Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Wally, please don't be cruel to JHM.

As a sweet, innocent, fresh-faced n00b, I'm interested in learning about
this sort of thing.

A couple of Sundays ago, we had some gusts on the Sonata I'm crewing on - no
reef, standard jib, at least 40 degrees of heel (the lee rail was dipping
under). Being a n00b, I didn't know what the windspeeds were until I read
the OOD's notes on the club web site, which calmly stated that they were
29-45kts. Damned excellent fun...


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Yep, it's fun for a short period, then it gets old fast.

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"Wally" wrote in message
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Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Wally, please don't be cruel to JHM.

As a sweet, innocent, fresh-faced n00b, I'm interested in learning about
this sort of thing.

A couple of Sundays ago, we had some gusts on the Sonata I'm crewing on -
no
reef, standard jib, at least 40 degrees of heel (the lee rail was dipping
under). Being a n00b, I didn't know what the windspeeds were until I read
the OOD's notes on the club web site, which calmly stated that they were
29-45kts. Damned excellent fun...


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Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk/music

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Yep, it's fun for a short period, then it gets old fast.

It's been okay for the couple of hours round-the-cans racing we've been
doing. I can well imagine that it would get tedious on a longer sail.


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Wally
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Not only tedious, but increases the potential for failure of
boat parts and mistakes by the crew.

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"Wally" wrote in message
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Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Yep, it's fun for a short period, then it gets old fast.

It's been okay for the couple of hours round-the-cans racing we've been
doing. I can well imagine that it would get tedious on a longer sail.


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Wally
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