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Steve Fossett - Remembering
Saw the new Boeing take off for its test run, and Steve Fossett came
to mind. Maybe because they mentioned that Rutan used the Boeing lightweight materials for his non-stop round-the-world flight. Anyway, I was reading about him and saw he set the trans-Atlantic sailing record in 2001, averaging 26 kts. Since then the French have taken over most the long distance speed records, but Fossett still has many spots on this record list. http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/inde...=74&It emid=6 We lost a great American sailor when Fossett died, though I always remember him for his balloon feats. Guess they got more publicity, and I wasn't paying much attention to sailing. This really amazes me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcDXns1W28 Average of 33 kts across the Atlantic. Top speed 47 knots. I crossed the Atlantic multiple times on my Navy can - top speed 27 knots, without oversize burner tips, which we never used. Even then 31 would have been tops. But we normally cruised at 15-20. I imagine being on the fantail deck and seeing this tri effortlessly blowing by us in the middle of the Atlantic, moved by the wind alone, while our turbines screamed as we burned barrels of oil a minute producing 70k HP. Bet that would have ****ed off the skipper. No. On second thought, he would have enjoyed it immensely. What sailor could do anything but? I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? --Vic |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? Or how to ruin an otherwise rather good post on the last line..... Le 15/12/2009 20:37, Vic Smith a écrit : Saw the new Boeing take off for its test run, and Steve Fossett came to mind. Maybe because they mentioned that Rutan used the Boeing lightweight materials for his non-stop round-the-world flight. Anyway, I was reading about him and saw he set the trans-Atlantic sailing record in 2001, averaging 26 kts. Since then the French have taken over most the long distance speed records, but Fossett still has many spots on this record list. http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/inde...=74&It emid=6 We lost a great American sailor when Fossett died, though I always remember him for his balloon feats. Guess they got more publicity, and I wasn't paying much attention to sailing. This really amazes me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcDXns1W28 Average of 33 kts across the Atlantic. Top speed 47 knots. I crossed the Atlantic multiple times on my Navy can - top speed 27 knots, without oversize burner tips, which we never used. Even then 31 would have been tops. But we normally cruised at 15-20. I imagine being on the fantail deck and seeing this tri effortlessly blowing by us in the middle of the Atlantic, moved by the wind alone, while our turbines screamed as we burned barrels of oil a minute producing 70k HP. Bet that would have ****ed off the skipper. No. On second thought, he would have enjoyed it immensely. What sailor could do anything but? I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? --Vic -- http://francois.lonchamp.free.fr Un doigt de linguistique ... et un soupçon de voile Un site ami : http://www.benescribere.com Agence lorraine de services linguistiques : Correction, Rédaction, Traduction - Coaching en orthographe et en expression écrite |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:26:07 +0100, François Lonchamp
wrote: I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? Or how to ruin an otherwise rather good post on the last line..... Sacrebleu! Hey, if you're called the best sailors, BO is nothing. Wouldn't bother me. But then I have Polish in-laws. --Vic Le 15/12/2009 20:37, Vic Smith a écrit : Saw the new Boeing take off for its test run, and Steve Fossett came to mind. Maybe because they mentioned that Rutan used the Boeing lightweight materials for his non-stop round-the-world flight. Anyway, I was reading about him and saw he set the trans-Atlantic sailing record in 2001, averaging 26 kts. Since then the French have taken over most the long distance speed records, but Fossett still has many spots on this record list. http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/inde...=74&It emid=6 We lost a great American sailor when Fossett died, though I always remember him for his balloon feats. Guess they got more publicity, and I wasn't paying much attention to sailing. This really amazes me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcDXns1W28 Average of 33 kts across the Atlantic. Top speed 47 knots. I crossed the Atlantic multiple times on my Navy can - top speed 27 knots, without oversize burner tips, which we never used. Even then 31 would have been tops. But we normally cruised at 15-20. I imagine being on the fantail deck and seeing this tri effortlessly blowing by us in the middle of the Atlantic, moved by the wind alone, while our turbines screamed as we burned barrels of oil a minute producing 70k HP. Bet that would have ****ed off the skipper. No. On second thought, he would have enjoyed it immensely. What sailor could do anything but? I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? --Vic |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
Le 16/12/2009 00:57, Vic Smith a écrit :
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:26:07 +0100, François Lonchamp wrote: I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? Or how to ruin an otherwise rather good post on the last line..... Sacrebleu! Hey, if you're called the best sailors, BO is nothing. Wouldn't bother me. But then I have Polish in-laws. Took 'or' to be the disjunctive / exclusise 'or'... I wouldn't have objected to 'garlic' though. Dubious about cabbage plus home-brewed potato slivovitz...;-) -- http://francois.lonchamp.free.fr Un doigt de linguistique ... et un soupçon de voile Un site ami : http://www.benescribere.com Agence lorraine de services linguistiques : Correction, Rédaction, Traduction - Coaching en orthographe et en expression écrite |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
François Lonchamp wrote:
Le 16/12/2009 00:57, Vic Smith a écrit : On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:26:07 +0100, François Lonchamp wrote: I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? Or how to ruin an otherwise rather good post on the last line..... Sacrebleu! Hey, if you're called the best sailors, BO is nothing. Wouldn't bother me. But then I have Polish in-laws. Took 'or' to be the disjunctive / exclusise 'or'... I wouldn't have objected to 'garlic' though. Dubious about cabbage plus home-brewed potato slivovitz...;-) Ah slivovitz, the weekend tipple of the Belgrade crowd when we last visited ... [ALL weekend, EVERY weekend] Brian W |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
