Scotty,
I thought a donut was a mast gasket. Is this term used for more than one
sailing device?
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote
How big a circle should a proper donut be?

To Scott & Tad,

For what it's worth; The practise of setting the boat up to sail
unattended in lazy circles was developed by the NE Schooner Fishermen.
It is called "LADYBUGGING"

This was told to me by Bill Garden, the designer of the Gulf 32. He was
a schooner sailor. He used it to wait for daylight before entering a
unknown harbor. That what he said the fishermen did.

He set his boat up with just the main sail, sheeted off into a loose
upwind tack. The helm was put down to sail a circle.

I've used it often, when we would have more than one race in a day. We
have six fleets, with six starts so there was a lot of waiting, It's a
pretty good technique to hold position away from other fleets starting
but ready to go when it is your turn. I furl the head sail and Ladybug
with the main. It keeps the Jenny off the stay as in hoove to.

It works OK for a Sloop/with main. Scott, with a furling headsail you
can almost get dizzy You may want to bring the helm up a bit, but not
enough to sail away from the circle and start heeling

Ole Thom

Scott Vernon wrote:

How big a circle should a proper donut be?

Scotty

I donut know. Ask a cop, they're the experts.

can I then sue?

All he owns is a Bolger boat....go for it but then Bob willr eally make fun of you....
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katysails
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

"Scott Vernon" wrote in news:bgepkl$nb5k5$1@ID-
154502.news.uni-berlin.de:

mmmm, I could use it as a storage shed .

your head?

Hmm, well if you can get them to pay for empty sq. footage you could
retire!

Bertie

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
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can I then sue?

All he owns is a Bolger boat....go for it but then Bob willr eally make
fun of you....
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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
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

Yeah, but it appears to have a soft, chewy center.

"Seahag" wrote in message
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katysails wrote:

OK, I'll get back to ya.

Scotty

If he goes out and hurts himself it's going to be all your fault,
Tim.

Don't worry about it, Scotty has a hard head.

Seahag

UH uh, hollow.

"jlrogers" wrote in message
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Yeah, but it appears to have a soft, chewy center.




Don't worry about it, Scotty has a hard head.

Seahag

Don't worry about it, Scotty has a hard head.


Just how many closed head injuries can one person live with, though?

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
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

Must have, he was dropped on it at birth!

Cheers MC

Seahag wrote:
katysails wrote:


OK, I'll get back to ya.

Scotty

If he goes out and hurts himself it's going to be all your fault, Tim.


Don't worry about it, Scotty has a hard head.

Seahag

Quite a few if their head consists of solid bone like yours.


"katysails" wrote in message ...
Just how many closed head injuries can one person live with, though?