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Cherub Chat => Sailing Stories => Topic started by: roland_trim on September 25, 2010, 11:16:55 PM
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Exultant had her first post summer play today. Wind never above a 3 and from many directions all at once.
3 sails made much more fun by the addition of lots of fishing boats, sadly despite many attempts we failed to catch one on the pole.
Badgers' borrowed main delivers bags more power than the defective one. We can now post a recipe for a home build mast that you can go and buy a set of Hyde's for - the Banksy main also looks like it might work now it has a luff cut to the mast with rig tension on.
Many thanks to Tim N. for the loan of Badgers' main.
On the shore we also met a lovely young lady who told us how much fun she used to have in peanuts (a few years back, when she was winning things). Sadly my memory for names means I scraping to remember her name, but she would be happy to consider dusting down the trap harness for Lee on Solent.
If you are reading this please email me via the links to the left - I really would be happy to take you for a sail - Hayley and I would also cook dinner.
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Roland, Get that young ladies name and number, come on turn on the charm - she's an ideal demographic for people we're trying to attract to Lee.
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It is cold. Might have to tow EJ down to Teignmouth for my next sail!
http://www.chewvalleysailing.org.uk/component/content/article/1-latest-news/44-commodores-blog
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On the shore we also met a lovely young lady who told us how much fun she used to have in peanuts (a few years back, when she was winning things). Sadly my memory for names means I scraping to remember her name, but she would be happy to consider dusting down the trap harness for Lee on Solent.
Surely not Jill Hows (she may have a different surname now). I can't think of anyone else who did any winning in Peanuts, but that was thirty something years ago... There's a photo of Jill on this page. https://web.archive.org/web/20040306051130/http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/2k2showreport.htm
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The very same (although she looks younger than in that photo). Now I have a name I'll get chasing.
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Is it me or was it cold today? The car said 1 degreee, there was large lumps of ice on the cover and H complained that her fingers were numb before we had delivered the kit bags to the club house.
Short, but fun sail. Revised "banksy" main is nuts, but at least it now sort of works. We came in after 30 minutes to adjust the outhaul and suddenly the power was back on. The ice flaking out of the chute during the hoist was a reminder why it was always going to be a short session.
Both H and I have forgotten how to sail (cue comments on the "forgot" aspect ).
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Respect to you both for sailing in this weather, it is definitely brass monkeys
out there.
As for forgetting how to sail we are in the same camp!
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Are stu and I the only nutters sailing right through winter?
Come join us this weekend at the Tiger Trophy in Rutland..
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I think Atum has been out most weekends....
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Been out most weekends but it always seems be either blown out or less that 10Kts, got some nice video with the camera I've bought recently, see you tube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQzff1Y57s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS9ebNCZf-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otdb-I8bGDU
just need a day with some more wind. Did not put it on the mast today - gusting 35Kts ! ripped my spreaders off during a 20kt pitchpole
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otdb-I8bGDU
I think this is my favorite footage for a few years!
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Great footage Paul, What camera have you bought?
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A Panasonic lumix FT2, Very impressed with it
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What a machine!
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What a machine!
Paul or the boat?!
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Thanks to Paul for posting those excellent videos.
I was looking at the 2nd one - Atum in 11knts breeze. It got me thinking about the whole T-foil thing. Now I may well have got this wrong, but I believe the theory goes that the downward displaced water under the hull rises again behind the transom, and in doing so exerts a force on the T-foil resulting in a bit of forwards propulsion. But looking at the video, I'm not sure I buy that. I think Atum's T-foil is pretty close to the bottom of the rudder blade - is that right? So presumably something approaching a metre under the water's surface. It doesn't look like the hull could possibly be doing much to the water 1 to 2 metres below the hull skin, I would say 50-60cm at the very most. So unless it's a + Foil with the element close to the surface, all it can be doing is taking a bit of displacement out of the hull, thus exchanging a bit of hull form drag for a slightly more efficient foil form drag, plus the extra skin friction of the foil. Can somebody enlighten me?
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Thanks to Paul for posting those excellent videos.
