I made a webshots album to store photos of the boat I'm crewing on...

http://community.webshots.com/album/142596139fBXMkl

Some photos of this evening's race have just been added to the previous
Salmon pics.


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

Good grief, can't you crew on a bigger boat? Sailing a variety of boats is a
great teacher. Tomorrow I get to sail a Cal28 and Sunday i'll be out on the
Tayana 48DS, if she's ready.

RB

Bobsprit wrote:

Good grief, can't you crew on a bigger boat?

Perhaps, but I'm having a blast on this one and haven't looked.


Sailing a variety of boats is a great teacher.

Indeed. Been crewing on Salmon for six weeks. Two of us (maybe three) were
scratch crew at the start of the season and this is our first taste of yacht
sailing after messing about on dinghies. Learning plenty.


Tomorrow I get to sail a Cal28 and Sunday
i'll be out on the Tayana 48DS, if she's ready.

I'm glad you agree that our spinnaker flying is better than your sorry
effort.


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

Wally wrote:

Indeed. Been crewing on Salmon for six weeks. Two of us (maybe three) were
scratch crew at the start of the season and this is our first taste of yacht
sailing after messing about on dinghies. Learning plenty.


I bet you are!

Cheers

It's probably a stepping stone...

Cheers

Bobsprit wrote:

Good grief, can't you crew on a bigger boat? Sailing a variety of boats is a
great teacher. Tomorrow I get to sail a Cal28 and Sunday i'll be out on the
Tayana 48DS, if she's ready.

RB

For the spinnaker shot what course were you sailing? Why no luff curl?

Cheers

Wally wrote:
I made a webshots album to store photos of the boat I'm crewing on...

http://community.webshots.com/album/142596139fBXMkl

Some photos of this evening's race have just been added to the previous
Salmon pics.

Navigator wrote:

For the spinnaker shot what course were you sailing?

I think the pole was fairly far forward, starboard side. So, almost a dead
run.


Why no luff curl?

It's a Frankenstein photo - the shots were mostly taken over 20 seconds or
so (some later), so maybe there was a bit of curl but I didn't catch it. I
was lying on the foredeck looking straight up, so I'm not sure if any curl
would obvious from that position (I'm 'inside' the sail). The idea was to
show Boobsie that it exists and that we can get it to draw, whereas his
spinny photo only shows existence and no draw.


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

It's a Frankenstein photo - the shots were mostly taken over 20 seconds or
so (some later), so maybe there was a bit of curl but I didn't catch it.

Bwahahaha! Yeah, okay!

RB

Bobsprit wrote:
It's a Frankenstein photo - the shots were mostly taken over 20
seconds or so (some later), so maybe there was a bit of curl but I
didn't catch it.

Bwahahaha! Yeah, okay!

At least it had enough air to be in with a chance of curling.

Two knots!


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

Bwahahaha! Yeah, okay!

At least it had enough air to be in with a chance of curling.

Yeah, getting a spin to draw in ultra light air is real easy, right Wally?? You
sure are "learning!"

RB