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Driving a dinghy through waves
Dear chaps and chappesses
Showered by the success of your previous advice on the subject of sailing in bigger winds, I wonder if I can now tempt you into your second tour de force. The challenge: To tell my boys the art of driving a dinghy through waves at sea. We're not talking BIG waves here but waves from (say) two feet up to (say) 6 feet, such that the hull of the boat in front disappears from view. We're talking about the most effcient to get from A to B, upwind, downwind and reaching. For the sake of this, assume a Cadet dinghy, 3.2 metres with a small flat bow transom, being sailed by 12-15 year olds. Best wishes Stephen Page |
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Driving a dinghy through waves
On 3 feb, 12:43, Gnat wrote:
Dear chaps and chappesses Showered by the success of your previous advice on the subject of sailing in bigger winds, I wonder if I can now tempt you into your second tour de force. The challenge: To tell my boys the art of driving a dinghy through waves at sea. We're not talking BIG waves here but waves from (say) two feet up to (say) 6 feet, such that the hull of the boat in front disappears from view. We're talking about the most effcient to get from A to B, upwind, downwind and reaching. For the sake of this, assume a Cadet dinghy, 3.2 metres with a small flat bow transom, being sailed by 12-15 year olds. Best wishes Stephen Page Stephen, I´m optimist coach from Argentina. We are right now in a regatta, and we had very big waves. You can see this pictures (incredible) at http://www.yca.org.ar/Section.aspx?Id=631 Basicaly, we use to pinch when we go up the big wave, and bear away when you go down the wave. This movement is because the wave is making apparent wind to the boat, it´s a fast change, unperceptible with the tell tales, and should be followed with a very delicated rudder movement. In combination with this, you have the little waves, and you need to move your body according with this ones too. It´s really difficult to feel comfortable sailing on this kind of waves, but it can be done with some practice. Regards, Diego. |
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Driving a dinghy through waves
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I´m optimist coach from Argentina. We are right now in a regatta, and we had very big waves. You can see this pictures (incredible) at http://www.yca.org.ar/Section.aspx?Id=631 Great photos and all friends I have forwarded this URL to agrees. -- Martin Schöön "Problems worthy of attack show their worth by hitting back." Piet Hein |
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