What to do when there is not enough wind?

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Gizmo > 9 months ago, 11 Aug 2014

Gizmo

2865 posts

11 Aug 2014 3:51pm

What do you do at a sailing site when there isn't enough wind to go sailing?

Read a book?
Drink beer?
Have a sleep?
Talk yachts?
etc etc

Sylk

215 posts

11 Aug 2014 6:18pm

Hope you don't mind Chook but I couldnt resist

Test pilot 1

1430 posts

13 Aug 2014 11:44am

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Sylk said..
Hope you don't mind Chook but I couldnt resist

The big blank space supposed to represent nothing

sn

2775 posts

13 Aug 2014 11:57am

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Test pilot 1 said..

Sylk said..
Hope you don't mind Chook but I couldnt resist

The big blank space supposed to represent nothing

what blank space?
I see a video of Chook's saline pulse jet

lachlan3556

VIC

1066 posts

13 Aug 2014 6:12pm

I sleep, read books, listen to music,...get some cooking done without it filling up with dirt. Exploring the local area is also fun.

Test pilot 1

1430 posts

14 Aug 2014 10:13am

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sn said..

Test pilot 1 said..

Sylk said..
Hope you don't mind Chook but I couldnt resist

The big blank space supposed to represent nothing

what blank space?
I see a video of Chook's saline pulse jet

For some reason I can no longer see video

Chook2

1249 posts

14 Aug 2014 12:33pm

Here is a very average quality video Wayne.

Just turn up the sound till your ears bleed.
You can hear rough running as the gas is freezing in the lines. Then burning off as it melts at the very end.

A 8.5kg bottle lasts just over 2 minutes.

Test pilot 1

1430 posts

14 Aug 2014 6:16pm

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Chook2 said..
Here is a very average quality video Wayne.

Just turn up the sound till your ears bleed.
You can hear rough running as the gas is freezing in the lines. Then burning off as it melts at the very end.

A 8.5kg bottle lasts just over 2 minutes.

Video does not load and show on screen for some reason. Must be because I now use mozila-Firefox now as IE stopped working on my laptop

aus230

1660 posts

14 Aug 2014 7:59pm

a program i need to finish

someone with better photoshop skills than me needs to either:

strap one of Chooks pulse jets to each outrigger,

or hook a set of old school paddlewheels turned by steam,

or turn it into a Thai longtail

sn

2775 posts

14 Aug 2014 9:43pm

another project for Paul?

recumbent bike crossed with canoe

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

18 Aug 2014 12:17am

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aus230 said..
a program i need to finish

You are an artiste Vic.

gibberjoe

956 posts

28 Aug 2014 12:00pm

WOW....what can a man say, Wow, Wow, Wow.....you perfectionists, take a bow.....havent looked in forums for mths...i have missed out

........congratulations

well i suggest.....One plays their UKULELE, low cost , easy handling, attracts the , FEM , like flys to a rotting carcass

landyacht

5921 posts

28 Aug 2014 9:09pm

not about to volunteer for any wet projects. Last summer we had a ripper rain here and I didnt sail the schooner once, canoed only twice. Im a bit ashamed really. Ive a 16 long,wide sterned wide keel boat in the way near the shed that hasnt moved for 2 years and is probably unsalvageable.
the bikes have got a bit silly. but after i finish this present bike (1914 replica) i will be back on the pennyfarthings as ive tracked down the wire for spokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aus230

1660 posts

28 Aug 2014 11:00pm

nice job paul

landyacht

5921 posts

29 Aug 2014 6:55pm

wait till you ride the finished bike Vic

BenBoulder

261 posts

30 Aug 2014 7:03pm

Nice Yak Vic much better than mine.

Here is my 8' plywood fishing competition yak, complete with sounder, landing net and 25L live well going through sea trials.

Ben.

Sylk

215 posts

30 Aug 2014 11:13pm

Since this thread's going all water sports, thought i could post this...

Not shore if it counts, technically there is enough wind, but just a bit to much water for land sailing.

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

31 Aug 2014 3:44am

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Sylk said..
Since this thread's going all water sports, thought i could post this...

