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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

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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

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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.

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KWEL...... I placed you on my favourites list buddy!

CM

"Wally" wrote in message
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| 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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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Capt. Mooron wrote:

KWEL...... I placed you on my favourites list buddy!

Right on. :-) I'm getting a little cheapo digicam tomorrow (I borrowed one
for this evening), so there should be more to come. It's a little keyring
jobbie for 15 quid - takes 20 photos.


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

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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.

That looks like a lot of fun. Good job pasting together the spinnaker
pic... hard to tell what's up with it, which means it can't be too bad.
Of course my first suggestion is always to try raising the pole a bit.

2nd by 17 seconds? Pretty good, what rating system do you use?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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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

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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 thinks that a barely filled spin has no draw. Yeah, okay!

RB

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Right on. :-) I'm getting a little cheapo digicam

Right, why break the pattern and buy anything good?

RB

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DSK wrote:

That looks like a lot of fun. Good job pasting together the spinnaker
pic... hard to tell what's up with it, which means it can't be too
bad. Of course my first suggestion is always to try raising the pole
a bit.

I'll see if I can do a better one when I get the new toy digicam. Tonight's
was done by pasting some rather disparate bits of photo together, but I have
a stitching program than can do a better job if I make a proper array of
shots.


2nd by 17 seconds? Pretty good, what rating system do you use?

Open handicap using Portsmouth Yardstick, modified with a rolling handicap
system used by the club.


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

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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

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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

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"Wally" wrote in message
| a stitching program than can do a better job if I make a proper array of
| shots.

MicroGrafix????

CM

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If it turns into a drift, we unclip the normal spinny sheet and use a really
thin line instead.

Bwahahaha! Yeah, try fishing line, 10 lbs test!

RB

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Bobsprit wrote:

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!"

If it turns into a drift, we unclip the normal spinny sheet and use a really
thin line instead. Stops the clew getting pulled down by the weight of the
sheet.


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

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Capt. Mooron wrote:

a stitching program than can do a better job if I make a proper
array of shots.

MicroGrafix????

Canon Photostitch. Came with my Digital Ixus.


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

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"Wally" wrote in message
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| Capt. Mooron wrote:
|
| a stitching program than can do a better job if I make a proper
| array of shots.
|
| MicroGrafix????
|
| Canon Photostitch. Came with my Digital Ixus.

Kwel.... I use MicroGrafix. I've stitched a panorama with 7 35 mm shots on
a 22mm Nikon AF on my NikonF4. That was just so damn neat! It was a long
lake way up in the Arctic... filled with landlocked Arctic Char. I'll have
to post it to webshots.

CM

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Capt. Mooron wrote:

Kwel.... I use MicroGrafix. I've stitched a panorama with 7 35 mm
shots on a 22mm Nikon AF on my NikonF4. That was just so damn neat!
It was a long lake way up in the Arctic... filled with landlocked
Arctic Char. I'll have to post it to webshots.

Do - I'd like to see it. Here's the first panorama I tried with the Ixus...

http://cara.yachtsea.com/Sites/Huly_...anorama_01.jpg

It's a bunch of 640x480 shots with the camera held vertically.


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

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Excellent...... You'd love this MicroGraphix... no dilution between shots
and even, full matrix rendering. You'll end up with full res shots... but
they'll be stitched and assembled into a neat package with even lines.

All you do is pick the X's & O's for the seam lines.

CM


"Wally" wrote in message
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| Capt. Mooron wrote:
|
| Kwel.... I use MicroGrafix. I've stitched a panorama with 7 35 mm
| shots on a 22mm Nikon AF on my NikonF4. That was just so damn neat!
| It was a long lake way up in the Arctic... filled with landlocked
| Arctic Char. I'll have to post it to webshots.
|
| Do - I'd like to see it. Here's the first panorama I tried with the
Ixus...
|
| http://cara.yachtsea.com/Sites/Huly_...anorama_01.jpg
|
| It's a bunch of 640x480 shots with the camera held vertically.
|
|
| --
| Wally
| www.forthsailing.com
| www.wally.myby.co.uk
|
|

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Capt. Mooron wrote:
Excellent...... You'd love this MicroGraphix... no dilution between
shots and even, full matrix rendering. You'll end up with full res
shots... but they'll be stitched and assembled into a neat package
with even lines.

All you do is pick the X's & O's for the seam lines.

Yup, the Canon software does that as well - drag and drop the overlaps. On
that first one, I didn't know the seams could be fine-tuned. Is MicroGraphix
a commercial package, or a shareware/freebie?


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

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I didn't know the seams could be fine-tuned. Is MicroGraphix
a commercial package, or a shareware/freebie?

Oh my. There must be something that Wally knows. Not sure what it might be...I
just don't know!

RB

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Bobsprit wrote:

Oh my. There must be something that Wally knows. Not sure what it
might be...I just don't know!

Oh my. There must be a crew out there that has the strength to haul
something heavier than 10lb fishing line, but will Bob find them? I just
don't know!


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

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"Wally" wrote in message

Yup, the Canon software does that as well - drag and drop the overlaps. On
| that first one, I didn't know the seams could be fine-tuned. Is
MicroGraphix
| a commercial package, or a shareware/freebie?

Unfortunately not available anymore.....
Corel bought them out and incorporates some of the features.... but I'm not
a Corel fan and hardly use their applications.

CM

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Capt. Mooron wrote:

MicroGraphix a commercial package, or a shareware/freebie?

Unfortunately not available anymore.....
Corel bought them out and incorporates some of the features.... but

Ah, well, I'll stick with the Canon jobbie, then. (I got a toy digicam - see
post to Bob in "Wally's Spin" thread.)


I'm not a Corel fan and hardly use their applications.

Never had much to do with their software - last I saw was Corel Draw a good
10 years ago, but the computer barely had the power to run it. I thought it
was just the ticket for that community newsletter stuff...


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

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"Navigator" wrote in message
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For the spinnaker shot what course were you sailing? Why no luff curl?


How can you tell? I can only see the leech!



Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:

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

How can you tell? I can only see the leech!

The big composite shot has leech and luff, but most of the foot is missing.


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Wally
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"Wally" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

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

How can you tell? I can only see the leech!

The big composite shot has leech and luff, but most of the foot is
missing.

That's because you just shot yourself in it.

Nav was critisizing your "Spinaker" shot.


Regards

Donal
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Donal wrote:

Nav was critisizing your "Spinaker" shot.

Your drollery is duly noted...


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

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"Wally" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

Nav was critisizing your "Spinaker" shot.

Your drollery is duly noted...

Trollery is spelt with a "T".



Regards


Donal
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