Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

that about says it all, eh?


"Bobsprit" wrote ...
Doesn't matter what a "real sailor" might say.

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

Donal wrote:



The inability to use language precisely is not something to be
cherished. Why not reduce it to a gutteral " It was WOW man and I mean
WOW!" and then we will all know what you are talking about...


Because, they really aren't as unstable as they look when they are "a-hull".
You haven't sailed one, have you?

Well, well!! Donal has got one up on The Navigator!!!


What are you talking about?

Cheers

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

I've never heard anyone on a multihull say this. I have heard it from
mono sailors. From multihullers I hear, "I was going along, flying the
port hull, and we a gust hit and we capsized."

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Donal wrote:

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Heeled only means tilted and would include listing. The catamaran _is_
heeled -it may even lift a hull out if heeled far enough! Live with it
-he's right (or look it up yourself in the OED).


I know that the dictionary says that it is heeled when it is sailing on
one
hull. However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use
the
term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of
sailing
a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

No? How about "She heeled over so far that I almost lost control and
capsized". Sailors who have been there would immediately empathize.


"Heeled" is dull. "A hull" is exciting! They are two completely
different things - to any sailor who has actually experienced them.


The inability to use language precisely is not something to be
cherished. Why not reduce it to a gutteral " It was WOW man and I mean
WOW!" and then we will all know what you are talking about...


Cheers

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

Perfect. From the liar himself with no prompting. HE WINS!

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
that about says it all, eh?


"Bobsprit" wrote ...
Doesn't matter what a "real sailor" might say.

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

In a pig's eye you sailed a hobie 16. Prove it.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use the
term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of
sailing
a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

What a load of crap. I sailed a Hobie 16 for the past two summers in north
carolina dn you didn't.
The dictionary, Hobie website and even the chapman's terms says I'm right.
Let us know when you ever sail a Cat of ANY kind!

RB

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

You wouldn't know, since it takes one to know one.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use the
term "heeled"

A real sailor? You mean YOU'RE a real sailor???

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

RB

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

I've never heard anyone on a multihull say this. I have heard it from
mono sailors. From multihullers I hear, "I was going along, flying the
port hull, and we a gust hit and we capsized."

I see.
Are you saying multihull sailors can't speak properly?
Do they all just capsaize in gusts - s'funny the only problem I can
really remember on Hobies was a nasty tendency to pitchpole when really
flying -but then again that might faulty memory.

Cheers

Don't they have a command of the english language

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Donal wrote:


"Nav" wrote in message
...


Heeled only means tilted and would include listing. The catamaran _is_
heeled -it may even lift a hull out if heeled far enough! Live with it
-he's right (or look it up yourself in the OED).


I know that the dictionary says that it is heeled when it is sailing on

one

hull. However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use

the

term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of

sailing

a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

No? How about "She heeled over so far that I almost lost control and
capsized". Sailors who have been there would immediately empathize.


"Heeled" is dull. "A hull" is exciting! They are two completely
different things - to any sailor who has actually experienced them.


The inability to use language precisely is not something to be
cherished. Why not reduce it to a gutteral " It was WOW man and I mean
WOW!" and then we will all know what you are talking about...


Cheers

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

There are lots of them in resorts I think...


Cheers

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

In a pig's eye you sailed a hobie 16. Prove it.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...

However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use the
term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of

sailing

a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

What a load of crap. I sailed a Hobie 16 for the past two summers in north
carolina dn you didn't.
The dictionary, Hobie website and even the chapman's terms says I'm right.
Let us know when you ever sail a Cat of ANY kind!

RB

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

Is that a "turbo" (what an awful name) version you are talking about?

Cheers

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

In a pig's eye you sailed a hobie 16. Prove it.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...

However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use the
term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of

sailing

a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

What a load of crap. I sailed a Hobie 16 for the past two summers in north
carolina dn you didn't.
The dictionary, Hobie website and even the chapman's terms says I'm right.
Let us know when you ever sail a Cat of ANY kind!

RB

Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded
 

I never said "all." I said multihullers. Perhaps they were drunk?

Hobies flying? no way. they heel.

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Jonathan Ganz wrote:

I've never heard anyone on a multihull say this. I have heard it from
mono sailors. From multihullers I hear, "I was going along, flying the
port hull, and we a gust hit and we capsized."

I see.
Are you saying multihull sailors can't speak properly?
Do they all just capsaize in gusts - s'funny the only problem I can
really remember on Hobies was a nasty tendency to pitchpole when really
flying -but then again that might faulty memory.

Cheers

Don't they have a command of the english language

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Donal wrote:


"Nav" wrote in message
...


Heeled only means tilted and would include listing. The catamaran _is_
heeled -it may even lift a hull out if heeled far enough! Live with
it
-he's right (or look it up yourself in the OED).


I know that the dictionary says that it is heeled when it is sailing on

one

hull. However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use

the

term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of

sailing

a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

No? How about "She heeled over so far that I almost lost control and
capsized". Sailors who have been there would immediately empathize.


"Heeled" is dull. "A hull" is exciting! They are two completely
different things - to any sailor who has actually experienced them.


The inability to use language precisely is not something to be
cherished. Why not reduce it to a gutteral " It was WOW man and I mean
WOW!" and then we will all know what you are talking about...


Cheers