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Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 16-05-2013, 04:43
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Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

No one should not discredit such stuff, but in the context of history , time moves on and knowledge builds and becomes more widely disseminated and particular. Pre war leisure sailing was a tiny tiny...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 16-05-2013, 04:16
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

while reading accounts of heavy weather handling and great tales of derring do are all very well. You really have to read comprehensively around teh subject to gain an insight into different...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 14-05-2013, 06:53
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

drogues slow the boat to prevent broaching running downwind, its not used as a 'sea anchor'

dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 08-05-2013, 01:53
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Ive gone through several bad blows , F10 approx. using a tiny scrap of mainsail on a in-mast system. In my experience, there is no leech flutter and the sail performs quite well. As my preferred...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 07-05-2013, 04:56
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I accept all that , but I find increasingly on boats , there is no second track. Then in my experience most trysails are too big, certainly ISAF ones are.

Agree re boom etc. however I find that...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 07-05-2013, 04:30
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I see no advantage in trysails , over a strong cruising mainsail with a deep 3rd reef. Thats leaving aside lack of seperate tracks, difficulty in flying it, etc.

Dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 07-05-2013, 04:19
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I must have missed something in my recent reading of the history of the Crusades!!! :thumb: ( PS not a thread drift topic)

dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 07-05-2013, 03:48
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

You do understand the point of the quote, That I suspect those that might claim to " do the decent thing" may have a , quite understandable, change of heart, in extremis.




Now that is...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 07-05-2013, 03:15
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I agree, one presumes they have loved ones , that would express a different view, then going down, doing a benny hill salute. ( not to mention there are few atheists in a fox hole)
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 04-05-2013, 03:50
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
I wouldn't agree Andrew. Absolute wind speeds...

I wouldn't agree Andrew. Absolute wind speeds have little meaning as it all depends on the boat and its circumstances. Furthermore often the worst storms are coastal, with added complications of...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 07:03
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

all mouth and no action , them lads , it seems
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 06:46
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

The war is over SL, the UN moved in , combatants now live peacefully side by side. ( eating spag Bol and searching for PB it seems) :cool:

dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 06:42
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Jean Claud van damm, Stephen Segal and Michel Roux rolled into one man!!!!:thumb:

dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 06:01
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
It's been in use in electrical trades for...

It's been in use in electrical trades for donkeys. Always known as self amalgamating tape in my local electrical wholesalers

Dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 05:35
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Jesus , every delivery skipper I meet cooks Spag...

Jesus , every delivery skipper I meet cooks Spag Bol , did the RYA teach it back sometime. Am I the only one that cooks other stuff !! ( I've eaten so much pasta on some deliveries )

Dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 12:44
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

i find competent women to be better then competent men , as a rule
better team players too
dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 11:54
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

sounds like a hell of a story. Nothing like crew dynamics to f^&k things up. ( as I said)
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 11:30
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

all my crossings have been quite nice, no winds above 55 knots. , some of the atlantic coastal winter trips were very hair raising. Nothing scares me more in a big blow, warps out, dark and a big...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 11:28
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

true true, but its better then the opposite.

dave
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 11:25
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

you may be confusing me with others, Im not arguing about spending X or Y. I was trying to emphasise that so much of "heavy weather" techniques are hypothetical or generalised. Often it is the...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 11:03
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

The trouble is , you cant easily "practice" with this stuff. sure mostly anyone can rig a sea anchor even in "heavy" weather. The situation is far more acute in survival conditions. I mean how can...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 10:43
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I agree 100%, the last 5 words are very important. It more people stopped worrying about the destination , wed have far less issues.

Im competent too, but I often sail with competent people...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 10:38
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

What I was arguing was , "buying" things to then protect the boat, ie purchasing drogues and sea anchors etc. The engine is already there, works well and is far more useful in removing you from the...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 10:26
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

A good engine will do more to keep you off a lee shore then any piece of cloth dangling in the water.

You see, sir, these devices are offered up ( usually to the in-experienced) as a substitute...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 10:04
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

No I disagree. A well found boat, ie one where you do not experience mechanical or structural disintegration, can be got through survival storms without "gear". However even with "gear" a lack of...
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