On 1/29/2021 1:24 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 25/01/2021 22:45, a425couple wrote:


Did you see this recent one?

https://www.facebook.com/sailrepubli...00443916792644
Sail Republic
tSp1onsorrfedhuÂ* ·
Few weeks ago...not a good day for the @emiratesteamnz 😱😱#badday
#capsize #crashsailing #americascup2021 #americascup #sailing⛵� #ac75

They righted it and were sailing again that day.

Not like the Americans who took off and landed so hard they punched a
hole in the boat.

Andy

Andy, Sounds like you are involved in these competitions
/ races. What do you do?

On 07/02/2021 17:44, a425couple wrote:
On 1/29/2021 1:24 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 25/01/2021 22:45, a425couple wrote:


Did you see this recent one?

https://www.facebook.com/sailrepubli...00443916792644
Sail Republic
tSp1onsorrfedhuÂ* ·
Few weeks ago...not a good day for the @emiratesteamnz 😱😱#badday
#capsize #crashsailing #americascup2021 #americascup #sailing⛵� #ac75

They righted it and were sailing again that day.

Not like the Americans who took off and landed so hard they punched a
hole in the boat.

Andy

Andy,Â* Sounds like you are involved in these competitions
/ races.Â* What do you do?


I race a 12ft sailing dinghy on the other side of the world at club
level. Or at least I did until the UK government decided there was too
much risk of me getting COVID doing it.

I just watch these guys and wonder HTH do they do it.

Andy

On 2/7/2021 2:02 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 07/02/2021 17:44, a425couple wrote:
On 1/29/2021 1:24 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 25/01/2021 22:45, a425couple wrote:


Did you see this recent one?

https://www.facebook.com/sailrepubli...00443916792644
Sail Republic
tSp1onsorrfedhuÂ* ·
Few weeks ago...not a good day for the @emiratesteamnz 😱😱#badday
#capsize #crashsailing #americascup2021 #americascup #sailing⛵� #ac75

They righted it and were sailing again that day.

Not like the Americans who took off and landed so hard they punched a
hole in the boat.

Andy

Andy,Â* Sounds like you are involved in these competitions
/ races.Â* What do you do?

Or at least I did until the UK government decided there was too
much risk of me getting COVID doing it.

No ****! Welllll, I guess them carnivorous particles
can live a long time in your land down under !!

I race a 12ft sailing dinghy on the other side of the world at club
level.

I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, USA.

Neat! I have a little 9'6" Nutshell Pram that has
a Balanced Lug sail.
By luck rather than intent, in 2010 we bought a
house on a little 5 acre lake. So,,,,, first came
a used canoe. Then I found that pram for only $700.
So I take it out under sail over a dozen times a year.
and it's also good as a row boat.

Once a year we go to Tampa Bay area in Florida.
I've rented a Hobie Wave (14 foot?) there 3 times.
That is quite a little rocket also.

I rent it out of
https://www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org/
If you click on "Boat Rentals", it has pictures.

Do you own your 12'er?
Haul it on a trailer?
Is there a picture online?


I just watch these guys and wonder HTH do they do it.

Andy

Best wishes to you.

On 08/02/2021 18:39, a425couple wrote:

Do you own your 12'er?
Haul it on a trailer?
Is there a picture online?

I keep it at an organised sailing club, and leave it there.

The boat:

https://www.solosailing.org.uk/

will tell you more than I could.

Andy

On 2/9/2021 1:32 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 08/02/2021 18:39, a425couple wrote:

Do you own your 12'er?
Haul it on a trailer?
Is there a picture online?

I keep it at an organised sailing club, and leave it there.
The boat:

https://www.solosailing.org.uk/

will tell you more than I could.
Andy


Neat.

So only the one sail, and it's triangular.
So the sail is kind of same as Hobie Cat.

Looks like all sailors are wearing wet-suits.
And lots of splashing. So you get wet a lot?
Do you ever go out with a passenger?
I take it it is all in salt water?
How far out do you go?
How many months a year do you do it?

Mine can be transported in the back of my
pick-up. And then wheeled from parking lot
to boat ramp with the 'shore wheels'.
A couple of years ago the wife helped me and
we went down to Sand Point
(see similar at nearby:
https://www.sailsandpoint.org/
)
and launched, and sailed across Lake Washington
to near Kirkland and back.
Besides our lake, I have also sailed at Lake Ballinger.
I had contemplated sailing it on Puget Sound,
but an experience of capsizing last year kind of
kills that plan.

On 10/02/2021 17:50, a425couple wrote:
Neat.

So only the one sail, and it's triangular.
So the sail is kind of same as Hobie Cat.