" but I believe the theory goes that the downward displaced water under the hull rises again behind the transom, and in doing so exerts a force on the T-foil resulting in a bit of forwards propulsion."
At low speeds where the bow wave comes up towards the transom, the theory you've mentioned is correct. However, this is not the main effect of the T foil. At speeds above 7 knots, the lift to drag ratio of the T foil is much better than the hull. So it's advantageous to carry load on the T rather than the hull. So you pull some angle on the T, and then move aft to keep the hull at its optimum trim. So the T foil is actually reducing the displacement of the hull. You can carry around 60-70kg on the T if you move well aft. It is important to keep the boat at optimum fore and aft trim. Do not allow the bow to push down too much or the hull drag will rapidly increase.
I wrote a detailed article on this for Y&Y and it used to be available on the Cherub site.
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Thanks Kevin. So taking the reduced hull displacement concept further, surely that should mean there is more potential gain from sticking a T-foil on a relatively fat '91 Rules boat compared to a skinny E5 or the like?
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I wrote a detailed article on this for Y&Y and it used to be available on the Cherub site.
The article can still be found here (http://www.uk-cherub.org/lib/exe/fetch.php/members/kevin_ellway-t-foil.pdf) , or follow the link at the bottom of this page (http://www.uk-cherub.org/doku.php/tech/t-foil_systems)
to view the page, you need to be an association member and logged into the wiki using the same login details as you use for the forum
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A weeekend of 2 halfs:
Sat. We finally found the sweet spot setting for EJ's recut main and had a very nice time. It was very nice to see 10.5 knots on the velocitek when trucking upwind and to find the groove in the boat again. When the wind dropped we found the boat tacked when hit with light gusts.
Sunday - blowing old boots and had Maf on board. Sweet spot delivers power. Sadly when not on the money the rig delivers drag and is in generally far too on/off to be manageable in gusts. Boat tried to tack as big gusts hit, if you survive those then she motors.
Many thanks for Maf's extreme patience and willingness to put his body on the line. Short outing ended with a gusty power up-helm off the rear - crew through the jib carnage. Time to end playing with different sail plans for now and fit the sensible set. Lots of lessons learnt, not necessarily giving up on the bat wing, but now's the time to get sailing again.
Team Atum tuned up and monstered about. Eventually even they had one swim too many and headed in. Then someone turned the wind off and rain intensity up.
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Due to a gentle forecast team Kirk joined team trim at Chew on saturday for a gentle sail. The first since last August. Our challenge was to remember how to rig the boat, which we did eventually. There was enough wind for single wiring up and down wind and the cobwebs were quickly blown away.
The larger chute and sock certainly make kite hoisting/dropping much easier. other small improvements also worked and make the boat a bit tidier. We do need to adjust the cunnigham and kicker (which were guessed when we put the controls back on) and possibly the caps. Everything else was as we left it. I think a bit more practice is due before we hit the race course but the learning curve is less steep than last year.
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Shame Atum could not make to the training weekend (couldn’t manage whole day with family commitments), looks like you had a great time. Managed to sneak off Sunday afternoon for a play with the camera. Bowsprit Cam: the way of the future! see- www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P5BY3kIDj8
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That is excellent! How did you stop the camera/pole rotating?
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We went out with it hanging under the bowsprit thinking it would get in the way of the kite but on the first hoist it rotated around onto the top and it turn out not to be a problem. It only seemed to turn whilst hoisting and dropping, we just straighted it after each
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To be fair to the crew, having posted him dropping the main, I have posted the results of the helm not paying attention as we sail into a lull www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1jzBl5464M
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That is nice clear video, and a good view point. I have put the first one on the Video page.
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Are there any Cherubs based at Chew these days?
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Hi Gordon
Yes there are two of us, although we tend to migrate to Thornbury for part of the summer when the water gets low and the weed gets to high.
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We are there for the Winter and Summer is Thornbury/events. You are more than welcome to come down to either club as a guest to see if you like them.
