Foul Weather Sailing
 

hey, we don't have those in philly, whatsamattafayou?
Scout
"The_navigator_©" wrote in message ...
!!!

what has happened to the neighbourhood!

Cheers MC


Same thing happened to me, only it was in a gay biker bar in Philly

I have been nearly struck 3 times...thrown to the ground once...

Foul Weather Sailing
 

I'm now a milder, gentler person

Why? You were fine the way you were...Do you have degenerative personality disorder?
--
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

Foul Weather Sailing
 

No, I have a head cold and hay fever from too much dust and crude
oil, and a pulverised spine from too much bouncing over
rain-damaged roads from the last couple of days (and disrupted
sleep patterns too). So you see, I've been tenderised...

Flying Tadpole

katysails wrote:

I'm now a milder, gentler person

Why? You were fine the way you were...Do you have degenerative personality disorder?
--
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

Foul Weather Sailing
 

We did hit a carp once in Flying Tadpole II during a race.
Normally, you see all these finny backs rising out of the water
but they sink just before the boat gets to them. This one got
hit by our dagger board. Big enough to make the boat jolt.

Incidentally, i did find new shoals appearing (or old ones
extending) last weekend. I wasn't violently happy about it....

FT

Oz1 wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:55:59 +0930, Flying Tadpole
wrote:

And anyway, all one can do is carp.

Flying Tadpole

Maybe that's what you hit?

Oz1...of the 3 twins.
I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Foul Weather Sailing
 

At last! Finally!! A newsgroup heavy accepts that I'm more than
ten feet tall!!! Now all I gotta do is get this here mirror
right....

Flying Tadpole

"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

The beauty of sailing in a shallow pond is the option to walk home if the
boat sinks.....

CM

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
| I don't. I'm always tethered to a boat with full positive
| buoyancy. I did start to wonder whether to stick one on Sunday
| last, though. Especially when I mistimed a tack and the horizon
| appeared under the bow, followed by shipping it brown over the
| deck...
|
| FT
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
|
| You should have them on at all times while underway anyway.....
|
| CM
|
| "Njord" wrote in message
| news:B2XOa.11$ob1.3@lakeread07...
| | No one mentioned it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to don
life
| | jackets. Hopefully, you won't need them, but it is better to put them
on
| and
| | not need them then to not put them on an wish you had. If you have the
| room,
| | you might also consider coming off the wind on a beam or broad reach
to
| | reduce the apparent wind.
| |
| | --
| |
| | Njord
| |
| | I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
| | Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
| | And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
| | And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
| |
| | From Sea-Fever by John Masefield
| |
| |

Foul Weather Sailing
 

and he still managed to catch you and kick your arse??
Scout

"Oz1" wrote
I hit a guy in a lifejacket!

Foul Weather Sailing
 

Oz1 wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:45:23 +0930, Flying Tadpole
wrote:

We did hit a carp once in Flying Tadpole II during a race.
Normally, you see all these finny backs rising out of the water
but they sink just before the boat gets to them. This one got
hit by our dagger board. Big enough to make the boat jolt.

Incidentally, i did find new shoals appearing (or old ones
extending) last weekend. I wasn't violently happy about it....

FT

I hit a guy in a lifejacket!


Well, there, you see? Proves a point. if he'd been safely
tethered to his boat, he would have been well below your keel at
the time and would not been at any risk of being run down by you.

I think the best I ever saw was a friend's Mirror run down and
over the top of a learning sailboarder....

Foul Weather Sailing
 

Oz1 wrote:


You need some time in the big smoke. we've got all sorts of good
things to play with,,, Ferries, 18' skiffs, after a flood we even get
the occasional cow...bloated of course!


Well I was, for a while, witht the original Flying Tadpole. But
trying to sail her on the middle harbour was a nightmare, as all
the gin palaces would rush over to get a close look. In the end
we gave up and just terrorised the canoes in Iron Cove, which was
our home ground anyway (Rozelle loony bin and all).

Flying Tadpole

Foul Weather Sailing
 

ARRRRRGGGH! Sooo ye sorta keelhauled him did ye matey?
Now that's good piratin'!
Scout


"Oz1" wrote
we surfed up over him and wrapped him around the centreboard.
He wasn't in any mood for kicking anyone!

Foul Weather Sailing
 

IN EVERY WAY THAT MATTERS, I should have said.
The items you listed like limited cabin space, small cockpits
etc. don't matter to real sailors. As a matter of fact limited
cabin space is better and a small cockpit is better as far
as real sailors are concerned. We don't want a floating
condo or a condo ashore for that matter like you lubbers
do. We want something safe and secure in which to sail.

Any multi-hull is markedly inferior as far as seaworthiness
is concerned compared to a proper monomaran. The reason
for this is well known and is because as proper monomaran
will recover from a capsize while a multimaran will remain
upside down. Try sailing an upside-down boat sometime,
that is, if you live through the violent turning and jarring that
occurs from the cornerish nature of a multimaran.

Your example of tens of thousands of cruising cats
is 'ludicrisp' (Mike Tysonspeak). It proves your lubberly
proclivities. Why else would the mention of 'folding' even
be imagined. One need only fold when one places a
cat near shore or ashore.

Priorities, lubberboy, priorities!

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ...
Superior in every way? Are you daft?

Tris have a few advantages over cats: they tack better, they're usually faster in light
air, there are some very neat folding designs. But overall, they don't make it as a
cruising boat. Perhaps you've noticed that tens of thousands of cruising cats have been
built, but there are virtually no cruising tris.

A few reasons: they bounce back and forth on the amas, they have limited visibility,
they're hard to get into, they have limited cabin space, the cockpit is usually very
small. When they are overloaded they become dangerous. These are not drawbacks for a
racing boat, but they certainly don't help a cruiser.

On top of this, tris are much easier to capsize than cats; in fact the vast majority of
multihull capsizes are tris.

Once again you've demonstrated a complete lack of understanding on the topic. At least
you're consistent.

-jeff


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...


Tris are superior to cats in every way.

"Oz1" wrote in message
...
But a tri is OK!