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Sailing Vanessa: November 2014
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Pathfinder (designed by John Welsford). Sunday, November 30, 2014. Way too much wind today to go solo:. So I get to use part of the day to do modifications. During the trials some things solicited for modification:. Jib sheets need clamcleats, over the coaming, like Spartina. Jib sheets get caught behind the outer cleats I placed on the deck. These cleats need to be moved inward to prevent this. The mizzen sheet cleat needs a fairlead so that I don't loose the sheet overboard. Saturday, November 29, 2014.
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Sailing Vanessa: December 2014
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Pathfinder (designed by John Welsford). Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Http:/ welsfordsundownerbuild.blogspot.com/. Sunday, December 14, 2014. More than just building a boat. Building the Pathfinder has given me much more personal development than I anticipated. Yes, I have learnt many new skills how to build a boat. Yes, a boat is a vessel to the spiritual freedom of the ocean. Yes, sailing the boat I built with my own two hands gives a lot more satisfaction than sailing a bought sailboat. All mods work pe...
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Time on the Water: Self Humiliation!
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Time on the Water. Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Lousy start and I went down hill from there. It's as if my mind went blank with 90 seconds to go and I reverted to past habits of trying to start on the pin end. I have less flexibility in terms of trimming control than on Das Boot. June 5, 2015 at 1:07 AM. Stop giving yourself a hard time? I hope you still enjoyed the evening :). June 5, 2015 at 8:55 AM. Premier...
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Proper Course: Laser Sailing: The Rules
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Thursday, April 12, 2012. Laser Sailing: The Rules. Laser Sailing: The Rules - by The Keepers. We are the Keepers of the Vang. In so being, we also maintain the sacred text wherein lie the simple truths of Laser Sailing etiquette known as The Rules. It is in our trust to maintain and endorse this list. 1 Obey The Rules. This isn't the Pirate's Code, for Pete's sake. These aren't guidelines. These are The Rules. 2 Lead by example. 3 Guide the uninitiated. Gently tell them of the error of their ways? To pu...
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Time on the Water: Spam-O-Phobia
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Time on the Water. Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like. Thursday, March 8, 2012. I've been very silent as a blogger recently. It's not that I have run out of things to say. I feel I have much to say on OPB (other peoples' blogs). It's just that I have been majorly put-off recently. What has caused this to happen? My vast experience in blogging is that both features are deterrents to the enjoyment of spontaneous, lively and creative discussions.
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Proper Course: RS Aero North Americans
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. RS Aero North Americans. This weekend I went out to the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon to sail in the first ever RS Aero North Americans. To be honest I had such a good time and I am still on such a high that if I tried to write a post today on how I feel about the trip, all you would get is a confusing babble of superlatives. So today, I will just stick to the facts and let pictures tell the story. Here are Peter Barton 1515 and Dan Falk 1384 at the front of the fleet. Coming soo...
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Proper Course: 2015 International 14 North Americans at the Gorge - Drone Footage
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Saturday, August 01, 2015. 2015 International 14 North Americans at the Gorge - Drone Footage. Amazing video footage from a drone of the I-14s racing at the Gorge last weekend. The RS Aeros - also sailing their NAs on the same circle - make a brief appearance but the I-14s are the stars of this show. What spectacular boats! 7:58 AM, August 03, 2015. Glad you liked it. I noticed the rudder foils when the boats were out of the water. Didnt realize that they were there to fool the H2O. Brilliant! Prolific, ...
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Proper Course: RS Aero Capsizes - Mission Accomplished
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Saturday, August 08, 2015. RS Aero Capsizes - Mission Accomplished. It was getting to be a bit weird. Prior to the RS Aero North Americans in Oregon a couple of weeks ago I had sailed an RS Aero about 18-20 times, but I had never had an unintentional capsize. I had done some deliberate capsizes in order to make sure I knew how to do capsize recoveries. But in all those days of sailing the RS Aero I had not capsized accidentally once. My streak had to end some time. Even so I wondered how easy capsize rec...
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Proper Course: Learning to Sail the RS Aero on the Interwebs
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Learning to Sail the RS Aero on the Interwebs. So thanks to Matt Thursfield who recently ran a coaching day for his fleet at Chelmarsh Sailing Club in the UK and produced the coaching video (above) which has some excellent tips. If you are an RS Aero sailor wanting to progress rapidly up the learning curve - and keep in touch with news about RS Aero events and what other RS Aero sailor are doing - then you need to tap in to these online resources. Check out the RS Aero Class website.
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