Sailing at Chew over the past few weeks has become weed city. This generally means that you get bored with clearing weed of the T-foil and sticking it in the other way around. Paul C. very kindly took the vids below to show that that the E5 with a Spoiler does work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WyOXi9HPDM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WyOXi9HPDM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oIGHlNZdQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oIGHlNZdQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)
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Its 5.50 am and im sitting at the departure gate of Bristol airport.
Still have the massive grin from yesterdays sail plastered all over my face. The other passengers think i may be derranged, i probably am.
Not sure if it was the full bow up salute during the start sequence, the epic 2 sail death zone reaches on the course or going from starting in the wrong starting sequence and then sailing down the fast fleet.
Our luck ran out when we hit the front to discover neither of us knew either the course or where the mark was if we asked!
Lots of swimming and some massive laser terrifying 3sail reaches. No
capsizes on gybes, but many on the corners.
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Rock and roll!
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Crew is still grinning too.
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Sounds like it was a great day :)
Will have to drop by chew sometime soon and check it out properly.
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You'd be welcome to be our guest.
Need to sort getting that stock to you. Can bring it in to the City center if easier?
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Thanks - will take you up on the chew invite.
If you're still sailing at Thornbury then you pretty much drive past my house to get there as I'm just off the A38 by Aztec West, so feel free to drop in for a chat and a cuppa.
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Team Trim is getting all of its rescue boat duties out of the way in one go - last week Thornbury, this coming Saturday (29th) Chew.
The duty at Thornbury was made much more interesting by taking photos and video of Anti (although having to rescue a single-handed scorpion was a minor distraction. R did a sterling job of righting it when its owner got too tired - we've clearly had far too much practice in this area!).
So if anyone wants to provide us with some entertainment at Chew this Saturday, they'd be very welcome.
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Another rescue duty - another roll of film (no Cherub shots). The chop on chew was wetter than at Thornbury, so sadly most of the photos are wrecked by water droplets on the lens!
https://picasaweb.google.com/110044885139843498248/20111029__Chew
Really enjoyed the rescue duty. Looking forward to meeting up again with the topper sailor and arranging a boat swap. I'll happily crew his boat (it is not a topper!). After thinking it through I think we should up the stakes and he'll also have to helm Born Slippy as part of the deal (more to follow later).
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Last night at Chew was a special event in honour of the Olympic torch's passage by Bristol. I was looking forward to a sunny evening crewing Marmite with Paul.
Sunny, yes. The wind however decided to have a bit of a laugh. It stopped. Then it started. Then it changed direction repeatedly without any warning. Then it stopped again. We spent some time going backwards. And a lot of time on the opposite tack to boats heading in the same direction. It proved impossible to carry the kite on a single leg of the triangle-sausage course. I was feeling like a useless playpen passenger while Paul leapt in and out like a demon yo-yo. Neither of us can remember a flukier, more difficult outing at Chew.
I learned a lot from Paul (thank you!), but needless to say we did not win any of the medals or model Olympic torches. Not Cherub weather.
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The agony serves to make the ecstasy what it is!
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True. The drive to and from the club in my little car with the roof off was poor consolation. Hoping for some ecstasy this weekend.
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Its that Shamen song again.
R good should deffinately be your next boat
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Ecstasy arrived on Saturday courtesy of Born Slippy doing what she does best. Trucking upwind at 14.5 knots and some nice little kite runs thrown it.
Took Evo out in very tame conditions today and got her shifting quite nicely once or twice. Feeling nice warm fuzzy feelings. Don't think it's just sun overdose.
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Fuzzy is good
Sounds like a good weekend.
EJ went out four a very short sail in 25knts.
We went out after 5 mins blew the outhall stopped and tried to re tie while standing in the back but the rope didn't so much snap as explode so no hope.
decide to go for one down wind but the crew pulled the cleat off on the hoist.
Sounds like a disaster but I have 2 thoughts...
How fast is EJ (even in poole running out of water will happen quite quickly)
and What a lovely off button (So stable we may take a board game with us for between races)
Lots of promise there so a strange good sail.
