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Boating chit chat thread.

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    #1652
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Stheno wrote: »
    Fantastic day for the gibbney classic


    I think I'm overcooked and very red after that. Great atmosphere in howth aswell after


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    #1653
    Major Dad
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Major Dad


    neris wrote: »
    I think I'm overcooked and very red after that. Great atmosphere in howth aswell after

    Ah here - whadda ya mean great atmosphere in Howth afterwards? Why weren't you in Gibneys? Personally, I thought the race was probably 20-30mins too long. It's a social race - make it 1.5hrs for the average participant, and get everyone back to the bar afterwards.


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    #1654
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Gibneys was crap. the concert being on didnt help and most people were gone by 730. Course was a bit long and thought turn out was down on previous years


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    #1655
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Stheno wrote: »
    I think there's a chap from Howth in this race on a boat called Bam ( edit, from hyc facebook it looks like it, he was four days ahead in the lead on the seventh)

    Conor finished this evening looks like hes won on handicap


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    #1656
    Stheno
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    neris wrote: »
    Conor finished this evening looks like hes won on handicap

    That's fantastic, great achievement!


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    #1657
    Stheno
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    Reception to welcome Conor home and celebrate his win at 6pm tomorrow in hyc


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    #1658
    Stheno
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    Few nasty accidents today
    http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/teen-14-left-with-critical-injuries-after-sailing-accident-as-man-53-and-cliff-diver-injured-in-separate-incidents-35862106.html

    Best wishes to everyone for a full and speedy recovery


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    #1659
    neris
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    From howth yacht club facebook page for any one interested in taking up sailing


    Howth Yacht Club
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    Howth Yacht Club
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    There are still some places left on our 'Taste of Racing' J80 Class for Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta - contact Karen in the club office to sign up and join us for a great weekend - racing across from Howth on Friday evening, in the bay on Saturday and a race home on Sunday, all for €100 per person! With a specially appointed skipper, this is a great way to learn how to race the J80s and enjoy of the biggest social events of the year.
    01 8322141 (quickly!


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    #1660
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Kinsale was tough, I'm still broken... :D


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    #1661
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Steve wrote: »
    Kinsale was tough, I'm still broken... :D

    You got a day off 1/2 way through


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    #1662
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    5 years working on a boat and it sinks the minute it hits the water.

    http://www.ladbible.com/funny/uk-viral-man-spends-five-years-renovating-a-boat-only-for-it-to-sink-20170629?c=1498753365952


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    #1663
    fergal.b
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    Sort of know how that feels :(







    .


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    #1664
    oystercatcher
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭oystercatcher


    Does anyone know of crewing spots for VDLR this weekend. I'm fairly experienced. Happy to race each day or just to fill in for a couple of races.
    Thanks guys, I'd appreciate any leads.


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    #1665
    Stheno
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    oystercatcher wrote: »
    Does anyone know of crewing spots for VDLR this weekend. I'm fairly experienced. Happy to race each day or just to fill in for a couple of races.
    Thanks guys, I'd appreciate any leads.

    Check out hyc crew point on Facebook a boat called samatom was looking for crew


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    #1666
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    oystercatcher wrote: »
    Does anyone know of crewing spots for VDLR this weekend. I'm fairly experienced. Happy to race each day or just to fill in for a couple of races.
    Thanks guys, I'd appreciate any leads.

    Try Dlr facebook & website. Few howth boats looking for crew. Few 17s looking for crew Friday for a passage race

    :p


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    #1667
    Stheno
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    neris wrote: »
    Try Dlr facebook & website. Few howth boats looking for crew. Few 17s looking for crew Friday for a passage rave

    What's a passage rave? Is that all the 17s doing their ritual chanting/singing?


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    #1668
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,845 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Good luck to everyone taking part in the DLVR this weekend!

    See y'all on the water :D

    (or in the bars after, obv)


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    #1669
    Vexorg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,897 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    We had to drop out, due to sail damage and an injury last week, will pop out Saturday for a look.

    Some of the wind forecasts showing very light today, nothing worse than a slow start and ending up in a wind hole or fighting the tide.

    Best of luck to all competing, 460 boats entered, if there is a decent breeze it will be great.


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    #1670
    neris
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    Vexorg wrote: »
    460 boats entered, if there is a decent breeze it will be great.

    hope DL dont do what cork did years ago and try to keep pushing the numbers higher and higher aiming for 1000 entries


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    #1671
    Vexorg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,897 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    Hope not, but they could probably cope with closer to that number, spreading it out over the 4 waterfront clubs, might be a bit of a wait for food and drink after:)


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    #1672
    neris
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    Vexorg wrote: »
    Hope not, but they could probably cope with closer to that number, spreading it out over the 4 waterfront clubs, might be a bit of a wait for food and drink after:)

    its on the water aswell though where there could be issues. teh sailing is pretty decent as it is and well managed. they seem to want to give better racing for entries then loads of entires


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    #1673
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,845 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Yay!!

    2 wins on IRC, not a bad start :D

    (Small fleet, but still....)

    Now to try and keep it up......


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    #1674
    neris
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    forecast for saturday on windguru looks like a stay on the dock kinda day, sundays not much better either


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    #1675
    Vexorg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,897 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    @heidiheidi. Very close racing in that fleet. One small mistake, a few seconds lost makes the difference. Well done.


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    #1676
    Vexorg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,897 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    neris wrote: »
    forecast for saturday on windguru looks like a stay on the dock kinda day, sundays not much better either

    Yup Saturday and Sunday both looking poor for wind, I have not found any of the wind forecast sites/apps consistently accurate. My fav at the moment is windpredict as it uses 4 forecasting models and appears accurate when all 4 results are similar.


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    #1677
    HeidiHeidi
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    Vexorg wrote: »
    @heidiheidi. Very close racing in that fleet. One small mistake, a few seconds lost makes the difference. Well done.

    Cheers!

    Don't think we've ever had as close racing as this weekend! It's come down to literally inches in a couple of races :eek:

    Great fun! Sorry you're missing out on it.


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    #1678
    Vexorg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,897 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Cheers!

    Don't think we've ever had as close racing as this weekend! It's come down to literally inches in a couple of races :eek:

    Great fun! Sorry you're missing out on it.

    You really are having a great Regatta, 5 seconds in the last race, so close.

    Steve's crew had a good result in echo today. The 34.7s are putting up a great fight against the J boats in the offshore cruisers. Flashback from Howth is really putting in a good performance.


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    #1679
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,845 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Vexorg wrote: »
    You really are having a great Regatta, 5 seconds in the last race, so close.

    Steve's crew had a good result in echo today. The 34.7s are putting up a great fight against the J boats in the offshore cruisers. Flashback from Howth is really putting in a good performance.

    it was one second in the second race!! We nearly had heart attacks!!! :D

    My goodness, the Js certainly are being given a run for their money in the offshore! G'wan Steve!!!

    Fingers, toes and everything else crossed that wind comes in from somewhere today ... although it would suit us down to the ground if the ref blew the whistle right now :D:D:D


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    #1680
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Good racing today. 3 nice fixed mark courses today but results were poxy. Well sun burnt & wrecked now.


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    #1681
    Stheno
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    neris wrote: »
    Good racing today. 3 nice fixed mark courses today but results were poxy. Well sun burnt & wrecked now.

    Are you racing in 17s


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