Bobby Sue keeps talking about my boat being small. Doesn't he realize that his
present boat AND his alleged new boat are both considered small?

In whose world? Billy Jane's magic C&C 27 land of make believe.
My boat is twice yours in every way. The 34XL is more boat than you can handle
or ever buy.
Live with it, baby!

RB

wrote:

And contrary to what some of the armchair "experts" here think, you CAN get more
than 100% out of a boat. If you knew anything about sailing, you would know why.

Please explain. I (for one) am here to learn.

Also, please tell us which class(es) you have won regional championship(s) in. If you're more than
an "armchair expert" on getting 100%(or more) performance out of a sailboat, then you should have
found your level pretty high up the food chain.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

The Captains Nemesis wrote:


The best of both worlds is end boom sheeting which comes back to a
sheeting position in the centre of the boom then down to the
floor/console or bridle.

Yeah, the only problem there is the loop between end & mid blocks on the boom
which provides a nifty auto-choking feature in gybes. I've sometimes felt this
must have ben a Microsoft design... just kidding. It does give good control and
good leverage.



Remember the Loveday loop?

Not under that name. One of those old-fashioned double ended mainsheets? For a
while those were back in style on the 1/2 Ton and One Tonners and the like.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

RB

They are both small boats.

One is much smaller...yours!
One has twice the space and speed...mine!
Live with it, baby!

RB

One has twice the space and speed...mine!
Live with it, baby!

RB

This would only matter to you.

Right! No one interested in sailing cares about performance and living space!

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

RB

You have some serious comprehension issues. Did you ever finish
elementary school?

I liked my elementary school so much, I convinced my family to buy the property
it sat on for me!

Hooooh ahhhh!

RB

Naysayers,

Traverler mounted in the cockpit. Just ONCE consider you are in a race,
you are the main sail trimmer, you are using your weigth on the high
side rail along with the helmsman, headsail trimmer. Where would you
rather have the traveler than between your feet?

There are times, when when racing. that the Jib sheets are crossed so
that the trimmer can use the wench on the high side.

Just think about it! The Helmsman has a tiller extension, the head sail
trimmer is on the rail next to the winch controlling his sail and the
main trimmer with the traveler line between his knees. Can anyone
improve on that placement of equipment for a three man crew racing? I
can't think of a better place than the cockpit for the traveler.

AND; "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!"

Ole Thom

wrote:
And contrary to what some of the armchair "experts" here think, you CAN get more
than 100% out of a boat. If you knew anything about sailing, you would know why.


DSK wrote:
Please explain. I (for one) am here to learn.

Also, please tell us which class(es) you have won regional championship(s) in. If you're more than
an "armchair expert" on getting 100%(or more) performance out of a sailboat, then you should have
found your level pretty high up the food chain.

wrote:
Are you really this slow, Doug? You seem headed towards Horvathville.

Are you taking lessons in backpeddling from the Crapton and one-line come backs from Bubbles? It's
pretty simple. If you can sail a boat at 100% of it's speed potential, you should have won at least
*some* regattas at a higher level than local beer can chases. If you have no such history of winning,
then you're talking through your hat... and trying to insult others on top of that.

Come to think of it, this is more MC's style than yours. Having a tough day?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

The Captains Nemesis wrote:

Remember the Loveday loop?

Nope, neareest I could find on a quick search was this
http://www.baaths.com/s77.html
The site is worth a look, we've been using a variaotion on this
compass for 30 years!

They's sold backwards scaled compasses for decades, and I've had paired compasses
for port & starboard on several boats. But OTOH it's fairly easy to remember that on
starboard tack, higher is better.

About the Loveday Loop... hate to be dense but I can't quite see what the radio
ariel gizmo is. It looks like they've replaced the traveler with a post to get the
mainsheet horizontal. I've seen this done on 470s and 505s with a upside down "U"
that we used to call either a crash bar or whammy bar. Makes a nice handhold for
roll tacks, too. It's a good system.

At first I though you were talking about the old fashioned mainsheet system where
the sheet & blocks form an upside down "V" at the back of the cockpit. There are
still a bunch of Lightnings rigged with those, but they aren't the competitive
ones.....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Nuty,

I do believe BB has you. Even your dream boat is still considered a
Small Craft.

OT