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Rupert
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Topic: Weta, fastest boat on the water! Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 8:48am |
Boat mounted cameras never make it look that exciting, I guess coz the camera is moving with the boat. Pretty sure the helm was having fun. But then, he must like pears, whereas you like apples. Pewit is definitely not an apples man... The analogy might be wearing thin. Been trying to work out what fruit keelboat sailors are. Grapefruit, perhaps? |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 9:29am |
When it comes to those who do the corpse hung over a wire bit that they call hiking, I fear that only fruitcake will do... |
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Presuming Ed
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 11:02am |
The good thing about keelboat sailing is that with the division of labour on larger boats, non-sailors can get onboard and start contributing very quickly. Takes no time to pick up the basics of grinding, for example. Much quicker returns for a beginner than dinghies.
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Wetabix
Posting king Joined: 15 Feb 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 103 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 11:03am |
Well, I've read some rubbish on this forum over the years but this thread takes the biscuit! The temperature here in the North of Scotland is about six degrees and the water must be about the same. But the sun is out and there has been no significant rain for weeks. Yesterday I went down to the dinghy park to check that the boat hadn't blown away but it was so nice I decided to go for a sail. Swaddled in four layers of jerseys plus a drysuit, ski gloves and goggles it took me three minutes to manoeuvre my 'unwieldy' boat to the water's edge and a further four to hoist the sails. A passer-by was kind enough to take my trolley. Once on the water I braved our 'ferocious' tide and made my way out into the open sea where I sailed along our 'inhospitable' coastline for a while talking to the seals and the dolphins. The killer whales and basking sharks that we had in the summer seem to have left. The nearet ship was an oil rig about ten mile away and the nearet land to the NNE was Spitzbergen. The mountains were capped with snow. It was quite lumpy and so I came back through the surf into our tidal bay which is similar in some ways to the Norfolk Broads. There was not much wind but I was able to short tack up the river section against the current. When the board touched the stony bottom it made the most dreadful noise but in three years I have done no damage that couldn't be repaired in ten minutes. Turning round and running back to the bay I got a puff and the SpeedPuck showed 11 knots even without the screecher and I got hosed with cold water. The boat is certainly designed for hot climates and is undoubtedly better on a big lake than a small Midlands gravel pit and it is probably a better recreational boat than a mixed fleet racer because of the impossibility of handicapping it over the wind range. It is not 'the fastest boat on the water' but it is one of the fastest boats without a trapeze and at the age of 71 I ain't going to start trapezing any time soon (although I am fitting a trapeze handle to the shrouds so that I can get my 17 stone onto the float and back in again which will give the same righting moment).
Back at the beach the 'ferocious' tide had come up a bit and it was only a short drag up the slipway which I managed unaided. The boat weighs more than a Phantom but the trolley weighs a LOT less and the total weight on the wheels must be similar. It takes a bit longer to de-rig because you have to roll up the sail - say seven minutes plus another three to tie the boat down securely. I have only capsized once in three years, the boat does not pivot round the leeward float when heeled because the drag is exactly balanced by the luffing tendency due to heel (very clever). I'm sorry you don't like my website but it gives real information, not manufacturers' bland sales talk. See the boat at the dinghy show!
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yellowwelly
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 4:45pm |
beta product...?
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Rupert
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 6:10pm |
Looked like a very useful, honest page to help owners. Fewer problems than most classes, I'd guess. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 6:16pm |
T terminals falling out while sailing?? Hard to blame that on the boat!
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RS400atC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 6:31pm |
Does that really work? Surely as soon as the chop is enough to cover the front half of the leeward float, the drag around the beam goes up rapidly? The main hull might be level in the water at the time. I think some much bigger tri's have found this in choppy water in the RTIR. I do understand the advantages of sailing in 'proper waves' that come from a long way away, much more pleasant to sail in the long waves off cornwall than the short chop we often get here. I don't see any problem with your website. |
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Jack Sparrow
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 6:58pm |
Sounds like a fantastic days sail (Jealous), and one I doubt (actually theres no doubt) I'd do in any other dinghy I can think of, if I ever had the opportunity too. |
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Pewit
Groupie Joined: 25 Jan 14 Location: Sydney, Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 8:26pm |
Blame it on the owner for not RTFM! They can't fall out if properly installed and the rig has been tensioned. I think the only way for them to fall out while sailing is if you have very, very loose shrouds or they haven't been inserted properly. The only time mine have ever fallen out is if the shroud gets caught on something when picking the mast up off the boat before hoisting the mast. |
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