Looks like all sailors are wearing wet-suits.
And lots of splashing.Â* So you get wet a lot?
Do you ever go out with a passenger?
I take it it is all in salt water?
How far out do you go?
How many months a year do you do it?

Mine can be transported in the back of my
pick-up.Â* And then wheeled from parking lot
to boat ramp with the 'shore wheels'.
A couple of years ago the wife helped me and
we went down to Sand Point
(see similar at nearby:
https://www.sailsandpoint.org/
)
and launched, and sailed across Lake Washington
to near Kirkland and back.
Besides our lake, I have also sailed at Lake Ballinger.
I had contemplated sailing it on Puget Sound,
but an experience of capsizing last year kind of
kills that plan.

I don't wear a wetsuit in summer - but then the lake I usually sail on
is only about 60 acres. Winter is another matter - surface drysuit. I
have a wetsuit for in between.

I don't get splashed a lot, and I rarely capsize. Perhaps I don't try
hard enough. The Solo splashes you a lot less than a Laser, and it's
that little bit higher so you don't have your butt (as you'd say) in the
water all the time.

Usually I sail all year. Our lakes rarely freeze.

This year the government won't let us.

When the kids were small I used to take one of them out with me, but
there isn't really room for much more than a 5yo. They're grown up now,
and never took to any sport really except hiking.

Andy

On 2/11/2021 1:55 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 10/02/2021 17:50, a425couple wrote:
Neat.

So only the one sail, and it's triangular.
So the sail is kind of same as Hobie Cat.

Looks like all sailors are wearing wet-suits.
And lots of splashing.Â* So you get wet a lot?
Do you ever go out with a passenger?
I take it it is all in salt water?
How far out do you go?
How many months a year do you do it?

Mine can be transported in the back of my
pick-up.Â* And then wheeled from parking lot
to boat ramp with the 'shore wheels'.
A couple of years ago the wife helped me and
we went down to Sand Point
(see similar at nearby:
https://www.sailsandpoint.org/
)
and launched, and sailed across Lake Washington
to near Kirkland and back.
Besides our lake, I have also sailed at Lake Ballinger.
I had contemplated sailing it on Puget Sound,
but an experience of capsizing last year kind of
kills that plan.

I don't wear a wetsuit in summer - but then the lake I usually sail on
is only about 60 acres. Winter is another matter - surface drysuit. I
have a wetsuit for in between.

I don't get splashed a lot, and I rarely capsize. Perhaps I don't try
hard enough. The Solo splashes you a lot less than a Laser, and it's
that little bit higher so you don't have your butt (as you'd say) in the
water all the time.

Usually I sail all year. Our lakes rarely freeze.

This year the government won't let us.

When the kids were small I used to take one of them out with me, but
there isn't really room for much more than a 5yo. They're grown up now,
and never took to any sport really except hiking.
Andy

"This year the government won't let us."

Seriously, that is a bummer!!!

What is the name of your lake?

On 2/11/2021 1:55 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 10/02/2021 17:50, a425couple wrote:
Neat.

So only the one sail, and it's triangular.
So the sail is kind of same as Hobie Cat.

Looks like all sailors are wearing wet-suits.
And lots of splashing.Â* So you get wet a lot?
Do you ever go out with a passenger?
I take it it is all in salt water?
How far out do you go?
How many months a year do you do it?

Mine can be transported in the back of my
pick-up.Â* And then wheeled from parking lot
to boat ramp with the 'shore wheels'.
A couple of years ago the wife helped me and
we went down to Sand Point
(see similar at nearby:
https://www.sailsandpoint.org/
)
and launched, and sailed across Lake Washington
to near Kirkland and back.
Besides our lake, I have also sailed at Lake Ballinger.
I had contemplated sailing it on Puget Sound,
but an experience of capsizing last year kind of
kills that plan.

I don't wear a wetsuit in summer - but then the lake I usually sail on
is only about 60 acres. ---

So it is in the same magnitude of size as the
Lake Ballinger I mentioned I had sailed in earlier.

Lake Ballinger is a freshwater lake with a surface area of 103 acres
in southern Snohomish County, Washington. It is bordered by the
cities of Mountlake Terrace to the east and Edmonds to the west. Wikipedia
Area: 107 acres
Surface elevation: 292′
Length: 3,051′
Width: 1,969′
Island: Edmount Island
Cities: Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds


When the kids were small I used to take one of them out with me, but
there isn't really room for much more than a 5yo. They're grown up now,
and never took to any sport really except hiking.


We care for one or two grandchildren a couple days each week.
Nice. With them I & we most often go out in the pedal boat,
sometimes the old canoe, and only rarely in the sailboat.
Take care and enjoy your time on the water.