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Larks,

The gCaptain folks might not have been bashing woodenboat forums specifically, but they were/are bashing recreational sailors and the "tall ship" people pretty harshly.

I think that's...

Is there anywhere in the US that uses the cardinal bouys ? I have never seen one in the NE where I sail. I have reviewed them the time that I have sailed to Bermuda, but can't remember them without...

Meaning ???

Thanks

Larks, look in the comment thread at
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/11/13/bounty-sandy-captain-wife-aih.html

Proper course does come into play for fleet racing and I believe would apply in this case ( depending on how the overlap was created ). I don't know the match racing rules, but they differ somewhat...

I think that the windward boat was overcome with desire to get the spinnaker up and beat the leeward boat. But if they were ready for the luff, they might have gotten the spinnaker back down well...

Harsh, but very effective.

I think the lesson would be not to hoist until the inside boat has done so also. Or be able to drop the spinnaker very quickly when the luffing starts.

Covite, I just couldn't see how the 3rd strand got into line, but I tried it this morning and it does get into the right spot. The back side of the splice still seems to have a bit of a gap between...

I have been working on getting good eye splices and read about the "pro splice" here and in Toss's book. Then I found this description, which claims to be the same splice....

Thanks for the story JD, it is very entertaining and enlightening. Todd

Yeah, that's bad. A "hot shot" helmsman who doesn't understand how the boat will respond will cause trouble. Glad that no people got injured. I race a lot of fiberglass boats and a few classic...

If this was really a race, what did you expect them to do ?

Obviously, they expected you to be able to maneuver your vessel. Should have started that duck much sooner.

I live around the corner from Port Milford and checked up on the marina after the storm. I didn't see any boats have any damage. The storm surge was only 4ft above the normal high tide. All the...

I am an engineer and you can only over stress once, before you get a failure :-) I do agree with your general idea, you can only heavily load a structure so many times before it fails.



They...

Good luck finding a ride. I sailed the ERR last year and it was an excellent day. Beautiful and fun. If you show up at the captains meeting in the morning, you might get lucky.

No problem, some people have issue with Bernoulli, he gets a bad rap because some people have connected him to some false ideas about airfoils.

The central point on that link is the picture of the...

Arvel's site is http://www.arvelgentry.com/ from the "who is" section, Arvel contributed much material to the book referenced in the original post.

Considering that I only need .93 psi of pressure difference on the wing, Bernoulli has no problem.

In general the lower surface can have some increased pressure, but the reduced pressure on the...

[QUOTE=Michael D. Storey;3008773]Well, the Bernoulli principle does not explain the airplane wing, either, because there is too much lift needed for the partial vacuum thingee to do the job....

PHRF ratings typically have a "base" rating defined by boat type. Then you can get adjustments up or down depending on smaller/larger sails or other boat modifications from stock. It works best for...

Up until now it has been a pretty harmless pastime to watch the shenanigans. But now it's looking like somebody likely to get hurt.

Me and my wife got a ride on Isla, an NY32, because the owners Henry May and his lovely wife Gene ( I am not sure if that's how she spells it ) are wonderful hosts and helped a couple of boat seekers...

Does anybody need crew for the race ?

I will be in the MDI area at my wife's family camp that week and would like to sail a bit. She has a friend in Brooklyn that might get us some spots, but...