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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Yep, I'll be C3B on Thursdays in our own boat (five minutes ahead of you!), and on a 31.7 on Saturdays (hopefully!)
Could have sworn you posted a question somewhere about barge holidays... must have dreamt it!
Back on board a few lines down you weren't dreaming
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***Bargain Alert***
Polarised sunglasses in Aldi this Thursday!
https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thursday-17th-april/products-detail-page/ps/p/polarised-sunglasses/?pk_campaign=ie_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2014-04-14_17-20
Got these last year, and they're grand - I much prefer my VERY expensive designer ones - stock up and have them in reserve for when you sit on/lose/drop overboard/leave in the pub your good ones
You can't go far wrong for a fiver!
ETA - also plasters and such like that would be good for topping up the first-aid kit - when I nearly ripped my fingernail off last season with a spinny sheet, there was a 10-minute hunt all over the boat for the kit, which didn't contain plasters when it was eventually located :eek:0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »***Bargain Alert***
Polarised sunglasses in Aldi this Thursday!
https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thursday-17th-april/products-detail-page/ps/p/polarised-sunglasses/?pk_campaign=ie_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2014-04-14_17-20
Got these last year, and they're grand - I much prefer my VERY expensive designer ones - stock up and have them in reserve for when you sit on/lose/drop overboard/leave in the pub your good ones
You can't go far wrong for a fiver!
ETA - also plasters and such like that would be good for topping up the first-aid kit - when I nearly ripped my fingernail off last season with a spinny sheet, there was a 10-minute hunt all over the boat for the kit, which didn't contain plasters when it was eventually located :eek:
Great BA thanks
Going to stock up on plasters after that gruesome story!0 -
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miss no stars wrote: »If anyone wants me to pick them up anything let me know before around 1030 tomorrow and I'll happily oblige.
few cases of beer for the good friday stash please 0 -
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You shoulda been at Prof's tactics/rules talk for the last few weeks - he was brilliant! (Prof O'Connell in case you haven't come across him, former olympic sailor, and brilliant and VERY entertaining teacher!)
His talks were really good - if you hear or come across any others in the future I'd highly recommend them.
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miss no stars wrote: »http://www.sailing.org/documents/caseandcall/case-book.php
Arguably more important than the rule book as it shows you how the rules are interpreted in practice.
Thank youHeidiHeidi wrote: »You shoulda been at Prof's tactics/rules talk for the last few weeks - he was brilliant! (Prof O'Connell in case you haven't come across him, former olympic sailor, and brilliant and VERY entertaining teacher!)
His talks were really good - if you hear or come across any others in the future I'd highly recommend them.
(No, I'm not related to him)
He's been out with us on training and racing days, he shouts a LOT, but you're right he is great for advice and guidance
I wanted to go to those sessions, but they were on Tuesdays, and I was travelling
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »He was a bit calmer in the classroom on dry land - I've done onboard training with him before, and he's.... animated, I think would be the kind word to use. But oh my goodness, he's good!
I think animated is kind lol, prone to rage is closer to it for me! I work as a trainer, and it's all about results and what works for you, and that seems to work for him Were I to employ those tactics in my classrooms I'd be seeing a P45, but it's a different situation
I'm looking forward to the first weekend of the summer season when we get videoed and have commentary afterwards, especially given it will be my second day as tactician. (I'm trying to figure out if I'm weird, I'm looking forward to seeing the wind forecasts, assessing potential courses on the basis of the forecast, working out tactics for the course, and adjusting)
I expect lots of ridicule regardless of it being prof or not.0 -
I think animated is kind lol, prone to rage is closer to it for me! I work as a trainer, and it's all about results and what works for you, and that seems to work for him Were I to employ those tactics in my classrooms I'd be seeing a P45, but it's a different situation
I'm looking forward to the first weekend of the summer season when we get videoed and have commentary afterwards, especially given it will be my second day as tactician. (I'm trying to figure out if I'm weird, I'm looking forward to seeing the wind forecasts, assessing potential courses on the basis of the forecast, working out tactics for the course, and adjusting)
I expect lots of ridicule regardless of it being prof or not.
Yeah, we're hoping to do that this year - paid up last year but couldn't do it at the last minute :mad:
He showed us a few videos from it (along with lots of other ones) to illustrate his points - they were VERY useful.
We were hoping to do it with the crew that we're (also) hoping to have for Thursdays - but naturally enough, that's fallen apart already. Sign of things to come, methinks 0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Yeah, we're hoping to do that this year - paid up last year but couldn't do it at the last minute :mad:
He showed us a few videos from it (along with lots of other ones) to illustrate his points - they were VERY useful.
We were hoping to do it with the crew that we're (also) hoping to have for Thursdays - but naturally enough, that's fallen apart already. Sign of things to come, methinks
Is why we are back to whitesails, we have our basic crew, and are building a panel for want of a better word
our core crew work well together, we're all pretty calm, and it's a nice environment so we want to build on that.0 -
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Profs doing an on the water training session next weekend in the Irish. I did it last year and was brilliant. On the water doing rolling starts, sail trim and shape and then a video session ashore. If you can get on a boat doing it, its well worth it
That's what the last three posts were about.
