boats going all the way upside down 8)Coming ashore in a big dump fast with a daggerboard in big winds 9)When bits break which happens quite often, more so than ever in a lifetime of windsurfing 10)Regattas timing out after a very short time especially in order to pack in too many races without coming ashore. |