That batten could cost you the gold if you ever get your boat into the Olympics.😉 On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
You guys are the only ones that remotely even care about my sailing so you're my remote sailing buddies!
Light ish winds today, Franken batten lives. It doesn't curve perfectly, but neither do my 38 year old sails! Hahaha
Jazz On Jul 23, 2016 9:16 AM, "Thomas Buzzi" <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
LIke your sailing and reporting. It has been fun watching you glom onto this great avocation with a Monty 17. Would enjoy sailing our boats together if I lived closer. Used to have a sailing buddy down here like that. Loads of fun! Fair winds, Tom B
On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
Haha indeed! I definately torture it more than it tortures me, but it's patient!
Jazz On Jul 23, 2016 7:44 AM, "Thomas Buzzi" <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
Sounds like your Monty is one step ahead of you on the learning curve.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
If only we could be as cool as our boats! Lol. I had the jib sheet hang up on a the mast whike tacking in a decent blow and El nino heeled quite a bit, I was fumbling and running like a maniac when we'll nino said, "Relax, I've got this!" Pretty much sorted itself out while I untangled. Was my mistake for looping a bungee I use to keep the halyard quiet at night in a bad place. Lesson learned.
Jazz On Jul 21, 2016 11:51 PM, "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
A quick report on how well behaved an M17 is, even in blustery gusty winds and lake chop with whitecaps, under main only with first reef in...that was the latter half of my sailing this afternoon, when the flukey southerly on Howard Prairie lake (southern Oregon) died away and then switched quickly to a strong gusty northerly (about 15 minutes from zero to whitecaps) while I was briefly anchored with northerly exposure. Darn near got blown aground trying to get outta there.
But then Pajarita did amazingly well to windward under single reefed main only, moving along some even when I luffed her slightly in the wickedest gusts. And so well behaved - she would sail herself close-hauled safely to windward as I let go the tiller briefly twice (one to better secure the hastily retrieved anchor; one to better secure the jib on foredeck), luffing slightly but not stalling as (I assume) the windage on the bow quarter argued gently with the slight weather helm.
The boat was relaxed...it was only me that was tense!
cheers, John S.
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