"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:55:37 -0700, "Stu Fields" wrote:
"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:32:02 -0700, "Stu Fields" wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
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Stu Fields wrote:
Jeez, maybe there's someone here who cares more about yacht racing.
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Ed Huntress
Yep Ed you've found one. After campaigning a Cal 20 and a McGregor
36
cat, we do like watching the yacht racing. Maybe it is just our
familiarity, but the B and F balls do not get our attention. For
that
matter neither does NASCAR (Oops that may be un-American)
Stu & Kathy Fields
Welcome to my world...
From dinghies to the A Cup.
And a few C cups now and then...
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php
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Richard Lamb
Damn Richard. I'm sorry I looked up the sailinganarchy website. Here
we
are in the desert where if we get to see water it is in our drinking
glass.
We do miss the sailing that we did out in the Marshall Islands. Warm
clear
water, constant trade winds, long 50mile protected water lagoon...22kts
under sail on the McGregor with 4 people standing around with a beer in
their hands. Yeah I don't miss the passages we took, no autopilot in a
hot
rod cat means a lot of work for two people, but the day/week-end sailing
was
a blast.
Stu Fields
There is a fair amount of sailing up at Lake Isabella, which is not all
that far...that far...from you
And Id strongly suggest starting out somewhat less potent than a cat for
a few trips...winds up there tend to be a bit...strong when the red
lights come on....and a bit...iffy in direction.
Also..isnt there a boating area in your area? I cant remember. Dam or
some such?
Gunner
Yeah Gunner we are close to China Lake. However your dagger boards need
skate wheels on the bottom for China Lake. It is normally drier that
popcorn outgassers.
Ive always wanted to build a salt bed sailer. Much like an iceboat but
with wheels instead. I live too far away though to make it worth while.
We've heard that sailing on Isabella can tie your tell tales in knots. It
would indeed be a learning experience. Sailing in the Marshalls you could
go below, look at the compass and set your sails without ever looking at
the
wind arrow.
Small boat sailing on inland lakes is far different than ocean sailing.
You actually have to sail the boat from moment to moment. Ive sailed
over off the coast and frankly..Id hold any lake sailer up against most
of the guys racing off Pismo, or Moro Bay etc etc. Lake sailers have to
KNOW their boat and how to read the wind as it constantly changed.
I took the Thistle over to Moro Bay with a couple of friends..and we
were kicking the racers asses big time with it. Then I started working
in LA and sold it. 1308 is still winning races from what I can find.
G
We have sailed once in a mono hull on Isabella. Dang thing kept heeling
over, spilling a bunch of good wind out of her sails and never did come up
to planning speed. Oh well we have our memories of jumping off a wave,
burying the port hull in the back of a wave and having my wife say: "Are
you going to keep that up?" Pointing to the port hull. Dang know it all.
Lake sailing is far different than blue water sailing. And its
fun/frustrating to learn how to do it.
But I guess from a Blue water guy..it might be a hell of a change.
Gunner
For sure. Our Cal 20 racing as well as the McGregor racing(they handicapped
us 25 min at the start) was all done in a lagoon with wind directions that
only changed as a function of your boat speed. One of the ass kickers was a
lake sailer from Alabama.
Sailing on Isabella would require a new set of skills in reading and
anticipating wind direction and velocity and knowing where to go to get more
wind.