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Great sail on Saturday
On Mon, 05 May 2008 11:32:56 -0400, Martin Baxter
wrote: Richard Casady wrote: On Mon, 05 May 2008 06:18:30 -0400, wrote: We have a problem sailing here in the off season. The water gets too hard... People do sail on ice. At speeds of over a hundred. If you have to put an insulating jacket on the beer to keep it from *freezing*, it ain't sailing! You can get clothing designed for snowmobiles at a reasonable price, and it will do the job. Wear a full coverage helmet with a face shield. That will keep the wind off the head. Keep the beer in a cooler, and it will stay cool. Merely cool, not frozen. You can't really drink at those kind of speeds, the wind will blow the beer right out of the can. I learned that at speeds of fifty or so, skiing. There is such a thing as electrically heated clothing, and unlike with skiing, carrying a big enough battery is not hard. Its like ice fishing, and it seems the fishing is real good in the winter. In the summer you dodge the fisherman, in the winter, the same. Ice is not pavement, you won't get road rash if you wind up sliding on it at speed. There are some real sailing junkies out there, obviously. Casady |
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Great sail on Saturday
On 2008-05-05 16:32:38 -0400, (Richard
Casady) said: Wear a full coverage helmet with a face shield. That will keep the wind off the head. Keep the beer in a cooler, and it will stay cool. Merely cool, not frozen. You can't really drink at those kind of speeds, the wind will blow the beer right out of the can. that isn't sailing, just surviving. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Great sail on Saturday
"Richard Casady" wrote in message
.. . On Mon, 05 May 2008 06:18:30 -0400, wrote: We have a problem sailing here in the off season. The water gets too hard... People do sail on ice. At speeds of over a hundred. Casady Yeah, but not on a C&C. Might be able to do it with a Mac if you raise the cb. :-) -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Great sail on Saturday
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... On 6 May 2008 11:10:01 -0500, Dave wrote: On Tue, 06 May 2008 10:57:59 -0400, said: The Sail Cradle (variation on lazy jacks) worked like a charm, and she marveled at what a help it will be when I'm single handing, or we have to strike the main in rough conditions. Just curious why you chose lazy jacks over the Dutchman system. Older sail? Dave T. What I have is a bit different from traditional lazy jacks. Self adjusting, no modifications to the sail or the sail cover, stores alongside the mast except when being used, no marking of the sails or chafing issues. I've seen the Dutchman system on a few boats, and it just didn't impress me. Some people like it, but I'm just not one of them. My main is a fairly new Kappa. The two upper battens are full, but the two lowers are partials. That isn't especially desirable for use with the Dutchman system either. It's a very individual thing dealing with stowing/deploying sails. I find the Dutchman works great, but I always have the impression that the main won't flake properly, even though it does. I got sick of the lazy jack system on a big cat with full battens, mainly because the battens had a tendency to catch, but for less than full battens, I'm sure they would work fine. I know they make lazy jack systems that move the lines out of the way when you raise the sail, but it seemed like yet more stuff to have attached, and I like the clean lines of the Dutchman. One of my constant concerns is someone will damage/break one of the fishing line-like runs.. not that it would affect raising or lowering the sail. I just don't want to have to replace them. The Dutchman certainly isn't a panacea for all issues raising/lowering/flaking sails. One of the best things I like about them is that they'll work significantly off the wind. If I had full battens, I know the lazy jacks wouldn't work. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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