How I know the sailing season is over

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

(Likely we will hear from our mates down under as to how their season is just beginning! :rolleyes: )

1. I no longer watch the treetops to see if I can skip out of an afternoon of work.

Anyone else?

[John B]

well, it is just beginning here, but the weather is miserable. I'm hoping this is a good thing because in a couple of weeks I need it to be very nice. what goes around yada yada. :rolleyes:

[Greg Stoll]

I know sailing season is over when I stop watching the trees to see if I can skip out on work, and start watching them to see how much more work I'm going to have after the wind blows them over.

Greg

[Garrett Lowell]

I know it's over when I drive to Belle Haven Marina, and they refuse to rent to me because "It's too cold".

[Fitz]

When I tote the canoe to the water, throw it over my shoulder and it goes "THUNK", instead of "SPLASH".

:(

[Jim Budde]

It's not over .. just temporarily suspended until lakes ice over ... then we can play again. Unfortunately, looks like suspension may be longer than we'd like ... no ice anywhere around tropical Nebraska yet

[Hector]

When I go to the marina and see that there is only one lonely boat still in the water - guess whose boat?

[Ocean Spray]

. . . . . . . . . on the plus side, next Tuesday(14th) sunset shifts foward and we start picking up an additional minute of daylight . . . . . .Monday, sunset 4:11 . . . Tuesday 4:12. I always look at this as a sign of hope, summer will be back!

[MJC]

It's over when you start using the search thingy to drag up and re-read the GOTs (Great Old Threads) in Designs and Plans.

[Hwyl]

Originally posted by Ocean Spray:
. . . . . . . . . on the plus side, next Tuesday(14th) sunset shifts foward and we start picking up an additional minute of daylight . . . . . .Monday, sunset 4:11 . . . Tuesday 4:12. I always look at this as a sign of hope, summer will be back!Glad someone else does this.

[phiil]

Well, yes, we do start to pick up an extra minute in the evening. However, the sunrise also keeps getting later until a few days after the solstice.
(data from US Naval Observatory. Whadda they know?) So we don't actually see any net gain until about the 23rd, alas.

[Keith Wilson]

I know the sailing season is over when I can walk on the lakes.

Iceboats don't appeal to me much except in theory. The wind chill at -10F and 60 mph doesn't bear thinking about.

[ 12-13-2004, 03:33 PM: Message edited by: Keith Wilson ]

[Wild Wassa]

Originally posted by Captain Pre-Capsize:
"Likely we will hear from our mates down under as to how their season is just beginning!"

Here is my season so far. The first four races of this season on Sydney Harbour were cancelled due to water pollution.

A boat I spent 17 months restoring (a few years ago) was skewered by a 16ft f'n-g Corsair recently and is not servicable. The Scouts want the offending crew to fix the boat. It is a good idea.

One can't get on the water here because of the monsoonal weather patterns, there is more lightning than you can poke a stick at (or fly a kite into)... a few days ago I was struck by a lightning strike or a ground surge ... the doctors at the hospital, seemed somewhat disappointed, saying that, "I was disgustingly normal for a person who could have sustained a 500,000 volt jolt." Well blow them!, I would have thought that they would be happy for only a few injuries, to a client ... but I think that they wanted a burnt offering to play with. It should begin to be a good season at some stage.

Warren.

[ 12-13-2004, 08:23 PM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]

[Ravenmaniac]

What is a Corsair ?

[Wild Wassa]

Welcome to the Forum Raven.

The Corsair was designed in 1967 by Alan Payne for De Haviland Marine, as an all-round centre board boat for Aussie conditions. They are a fine family boat and a good(ish) dinghy class racer. Racing crew is three, the Corsair likes plenty of weight or they can be comfortably sailed by a crew of two. There is no real heavy work or athletic ability needed in handling the boat. One thing that I don't like about the Corsair is that they are best sailed an extra point or two off the wind, they are fast but run wider than a dinghy that points well (so when a shift comes they are always playing catch-up to the fleet). They stall easily when sailed close to the wind or when trying to match it with dinghies that point well.

Corsair Specs
Hull F'n-G
Overall Length 4.8 m.
Beam 1.80 m.
Boom Length 2.55 m.
Mast Height 6.54 m.
Spinnaker Pole 1.98 m.
Hull Weight 136 kg.
Sail area (jib and main) 11.8 sq.m
Spinnaker 12.06 sq.m

Warren.

[ 12-13-2004, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]