<quote> His response was to quickly head up and tap the leeward corner of the "offending" boat.</quote>
Surely you can't do that? OK the overtaking/windward boat does need to stay clear however once you have an overlap you cant deviate from your proper course to force a collision.
Isn't it...
You want your hiking strap as tight as possible but as loose as necessery. :-)
I think it is a very individual thing. Too tight and you will begin to wear a groove into the back of your calfs aswell as blocking the blood to your feet (difficult to tack with numb feet), too loose and I find it...
Think trailers are a bit like that in Germany too, I have a freind who lived over there...
So your trailers have to be registered to be road worthy yet your cars don't?
Interesting, based on some of the wrecks of cars I have seen on the roads (Does N.America have an equiv to out MOT?) over there.......
Off topic a little I know however is interesting
When I first got my Laser I roof topped it back. My set up looks allot like lillcumpi' above however I took the wheels off the launch trolly/dolly, they spin, vibrate cause allot of noise and probably marginaly effect your fuel consumption. One thing you will find it the beam of the Laser is...
Two guys are sailing from Dublin (Ireland) to Southport (England).
115 Nautical Miles in Lasers for charity.
Hope you dont mind me posting (I have no attachment, just interest in the size of the challenge), as you can see it's that feller from Rooster again
http://www.roostersailing.com/isc/...
I have am looking after a Laser 2 Regatta (with all the racing mods) and frankly wouldn't be inclined to actually buy one. They are OK as far as boats go, decently powered, nice big symetric spinnaker (with a 7' spinny pole which can be lethal) but they are a bit old hat now. They use the...
On bigger boats the idea of the traveler is to adjust the sheeting angle to effect the downward pressure on the leech of the sail (directly effecting sail twist further up the mast). Therefore it allows you to be close hauled without the mainsheet pulling the boom down.
Not two sure you would...
I have recently acquired a bag of new tell tales for my sail as the single solitary tell tail I have is starting to look a bit lonely up there.
So... to prevent my sail from resembling a shag pile carpet I would like to know what the common opinion is, on where is the best place to locate tell...
lol :D we have all been there. Think 5 attempts to recover from capsize where the boat capsizes the other way was my record. My partner standing on the bank was in stitches laughing.
Have now moved to a larger Lake which is 7m deep so 360's are possible, however have learnt the art of the...
Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity.
Just thought would add this.......
What I love about the Laser is simplicity.
On looking at the dwindling number of Lasers that seem to be at my club and the large Solo class that we have. I had a moment of madness and started looking at a Solo for way of...
Yes, when sailing with standard rig as am a little on the light side. I trade off a little sideways slippage against keeping the boat i) Upright and ii) Flat
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