Not shore if it counts, technically there is enough wind, but just a bit to much water for land sailing.

I want to fly something like that off the bow of my yacht. I am thinking about a 20 m2 kite to start with just to experiment with the rigging and control lines and once sorted, go for bigger area to put some horse power into it.

Got any good links as to how to do this? Big cargo ships are using kites and getting up to 30% fuel savings.

Sylk

215 posts

31 Aug 2014 9:38am

Start by checking this out should give you a few ideas..

More info and videos here.

project.kiteboat.com/

Your main problems will be launching & landing the kite and devising a way to anchor it to the yacht while still being able to control/steer the kite. If you have a look through the KiteBoat site you will see the control seat is pretty much the heart of the operation.

Few more ideas here...

Good luck

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

31 Aug 2014 12:52pm

Thanks for that. They have heavy duty gear where the kite is attached. It would have to be considering the power they are harnessing.

I am thinking along the lines of the kite being an accessory or auxiliary sail and still retaining the conventional rig on the yacht.

The lead point for the power line would have to be from the bow fitting with control lines brought back to the boat either side.

Launching and retrieval will obviously be the tricky bits.

gibberjoe

956 posts

4 Sep 2014 10:56am

Hell that could make it feasible for me to get back on the water, no mast to step and no boom to duck under, arthriticially perfect,

also seemingly much faster than conventional sailing.....just need the moolar..........

Chook2

1249 posts

2 Mar 2015 11:56pm

Or if the winds iffy you can just persevere and try and hurt your self like I did today. Lucky I failed.

Chooks can't fly!!!

dirkski

24 posts

3 Mar 2015 1:23am

Chook, I know the feeling ;-)
I got lifted out of my buggy, head first reaching the ground.
First thought: where is my kite? Oh, there he is. Get him landed.
Next thought: where is the buggy? And at that moment he landed on my back.
Result: A very big blue spot on my hip.
Kitebuggying is such fun ;-)

Arjay

VIC

267 posts

3 Mar 2015 10:36am

Lucky Chook!

wokelliott

179 posts

3 Mar 2015 11:08am

Must have been the day for D'heads Chook. I had to get up to the hospital myself yesterday when I dropped my angle grinder with a thin cutting disc onto my lap. Had been sitting on the ground using it and it initially landed disc side up but rolled over and sat there slicing into the muscle just above the kneecap. Now have 8 stitches along a 2" cut to match my other scars. Didn't break the disc this time, count myself lucky it didn't touch bone or tendons. Might take a few days off.

sn

2775 posts

3 Mar 2015 9:39pm

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wokelliott said..
Must have been the day for D'heads Chook. I had to get up to the hospital myself yesterday when I dropped my angle grinder with a thin cutting disc onto my lap. Had been sitting on the ground using it and it initially landed disc side up but rolled over and sat there slicing into the muscle just above the kneecap. Now have 8 stitches along a 2" cut to match my other scars. Didn't break the disc this time, count myself lucky it didn't touch bone or tendons. Might take a few days off.

you dropped a running angle grinder into your lap - and were worried about tendons!

wrong priorities............

stephen

wokelliott

179 posts

4 Mar 2015 11:19am

At my age Stephen, knees are a more important worry - must remember to sterilise the disc before using again!

Actually, to be serious I would suggest those power tools with "slide-on" type switches should go in the rubbish bin with mine. It was always a difficult thing to switch on and trying to do so is how I dropped the bugger. I thought we were supposed to get wiser as we get older, seems that I got that wrong too. Cheers, take care...Wok

tryhard

222 posts

4 Mar 2015 4:17pm

Commiserations on your near emasculation.I cut my knuckle on my hand to the bone when I brushed against a sanding disc on my angle grinder after I had turned it off but before it stopped turning.These tools are very dangerous.I am interested to learn whether the grinders come with a switch other than the slide variety.If so I'll buy one

aus230

1660 posts

4 Mar 2015 4:29pm

could try this,

Chook2

1249 posts

4 Mar 2015 9:59pm

WOW Vic!!!!!

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