Sailing in a fleet
 

Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?

On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
how long before they noticed no one was
driving.

It took about 3 minutes.

Sailing in a fleet
 

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
t...
Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?

On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
how long before they noticed no one was
driving.

It took about 3 minutes.


Good one! must have been amusing.

What kind of boat?

Sailing in a fleet
 

Bart,
Ok, so you're sailing offshore, way offshore. You're sailing single-handed
but with another boat doing the same; your friend's boat is a few hundred
yards away. There are no other boats around for at least 50 miles. You need
some item (e.g., a cold beer or a torque wrench, doesn't matter) and it's on
his boat. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to raft
over to him? Under any circumstances?
It's a purely theoretical in the places I sail, but I'm wondering if ocean
sailors ever leave their boat to autopilot.
Scout


"Bart Senior" wrote in message
t...
Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?

On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
how long before they noticed no one was
driving.

It took about 3 minutes.

Sailing in a fleet
 

Certainly Scout... I've done it myself in open water. Mind you I had a high
speed inflatable to make the passage and eased the sails to reduce speed.

Have you ever sailed an "Articulated Schooner"..... it's what we call it
when you arrange to tow another boat behind you [upwind only] ... both
vessels under canvas, no aux... and you'll want to trim the aft vessel to be
just slightly slower. You do have to board and trim on tacks but the effect
is eye catching! Best we've done is 3 boats...

CM


"Scout" wrote in message
...
| Bart,
| Ok, so you're sailing offshore, way offshore. You're sailing single-handed
| but with another boat doing the same; your friend's boat is a few hundred
| yards away. There are no other boats around for at least 50 miles. You
need
| some item (e.g., a cold beer or a torque wrench, doesn't matter) and it's
on
| his boat. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to
raft
| over to him? Under any circumstances?
| It's a purely theoretical in the places I sail, but I'm wondering if ocean
| sailors ever leave their boat to autopilot.
| Scout
|
|
| "Bart Senior" wrote in message
| t...
| Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?
|
| On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
| haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
| while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
| how long before they noticed no one was
| driving.
|
| It took about 3 minutes.
|
|
|
|

Sailing in a fleet
 

wow, that sounds really cool. how far apart are the boats?
does the slower aft boat just act as a drag to keep all in line?
Scout

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
Certainly Scout... I've done it myself in open water. Mind you I had a
high
speed inflatable to make the passage and eased the sails to reduce speed.

Have you ever sailed an "Articulated Schooner"..... it's what we call it
when you arrange to tow another boat behind you [upwind only] ... both
vessels under canvas, no aux... and you'll want to trim the aft vessel to
be
just slightly slower. You do have to board and trim on tacks but the
effect
is eye catching! Best we've done is 3 boats...

CM


"Scout" wrote in message
...
| Bart,
| Ok, so you're sailing offshore, way offshore. You're sailing
single-handed
| but with another boat doing the same; your friend's boat is a few
hundred
| yards away. There are no other boats around for at least 50 miles. You
need
| some item (e.g., a cold beer or a torque wrench, doesn't matter) and
it's
on
| his boat. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to
raft
| over to him? Under any circumstances?
| It's a purely theoretical in the places I sail, but I'm wondering if
ocean
| sailors ever leave their boat to autopilot.
| Scout
|
|
| "Bart Senior" wrote in message
| t...
| Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?
|
| On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
| haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
| while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
| how long before they noticed no one was
| driving.
|
| It took about 3 minutes.
|
|
|
|

Sailing in a fleet
 

Yup... both or all three vessels are about a foot or two from bowsprit to
stern rail. It works really well... the aft boat needs to be just slower
than the lead vessel. We had everyone from all the vessels in my boat at the
lead for a while... at the tack somebody would go back and trim each boat
then return. You should be able to walk onto each vessel without a problem.
It looks really neat and draws a lot of attention.

I often wondered at the maximum vessels one could chain up like that.

