You never forget your first Cadet?
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Topic: You never forget your first Cadet?
Posted By: JimC
Subject: You never forget your first Cadet?
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 10:57am
Actually I haven't had a cadet yet, but I nearly had three of them last summer when, in an amazing combination of appalling manners and rank stupidity, the coach of three dutch cadet sailors led his charges through the downwind leg of the Cherub/Moth Nationals. We had to gybe off in a tactically unfavorable place in order to miss the poor kids, which is not what you want in a very tight last race with series placings hanging on every position... |
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 6:16pm
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Lol well I will apologise on behalf of them then but I must say that that isnt a normal occurence. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 6:34pm
lol sounds like you should of run them over. saying that you couldnt see them. ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: sailorguy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 8:43pm
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yeah. the old "it was behind my kite" line ------------- RS 500 (twin wire) Laser 157607 Laser 85446 Pico 2136 |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 9:19pm
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yer i have used that line a couple of times. ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 9:48pm
While tempting there are three considerations:- 1) as they were not out to race IRPCS apply and under those they definitely had right of way 2) disentangling bits of cadet from round your bowsprit is not a race winning manouver 3) You win't get redress if you're messed up by a boat that isn't racing if it had right of way under IRPCS. |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 9:56pm
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yer fair enoth but it would have been funny to watch! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 10:46pm
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nah not rele. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: redback
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 10:47pm
| I'll always remember my first Mirror. It crossed my path whilst I was racing a board on Coniston. I lept off the board to lessen the blow but this just propelled the thing forward faster. It entered the hull just in front of the mast and managed to emerge in the cockpit by breaking through the front bulkhead. I have never seen a board so thoroughly impalled in a boat. My board was undamaged although I lost a couple of places getting it out of the Mirror before I could continue! |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 11:09pm
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lol sounds like a laugh must try that next time ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 12 Mar 05 at 11:22pm
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Classic. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 14 Mar 05 at 12:21pm
at a club i used to race at, there were two cadets-it must be part of the 'done thing' when you sail one to get in everyones way, because thats all they did, everyone hated them and used to swear (not me though!  ) at them while they past by! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 14 Mar 05 at 12:45pm
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At my old club anyone under 18 was a cadet - which gives the phrase 'You never forget your first cadet' slightly suspect connotations. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 14 Mar 05 at 4:33pm
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Lol ok matt that could be seen as slightly suspect, but the phrase was refering to the boats. We now have a new boat at our club that has you'll never forget your first cadet across the whole length of it. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Offshoretiger
Date Posted: 14 Mar 05 at 5:14pm
Glad its not just me that thinks that signiture is a bit suss, I'm being forced to relive past cadet force summer camps every time I see it.....
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Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 14 Mar 05 at 5:14pm
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Hmm ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |