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Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 16-05-2013, 07:11
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Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I have sailed Cat's and do like them however.. they are a different ball game.. much more subject to wind having greater windage and less resistance as opposed to the mono...
I've run before a F7,...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 16-05-2013, 04:44
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Arrrrr... +1A:thumb:
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-05-2013, 06:14
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I find cliffs pretty useful for gauging wave heights...:p
McNamara Surfing a 100 foot wave on 1-29-2013 - YouTube (https://youtu.be/mub6yvfskvI)
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-05-2013, 04:28
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Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

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Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-05-2013, 03:33
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
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Please... name calling is totally unwarranted and offensive... you'll be calling me a 'Politician' next....:(:sprint:
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-05-2013, 03:00
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I've rarely owned boats with WS insturments and rely on the Beaufort visuals of the sea state for my windspeeds... they are fairly accurate overall...:thumb:
above a certain level I could not give a...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-05-2013, 02:33
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

:devil::devil::flowers::devil::devil:

PS... not pickin on ya Raku... just never could resist a giggle...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 04-05-2013, 13:34
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Ach... it was a bit of a blow...
This evokes Dirk Claude Arnie Stallone sobrequets... so does storm... what's a guy/gal to do:p
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 04-05-2013, 09:16
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Exactly... the more knowledge/experience that's out there for folks (yet to go through these scenarios) to understand and weigh up their options the better... its a many dimensional subject... the...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 04-05-2013, 06:46
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I think it would depend on the lee shore... if it was somewhere like W Tasmania I was being blown on I'd try anything on board.. and that would include hanging a jib off the stern with fenders and...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 04-05-2013, 05:47
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

From where I sit...
Every Gal/Guy who's been through anything over 40 knots... and sea's over up to and over 6 metres is right...
they must be...
they did not abandon or lose their boats... and...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 08:11
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

More like Twiggy or a praying mantis in reality... everytime I step across a storm drain the only thing stopping me falling through the grille is my nose... not saying its big... but its said hello...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 06:25
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

An important part of Storm Sailing Strategy... cut the Carb's...
stay slim, trim and fit... or.. a lean, mean sailing machine...;)
:p:p:p:p:p
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 06:07
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Truth be told.. I detest pasta... trouble is most owners seem to live on the damn stuff.. pasta with pesto, pasta with grated cheese, instant noodles... insipid tasteless crap.. rather go...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 03-05-2013, 01:25
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I think I could tolerate that... you make a mean Spag Bol... and our taste in Salad's pretty similar... :p:p:p
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 02-05-2013, 02:06
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Carsten... no offence intended..:flowers:
in reality that's generally the crew I prefer.. nil experience:D
Just extra numbers to satisfy the insurers..;)
I'm a singlehander at heart so a watch...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 02-05-2013, 01:21
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

You've obviously never done deliveries as a living... trained crew.. or even having a chance to train crew is fantasy land..:p
Cork to E Spain... one over weight German and a hard drinking CGaS...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 13:03
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Why do you think I get female crew whenever possible... cleaner, cook better and more varied and interesting conversations... and a damn sight more stamina..:D
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 11:24
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

Just to get back to Boatmans position, Im not in his mode a kind of sailing rambo. Ive sailed with several and yes they are great people in a crisis.

Unfortunately they are often the people that...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 10:32
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

What your saying is buy all gear marketed...
But one already has 'gear' on board for these situations... everyday things like dock lines, fenders, kedge anchors, spare sails etc...
Instead of...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 06:31
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I've never been pretty...:p
But yup... a 'Can Do' attitude is all important... 90% will fall into the 'Can't Do' all to quickly...
Short of a Titanic situation most anything can be 'Got Around' if...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-05-2013, 04:13
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

I agree that fatigue is a major factor for many cruisers... for 'us' who make a living on the sea its an everyday thing so to speak.. stamina is built up over time and one can go for days on bare...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 25-04-2013, 15:50
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

:D Jaws theme!! - YouTube (https://youtu.be/ZvCI-gNK_y4)
Sometimes a persons signature speaks volumes about them...
Mine for example...;)
Peace...:flowers:
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 25-04-2013, 15:13
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

[QUOTE=Rakuflames;1220229]Well, that wasn't my issue with your post. I really am the one who talked about the n/ne part of the Gulf Stream, and it did relate to storms near the shore -- hence the...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 25-04-2013, 14:25
Replies: 368
Views: 35,649
Posted By boatman61
pirate Re: Storm Sailing Advice

One could say I am more influenced by Bernard Moitessier and the sailors of yesteryear....
"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation...
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