"brian whatcott" wrote in message ... François Lonchamp wrote: Le 16/12/2009 00:57, Vic Smith a écrit : On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:26:07 +0100, François Lonchamp wrote: I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? Or how to ruin an otherwise rather good post on the last line..... Sacrebleu! Hey, if you're called the best sailors, BO is nothing. Wouldn't bother me. But then I have Polish in-laws. Took 'or' to be the disjunctive / exclusise 'or'... I wouldn't have objected to 'garlic' though. Dubious about cabbage plus home-brewed potato slivovitz...;-) Ah slivovitz, the weekend tipple of the Belgrade crowd when we last visited ... [ALL weekend, EVERY weekend] Brian W It can also clean the hell out of a dirty windshield and serve as rocket fuel in case a guy runs short. |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
On Dec 15, 1:37*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
Saw the new Boeing take off for its test run, and Steve Fossett came to mind. *Maybe because they mentioned that Rutan used the Boeing lightweight materials for his non-stop round-the-world flight. You witnessed history Vic, suppose to be the next big step in Aviation. Boeing did well ...and I hear are selling many. Anyway, I was reading about him and saw he set the trans-Atlantic sailing record in 2001, averaging 26 kts. Since then the French have taken over most the long distance speed records, but Fossett still has many spots on this record list.http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/inde...ntent&view=art... We lost a great American sailor when Fossett died, though I always remember him for his balloon feats. *Guess they got more publicity, and I wasn't paying much attention to sailing. Mr Fosset was pushing the limits on every extreme, and his achivements are trickling down to everyone. What better can a man do than help everyone on earth and have a blast doing it? He joines the ranks of Linberg, Earhart, Blake, Cousteau and other fine pioneers that gave more than they took. This really amazes me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcDXns1W28 Average of 33 kts across the Atlantic. Top speed 47 knots. I crossed the Atlantic multiple times on my Navy can - top speed 27 knots, without oversize burner tips, which we never used. Even then 31 would have been tops. *But we normally cruised at 15-20. I imagine being on the fantail deck and seeing this tri effortlessly blowing by us in the middle of the Atlantic, moved by the wind alone, while our turbines screamed as we burned barrels of oil a minute producing 70k HP. Pretty amazing stuff. Could you imagine what a sailor on the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria would have thought of such a boat? New tech sailing has some great potentials IMO. Joe Bet that would have ****ed off the skipper. No. *On second thought, he would have enjoyed it immensely. What sailor could do anything but? I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? --Vic |
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Steve Fossett - Remembering
"Joe" wrote in message ... On Dec 15, 1:37 pm, Vic Smith wrote: Saw the new Boeing take off for its test run, and Steve Fossett came to mind. Maybe because they mentioned that Rutan used the Boeing lightweight materials for his non-stop round-the-world flight. You witnessed history Vic, suppose to be the next big step in Aviation. Boeing did well ...and I hear are selling many. Anyway, I was reading about him and saw he set the trans-Atlantic sailing record in 2001, averaging 26 kts. Since then the French have taken over most the long distance speed records, but Fossett still has many spots on this record list.http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/inde...ntent&view=art... We lost a great American sailor when Fossett died, though I always remember him for his balloon feats. Guess they got more publicity, and I wasn't paying much attention to sailing. Mr Fosset was pushing the limits on every extreme, and his achivements are trickling down to everyone. What better can a man do than help everyone on earth and have a blast doing it? He joines the ranks of Linberg, Earhart, Blake, Cousteau and other fine pioneers that gave more than they took. This really amazes me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcDXns1W28 Average of 33 kts across the Atlantic. Top speed 47 knots. I crossed the Atlantic multiple times on my Navy can - top speed 27 knots, without oversize burner tips, which we never used. Even then 31 would have been tops. But we normally cruised at 15-20. I imagine being on the fantail deck and seeing this tri effortlessly blowing by us in the middle of the Atlantic, moved by the wind alone, while our turbines screamed as we burned barrels of oil a minute producing 70k HP. Pretty amazing stuff. Could you imagine what a sailor on the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria would have thought of such a boat? New tech sailing has some great potentials IMO. Joe Bet that would have ****ed off the skipper. No. On second thought, he would have enjoyed it immensely. What sailor could do anything but? I've more than once heard cruisers bitching about French sailors. Is that because they're the best, or is it the BO? Not necessarily the best but they are very strong in the Vendee sort of racing. Cruisingwise however they do seem to be more adventurous than the average. Do not forget that it was a French yachtsman who 'just happened to be calling in' who first reported that the Argentinians had landed on South Georgia claiming to be just salvaging scrap iron from the old whaling installations. This seemed to be the first anyone else knew about Argentina's territorial expansion plans, just before Argentina also invaded the Falklands and sparked off a war. How many people just drop in unheralded to a place like South Georgia? Got to hand it to that French cruising yachtsman.. However there is some truth about the stories about them. I anchored in the Scilly Isles once and returned to find a French yachtsman foul of my anchor despite the fact that we were the only to boats in a big wide bay. He clearly assumed that because we were anchored there it must be the best spot so he came as close as he could. Another one that worried me was nearby at anchor but did not have enough rode so had to use his jib sheets to make up the scope. He had a smallish boat that under the French regulations was only certified to sail in near coastal waters, but nevertheless had crossed the English Channel to get where he was. So there are many who do serious cruising and say little about it. That is OK with me. |
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