It's too cold for that!
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Topic: It's too cold for that!
Posted By: Rob.e
Subject: It's too cold for that!
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 6:27pm
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Walking the dog at HISC today, I came across a sorry looking bunch: it seems they are running an Olympic classes training week this week! Jees, it was effin freezing!! They must be mad! They ranged from a couple of pretty motivated looking 49er crews, to some shivvering Radial ladies, one of whom was complaining that she couldn't feel her hands on the beach. Never saw if they went out, I went home for a cup of tea, and put the kettle on. Mind you, it's our first race of the season next W/end, hope it warms up! |
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 6:50pm
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You should try sitting in a RIB all day in that kind of weather, I have had ot do it about 4times so far this yr and I have been sucessfuly avoiding it!!! It started snowing on sat whilst I was on rescue ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 6:51pm
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i went sailing in 15+ knots in a shorty with -6 wind chill yesterday! awesome fun
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Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 7:35pm
Yes. I Have to agree with Knightmare. Sitting on ribs in the cold and wet is not a lot of fun. It makes sailing in the winter feel warm 
------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
Posted By: wetandwindy
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 7:46pm
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It's never too cold, you just need more layers and less sanity. ------------- RULE 99.9 section A: Fast boats with big spinnakers have right of way. |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 8:12pm
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I think coaches should get a +20% "cold fee" for working in this weather! ------------- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Own-Tactics-Coach/dp/0470973218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565831&sr=8-1 - |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 8:44pm
 i agree, instructors too ------------- |
Posted By: ssailor
Date Posted: 13 Mar 06 at 9:26pm
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What about windsurfing? We still go out? and due to my lack of money
still in my 5/3 summer wetsuit + a thermal rash vest! Was out at the
weekend, fortunately the snow was only in the shady areas no idea on
temp but I do know it was 'chucking filly'!!
------------- Any one in need of quality carbon fibre work (tillers etc) at decent prices! Int 14 Gbr 1244 'Nucking Futs' The New Port rule!!. |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 11:28am
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And how long are you going to last if you had to wait for rescue in just a shorty - not sensible. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 12:20pm
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Yoofs eh? ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 12:33pm
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Yeah but I do have to admit I used to go out in winter in shorty. and managed to get hot in that. Its definatly hotter sailing than it is on a rib. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 12:40pm
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Hah - S coast softies Bad old uni days: Change in Portacabin (holes in every exterior and interior surface). Sail clapped out, leaky Laser 2s (even lower freeboard and therefore wetter than usual) Once thoroughtly soaked get in rescue boat to RO next match So far not an uncommon experience - But we were at Aberdeen - so sailing in Peterhead Harbour (the inaptly named "Bay of Refuge". With twilight times (and sometimes full darkness!) we often finished by the light of headlights. Only once do I remember slushy ice forming where the hull was meeting the water on a light air day! Matt |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 12:43pm
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Brilliant. Sound like great fun. Cant say iv ever had ice forming whilst sailing but have had to break the dory out of the ice to go and 'blast' about the lake to break up all the ice that was too thick for the boats to break before we could go sailing ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 1:05pm
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A few weeks ago an Albacore at Whitefriars confirmed the (I thought) urban myth that sailing in ice strips the paint off the hull...interestingly, it wasn't from the forefoot, but around the stern area! Boat now out being repainted... ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 1:52pm
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I remember a race a couple of years back in the Laser. My gloves froze solid, the mainsheet froze solid and ice formed on the deck whilst I was sailing (made trying to stay in one place very interesting). I retired not surprisingly!
------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Ellie
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 2:12pm
hamble warming pan really wasnt that warm this weekend. we went out of the river on sunnyday morning and i dont think i have been so cold in all my life. got soaked coz it was real choppy and my hands felt like they were going to fall of. made you work the kite tho to keep warm  (and i had my winter steamer on and more layers that i can count! never mind a shortie! )
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Posted By: Rob.e
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 3:50pm
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1987 Bloody Mary I turned round to look at my helm and he was covered in ice, looked down and it was all over the front of me too. Every time you tacked, you had to wait for the ice on the jib sheets to shake off, so there was a fraction of a second where the jib was backed and you weren't sure if it would come across, or if you'd go in! It was windy too. The rescue boats were just pulling capsized people out of the water and taking them ashore, leaving the boats, so there was a pile of capsized boats at the leeward end of the reservoir. When we got ashore, they threw us a rope and we held on to the boat as they winched us out, 'cos the sides were covered in ice and you couldn't stand up! I thought if we capsized I would die... BTW for all you Cherub bods, Flat Stanley won! ------------- |
Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 4:25pm
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At my squad taining this weekend I had icicles forming on my outhaul! ------------- |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 14 Mar 06 at 4:29pm
sounds like this years b-mary. was a tad chilly. and i wish it had been windy cos it was one boring race. even the 49er's wernt moving. funnyest thing was the foiling moths running around thring to stay dry. ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 11:54am
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1987 Bloody Mary... was this before we had "Health and Safety"! ------------- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Own-Tactics-Coach/dp/0470973218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565831&sr=8-1 - |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 12:53pm
| Ah dont worry bout that health and safety stuff, takes all the fun out. Ive heard france dont have a health and safety departmen at all !! |
Posted By: Javelin53
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 1:25pm
you know that you are cold when you come off the water reach into the fridge and it feels warm in there ------------- I hoped the threat would be enough! JAVELIN 53 ENTERPRISE 16691,RESTORATION JOB TOPPER 29388 BUCKENHAM SC |
Posted By: Javelin53
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 1:39pm
but, it's never too cold to sail ------------- I hoped the threat would be enough! JAVELIN 53 ENTERPRISE 16691,RESTORATION JOB TOPPER 29388 BUCKENHAM SC |
Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 2:33pm
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agreed ------------- 
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 4:18pm
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five thirds? sounds like a typo. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 5:51pm
5/3 refers the the thickness of the neoprene. Generally steamers are 5mm in the torso to help maintain core temperature, and the arms are 3mm to allow for better mobility. Hence 5/3.... not a typo. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 6:21pm
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Too cold? Bunch of girls more like! Went sailing yesterday on Plymouth Sound and it felt like the middle of summer in Scotland. Just need to keep active on the boat to keep yourself warm. ------------- Dennis Watson 49er GBR735 http://www.helensburghsailingclub.co.uk/ - Helensburgh S.C http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=560 - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine |
Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 7:44pm
| Sailing with ice crystals in the mainsheet is always a good test of manlyness, an hour or so of playing the sheet soon separates the men from the boys! |
Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 7:48pm
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It's quite amusing sailing with ice on the decks of a 49er, especially when the deck is silver, causes a black ice effect. Crew slips = ------------- Dennis Watson 49er GBR735 http://www.helensburghsailingclub.co.uk/ - Helensburgh S.C http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=560 - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine |
Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 16 Mar 06 at 10:57pm
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Hmm as a crew I can say thats not that funny ------------- 49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)! http://www.grafham.org/" rel="nofollow - Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
Posted By: Rob.e
Date Posted: 17 Mar 06 at 7:20pm
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My old Merlin helm used to shouilder barge me off the board if(when) I got on before him in a capsize! SOB ------------- |
Posted By: Javelin53
Date Posted: 18 Mar 06 at 5:13pm
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hard luck, you shouldn't let him get a foothold ------------- I hoped the threat would be enough! JAVELIN 53 ENTERPRISE 16691,RESTORATION JOB TOPPER 29388 BUCKENHAM SC |
Posted By: Dead Air
Date Posted: 19 Mar 06 at 1:09pm
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Let him get there first and do the barging yourself
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