Magical mystery sail

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[Kaiser]

Awesome. Those old school color sails were neat

 

[gouvernail]

Here's one of the last competitive ones winning a race at the Bruce Cup in the late 1980s. That's Current NA VP Faust on 129558 trailing along for a distant second place

 

[uid100]

My teenage son has been crewing for me on big boats on and off for a couple of years and this Spring he's started sailing dinghies. Since he is on his own across the bay, I made sure to explain the basic right of way rules. We discussed all the basics, like rowing/sail/power, Starboard/Port, Leeward/Windward, and of course, be especially cautious of boats with colored sails, because it almost always identifies (locally anyway) rental boats, that may or may not know anything about these rules.

 

[pez]

I'm almost ashamed to admit... I wrote on the appropriate sides of the boom "ST" and "PT - Give way" with a sharpie...

 

[pez]

Here's one of the last competitive ones winning a race at the Bruce Cup in the late 1980s. That's Current NA VP Faust on 129558 trailing along for a distant second place

I've seen that image before... I'm struck by how close the aft end of the boom is to the deck, and guessing that it was a pretty good blow that day... also, it looks like 129558 has a significant flex in the boom... but that may be due to the shadow of the boom on the foot.

 

[uid100]

I'm almost ashamed to admit... I wrote on the appropriate sides of the boom "ST" and "PT - Give way" with a sharpie...

No shame in that.

Perhaps the local rental fleet(s) should take the suggestion.

 

[torrid]

I've seen that image before... I'm struck by how close the aft end of the boom is to the deck, and guessing that it was a pretty good blow that day... also, it looks like 129558 has a significant flex in the boom... but that may be due to the shadow of the boom on the foot.

I'm going to venture to guess there's no boom sleeve.