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Boating chit chat thread.

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    #1682
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Stheno wrote: »
    Are you racing in 17s

    yeah dont have a choice really :(


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    #1683
    Stheno
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    How did ye all do in the end?


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    #1684
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,800 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    For us it came down to literally the last beat of the last (10th) race - and we got pipped into second on IRC by THREE SECONDS :eek:

    Second on ECHO as well.

    Best regatta (and best sailing ever by us) by a country mile!!!

    Great weekend :D


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    #1685
    neris
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    Good racing over the weekend. We only did 3 days but it really takes it out of you. Wrecked today. Bands & music really need to be banned from regattas straight after racing. Trying to have conversations and you cant hear coz of some bloke murdering a song


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    #1686
    Steve
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    Was on the offshore courses, had 2 good days and 2 bad days. It was a total lottery as the wind in the bay was good, offshore was good but there was a big band of nothing in between.

    Still brought home some pots so the skipper was happy.. :D

    Great regatta weather wise, also burnt to a crisp!


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    #1687
    Steve
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    Vexorg wrote: »
    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.

    Fair play to them, they won overall on IRC offshore. :cool:


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    #1688
    Stheno
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    This might seem a bit random but I was working in limerick this week and staying in the Clayton which is literally on the banks of the Shannon.

    It has a lovely balcony stretching out over the river which is a great place to sit and relax.

    As I was doing so I was greeted by a group of people in hi vis gear and pfds patrolling.

    We'd a chat and they moved on they patrol the banks of the Shannon four nights a week from about 8pm to 1am to try and help people who may be contemplating self harm and are a registered charity called limericksuicidewatch

    Since early may they have intervened 14 times to aid distressed people along the river

    Watching them walking around it struck me that if they had auto life jackets it would be much more comfy and safer if they ended up in the river and it got me to thinking of all the spare life jackets I've seen on boats over the years.

    I know it's not sailing related but do you think boat owners might consider donating a spare jacket if they have some, and if so how's best to communicate about it?

    They have just over 50 volunteers so it might not be an impossible task to get enough (maybe twelve) proper life jackets for their nightly patrols if we thought about it collectively?

    Feel free to give your thoughts!


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    #1689
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,800 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    One problem I can see immediately is - are the lifejackets reliable? In date? Serviced? Who would take responsibility for them if they failed in the event of an incident?

    At least there are none of those variables with buoyancy aids.

    It's unforunate, but that's the way things have gone nowadays.


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    #1690
    Stheno
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    One problem I can see immediately is - are the lifejackets reliable? In date? Serviced? Who would take responsibility for them if they failed in the event of an incident?

    At least there are none of those variables with buoyancy aids.

    It's unforunate, but that's the way things have gone nowadays.

    Fair point!


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    #1691
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    anyone racing here in DBSC have a contact email for the sailing secretary or class captains in classes 2 & 3 & ruffians


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    #1692
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,800 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    neris wrote: »
    anyone racing here in DBSC have a contact email for the sailing secretary or class captains in classes 2 & 3 & ruffians

    Donal O'Sullivan at HonSec@dbsc.org will have all contact details for class officers.


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    #1693
    aquinn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭aquinn


    Anyone coming over to CY&BC for the At Home Regatta this weekend?


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    #1694
    neris
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    aquinn wrote: »
    Anyone coming over to CY&BC for the At Home Regatta this weekend?

    Few of our lot from Howth going around on Saturday afternoon, Im giving it a miss though have to try get work done on another boat


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    #1695
    Stheno
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    Did rockabill today first time out racing this year as I hurt myself and couldn't sail, had a fantastic day, super weather


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    #1696
    neris
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Did rockabill today first time out racing this year as I hurt myself and couldn't sail, had a fantastic day, super weather

    Nice breeze for it who you go up with


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    #1697
    Stheno
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    neris wrote: »
    Nice breeze for it who you go up with

    Viking, they'd two regular crew and four new crew.

    It was a bit squally around rockabill, and horrid coming into Skerries, but our helm did a great job.

    We hit 32 knots on the way back.


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    #1698
    neris
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    Nice boats those x302s ill leave it there


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    #1699
    Stheno
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    Anyone any tips on how best to dry out soaked boots? Just leave them outside or the hot press? They are still sodden today on the insideq


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    #1700
    HeidiHeidi
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    A day like today I'd leave them outside - there will be fantastic drying out today.

    Are they leather?

    Maybe stuff them with newspaper.... but I'd be inclined to let the fresh air through them for the afternoon!


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    #1701
    Stheno
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    A day like today I'd leave them outside - there will be fantastic drying out today.

    Are they leather?

    Maybe stuff them with newspaper.... but I'd be inclined to let the fresh air through them for the afternoon!

    Yeah the grey dubarry boots?


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    #1702
    neris
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    Leave em out in the fresh air. Be a nice stink out of them when their dry


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    #1703
    Stheno
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    Lovely I hate that stink

    Is the Malahide regatta on this year?

    Nothing on the hyc site and the myc site appears to be off line at the moment


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    #1704
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,800 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Stheno wrote: »
    Lovely I hate that stink

    Is the Malahide regatta on this year?

    Nothing on the hyc site and the myc site appears to be off line at the moment

    I think it might be on next weekend? Pals of ours were talking about going over for it, but we're away.


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    #1705
    neris
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Lovely I hate that stink

    Is the Malahide regatta on this year?

    Nothing on the hyc site and the myc site appears to be off line at the moment

    Yeah think last Saturday in July


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    #1706
    Stheno
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    neris wrote: »
    Yeah think last Saturday in July

    So the 29th?


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    #1707
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Yep

    Then full go in howth every weekend in August. Event on every weekend


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    #1708
    neris
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    The boat is turning into a banana :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yau9A7XDHs


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    #1709
    Stheno
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    Finally got on the Mac site and their regatta is the 29th

    Hoping my regular boat enters or I can jump on a crew given I've missed a pile of sailing this year

    One boot has dried and is stink free the other is still sodden


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    #1710
    pedroeibar1
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    Stheno wrote: »
    ..........
    One boot has dried and is stink free the other is still sodden

    I’m assuming that the ‘wet’ is sea water so the correct answer is a bit more complex.

    When the boots dry it is because the wet evaporates. However, the salt in seawater does not, and it remains behind in crystalline form both in and on the leather. Salt is hygroscopic (i.e. it attracts water) so on a humid day it will absorb water and your boots will be damp and if left in an unaired place over the winter probably will go musty.

    The proper way to dry the boots is to first sponge them out with fresh water having removed the insoles and rinsed them separately, and then stuff the boots with newspaper, changing it a few times and then leaving them in a well-ventilated space to air dry.

    Heat (particularly near a fire is not a good remedy as it’s a killer for leather, damaging the oils used in the curing and can lead to the leather (and many glues) becoming too dry and brittle.

    Although the cow is dead, the leather continues to live and needs feeding periodically. I use Dubbin at the end and beginning of the season and my leather boots (Skipper Footwear) now are about 40 yrs old and in perfect nick, as I last year replaced the soles which were disintegrating from old age!


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    #1711
    Stheno
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    Anyone here got Oakley prisms and if yes what are they like for sailing?


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