Who was out last night?
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Topic: Who was out last night?
Posted By: G.R.F.
Subject: Who was out last night?
Date Posted: 20 Aug 10 at 9:30am
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Thought I'd start a new thread for weekday evening sailing - better late than
never and for once I have reason to celebrate, so.... After getting down the club reasonably early (5.15) I managed to hastily Dr Ding the damage I'd done to the nose after Sundays aborted fiasco and checking the 17 mph forcast had been relegated to a dwindling 8 knots decided to bung up the big mast and sail. A standard three buoy triangle sausage in the SSW wind at high tide meant a bit of right to left tide, so even though starting on starboard had a narrow angle to get over the line with the tide on the weather bow, it had to be done if only to bugger up Dumb and Dumberer who have taken of late to port hand flyering us. The Cheeky pair have gotten semi decent, gone are the days of them lurking twenty yards below the line and tumbling in just as the gun goes. They've been campaigning a bent 'breathed on' laser 3000 and rumour has it they're leading the thursday evening series, so they had to be marked men. This season, this new boat and switching between it and the Alto has reduced me to muppetville, I haven't had one good start all year so tonight I played safe, banged over on Starboard and got it about right closing the door on them and taking them out to sea with me. I was actually doing them a favour, which I hastily pointed out to them before they did something stupid like try to head up or tack or whatever. At our place with the buildings near the prom, in any kind of more southerly wind it lifts creating a bit of a wind line further our, it wasn't that visible yet but I knew it would be there, as the rest of the fleet went along the coast to avoid the tide. The plan was get our far enough to get a) get into the puffier wind and b) get a lee bow angle. As it happened it wasn't that successful but we didn't lose anything. It's difficult to explain our tide in words on a post, but it's a bit of a curve, and depending on where the mark is and what the winds doing, you can end up gaining at the start of the beat, but lose massively as you get near the mark and the angle changes say from the heading effect of the curve and the tide falls over to your weather bow, as happened to the five oh boys later, who at this moment rounded first. D&D turned out faster upwind and they rounded 2nd and the absolute b'stard who bought my old Blaze and is proceeding to demonstrate what a total muppet I am by bloody sailing all over me in it, rounded ahead of me and it was a tight fetch to the next mark so no kite. After the procession we gybed D&D made their first big mistake and just bore off, heading downwind, but down tide when the correct thing to do was gybe sail cross tide and let it take you lower whilst being able to follow a hotter angle.. I got back to 2nd. The five oh rounded the bottom mark and wether they had a knock or just didn't sail high enough or we got a lift as we came round, but the net effect we one tacked the beat, with the wind coming round and the lee bow it had become a fetch, with them hung out to dry on the far wing, what a warm feeling that brings, got back to within spitting distance of them. All to brief, they bunged up the monster kite and I fumbled the hoist, they pulled away, I just about maintained position on everyone else, but held D&D where they were. Enough in fact to give them a favorable glimpse of my bare naked buttocks up the penultimate beat.. Tricky manouvre that, drop, gybe, drop shorts.. But it had to be done, held them off and finished 2nd over the water.. A good night. http://www.trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track:DUBB - The tracks ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
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Posted By: Andrewst
Date Posted: 20 Aug 10 at 10:30am
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I was watching the five oh. From where I was it looked like they failed to notice the wind shift and sailed the same course on all laps. If they were staying inshore to avoid time they also undercooked the tack and ended up double tacking at the mark. Big mistake. Dan tells me you got the race win on handicap. Well done. See you next week. Hoping for better wind ------------- 3000 3611 Chaos B14 790 www.AllGoodFun.com - www.AllGoodFun.com B14 709 For Sale RS800 898 For Sale |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 20 Aug 10 at 11:05am
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Next week, we've got a surprise for you and Dan, next week it's swap the
Laser 3000 week, all Laser 3000 crews get to swap, you two have to sail Jeremys, he gets yours.. Better pray it's windy. Oh and your not allowed to swap foils, they're going to wait til your on the water then make you swap..  ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: Andrewst
Date Posted: 20 Aug 10 at 11:37am
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Sorry I am using standard foils. The V3000 rudder wont just bolt onto a L3000 as the pintle gudgen setup is different. I would have otherwise have done it. I have also resorted back to standard sails after the first sail of the series ended in bitching. It also gives us better 3000 fleet racing at Hythe as they now seem to be comming out to play. So standard boat with upgraded kicker and mainsheet systems. The boat swap sounds a good idea. Can I cut Jeremys ropes to the correct length. I dont think we need to be able to sail the boat remotly from the shore. That reminds me Jeremy wanted a rope list. PS on second thoughts can I have Barrys boat. Its faster ------------- 3000 3611 Chaos B14 790 www.AllGoodFun.com - www.AllGoodFun.com B14 709 For Sale RS800 898 For Sale |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 20 Aug 10 at 12:08pm
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I think Peaky might have got something, she was going on about Y&Y
making her Rich, naturally I assumed it was a gender re-arranging service Mark had started.. ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 27 Aug 10 at 11:25am
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Me again, raining last night, totally screwed my lead up to the start with a
dodgy launch (got some serious air on the way out unintentionally), then a kite jam, jammed up just couldn't drop it, still not sure why not, did it twice later on. Kept playing the right waiting for the wind to die and go offshore which it did a bit but never to the degree it occasionally promised. My trail guru switched itself off, need to work out a way to mount the iphone of joy either in the boat or maybe on my helmet. Half decent start and first beat, couldn't hold the kite on the reaches, then couldn't drop the damn thing, got into a right kitemare went from nearly first to last in one fumble, but managed over the course of the night to get back in touch with most of the front runners, 505 excepting they were long gone. Finished third over the water and probably about the same on handicap, never got to find out. Clever & Cleverer got a lucky break. ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 27 Aug 10 at 11:49am
Is "Clever and Cleverer" your name for them when "Dumb and Dumber" beat you?  ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: Andrewst
Date Posted: 27 Aug 10 at 2:26pm
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Over the line it was 505, 470, RS100, L3000 On handicap 505, L3000, RS100, 470 It was a dull light wind raining race. The confusion at the start was entertaining. Start should have been 5,4,1,0 the first attempt was 5, 3:50, 0:50, -0:10. It is good to see that most boats were over. "Clever & Cleverer" that cant be us! ------------- 3000 3611 Chaos B14 790 www.AllGoodFun.com - www.AllGoodFun.com B14 709 For Sale RS800 898 For Sale |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 27 Aug 10 at 3:42pm
No it's still reverse irony. They aint 'clever' yet but they're boat skills have come on tremendously, they still can't spot a windshift if it came up to them whirled a wet cod up out of the sea, smacked them both in the face and whistled dixie... ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: Andrewst
Date Posted: 27 Aug 10 at 4:14pm
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Unfortunatly I can spot a gust on the water and tell if it is heading or lifting before it hits the boat. The talk you gave two years ago really helped with this. Yes I was one of the few who bothered turning up. The stupid bit is normally cant be bothered. Especially if it is windy ------------- 3000 3611 Chaos B14 790 www.AllGoodFun.com - www.AllGoodFun.com B14 709 For Sale RS800 898 For Sale |
Posted By: ellistine
Date Posted: 27 Aug 10 at 4:15pm
I can relate to that. Pick your lucky side and go as fast as you can! ------------- |