tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post3535703710780196235..comments2024-02-25T10:43:07.698+13:00Comments on STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: _________________________ SPRING SAILING _________________________Alden Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-14726358347615603702018-10-01T14:03:48.124+13:002018-10-01T14:03:48.124+13:00My experience is that a film is never as good as t...My experience is that a film is never as good as the book it is depicting, except perhaps the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, (the mines of Moria were pretty much as I imagined them, better in fact) but as a general rule films never seem to do justice to the books. I think this is so because the film is unable to reflect our own creative imagination that in the readable form helps drive the story, thus the film is always led by someone else's imagination and we get a second hand experience. <br />I will give Patrick O'Brian a try and apply my nautical imagination - should work just fine.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-19949676580963532142018-10-01T11:27:11.248+13:002018-10-01T11:27:11.248+13:00I so wish that Patrick O'brian movie had NEVER...I so wish that Patrick O'brian movie had NEVER EVER been made. It was very lame, weak and pathetic compared with the books which are exactly the opposite. I don't want to think about the number of people who will never read the books because of it. <br />Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-11862581610147886792018-09-29T20:39:31.806+12:002018-09-29T20:39:31.806+12:00Thanks for that Barubi, I will try keeping the van...Thanks for that Barubi, I will try keeping the vang off unless I am going downwind and see if it makes a difference - I have a feeling it will.<br />When I got into irons I was making progress backwards quite well while pointing straight into the wind - but when I bought the stern around to pay the bow off I simply couldn't get the boat to sail and she simply got into irons again. So I think taking all the tension off the vang will allow the mains'l to act as a flapping Flag rather than a rigid Wing when I go through the tack. I think the Wing scenario is producing a smooth airflow on both sides of the sail and the sail can't make up its mind which way to go.<br /><br />Anyway, after thinking about it for a couple of days that's my current theory which I will test in due course.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-83439972747853619382018-09-29T19:15:48.623+12:002018-09-29T19:15:48.623+12:00That Laser trick with the vang does help to avoid ...That Laser trick with the vang does help to avoid going into irons. Release the vang before tacking to free the leech and haul it on again to flatten the sail. Though Scout’s sail has very different geometry than a Laser. <br />Some time ago I was watching a Tom Thumb replica making heavy weather thrashing home after an unexpected increase in wind strength. The solo skipper had to drop the jib and reef the main, which made the boat reluctant to tack but being a better sailor tham I, he accepted that she wouldn’t go through the eye of the wind and allowed her to gain stern way steerage to make the tack. Slow but under control all the way. Barubihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399545791822530547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-90001960782344332402018-09-29T11:18:26.302+12:002018-09-29T11:18:26.302+12:00Max that is a very good question - and maybe you m...Max that is a very good question - and maybe you may have the answer.<br /><br />When the wind increased I found it increasingly difficult to tack - when going through the eye of the wind the boat stalled and I got into 'irons' and began drifting backwards and found it difficult to get the boat sailing again. <br /><br />NOW I did have a lot of boom vang on at the time and I am reminded of my first sail of a Laser not so long ago - the same thing happened. I found myself in irons a number of times. I was told that the way out of this was to ease off the boom vang. The advice was given when I came ashore so I didn't get the chance to put the advice into effect.<br />I remembered all this after I came ashore from sailing 'Scout' so I will only be able to test the theory when I next go sailing in some sort of breeze.<br /><br />Another thought I had about this difficulty of getting into irons is that there is a part of the lugs'l which is forward of the mast high up which may in high winds be having some sort of weather cocking effect. What do you think?<br /><br />Any opinions on this frustrating situation from anyone would be gladly received.<br /><br />Tangaroa presses my buttons as well. I have a very soft spot for boats with a short(ish) cabin trunk that stops short of the mast (strange the fetishes we sailors have LOL).Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-19595592462295579372018-09-28T21:43:44.756+12:002018-09-28T21:43:44.756+12:00I take it mast bend has a different affect on a lu...I take it mast bend has a different affect on a lug rig compared to Bermudan?<br /><br />Do like 'Tangaroa 2'<br /><br />Good to see you back postingBursledon Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-42192073793690246402018-09-28T18:42:32.101+12:002018-09-28T18:42:32.101+12:00I have seen a movie version of one of Patick O'...I have seen a movie version of one of Patick O'Brians books 'Master and Commander'. What I remember most vididly was the usual unauthentic Hollywood attempt at portraying a boat in a storm (they are clueless at this sort of thing). How a large square rigged boat stands upright in a hurricane with all its sails set is beyond me, BUT this is not Patrick O'Brians fault, so thank you very much for the recommendation, I will take a look online at some of his titles.<br /> Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-2002534260772997502018-09-28T12:38:57.931+12:002018-09-28T12:38:57.931+12:00Thanks for the trip! It was wonderful. My ears a...Thanks for the trip! It was wonderful. My ears and fingertips are just defrosting. We have a lovely summer to look forward to. <br />btw, you HAVE read a Patrick O'Brian book or two haven't you? Which I do believe you will esteem me for this suggestion once you have. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-42769037405585693232018-09-28T09:31:47.931+12:002018-09-28T09:31:47.931+12:00Yes George it did survive, although it did bend qu...Yes George it did survive, although it did bend quite a bit. I can imagine a situation (running downwind / hit by a vicious squall) where it may break - but I carry oars for that scenario..... and if I have to build a new and stronger mast, so be it.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-77197188117095057312018-09-28T03:21:19.017+12:002018-09-28T03:21:19.017+12:00Great pix! Did the mast survive?Great pix! Did the mast survive?George Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375041586503979232noreply@blogger.com