EdGordonRN wrote:

Teh you are still beginner sailors....it is a challenge to sail in light
air...it is sometimes harder to sail in light air....get a spinnaker and
hone your skills in those less than 9 days....


Forget that. Although a spinnaker might be interesting. What kind of point of
sail can you get with a spinnaker--isn't it only for running?

Ed, perhaps you should have taken a lesson or two, look up asymmetric spinnakers
and see what you can find about sailing with one, definitely not for running!

Cheers
Marty

Ed, perhaps you should have taken a lesson or two, look up asymmetric
spinnakers
and see what you can find about sailing with one, definitely not for running!

Why take a lesson when I already know how to sail, and I sail all the time? Why
take a lesson when I can read what I want to know in a book? As for spinnakers,
we were running today and talked about it, and there's no real reason for it on
our boat. Too much hassle and modification necessary. And for any other point
of sail, the last thing we need is more sail area. Consider that the boat we
sail is not a racing dinghy. It's well designed, very strong and fast, but it's
not a racer.

Pretty easy really. 1 nm= about 1.1 mile, so speed in mph = 1.1 speed in
knots.

1.15 and a bunch of other decimal places, but who cares? When we sail, we sail
for about two hours. 25 minutes to the dock, about 30 minutes to set up, 2
hours sailing, 30 minutes to take down and 25 minutes home. We flake the sail,
and wash the boat the next day. We don't get burned out and we don't get
frustrated. And we don't pretend to be sailors. We are sailors. Bottom line.

Edsprit wrote:
Pretty easy really. 1 nm= about 1.1 mile, so speed in mph = 1.1
speed in knots.

1.15 and a bunch of other decimal places, but who cares? When we
sail, we sail for about two hours. 25 minutes to the dock, about 30
minutes to set up, 2 hours sailing, 30 minutes to take down and 25
minutes home. We flake the sail, and wash the boat the next day. We
don't get burned out and we don't get frustrated.

What does thinking in nautical miles have to do with getting burned out or
frustrated?


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

What does thinking in nautical miles have to do with getting burned out or
frustrated?

Nothing. The bottom line is: we sail. We don't need "sailorly" things unless
they aid what we do.

EdGordonRN wrote:

What does thinking in nautical miles have to do with getting burned
out or frustrated?

Nothing.

Then why mention it? Or were you digressing towards your justification of
how you sail and your approach to same? You do know where nautical miles
comes from, don't you?


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

Then why mention it? Or were you digressing towards your justification of
how you sail and your approach to same? You do know where nautical miles
comes from, don't you?

No, I don't. I could easily hit search and discover where it came from, but I
think I'd rather you schooled me on it. Better yet, I think I'll go to your web
site. I'm sure it's there.

Or were you digressing towards your justification of
how you sail and your approach to same?

He is sailing, Wally. Meanwhile, we've yet to see your boat with a spin after
you suggested that flying one in very light air was a snap!

RB

The bottom line is: we sail. We don't need "sailorly" things unless
they aid what we do.

Good for you! You're not a fraud. Do what works for you and sail safe. THAT'S
sailing!

RB

Good for you! You're not a fraud. Do what works for you and sail safe. THAT'S
sailing!

RB

So, Bob, what kind of boat do you sail?