CM

"Scout" wrote in message
...
| wow, that sounds really cool. how far apart are the boats?
| does the slower aft boat just act as a drag to keep all in line?
| Scout
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| ...
| Certainly Scout... I've done it myself in open water. Mind you I had a
| high
| speed inflatable to make the passage and eased the sails to reduce
speed.
|
| Have you ever sailed an "Articulated Schooner"..... it's what we call
it
| when you arrange to tow another boat behind you [upwind only] ... both
| vessels under canvas, no aux... and you'll want to trim the aft vessel
to
| be
| just slightly slower. You do have to board and trim on tacks but the
| effect
| is eye catching! Best we've done is 3 boats...
|
| CM
|
|
| "Scout" wrote in message
| ...
| | Bart,
| | Ok, so you're sailing offshore, way offshore. You're sailing
| single-handed
| | but with another boat doing the same; your friend's boat is a few
| hundred
| | yards away. There are no other boats around for at least 50 miles. You
| need
| | some item (e.g., a cold beer or a torque wrench, doesn't matter) and
| it's
| on
| | his boat. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to
| raft
| | over to him? Under any circumstances?
| | It's a purely theoretical in the places I sail, but I'm wondering if
| ocean
| | sailors ever leave their boat to autopilot.
| | Scout
| |
| |
| | "Bart Senior" wrote in message
| | t...
| | Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?
| |
| | On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
| | haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
| | while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
| | how long before they noticed no one was
| | driving.
| |
| | It took about 3 minutes.
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

Sailing in a fleet
 

If you can get enough, we could walk to Hawaii!
Scout

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
Yup... both or all three vessels are about a foot or two from bowsprit to
stern rail. It works really well... the aft boat needs to be just slower
than the lead vessel. We had everyone from all the vessels in my boat at
the
lead for a while... at the tack somebody would go back and trim each boat
then return. You should be able to walk onto each vessel without a
problem.
It looks really neat and draws a lot of attention.

I often wondered at the maximum vessels one could chain up like that.

CM

"Scout" wrote in message
...
| wow, that sounds really cool. how far apart are the boats?
| does the slower aft boat just act as a drag to keep all in line?
| Scout
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| ...
| Certainly Scout... I've done it myself in open water. Mind you I had a
| high
| speed inflatable to make the passage and eased the sails to reduce
speed.
|
| Have you ever sailed an "Articulated Schooner"..... it's what we call
it
| when you arrange to tow another boat behind you [upwind only] ... both
| vessels under canvas, no aux... and you'll want to trim the aft vessel
to
| be
| just slightly slower. You do have to board and trim on tacks but the
| effect
| is eye catching! Best we've done is 3 boats...
|
| CM
|
|
| "Scout" wrote in message
| ...
| | Bart,
| | Ok, so you're sailing offshore, way offshore. You're sailing
| single-handed
| | but with another boat doing the same; your friend's boat is a few
| hundred
| | yards away. There are no other boats around for at least 50 miles.
You
| need
| | some item (e.g., a cold beer or a torque wrench, doesn't matter) and
| it's
| on
| | his boat. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat
to
| raft
| | over to him? Under any circumstances?
| | It's a purely theoretical in the places I sail, but I'm wondering if
| ocean
| | sailors ever leave their boat to autopilot.
| | Scout
| |
| |
| | "Bart Senior" wrote in message
| | t...
| | Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?
| |
| | On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
| | haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
| | while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
| | how long before they noticed no one was
| | driving.
| |
| | It took about 3 minutes.
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

Sailing in a fleet
 

"Capt. Mooron" wrote ...

... and you'll want to trim the aft vessel to be
just slightly slower.

Or in the case of Overpoof, trim for top speed.

SV

Sailing in a fleet
 

Any time I sail in a group of boats I'm tempted to
do this sort of non-verbal communication with other
boats.

It was fun to goof on people on my own boat, and then on
one of the other boats. Our boat was a Pearson 37, as
were three other boats in the fleet.

The P-37 is about the nicest boat I've sailed in that size
range. It was also big enough that when the kids were
all up on the bow and distracted I could set the whole
thing up with the other adult on the boat.

By they way, we hit 7.5 knots in about 10 knots of breeze
close reaching with the big genoa. Not bad for a 30.5'
waterline.

http://www.practical-sailor.com/sample/boatreview1.html


FreeFloat wrote

"Bart Senior" wrote

Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?

On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
how long before they noticed no one was
driving.

It took about 3 minutes.

Good one! must have been amusing.

What kind of boat?

Sailing in a fleet
 

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote ...
|
| ... and you'll want to trim the aft vessel to be
| just slightly slower.
|
| Or in the case of Overpoof, trim for top speed.

Oh Yeah.... Sail on up Here Scotty! We'll race for beers!

CM