Sailing Terminology - why on earth is it so silly?!
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XJSJohn said:
Which boat were you on ... (sure i will find out as i read) ...
Back in the early days when it was the British Steel challenge i did a few shakedown events (few Cherbourg races and one to St Malo) on the Hoffbrau boat.
Never got the cash / time / courage up to sign up as a legger
Excuses, excuses! Back in the early days when it was the British Steel challenge i did a few shakedown events (few Cherbourg races and one to St Malo) on the Hoffbrau boat.
Never got the cash / time / courage up to sign up as a legger
I can understand not doing the whole lot, but couldn't find any valid excuses for not doing a leg.
Just look at it... Click Superb!
pikey said:
XJSJohn said:
Which boat were you on ... (sure i will find out as i read) ...
Back in the early days when it was the British Steel challenge i did a few shakedown events (few Cherbourg races and one to St Malo) on the Hoffbrau boat.
Never got the cash / time / courage up to sign up as a legger
Excuses, excuses! Back in the early days when it was the British Steel challenge i did a few shakedown events (few Cherbourg races and one to St Malo) on the Hoffbrau boat.
Never got the cash / time / courage up to sign up as a legger
I can understand not doing the whole lot, but couldn't find any valid excuses for not doing a leg.
Just look at it... Click Superb!
prefer sailing without too many waves ... salt water in the G&T just won't doo dont'cha know
XJSJohn said:
that looks far too involved ... .
prefer sailing without too many waves ... salt water in the G&T just won't doo dont'cha know
Ah, well I can head off that excuse:prefer sailing without too many waves ... salt water in the G&T just won't doo dont'cha know
Take years of drinking too many G&Ts, eating too many pies, not going to the gym and generally turning unfit and a bit blobby..... then plonk yourself on a leg of the Global Challenge for a month and 'Ping' - all fixed! Controlled diet and about 12 hours of gym a day works wonders.
PS. I'm f**ked again now
pikey said:
XJSJohn said:
Which boat were you on ... (sure i will find out as i read) ...
Back in the early days when it was the British Steel challenge i did a few shakedown events (few Cherbourg races and one to St Malo) on the Hoffbrau boat.
Never got the cash / time / courage up to sign up as a legger
Excuses, excuses! Back in the early days when it was the British Steel challenge i did a few shakedown events (few Cherbourg races and one to St Malo) on the Hoffbrau boat.
Never got the cash / time / courage up to sign up as a legger
I can understand not doing the whole lot, but couldn't find any valid excuses for not doing a leg.
Just look at it... Click Superb!
cptsideways said:
Mahatma Bag said:
cptsideways said:
Its so us windsurfer's can spot them a mile away when down the pub, all we know is we can go faster them: nerrr nerrrr nerrr na nerrr 
Oh really? Check out the first fifteen seconds of this video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=24L8fk4DgKs
Feck!!! But thats cheating, how many crew per mph though 
Mahatma Bag said:
e.g. "Take a bight of the lazy guy from leeward under the foot of the sail, flake the spinny halyard, trip the pole and letterbox it"!!
Anybody guess what we want to happen here?
Disturbingly I understood all of that and don't even sail big boats!Anybody guess what we want to happen here?
In our boat all the ropes are different colours, so for experienced crew I can say to pull in the jib, kite, cunningham, kicker, rig tension etc with inexperienced crew I can tell them to pull the red, yellow, blue, red and blue or purple rope!
I was taught years ago that the correct way to tack is the following:
Helmsman: "Get ready to tack"
Crew: "Ready"
Helmsman: "Lee ho!"
In reality it is more like.....
Helmsman (Me): Shit we need to tack, we're being
ed over by these other boatsCrew: *inaudible grunt*
Me: TACK!
Crew:
ing hellMe: That was
ing awful we need to get this right before the rest of these s overtake us!The alternative ending contains a splash!
Nic Jones said:
[In reality it is more like.....
Helmsman (Me): Shit we need to tack, we're beinged over by these other boats
Crew: *inaudible grunt*
Me: TACK!
Crew:ing hell
Me: That wasing awful we need to get this right before the rest of these s overtake us!
The alternative ending contains a splash!
Helmsman (Me): Shit we need to tack, we're being
ed over by these other boatsCrew: *inaudible grunt*
Me: TACK!
Crew:
ing hellMe: That was
ing awful we need to get this right before the rest of these s overtake us!The alternative ending contains a splash!
ahh you evidently were taught the same methods as myself and snoggledog gybing is even more fun
helm -
Winds changed .... crew - The
.... ??? Helm - DUCK
crew - Whooosh CRACK "Oww"
Helm - sorry
crew - Oww my head ... you bloody crew next race
XJSJohn said:
Nic Jones said:
[In reality it is more like.....
