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Short trip report
After too many f--ing hours on the A4 -- long story, ended up replacing the
intake/exhaust manifold -- we (wife and I) finally had a short sail in Fischer's Island Sound Monday. Moved to a mooring this year instead of a slip, and moved to a Marina at the mouth a different river. (Mystic) Much nicer -- just drop the mooring line and we're underway and no dock lines and fenders to mess with. Sailed west against wind and current for a couple hours and probably made less than a mile headway! Need to work on our communication skills a bit. While the engine running much cooler due to vastly improved water flow, the Admiral had trouble getting the choke and throttle setting right. She wasn't able to get it above idle without it starting to stall. I ran back to cockpit, set throttle and gas it up to crusing RPM, look up and find that she's let go of the tiller to grab boat hook to fend hitting another boat! There was also the time when I asked her to head up so I could (try to) tighten the outhaul. We inadvertently went into a tack, and she moved as she normally does to cross over but I couldn't because the outhaul was uncleated... S/V Cat's Meow http://www.catsmeow.org |
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Gerard! Glad to hear you're still around. It's even better to hear you've
been out sailing. There's no better way to work on the communication that by being out there doing it. -- ---- Steve S/V Pony Express "Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message ... After too many f--ing hours on the A4 -- long story, ended up replacing the intake/exhaust manifold -- we (wife and I) finally had a short sail in Fischer's Island Sound Monday. Moved to a mooring this year instead of a slip, and moved to a Marina at the mouth a different river. (Mystic) Much nicer -- just drop the mooring line and we're underway and no dock lines and fenders to mess with. Sailed west against wind and current for a couple hours and probably made less than a mile headway! Need to work on our communication skills a bit. While the engine running much cooler due to vastly improved water flow, the Admiral had trouble getting the choke and throttle setting right. She wasn't able to get it above idle without it starting to stall. I ran back to cockpit, set throttle and gas it up to crusing RPM, look up and find that she's let go of the tiller to grab boat hook to fend hitting another boat! There was also the time when I asked her to head up so I could (try to) tighten the outhaul. We inadvertently went into a tack, and she moved as she normally does to cross over but I couldn't because the outhaul was uncleated... S/V Cat's Meow http://www.catsmeow.org |
Short trip report
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:45:43 -0400, "Pony Express"
wrote: Gerard! Glad to hear you're still around. It's even better to hear you've been out sailing. There's no better way to work on the communication that by being out there doing it. Still here. I had just gotten to the point where I had to choose between keeping up with the group or getting the boat ready to sail (well, float, first) This spring included: Replacing a couple of the thru-hulls (which were just pipes with valves on them) with decent seacocks, installing a new hull-mount knotmeter/speed log touching up the bottom paint in a few places new anchor and constructing a bow platform with anchor roller new mainsail Replacing the horn (on the mast spreader) Fixing a short in the deck light (on the other mast spreader) Putting the main halyard on the CORRECT side this year (they were switched all last year) Usual spring launch odds and ends Our first trip was the transit down the Connecticut river -- which due lots of spring rain when fairly quickly -- and then east to Mystic. Hopefully we can get out today or tomorrow. S/V Cat's Meow http://www.catsmeow.org |
Short trip report
"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message ... Need to work on our communication skills a bit. While the engine running much cooler due to vastly improved water flow, the Admiral had trouble getting the choke and throttle setting right. She wasn't able to get it above idle without it starting to stall. I ran back to cockpit, set throttle and gas it up to crusing RPM, look up and find that she's let go of the tiller to grab boat hook to fend hitting another boat! Heh last year I had some communication problems with the first mate. Before going forward, I gave her the tiller and said "Hold it there". A few seconds later the boat veered off course. I calmly asked her to get back on course. Over the next couple of days the same thing happend again twice. The fourth time that it happened, my patience gave out. I exploded with "CAN YOU NOT hold the F*&^&*g thing where I ask you to?". My wife replied that she had held it exactly where I had left it. She was looking at the tiller as she said this.... and indeed she had not let the tiller move at all. The lesson is that instructions have to be unambiguous. To me "hold it there" means "keep the boat on this heading". To an inexperienced crew "hold it there" means "hold it there". I apologised for shouting, and considered my good luck in having a wife who will come sailing with me. Regards Donal -- |
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She should have left you years ago.
Scotty "Donal" wrote in message ... "Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message ... Need to work on our communication skills a bit. While the engine running much cooler due to vastly improved water flow, the Admiral had trouble getting the choke and throttle setting right. She wasn't able to get it above idle without it starting to stall. I ran back to cockpit, set throttle and gas it up to crusing RPM, look up and find that she's let go of the tiller to grab boat hook to fend hitting another boat! Heh last year I had some communication problems with the first mate. Before going forward, I gave her the tiller and said "Hold it there". A few seconds later the boat veered off course. I calmly asked her to get back on course. Over the next couple of days the same thing happend again twice. The fourth time that it happened, my patience gave out. I exploded with "CAN YOU NOT hold the F*&^&*g thing where I ask you to?". My wife replied that she had held it exactly where I had left it. She was looking at the tiller as she said this.... and indeed she had not let the tiller move at all. The lesson is that instructions have to be unambiguous. To me "hold it there" means "keep the boat on this heading". To an inexperienced crew "hold it there" means "hold it there". I apologised for shouting, and considered my good luck in having a wife who will come sailing with me. Regards Donal -- |
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I apologised for shouting, and considered my good luck in having a wife
who will come sailing with me. You are a wise man...no wonder your tea is served in bed each morning... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit. http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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I guess if I ever did something wrong, I might apologize.
-- ---- Steve S/V Pony Express "katysails" wrote in message ... He's wise because he apologized. Yelling doesn't bother me...I just yell back. -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit. http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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I guess if I ever did something wrong, I might apologize.
Steve, shouldn't you apologize to Scotty? Did you not aid and support his purchase of a boat, believed my many, to be poorly built and hard to sell? RB |
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"Pony Express" wrote in message ... So, Katy, you think yelling at his spouse is a wise thing? I'm surprised that he didn't have his tea *poured* on him in bed the next morning. -- Real sailors yell on the boat - occasionally. I bet that you are man enough to admit that you have yelled once or twice. Don't worry about making a frank admission. Bobsprit won't even read it, and a real man wouldn't worry about a NY'ers opinion anyway! Real men are not afraid to admit their mistakes. Once people realise that you *do* admit your mistakes, then you only have to admit about 10% of them. Regards Donal -- |
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