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Boating chit chat thread.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    Ah the default pink pallate is rolled out for ladies active wear. Not a red or grey or navy (or anything that would go with my sailing gear) in sight.

    *sigh*

    I just realized how utterly female such a complaint is!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,919 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    I am lucky to have natural insulation, so have not needed base layers, my mid layer has been enough so far this winter, outer layers have not been used as we have only had rain on one day of sailing this year during the summer. We seem to be having a mild season, I don't recall the weather this time last year, late autumn early winter, but have a feeling it was colder.

    I have the opposite problem with leg length, usually my sailing gear is too long in the leg.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    It apparently is not unusual for women to have disproportionaly long legs compared to their overall body height, my inseam measurement is exactly 50% of my height, unlike men who tend to have longer bodies than limbs.

    Hence the discrepancy in sizing, one of my crewmates is well over six feet in height and his trousers are at his ankles and I envy him.

    Plus unlike with jeans length is associated with size based on my random research, so a large mens is 32 (as referenced by Steve) but a small is a 30 length

    I'm considering trying out the gill trousers and making an "extension" to them that attaches easily and setting up an ebay shop to sell said extensions :D

    Really looking forward to this weekend, a bit of wind is forecast, as opposed to the last few weeks of calm!

    Happiness :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Stheno wrote: »
    Really looking forward to this weekend, a bit of wind is forecast, as opposed to the last few weeks of calm!

    Happiness :D

    Lots of wind forecast - or not - these lads are normally right but it's been changing a lot over the last few days. At least the gusts are not >30kts anymore.. :D

    http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=242647&sty=m_spot


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Dinghy sailing is going to be interesting.

    I looked at that not two hours ago and all the gusts were above 30kts for Sunday.
    I had mentally started pencilling in new Sunday morning plans.
    Darn it!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Wouldnt trust windguru, have found alot that the weather is the opposite of what they predict.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Dublin bay tends to have its own micro-climate, hard to predict. I've found windguru to be reliable enough though.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    A bit wild in Skerries today :eek:


    1451564_10152002661151195_426657032_n.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    fergal.b wrote: »
    A bit wild in Skerries today :eek:

    Hoky fruk! :eek:

    Is stoops still there?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    There was a video posted on FB earlier (I'll see if I can find it), and there were a few boats that I feared for.... particularly a yellow one, I hope their moorings were good and heavy :eek:

    Are there still boats moored inside/beside the pier?

    fergal.b wrote: »
    A bit wild in Skerries today :eek:


    1451564_10152002661151195_426657032_n.jpg


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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Picked up a set of the aldi thermals, tkmaxx have some icebreaker stuff in also

    Fergal that is some photo


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Ah crap, forgot about the Aldi thermals!

    Have to hope there's some left in my failsafe branch, where nothing ever seems to sell :D


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Loads in ashbourne if you are stuck its no trouble fir me to pick you up a set


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Stheno wrote: »
    Loads in ashbourne if you are stuck its no trouble fir me to pick you up a set

    Aww, you're very good!

    I'm not actually in dire need of them - could probably do with the money for my holidays more! - so if they don't have them in my local one it'll be no loss really.

    but thanks a mill for the offer!


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Steve wrote: »
    Hoky fruk! :eek:

    Is stoops still there?

    Stoops is fine and toped up with fresh seafood chowder :D




    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Stoops is fine and toped up with fresh seafood chowder :D




    .

    /breaths... :D


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    There was a video posted on FB earlier (I'll see if I can find it), and there were a few boats that I feared for.... particularly a yellow one, I hope their moorings were good and heavy :eek:

    Are there still boats moored inside/beside the pier?

    The yellow one is still there, This is from Skerries FB page.
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151763562670770






    .


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Stoops is fine and toped up with fresh seafood chowder :D




    .

    Do they do a chowder without smoked fish?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    fergal.b wrote: »
    The yellow one is still there, This is from Skerries FB page.
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151763562670770






    .

    That's the one! Mad-looking conditions.... wasn't it in Skerries that a Sigma 38 or similar (Raging Bull, maybe???) got washed off its mooring and half wrecked last year?


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Yep that was a bad one alright :eek:

    2012-04-26091324.jpg

    2012-04-26084152.jpg

    2012-04-26081323.jpg



    2012-04-26081309.jpg

    I used some of this one to build my boat :)

    2012-04-26082116.jpg


    2012-04-26082204.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    That's the one! Mad-looking conditions.... wasn't it in Skerries that a Sigma 38 or similar (Raging Bull, maybe???) got washed off its mooring and half wrecked last year?

    Raging bull was a sigma 400. Was rebuilt and back doing the isora series apparently. Skerries is fairly exposed and open


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    neris wrote: »
    Raging bull was a sigma 400. Was rebuilt and back doing the isora series apparently. Skerries is fairly exposed and open

    It certainly looked it in that video :eek:

    I didn't do a whole lot of ISORAs this year, but don't think Raging Bull featured in any of them.... but yes, I'd heard she was repaired and back in action.

    (ETA, I stand corrected, she competed in the first four races of the series)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Yep that was a bad one


    2012-04-26082204.jpg

    :(


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    A few more amazing photos of last week storm by Daniel Geesen https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.594209357295567.1073741830.181237915259382&type=1


    .


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    OMG those aldi thermals made such a difference to me today, I was mostly on the rail/bow on whitesails, but I was warm.