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http://www.uk-cherub.org/doku.php/boats/2674 (http://www.uk-cherub.org/doku.php/boats/2674)
Some Born Slippy action from Saturday
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Nice vid, sums up 97'ing very well!
One thing I do notice is that I had forgotten how flat the water stays when sailing inland even when it is breezy so you were able to get it ripping much more easily upwind. Having to negotiate the chop and odd container/cruise ship wake means you have to work it so much harder to keep it in the groove.
How well are you pointing upwind? There is certainly a fine line in between footing off and ripping and keeping it pointing, and this seems to be very much wind dependent otherwise you just ending up sailing so much further and it negates any benefit from the extra speed. Numb seems to be going alright in very light airs as we were pointing as well or better than the majority of the single handing fleet at Netley as we happily sailed straight over the top of the Vareos and 600's yesterday after a 'leisurely'* start!
*We hadn't fully commited to partaking in the racing and I cleverly left my watch at home and the TackTick in the car!
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Pointing is an art at Chew in those conditions, it is more guess the wind direction of the next gust. If you look carefully the bearaway filmed is achieved over a 45 degree windshift.
It was a strange day with kite runs on a seciton you had tacked over few minutes earlier. I'm not sure, but sometimes I'd be tempted to swap waves for constant-ish wind direction. Sorry for not heading down to Netley, but didn't really have enough energy for sailing - which happened in short fun bursts and certainly not enough in the tank to pack and tow.
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No worries! I am a big fan of club sailing. Being able to go sailing and get home again in just a morning, or just an afternoon means that it is possible to go sailing a lot more often (and as Kate will agree, being able to sleep in your own bed and wash and dry your sailing kit between outings is a real bonus!)
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Fun little blast around at Chew today. Took Evo out in moderate breeze with a few slightly more interesting periods. We watched Paul Clements and his wife go for a sail in Shiny.
We came in for a break and decided to take Shiny for a spin. Meanwhile the wind arrived with intent.
Er.
So, Shiny moves.
Quite fast.
And very fun.
Crew might just be buzzing a little bit.
OK, grinning a lot ;D
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Today's prescribed burst of short energetic exercise was meant to be 3 laps of Chew. It was blowing alot more than the forecast, but we took Evo out anyway. The launch was stylish and everything felt electric. GPS shows that the boat moves much faster than it feels - Hayley asked if we were dragging, speed was over 10knot upwind (ish).
Near the top of the lake I looked down to check the foil for weed and realised the hatch cover was missing. During the following conversation I misjudged a gust and in the ensuing faffing about landed on the boom. Now we have two booms, sadly neither are long enough! Need to remember to go over the back instead of into the water!
Sailed back in under jib - max speed 6.2 knots, 5.1 knot 10 second average. Break is clean so hope to use tomorrow's half hour exercise session as sailing with an anaconda boom (the repair will look like snake that has swallowed a bowling ball) :-)
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Anaconda is cured - roll on tomorrow
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:) :)
Loco should be out tomorrow...we have an interesting taper on Loco's boom - I think it needed extending to take the Fyfe main and starts with a slight bump. Amazing stuff carbon.
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Your taper was made by Dean and I. It replaced an old section of mast tube boged and bodged in to fit the 05 rules sails.
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I think it's pretty cool Simon
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Nice little sail in Shiny today. Meanwhile Mr Croote was making mincemeat of the mustos and our handicap ... ;D
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This weekend saw Richard and Tom taking Born Slippy out for a blast on Sat. Reports are that they had wind and therefore suitable buckets of fun. Good news for BS followers, I forgot to tell Rich and Tom that they were testing the new kicker/cunno controls - Hoppy they are as you requested and still attached, so we'll call that progress.
Sunday saw Rich out in Evo with me. Rich is the better helm and was properly patient with me as crew - especially as the "to-do" list grew on our laps of the lake. Strange how many things needed for the mode shift between display stand and sailing boat - for the next outing I think we will use more than good mannors to keep the main ratchet attached to the boom (during the de-rig it fell off!).
Rich is sailing BS for the inlands. Anyone fancy crewing?
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Another fun day at Chew. With Marmite, Subtle Knife and Born Slippy racing to more or lesser extent.
