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Capt. Rob September 9th 09 12:32 AM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 

Owning a boat is great!

Thomas and I slept aboard Friday and Saturday. Labor day was a "no
sail day" but we ended up at City Island for dinner and then ran into
another crew....and before you could say "Beneteau 35s5!" we ran our
boats out for a quick late afternoon sail in light to moderate air!

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/p8612...show#h126a79e3

Cheers,


RB
35s5
NY

~^ beancounter ~^ September 9th 09 02:44 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
nice shots...good sail shape......





On Sep 8, 5:32*pm, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Owning a boat is great!

Thomas and I slept aboard Friday and Saturday. Labor day was a "no
sail day" but we ended up at City Island for dinner and then ran into
another crew....and before you could say "Beneteau 35s5!" we ran our
boats out for a quick late afternoon sail in light to moderate air!

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/p8612...show#h126a79e3

Cheers,

RB
35s5
NY



Wilbur Hubbard September 9th 09 07:31 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...

Owning a boat is great!


How would you know about owning a boat? Haven't you admitted Heart of Gold
is in your wife's name?


Wilbur Hubbard




Capt. Rob September 10th 09 01:00 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sep 9, 9:44 am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
nice shots...good sail shape......





Thanks!

This may be the last full season for the Kevlar main. It's showing
some wear now and it was originally cut a bit deep for my tastes. Mark
at Doyle will probably make me something better for next season.


Cheers,


RB
35s5
NY

~^ beancounter ~^ September 10th 09 04:52 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
nice......i'll bet it's a pretty penny for a new
kevlar main......i am partial to north sails...
having worked there in my past and "gettin'
my wife there".. ‹(•¿•)›



cheers ... happy sailin'

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~^ beancounter ~^ September 10th 09 04:53 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
" This may be the last full season for the Kevlar main "

l@@ks nice from here ( colorado )

Edgar September 10th 09 07:41 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...
On Sep 9, 9:44 am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
nice shots...good sail shape......





Thanks!

This may be the last full season for the Kevlar main. It's showing
some wear now and it was originally cut a bit deep for my tastes. Mark
at Doyle will probably make me something better for next season.


Try not to get a black one next time!



Capt. Rob September 12th 09 03:11 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sep 10, 2:41 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

...

On Sep 9, 9:44 am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
nice shots...good sail shape......


Thanks!


This may be the last full season for the Kevlar main. It's showing
some wear now and it was originally cut a bit deep for my tastes. Mark
at Doyle will probably make me something better for next season.


Try not to get a black one next time!




LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!


RB
35s5
NY

Capt. Rob September 12th 09 03:12 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sep 10, 2:41 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

...

On Sep 9, 9:44 am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
nice shots...good sail shape......


Thanks!


This may be the last full season for the Kevlar main. It's showing
some wear now and it was originally cut a bit deep for my tastes. Mark
at Doyle will probably make me something better for next season.


Try not to get a black one next time!




LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!


RB
35s5
NY

Wilbur Hubbard September 12th 09 03:26 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...

LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!



Badly trimmed, backed or luffing sails of any color are always easily
noticed. (As in, "Just look at THAT idiot!")

Wilbur Hubbard





[email protected] September 12th 09 08:54 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:26:29 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...

LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!



Badly trimmed, backed or luffing sails of any color are always easily
noticed. (As in, "Just look at THAT idiot!")

Wilbur Hubbard


I was sailing with a VERY famous sailor one day, and I tried to razz
him about the slight backwinding of his main. He said that on that
particular boat, the best speed at that point of sail was attained
based more on the trim of the genoa, and if it bothered anyone, they
could think of the deformity in the main as a "speed bubble". Doing
anythng to reduce the bubble would slow the boat down.


cavelamb September 12th 09 08:59 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:26:29 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...
LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!


Badly trimmed, backed or luffing sails of any color are always easily
noticed. (As in, "Just look at THAT idiot!")

Wilbur Hubbard


I was sailing with a VERY famous sailor one day, and I tried to razz
him about the slight backwinding of his main. He said that on that
particular boat, the best speed at that point of sail was attained
based more on the trim of the genoa, and if it bothered anyone, they
could think of the deformity in the main as a "speed bubble". Doing
anythng to reduce the bubble would slow the boat down.


I'm not very famous or anything like that, but I can verify that this
is true - at least on my boat - verified by GPS.

GPS takes the "unknown" aspects out of the question - we simply do whatever
makes the boat go faster.








Un-Yawn September 12th 09 09:01 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:26:29 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...

LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!



Badly trimmed, backed or luffing sails of any color are always easily
noticed. (As in, "Just look at THAT idiot!")

Wilbur Hubbard


I was sailing with a VERY famous sailor one day, and I tried to razz
him about the slight backwinding of his main. He said that on that
particular boat, the best speed at that point of sail was attained
based more on the trim of the genoa, and if it bothered anyone, they
could think of the deformity in the main as a "speed bubble". Doing
anythng to reduce the bubble would slow the boat down.


North Sails?




Bruce In Bangkok September 13th 09 12:35 AM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:12:11 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"
wrote:

On Sep 10, 2:41 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

...

On Sep 9, 9:44 am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
nice shots...good sail shape......


Thanks!


This may be the last full season for the Kevlar main. It's showing
some wear now and it was originally cut a bit deep for my tastes. Mark
at Doyle will probably make me something better for next season.


Try not to get a black one next time!




LOL. I may just go with standard materials this time. But the nice
thing about the black main is that when we meet friends out on the
water we're easy to spot!


RB
35s5
NY


Particularly after sun set :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Wayne.B September 13th 09 04:35 AM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:54:51 -0400, wrote:

I was sailing with a VERY famous sailor one day, and I tried to razz
him about the slight backwinding of his main. He said that on that
particular boat, the best speed at that point of sail was attained
based more on the trim of the genoa, and if it bothered anyone, they
could think of the deformity in the main as a "speed bubble". Doing
anythng to reduce the bubble would slow the boat down.


That's true and not all that unusual in my experience. It does point
to a possible issue with the cut of the mainsail or mast tuning
however. A back winded main is not doing much to drive the boat, only
helping to balance the helm at that point. With a bendy mast you can
usually flatten the main enough to keep it from happening but you have
to increase halyard and/or cunningham tension to pull the draft back
forward.


Bloody Horvath September 13th 09 11:20 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:59:41 -0500, cavelamb
wrote this crap:


I'm not very famous or anything like that, but I can verify that this
is true - at least on my boat - verified by GPS.

GPS takes the "unknown" aspects out of the question - we simply do whatever
makes the boat go faster.


Good advice. That's leadership, and i'm always teaching leadership.

Vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.





I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

Richard Casady September 23rd 09 04:14 PM

Labor Day Sail for Heart of Gold
 
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:59:41 -0500, cavelamb
wrote:

GPS takes the "unknown" aspects out of the question - we simply do whatever
makes the boat go faster.


I always did whatever avoided the capsize. With a scow, fast takes
care of itself. If you have a need for speed get an E boat and a pair
of water skiis.

Casady


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