Way aheadaya, boy:D
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »That's what the last three posts were about.
Way aheadaya, boy:D
See you there!
i was drinking yesterday n had a very bad hangover this morning.0 -
heres the vids from last years training weekend
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First spin out of the season today, following launch last Wed - and what a day for it!
The mast stayed up, we didn't crash into anyone, the boat didn't sink, spinny went up and down in an orderly fashion (the tangled sheets were a minor glitch, out of practice!), the *^$&$*$^& *** outboard even worked!
Result
We managed to spill most of a bottle of wine while tacking and gybing in the lumpy water off the Muglins, but how and ever.
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That's not on at all - you'll have to do better I'm afraid.HeidiHeidi wrote: »We managed to spill most of a bottle of wine while tacking and gybing in the lumpy water off the Muglins, but how and ever.
I once had a crew member slip on a wet beermat in the bar, land on a stool, tumble backwards, fall head over heel down the steps of the pub into the main street in a rainy race week in Scotland. All with a full beer in her hand and she didn't spill a drop.
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »First spin out of the season today, following launch last Wed - and what a day for it!
The mast stayed up, we didn't crash into anyone, the boat didn't sink, spinny went up and down in an orderly fashion (the tangled sheets were a minor glitch, out of practice!), the *^$&$*$^& *** outboard even worked!
Result
We managed to spill most of a bottle of wine while tacking and gybing in the lumpy water off the Muglins, but how and ever.
Good day all round!
Not sailing hard enough if you had time to even open it
Thinking of sitting this season out, myself.0 -
miss no stars wrote: »Not sailing hard enough if you had time to even open it
Thinking of sitting this season out, myself.
Ah here, we were out on a jolly! First one in years - quite a novelty not to be racing, although I couldn't quite get the "that jib isn't in enough, main should be up on the traveller etc etc etc" out of my head!
And we did have one person dedicated to tacking the wine cooler (bucket full of seawater) while we beat our way down through Dalkey Sound It all went a bit astray when we pointed back up towards DL harbour, hoisted the spinny (complete with tangled mangled sheets), water got lumpy, wine got opened and the nibbles were produced. Far too many jobs for too few hands :D 0 -
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Anyways... all looking good for Thursday?
It'll be nice to get back into it, all rugby'd out and need a change of scenery!
Oh yeah!
See you at the first mark, no doubt - you guys always catch us up - give us a wide berth, it's been a long time since we did a bear-away set!
(God help us - and anyone nearby - if it turns out to be a gybe-set :eek:)0 -
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****e wind forecast for Thurs, five gusting to seven, will be a short course with windward start?
Where are you seeing that forecast? Any I'm looking at are showing fairly light winds for Thurs evening....although it's a bit far out to depend on any forecast yet!
Starts should (esp off a committee boat) be to windward. The hut is a different case as start directions are restricted - although new start mark this year should give a bit more flexibility.
Windy nights should mean longer courses! Well they do when I'm setting them, anyway 0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Where are you seeing that forecast? Any I'm looking at are showing fairly light winds for Thurs evening....although it's a bit far out to depend on any forecast yet!
Starts should (esp off a committee boat) be to windward. The hut is a different case as start directions are restricted - although new start mark this year should give a bit more flexibility.
Windy nights should mean longer courses! Well they do when I'm setting them, anyway
Windguru yesterday, now changed to 9 gusting to 13 at 19:00 Thursday, thought meteireann now have it at 7-17 depending on how you interpret their colouring
Our start is off Maclir (think that's the right name)
I remember one Saturday last year starting off the hut, and there was no wind, boats literally just drifting around the place!0 -
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Ah, it doesn't happen all that often - maybe once or twice in the 12 years I'm doing DBSC. But in a strong adverse tide, just as the 7pm hole appears (sea breeze dies after a lovely warm day, which does happen with monotonous regularity!), sometimes it can be your only hope.
You then sit there on anchor for half an hour while everyone does a wind dance in the Hut, when that fails they cancel, and THEN you go back into the club for a cuppa tea 0 -
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Did the fog set in properly? I was out there about 1pm, and there was a gloom settling in over the bay, couldn't have been more different to the last few days (or indeed this morning!).
Do you race, Cricalix? I'm busy trying to figure out which boardsies to be watching out for on Thursdays and Saturdays 0 -
The fog stayed off, though it was impossible to see anything more than a mile or two away. Out in the bay it was bright sunshine at points! When I was out at the Burford, I could *just* make out Howth/Baily and the rest of the world was blue/green meets grey. On the track I posted, the point it stops is when I finally got enough visual bearings to determine where I was (right as the wind died as it happens).
I raced for the last two seasons on a Ruffian; told my skipper that having put two winters worth of time and a chunk of money into my boat, I'm spending most of my weekends sailing instead of racing. He understands Thursdays may be spoken for by work, and Tuesdays I make the guns go bang at the hut.
Clocked about 60 miles this weekend, and introduced 3 people to the fun of sailing.
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »I've seen anchors thrown out on the hut start on particularly calm nights
do you not have an abandoned flag over there? someone in howth found one in the last 2 years and i had more abandoned races in two years then in 15 years0 -
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