Westerly - so binary 10-15knots of wind with extra random directions thrown in for good measure.
Marmite cleaned up the afternoon race, with Subtle snapping at their heels before an unsheduled wash at the race officers "kind" two sail gybe mark. BS made 1 start, but preferred howling around finding gusts - with the fat one who normally steers hanging off the wire and a spare RS200 helm at the back.
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Condensed version:
"I love Marmite."
Expidited version:
Am not a fan of dentists and am finding the after effects of anaesthetic from my root canal work this morning are making me truely zombified. However, the grin delivered from hooning around in Marmite on Chew yesterday is a feature that will remain longer than the strange tingling in my gums.
Arrived late at Chew (never check you emails on a Sunday morning). Paul helped me rig and waited for Ed. Ed was delayed and pulled into the club carpark 10 minutes before the start. Technically we may still have been on the shore when the race started, but the RO let us start. The lasers were not too keen on the Green Cherub crashing their line with 30 seconds till thier gun and we hit the pin mark of the start line whilst avoiding a particularily vocal radial.
Ed manfully played "guess the course" and we sailed through the Flying 15 and then the fast fleet (there may have been a Solo fleet as well). By the end of lap 1 we only had the fireball to follow. After a really fun 3-sail-complete-length-of-Chew downwind leg, including 3 Gybes we were the lead boat. We held this to the finish line, completing a neat 360 for hitting the start mark as a bow before taking the bullet.
Thanks to Paul for lending me the boat, Ed for crewing and the post race mini blast (it's more fun with no boats to knit through). Ed mornfully pointed out that without the 360 we'd have won on handicap, but 2nd when adjusted does not compare to the grin from the sail. Certainly the best sail I've had all year - no mistakes, no swimming and no time lost to traffic incidents. First time taking an "on the water bullet" around cans. Feel really guilty that the wind did not hold for the afternoon, sentancing Ed and Croote to a more random version of racing whilst I watched on from the rib.
I love Marmite, need to get in the garage to get cracking on Evo2.
Long version:
Call me, but make a cup of tea first...
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I am greener than Marmite. Arm still won't let me sail, so I dutifully did Christmas shopping and card writing. "Am really pleased for you" - teeth gritted.
All sympathy, martyrdoms etc welcome
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A forgot and an extra thankyou.
Thankyou Mrs Trim, kicking me out of the house and telling me to "just go sail and stop brooding" was just the right thing to do. She also politely reminded of another epc sail of 2012. The best days sailing of 2012 was the one Hayley and I had together also in Marmite - at the ISAF trials. This was clearly the #1 sail of the year, had the additional fun of big rolling waves, we beat olympic hopefuls in XX's and Elleanor and it had the essential of Mrs T hanging on a wire next to me (sorry Ed, I posted video for the reason why).
http://youtu.be/I80KxDnUSkA (http://youtu.be/I80KxDnUSkA)
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Well grovelled. I think you were excavating a very big hole for a while but managed to find your way out in the end ;)
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Woke up this morning with a very sore back and a big smile.
Marmite, Subtle and Shiny all hit the afternoon race at Chew. In Shiny, I sadly read the course wrong and our storming start was sadly aimed at the wrong mark. Subtle and Marmite were close up the beat to the hoist - Subtle loisng out as their kite appeared to be rigged upsidedown. Marmite took the race on the water and on HC.
Some good downwind racing legs and great to see Subtle blasting about (after re-rigging kite).
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Ah, it was a fantastic weekend..
Funny moment when my trapeze line snapped at full speed downwind!
Ps, For the record.. just a tangled up downhaul ::) Havent made the upside down mistake for at least a few weeks now... 8)
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I always like it when the sail maker prints on the corners which one is which! Still not entirely fool proof but certainly helps!
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Atum's kite has tack, clew, head penned on with a permanent marker. Not set it upside down yet!
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Yep, Joe and I, still in our 2nd year of Cherubs, have yet to actually go out without having to re-rig the kite whilst on the water. Even at the inlands we had to re-tie it on our way to the start line.
