gday,
I am a 60 something 90 kilo something aussie male who has fond memories of regularly capsizing Moth back in the 1970’s. A recent foray into sailing was putting a couple of different sized Pacific Action sails on my 5.1m sea kayak, lots of fun but not exactly the sailing fix I was hoping for.
Oh, I thought the sheet was just caught on something on the aft deckno one noticed that I had the mainsheet routed incorrectly.
I think the opposite was probably true, in fact. My recollection of sailing at clubs and regattas in Australia the 70s and 80s was that great care was taken of all boats, not just Lasers, when launching and recovering. If you didn't have a trolley, then you probably trailed your boat and there were plenty of people around to help you on and off the water. I don't think I can recall ever seeing any boat dragged across the beach.I'm not sure about the Australian sailing culture, but at the time when that boat was built, over here very few used trollies for Laser-sized boats... and would have probably dragged theirs over a beach like that, not thinking that there was anything wrong with it
Wow! That makes Michigan's Great Lakes seem pretty tame.
Never mind that cute little tri.... I like the squall looming in on the right side of the photo.
"Stupidity" and "inexperience" aren't the same thing... Had I happened to check in here a little earlier I would have asked if you already have THE new plug at handNo sailing for me until the replacement plug end for the boom (gooseneck end) arrives. My stupidity is limitless.
that thing is cool looking!My friend sailed his TriFly trimaran, it is a weird setup but is fast because it has a huge sail and narrow pontoon hulls.
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Make boom plug in wood. Should be easy.
Training is a must. Not only sailing;First outing with a Mk 1 standard sail. That’s more like it after the 4.7! 10-15 kts wind on a confused chop and a 1m swell. I got to hike out some, even managed a shoulder dip. At one stage I was looking down at the blades of the rudder and centreboard, it’s been a long time since I last saw that. No capsizes. We’ll see tomorrow morning how my 62 year old body recovers from the hiking out.