Sailing Thread - Yachts / Boats / Dinghies etc

[twentythreedom]

Yachts often motorsail, especially upwind, the sail gives a bit of extra power and stability (less rolling) if conditions aren't ideal for pure wind power to get you where you're going.

As the old saying goes - "gentlemen don't sail to windward"

 

[StoneRoad]

Clipper result ...

First woman wins Clipper world yacht race

 

[twentythreedom]

Clipper result ...

First woman wins Clipper world yacht race

Fantastic that. The two women skippers in first and second

I went to the finish in London last edition, was pretty cool

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

RIP Tony Bullimore, he of upturned yacht in Southern Ocean fame.

Also an all-round top bloke, breaking down racial barriers in the 60's and 70's, club owner hosting Bob Marley and so on.

Respect

 

[twentythreedom]

RIP Tony Bullimore, he of upturned yacht in Southern Ocean fame.

Also an all-round top bloke, breaking down racial barriers in the 60's and 70's, club owner hosting Bob Marley and so on.

Respect

Absolutely. Was by all accounts a lovely man. Had a few good stories to tell

The survival in and rescue from the upturned Exide Challenger in the Southern Ocean is the stuff of legend.

RIP

 

[twentythreedom]

Latest IMOCA 60 launched - next level shit, it hardly touches the water when power reaching



2 reefs in the main, J2 headsail, daylight under the hull in 20kts breeze

 

[Chilli.s]

Thought this was a good little film.

 

[twentythreedom]

Route Du Rhum single-handed race from St Malo to Guadeloupe is happening now

Check this shit out

 

[twentythreedom]

Alex Thomson fell asleep, crashed into an island, had to use engine (forbidden) to get off rocks and in safe water. Finished race with hull and rigging damage but wasn't sinking. Continued under sail, crossed the line first in class.

1st in IMOCA by miles, new record etc, but penalised +24hr to time for use of engine so will be 4th or something

Absolutely incredible race sailed by him, really pushed it hard and hardly slept. Sailing for 12 days, then nod off and crash a few miles from the finish

News | Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe

 

[twentythreedom]

America's Cup news

America's Cup: Wipeouts and wizardry mark covert battle - CNN

The boats will be completely fucking insane - 75 ft of twitchy, dangerous monohull foiling at 50 knots.

(The test boat in this vid is 28 ft)

 

[Chilli.s]

These guys have just sailed a Wayfarer dinghy round mainland Britain (Eng. Scot. Wales.) non stop! 15 days!

 

[gentlegreen]

You would need to be very close friends to do that

How do you even answer a call of nature with the jib deployed let alone get some privacy ?

 

[Chilli.s]

You would need to be very close friends to do that

I suppose one asleep most of the time but yeah taking turns on the bucket not what I'd want of a morning.

 

[gentlegreen]

So no assistance - even for food and water and poo bags ?

 

[Chilli.s]

So no assistance - even for food and water and poo bags ?

Not absolutely sure, must have had water and food drop I'd have thought.

 

[StoneRoad]

Yikes & Kudos in equal measure !

A dinghy and a wayfarer at that, that challenge "must" have been thought up in the pub just before last orders.

 

[Chilli.s]

Yikes & Kudos in equal measure !

A dinghy and a wayfarer at that

A 60 year old wooden one too.

 

[StoneRoad]

Extra Kudos, I was expecting 'her' to be glass fibre ...

 

[JuanTwoThree]

A 60 year old wooden one too.

We had a wooden Wayfarer. All the way round Chichester Harbour was quite enough.

 

[Supine]

I hired one of those on Windermere. Capsized it twice

 

[19sixtysix]

I sailed a wooden wayfarer as a kid. It looks a lot smaller now.

 

[Chilli.s]

We have a plastic one, here it is with its wheels on circumnavigating a field.

 

[Chilli.s]

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[weltweit]

Thought this would be a nice item to bump twentythreedom's thread.

It is that there Greta - Greta Thunberg to sail Atlantic for climate conferences
Greta Thunberg to sail to climate conferences

In a racing boat designed to race round the world, and doesn't even have a toilet!

In fact I think she may have already arrived!

Greta Thunberg - what a one girl force of nature! ?

I am sure twentythreedom would be proud!

 

[sim667]

Yes she arrived yesterday

 

[weltweit]

Yes she arrived yesterday

Do you know how long the crossing took?
Someone I spoke to today said they were very impressed with the time.

 

[sim667]

Do you know how long the crossing took?
Someone I spoke to today said they were very impressed with the time.

I think it was just shy of two weeks...... It was on the Malizia which is a vendee cup boat, so it goes like shit off a shovel.

 

[weltweit]

I think it was just shy of two weeks...... It was on the Malizia which is a vendee cup boat, so it goes like shit off a shovel.

Aha, well 2 weeks is fast, hardly long enough for me to lose weight from all the vomiting

"like shit off a shovel" should be in that other thread, because in my experience shit sticks to a shovel like nobody's business