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07-12-2010, 19:48
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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lol who SEEKS it?? it comes to you. is your job to figger out how to get out and away from it without dying or hurting boat.
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08-12-2010, 05:29
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,331
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Quote:
Originally Posted by daddle
Reef when you first think of it.
What load of hooey. Around here one needs to reef five minutes BEFORE one thinks of it.
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Only for the "slow" thinkers. 
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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08-12-2010, 05:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: St. Georges, Bda
Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft
Posts: 4,131
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As a rule, I don't let the rules, rule my sailing. 
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so many projects--so little time !! 
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08-12-2010, 06:00
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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"One hand for you and one for the boat"
Where sometimes it's two hands for you. and fook the boat 
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08-12-2010, 06:33
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chesapeake Bay
Boat: Sabre 28-2
Posts: 3,197
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfenzee
Safety is more important to me than keeping to a time schedule.
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which I believe is one of those sailing axioms being discussed here. 
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08-12-2010, 08:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: oriental
Boat: crowther trimaran 33
Posts: 4,417
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boat length to wind speed makes little sense. Maybe it should be rated on the construction strength or something. I have heard of huge ships breaking in half because they could not support their own weight when lifted on bow and stern by waves. Then there are tiny boats which you could drag 500ft under, and they would float up and be usable.
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08-12-2010, 08:19
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Quote:
Originally Posted by daddle
Reef when you first think of it.
What load of hooey. Around here one needs to reef five minutes BEFORE one thinks of it.
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I'm amazed you get that much warning. Around here one needs to reef ten minutes before one thinks of it.
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cruising is entirely about showing up--in boat shoes.
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08-12-2010, 10:28
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
Posts: 4,507
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bash
I'm amazed you get that much warning. Around here one needs to reef ten minutes before one thinks of it.
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Some summer days it can be a good idea to reef at the dock ....... i2f
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08-12-2010, 10:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Live Iowa - Sail mostly Bahamas
Boat: Beneteau 32.5
Posts: 2,307
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
Only for the "slow" thinkers. |
Best laugh I've had in a while on that Gord.
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08-12-2010, 20:06
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (NW corner of Puget Sound)
Boat: 30' William Atkin cutter
Posts: 1,496
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I don't need some formula to tell me it is not a good idea to go out in 30knot winds (but when I was a kid and a 20knot breeze kicked up I'd take my 13ft sunfish out..yee haa)
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"Those who think they know everything piss off those of us who do"
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08-12-2010, 20:13
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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sometimea you are out there already. ye gotta know what to do - reef down and sail
we were already out there in th w71 kt winds--were part of thunderstorms...whenye are 60 -100 mi offshore-- where ye gonna go hide....enjoy it and be safe. reef. drop main and use just jib.reef jib. whatever is best for your boat in big winds.
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09-12-2010, 03:01
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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"Multihulls are unsinkable"
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09-12-2010, 04:46
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,616
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bash
I'm amazed you get that much warning. Around here one needs to reef ten minutes before one thinks of it.
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Huh... you lot should be round our way... here we spend 10 minutes thinking about 'Un-Reefing'.... then realise we missed our chance....
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"I Love You.. ". Murray Roman.
Yet the 'useful idiots' still dance to the beat of the drums.
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