Hi all

Of all of the photo's i have seen from the weekend races this one of the Elan that Rumblefish was sailing on is my favourite

Not sure why but it just looks good to me

Regards Don

NAh lucy better eye candy Donk

Its nice pic though

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HG02 said..
NAh lucy better eye candy Donk

Its nice pic though

Hi HG

They both look pretty good to me

Regards Don

Great photo brings back memory's! I prefer to sail strait and level with my rudder in the water!

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southace said..
Great photo brings back memory's! I prefer to sail strait and level with my rudder in the water!

Hi Southace

The thing about these two rudder boats is that the other one is probably vertical in the water when the boat is healed like this

Regards Don

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Donk107 said..

southace said..
Great photo brings back memory's! I prefer to sail strait and level with my rudder in the water!

Hi Southace

The thing about these two rudder boats is that the other one is probably vertical in the water when the boat is healed like this

Regards Don

I understand that but I like to keep strait and level going fast on one central rudder....that's how I cruise anyway.
regards
southace.

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HG02 said..
NAh lucy better eye candy Donk

Its nice pic though

Hi HG

They both look pretty good to me

Regards Don

Just off to the toilet be back soon

Thanks Donk, not my boat but I was on the helm :)
funny thing is we put off hoisting the code zero (sail in this pic) for half the leg as the wind was too far fwd. wind went aft, we hoisted and it went fwd and picked up 5 knots!!
actually got 'a bit on' in the photo!!

Hi Rumblefish

I think that the hills and the valleys that surround us make the wind direction a bit of a lottery

What did you think of the Elan after spending a bit of time on her

Regards Don

It is not a lottery you just need a different mind set.
Like sailing on small inland lakes

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Donk107 said..
Hi Rumblefish

I think that the hills and the valleys that surround us make the wind direction a bit of a lottery

What did you think of the Elan after spending a bit of time on her

Regards Don

bullets of wind similar to the whitsundays in a way when they race

Yes, we get those bullets in Pittwater too, plus many changes in wind direction.

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lydia said..
It is not a lottery you just need a different mind set.
Like sailing on small inland lakes

I remember once a couple of years ago in a race we were sailing down the river and another boat was sailing up the river and we were both carrying spinnakers and quite often when you look up at the windex it is doing circles at the top of the mast

Regards Don

You want fluky? I'll give you fluky.

Flying Fifteen nationals, Canberra. The first problem is that we're carrying a spinnaker, three-quarter reaching on starboard tack on what should be the windward leg of the windward/return. The second problem is that we came across a boat a leg behind, also broad reaching on starboard tack - but coming in the opposite direction, so close we both started to call starboard. Somehow we sailed past close enough to brush each other's sails, both broad reaching under spinnaker on starboard, but going in completely opposite directions.

On a bad day in Canberra the standard course is a beat, a reach, a gybe, another reach, a beat, and a run- all before you get to the first mark.

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Donk107 said..
Hi Rumblefish

I think that the hills and the valleys that surround us make the wind direction a bit of a lottery

What did you think of the Elan after spending a bit of time on her

Regards Don

The Elan is a great boat.
Pretty well thought out, especially downstairs.
Like the single line reefing, twin wheels, quality of deck grip, clean lines, flush hatches and thd beautiful way it handles.
Dislike the German mainsheet system on this size boat.
Also 36:1 on the backstay with a flicker and stiff mast means you're pulling 5m of rope before you get anywhere. Purchase also has too much friction but we are fixing that.

Sometimes, Sunday was ok until the last 200m!!