I blame it on the crew!!! nowt to do with me, the front end!
I always seem to get the downhaul wrong... pulling round the guy after a gibe! (try and try again) Makes it interesting fumbling around trying to stay dry doing it though.
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Atum's kite has tack, clew, head penned on with a permanent marker. Not set it upside down yet!
Extra hilarious when the jokers you go sailing with have written on the wrong corners...
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A brilliant sabotage opportunity for unmarked kites.
I go by the edging tape colours and try to remember that the head is the thinner corner.
The downhaul is always the tricky one and is always best put on last.
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We have a foolproof method of spinnaker rigging head and tack first then sheets on the clew, followed by downhaul. Then just take the sheet inside the kite and outside the forstay/jib before going through the blocks and tying together.
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One of the great things about rigging boats on there side is that it's no problem hoisting and checking on both tacks before launching even in strong wind as long as you keep it sheeted in hard.
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Message to Polly:
Thanks for the sail yesterday. The memory of the screaming uphill leg before you were hit by a wave and bounced off the rudder on your exit from the boat will stay with me for longer than the "perma grin" I am annoying Hayley with. The look of complete surprise as you were left lying on the water was priceless.
Summary:
It was windy at Chew this weekend. Windy and shifty. We were offered subtle for the afternoon race, but after a quick recce from a rib, we went for the 97 option. Big grins followed. Polly is learning to crew and tired after a lap or so of big gusts. I then persuaded her to helm and the wind got stronger - sufficient to say I spent the rest of the trip dropped to the knots of the wire of Born Slippy and grinning like a fool.
http://youtu.be/yMdhRs1Fu0k (http://youtu.be/yMdhRs1Fu0k)
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Love it...keep 'em coming
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Removal team booked. Evo leaving the office tomorrow 5.30PM. Will be a tight squeeze on the stairs, but doing the removal at office leaving time forces the issue (help or be trapped in).
Hoping to re-instate the voice activated auto spinnaker hoist and drop system in time for the weekend.
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And, for once, said voice activated system will offer no back chat to being so described, but simply say "hell yeah" . Let me back in my boat ;D ;D ;D
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Took me just a few seconds....voice-activated. :O)
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H&I were hoping for a gentle warm up session to see how her arm was ahead of the open at Chew (8 days away). However, looks like two very different days of weekend ahead.
So which XC weather day should we aim for?
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That's a rhetorical question right?
isn't it obvious
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Both..
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Er, please can we have Saturday's temperature with Sunday's wind?
And if you think my first sail in 6 months is going to involve the foredeck (intentionally) you're very very wrong.
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It's got to be Sunday, at least you can enjoy being cold.
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You need to be at home finishing the new boat for the open.
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What can I say? - it was short, but very sweet.
Solid force 5. Temperature: very cold. Born Slippy weather. A single lap of the lake including a storming spinnaker run before my arms gave out and decided better not overdo it. (Roland then went out with Rich and came back grinning and very cold).
Conclusions: Running might be good for fitness but arm strength and speed are lost very quickly. This week's gym sessions will mainly involve one armed pull ups!
Born Slippy is awesome. Just in case I needed reminding.
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Well that weekend went quickly.
Saturday, team Trim spent the day at home. This was mainly due to me spending a prolonged period of time sensitive to light and talking on the white telephone.
Sunday.
Problems: Very Cold. Windy. Dangerously close to a second viewing of breakfast.
Solution : Park Evo in boat park, take Born Slippy
An epic sail on the lake. First Hayley and then Rich Hole taking the wire as Born Slippy delivered what she does best - i.e. going seriously quickly in a blow. Will be grinning for days.
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NUMPTY! (LOST). Re chew open - long time back - i think i may have left my bouyancy aid (neil Pryde) and (musto) medium red harness lying around somewhere drying in the sun on the Sunday after it was cancelled.
The bouyancy aid has ADE WHITE written across the front pocket. (the most worrying thing is that it has Sweet Dreamzzz bungs in the pocket)!
Could any nice Chew person have a gander, when they are down there, in the lost property dept to see if they are there. BEERS ready for the winner at the next open if found... Cheers Ade.
