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No Autopilot?

mike cunningham

mike cunningham

Freedom 30 "Jacqueline"
Next you'll be asking us to rig ratlines, carry cutlasses and eat hard tack for lunch.

I will, however, gladly welcome the rum ration.
 
Oh, yeah! I'll join that get back to basics class for racing seamanship. Maybe include a no GPS either provision either, with cell phone stashed securely in cabin the way in a JFK did it. Style will count in my personal rating measure when tallying of the division points.

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Black Jack said:
Oh, yeah! I'll join that get back to basics class for racing seamanship. Maybe include a no GPS either provision either, with cell phone stashed securely in cabin the way in a JFK did it. Style will count in my personal rating measure when tallying of the division points.

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So, style counts more than proper sail trim?... this photo's now a classic, but it's always bugged me looking at the 15+ degrees of weather helm.
 
DaveH said:
So, style counts more than proper sail trim?... this photo's now a classic, but it's always bugged me looking at the 15+ degrees of weather helm.
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I always gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was caught in a puff when the photo was taken beleiving that a beauty aboard took his mind off his sailing for moment.

it sure would help our recreation if a high profile modern icon american was an avid sailor. We could use one about now.
 
mike cunningham said:
Who the heck needs a depth sounder. Get the old lead line out of the garage. If we're going to do it, lets do it. No plastic hulls either! If you don't have one in the garage here's a pretty sweet looking lead line from Landfall Navigation. I was surprised you could even buy one these days.
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Don't forget the tallow.
 
All joking aside, I understand the value of getting back to basics. I am just thinking about those long...long helm sessions fighting an opposing current in 5 kts of wind.
 
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mike cunningham said:
All joking aside, I understand the value of getting back to basics. I am just thinking about those long...long helm sessions fighting an opposing current in 5 kts of wind.
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One of the speakers at the virtual Worldwide Wooden Boat Show (or similar) title talked about the virtues of traditional wooden boat designs. Some large designs with huge sail area could be handled by 2 sailors. The boats could grounded with minimal impact, and repaired locally if damage occurred. The weather forecasting (or lack thereof) was countered by designs that will lie ahull during storm conditions.

The presentation was well presented and gave the most informed view of traditional craft I ever heard.

But, my Moore 24 is more fun to sail.

Ants
 
maybe... talking to Louis this morning about a limited run subversive SSS t-shirt. :D

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We've been racing with autopilots for years in the SSS. It's not clear what would be accomplished by segregating those who don't want to purchase and use them.

You can always go sailing and experiment with bungee cords, surgical tubing, etc. when not surrounded in close quarters by other boats who are trying to avoid you and get to the next mark.

A more worthy goal: Be somewhere in the vicinity of the starting line when the gun goes off. (Said with a smile - tone doesn't come through well in forum posts.)

Oh, and up above, JFK is trying to force himself more to the right :)
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BobJ said:
We've been racing with autopilots for years in the SSS. It's not clear what would be accomplished by segregating those who don't want to purchase and use them.

You can always go sailing and experiment with bungee cords, surgical tubing, etc. when not surrounded in close quarters by other boats who are trying to avoid you and get to the next mark.

A more worthy goal: Be somewhere in the vicinity of the starting line when the gun goes off. (Said with a smile - tone doesn't come through well in forum posts.)

Oh, and up above, JFK is trying to force himself more to the right :)
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Oh, I am embracing the technical arms race in the days and weeks to come. This one race is something special. It has been a blast to sail in the non spin, solo class, enjoying each moment with hours on the tiller, gatorade bottles, jury rigging the elastic cord and sail straps. With three races so far doing this, i come in with some recent experience with my lovely boat. Not finishing has been struggle issue mostly because all the races this year our assigned group has sailed in during the peak of the counter tides. The season is still young and now that am no longer a shepard to the other mull 30 boat, i can join the SSS wolfpack with good timing at the starting line.

Like JFK, my goal is to finish my first serious term healthy, happy and with good results. It is my profile of courage. :)
 
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Dazzler said:
The Reddy Kilowatt character is copywrited. You might want to re-think your artwork.
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I am well versed on section 107 of the US copyright code. It is an adaption and creative artistic enchancement to images similar to an historical image that has a long history of being freely taken without given permission for fair use for a wide variety of domestic and international applications in numerous educational, business and artistic expressions. More to the point, each shirt will be a hand painted item and is in itself unque, one of a kind item, with no moneary gain involved nor intented to make money. Moreover my artistic efforts were never was offered by this organization or those on its board but to my friends as gifts who enjoy limited issued, personal wearable one of kind art with no commercial value.
 
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You obviously know more than I do about copyright laws. I can’t even spell it right. :)
 
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Dazzler said:
You obviously know more than I do about copyright laws. I can’t even spell it right. :)
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Tom - When you spend decades listening to and working with trademark and patent lawyers helping them create narratives in present complex litigation you pick up stuff. Besides bad oysters make a poor meal. :D I think you earned a Ted t-shirt.

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So how did you do? Fun and challenging day!

Went almost completely old school. Pretty Penny was built for the slot and days like yesterday. only had wind speed/direction and depth finder working. Removed the speed wheel and used the gps only to check my speed after the race.

 
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