    Now wondering how fab icebreakers et al must be. Must now seek out a balaclava :)

    Lost another pair of sunglasses today when they got caught in fenders :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭juke


    Stheno wrote: »
    Lost another pair of sunglasses today when they got caught in fenders :(

    Hope they were cheap ones.

    If you are out tomorrow have a look at the string Steve uses - 15 years, has never failed me.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    juke wrote: »
    Hope they were cheap ones.

    If you are out tomorrow have a look at the string Steve uses - 15 years, has never failed me.

    Yep aldi sportsglasses so no great loss at a fiver :) They were not polarised but they fit really well as I've a child face in terms of glasses, so I bought four pairs :D

    I will be having a look at what Steve uses :) Any tips I can pick up I'd love.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    em, I use a bit of string, nothing special.. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Stheno wrote: »
    OMG those aldi thermals made such a difference to me today, I was mostly on the rail/bow on whitesails, but I was warm.

    Now wondering how fab icebreakers et al must be. Must now seek out a balaclava :)

    Lost another pair of sunglasses today when they got caught in fenders :(

    I told ya merino was the way to go :D (as predicted, piles of them left in my local-ish Aldi, so my spare set is now tucked away for future use - couldn't possibly be seen in that awful lavender colour, so men's ones it was, again :mad:)

    What were your sunglasses doing anywhere near fenders :confused:

    Cannot believe I'm up to to racing having crawled into bed at 2am.... this truly is a form of madness.... still, can't resist the last one of the year (for me)!


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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    I told ya merino was the way to go :D (as predicted, piles of them left in my local-ish Aldi, so my spare set is now tucked away for future use - couldn't possibly be seen in that awful lavender colour, so men's ones it was, again :mad:)

    What were your sunglasses doing anywhere near fenders :confused:

    Cannot believe I'm up to to racing having crawled into bed at 2am.... this truly is a form of madness.... still, can't resist the last one of the year (for me)!

    I bought the horrific lilac stuff, hidden under my many other layers and does the job :)

    I think what happened was the sheet from the fenders went flying and entrapped my glasses, I am exceptionally good at getting in the way of sheets :)

    I'm not sure I'm supposed to sail, I arrived up Sunday convinced I was still drunk/asleep, sitting frontmost on the rail soon sorted that out :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Last race of the season in DB this sunday.

    Don't know if I should be :) or :(.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,919 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    Steve wrote: »
    Last race of the season in DB this sunday.

    Don't know if I should be :) or :(.


    Knowing the crew on that boat I would go with :(


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    I'm looking forward to a few late lie ins :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Stheno wrote: »
    I'm looking forward to a few late lie ins :D

    Me too. :D


    If Leinster win on Saturday, I'll be as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike on Sunday morning!


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Steve wrote: »
    Me too. :D


    If Leinster win on Saturday, I'll be as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike on Sunday morning!

    I'll be missing that game due to family commitments :(

    And I've lost my voice, I can literally whisper, so I'll be as useful as a chocolate tea pot trying to shout Sunday :D

    @ miss no stars were they the KB1 racing trousers you got from Gill? Tried on a mens pair at the weekend and they were a very nice fit and very long legs :) They don't have the velcro straps they have proper shoulders if that's any help?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    Sorry! Meant to upload those pics which I will do later (even for the reference of others later). I won't have access to them til Christmas morning... I'm fairly certain they're the OS2 trousers http://www.sailingclothingstore.co.uk/Gill-Womens-OS2-Trousers-OS22TW-E6DA480B0B.aspx


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Stheno wrote: »
    @ miss no stars were they the KB1 racing trousers you got from Gill? Tried on a mens pair at the weekend and they were a very nice fit and very long legs :) They don't have the velcro straps they have proper shoulders if that's any help?
    I think this is the current version of them, mine are a few seasons old...
    http://www.gillmarine.com/ca/products/kb1-racer-trousers/2126#overview
    I like the leatherman pocket.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    as promised, sorry for delay... I know I don't have boots on in the pictures but I do have heavy enough jeans on under, so should give you some idea

    Standing normally:
    IMG00036_20131203_1939.jpg

    How far on my toes I am before the ends come off the ground (one hem lifted up to show standing on toes :p):
    IMG00037_20131203_1940.jpg

    Full crouch:
    IMG00035_20131203_1938.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Love yore socks :D


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Those look identical in length to the mens pair I tried on this week :)

    Baggy standing flat but with plenty of movement, am going to go shopping soon avec boots :)

    And yes, nice socks :D

    Thank you both!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Looks like I'll need the sailing gear for the rugby match!!

    There'll be no race tomorrow if this weather holds.. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,919 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    Windguru saying 24 knots gusting to 40 tomorrow, currently gusting 44 knots according to Dun Laoghaire weather station (oddly that gust speed has not changed over the last hour).

    Enjoy the match.. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Steve wrote: »
    Looks like I'll need the sailing gear for the rugby match!!

    There'll be no race tomorrow if this weather holds.. :(

    And santas expected in howth tomorrow. Hope he has a bit of change for the dart


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    And so the sailing season endeth today :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    I've seen some strange weather in Dublin bay but that took the biscuit.

    Forecast was 20 gusting 40 and we were fully expecting to have no racing... I saw 28kts in the harbour but outside it dropped as low as 4 and was 10-12 for most of it...

    Spring chickens will be on us before we know it! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Some fun viewing if your not the guy at 58 seconds



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    neris wrote: »
    Some fun viewing if your not the guy at 58 seconds
    Been in weather like that and lost the stick but thankfully never been 58s guy! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    AYYYY hairy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    Looks like Verazzano Narrows bridge at NY...?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris




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