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Ed (my crew) will be there next Saturday, I will ask him to have a look
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Was looking through the bins on Sunday - Hayley also left Chew without her BA. Not sure I saw anything answering...
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Ade - I've just spotted your BA on a list of lost property after BUSA Team Racing Finals which was the week or two after the cherub open there. Someone from one of the local clubs picked it up.
If you send me a message with your details il put you in touch so you can be reunited!
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Cool - can you send the link - Hayley has also lost her crewsaver (old tatty red/blue small)
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If its with BUSA somewhere, give me a shout as someone from my uni team will probably be able to bring it back..
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Ade: I've sent your contact details to the chap with your BA so he should be in touch soon. If not let me know and i'll chase him up.
Roland: I think Hayley might be out of luck as theres no other unclaimed BAs on the list (Copied below just in case anyone is also missing some woolen tights or a headband)
Various Gloves/Headbands/Hats etc
Folder of work (Bristol)
Spray top
Woollen tights
White Headband
Grey hat
Fleece Salopettes
Spray Tops
Black Fleece
Black Hoodie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mSfpn_RJWs&list=UU1fasbBYeAUl5RP4F1B8jOA
Light sail at Chew on Sunday saw Croote/Jarmain in Mamite vs Clements/Trim in Marmite.
A close race with the following statistics:
Marmite : Shiny
Capsizes 1 1
Swearing at incompetent crew 0 4
Marmite eating Shiny upwind 3 0
Stuffed tacks from main in too early 1(?) 0
Shiny pipping Marmite on the line
(From above tack) 1 0
Video is Paul C's new drone going for a spin over the lake after racing.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra0LsCY8SEs
Sadly the 3D printed Trim Drone is behind Croote's polished performance.
Last night saw our first flight. It flies - but sadly straight into a wall!
New props done and a spare arm on the printer - all should be ready to fit tonight.
Also time to upgraded to some legs that are not made form British Gas Bills!
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New Poppy lineup for 2014.
Roland is pleased to say that Polly is shaping up to be the "supercrew" of 2014.
Boring video linked shows episode 2 : "Skippy get help - my centreboard has fallen out".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubRFP1jqqh4
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Another fun Sunday at Chew. Polly's hand is not too great, so looks like a couple of weeks of crew swapping ahead (drat).
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Or Polly will make a contraption for her hand to sail and not hurt it
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A hook so we an call you Abu hamzer
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Try gloves
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I wear gloves always anyway. I think a wrist support
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Thanks to Jamie, Digby, Todd and Polly for making Alabama3 a very memorable gig.
Saturday's sailing sadly was a mirror flat clam, so we took Maude mud bashing and then joined Marmite on Chew for what wsa a lovely afternoon of solid 3 upwards...
... It was good - Jamie should post some video to prove it :-)
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Pretty good weekend. A3 had a man in a Stetson, Sunday saw the infamous CNF Still (Digby) do his thing, make perfectly fine carbon stands in to two stands of carbon. (Look at video when I make it.)
Good to see him back on the water, and also Roland swapped in for 5 minuets then remembered sailing is a silly sport and it should be replaced by tea drinking in the Olympics.
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Took Slippy out last night with my old house mate James.
An expresso sail to remind me just how epic she Is in over 15th knots.
No photos, no video - just a massive internal grin and this post to remind me when I'm refurbishing her again.
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Had an EPIC afternoon.
Paul, Ed and Marmite appeared to be locked in a fierce battle with the RS800.
Me, well I posted on FB at 11AM and pitched up with EJ. The commodore kindly decided that the day had come to try a cherub. He was brilliant. From just happening to have a spare gooseneck and bungs in his tool box to grinning like a schoolboy when EJ clicked her heals during a 3 sail 2 wire run. Even managed a full salute when two sail gybing to sort a bad hoist.
Came last in one race, played yachts and totalled the spare kite in race 2 (DNF). Grinning from ear to ear and very tired this evening. Think Paul picked up an 8 and a 3...
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Excellent most excellent