Helmsman (Me): Shit we need to tack, we're beinged over by these other boats
Crew: *inaudible grunt*
Me: TACK!
Crew:ing hell
Me: That wasing awful we need to get this right before the rest of these s overtake us!
The alternative ending contains a splash!
Helmsman (Me): Shit we need to tack, we're being
ed over by these other boatsCrew: *inaudible grunt*
Me: TACK!
Crew:
ing hellMe: That was
ing awful we need to get this right before the rest of these s overtake us!The alternative ending contains a splash!
ahh you evidently were taught the same methods as myself and snoggledog gybing is even more fun
helm -
Winds changed .... crew - The
.... ??? Helm - DUCK
crew - Whooosh CRACK "Oww"
Helm - sorry
crew - Oww my head ... you bloody crew next race
Mind you that blue boat doesn't half have a mind of it's own.
Eh Not quite correct on the origin of the term "Heads".
Before hawse pipes had been invented the anchor was drawn up to a square spar secured over the side in the bow. This spar was known as a cat's head. Sailors found the cats's head a convenient place to use as a toilet and so thaking a trip to the heads became the accepted term for visiting the toilet.
Oh and sailors live IN and not ON a ship.
I can't believe there have been four pages of debate and not a single reference to futtocks or baggy wrinkles.
If you are real sailors complete the following well known saying
Worm and parcel with the lay.......
Stab me vitals, what a bunch of barrack stantions.
Before hawse pipes had been invented the anchor was drawn up to a square spar secured over the side in the bow. This spar was known as a cat's head. Sailors found the cats's head a convenient place to use as a toilet and so thaking a trip to the heads became the accepted term for visiting the toilet.
Oh and sailors live IN and not ON a ship.
I can't believe there have been four pages of debate and not a single reference to futtocks or baggy wrinkles.
If you are real sailors complete the following well known saying
Worm and parcel with the lay.......
Stab me vitals, what a bunch of barrack stantions.
Edited by D Stanley on Sunday 12th August 23:13
Remember seeing a vid some time back of a mahoosive french hydrofoil boat looking to take the record. Will see if I can find the details again.
jesusbuiltmycar said:
I wouldn't worry a windsurfer still holds the current world record for fastest wind powered water craft (something like 49 knots - I can imagine a wipeout at that speed really hurts!)
RobM77 said:
pikey said:
ALawson said:
This months Yachting World, has an article on the new french tri, just crossed the atlantic in circa 4 days. 24 hr run of about 800 miles!!!!!!! Regularly sitting on 40+ knots.
Blimey - can you imagine pitch poling in that?! 
pikey said:
RobM77 said:
pikey said:
ALawson said:
This months Yachting World, has an article on the new french tri, just crossed the atlantic in circa 4 days. 24 hr run of about 800 miles!!!!!!! Regularly sitting on 40+ knots.
Blimey - can you imagine pitch poling in that?! RobM77 said:
I'm actually about to learn to sail in an 18 foot Hobie in a few weeks time. Now, sailing originally appealled to me over my usual sport of motor racing (Caterhams) due to the fact it was safer. Is pitch poling / cartwheeling common and does it cause many injuries? It might be a valid reason to move into mono hulls for my next course - I like to have fun but injuring myself doesn't really appeal!
Pitch poling can happen no matter what you sail. If the boat pitchpoles and you're on the wire then it's likely that you'll just be thrown forward and end up dangling on the end of the trapeze. You might catch the shrouds on your way past but shouldn't sustain too much in the way of injury. Now if you're sat on the side rather than out on the wire when the boat pitch poles then that'll hurt a fair bit more. Say hello to the mast at 15 or so knots. Mind the space frame if you wish to retain the opportunity to have children. RobM77 said:
I'm actually about to learn to sail in an 18 foot Hobie in a few weeks time. Now, sailing originally appealled to me over my usual sport of motor racing (Caterhams) due to the fact it was safer. Is pitch poling / cartwheeling common and does it cause many injuries? It might be a valid reason to move into mono hulls for my next course - I like to have fun but injuring myself doesn't really appeal!
Hobies are huuuuge fun to play with. I've found they pitchpole only if you're having too much fun and not paying attention! Most of the likelyhood of damage is to the boat rather than you, although you could be unlucky and land in the wrong place!You'll love it - the floating version of a Caterham!!
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