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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
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 Posted - 02 February 2007 : 9:42:24 PM
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Today saw Rodney having a day off work and with the boat mechanices re-wired the ignition system as well as replacing all the fuel lines. They still have to install a fuel measurer as well as bleed the lines and possible clean the injectors.
We went out and sailed the twilighter at manly with five on board in a nice northeasterly of about 12 to 15 knots. It was a big rig day and we went off well and ran down a few boats down the run and took all bar one on the windward work just being pipped by a Sigma 36 which started in frount of us by a few minutes. So we think we came second over the line. However you never can tell with the MYC they pull some strange tricks at times. It also means that our handicap is blown for the rest of the season.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 09 February 2007 : 11:31:52 PM
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This evenings race with Manly Yacht Club was as reported in the Seabreeze web-site, a fading south-easterly. There were few finishers with the bulk of the fleet parked within two hundred metres of the finish line as the time limit expired.
The Hagar got off to a poor start in the fading breeze which became very patchy. We did manage to pick some good lifts & shafts of breeze but were quickly swallowed up by the big boats of the fleet which always do well in the light stuff.
We pulled the pin and started the engine with no hope of finishing and it was nav lights on as we motored home across the sound. I belive there would have been perhaps no more than five finishers.
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David
Helmsman
Australia
232 Posts |
Posted - 11 February 2007 : 9:57:11 PM
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Chris,
Whilst racing yesterday in winds around 8-12 Kts E/NE and fairly calm water we were getting 5.4 kts upwind and 6.0 kts under spinnaker.
How does that stack up to what you are getting out of Hagar?
David.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 12 February 2007 : 03:49:55 AM
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That sounds pretty good David. In the drifter on Friday we were doing up to 5 knots upwind. However in the previous Fridays 15 knot northeasterly we got her up to 6.2 knots for a couple of bursts on the wind after Rod checked the forestay and pulled on the backstay which resulted in a tighter forestay. We were in the big jib which has had the luff rope eased out. It had shrunk heaps.
The only comparisons would be match racing against us or in the top end of your wind range. We are fortunate in that I can steer and Rod has all the recorded measurements and can make some adjustments on the water.
What we have found is that you start adjusting with the mast straight upright. Have the backstay off, as well as the Babystay off. Then tighten the lower shrouds and then the main shrouds and finally the forestay. Go racing and have a look at the rig. Is it laying off on either tack? How much forestay sag to leeward is there? Keep adjusting from there.
Rod told me last night after racing yesterday without me, that he is going to tighten up the forestay again and ease the baby stay.
We are finding that while we are going faster, the main improvement is that we are pointing higher, which equates to going quicker to the top mark.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 17 February 2007 : 10:53:08 AM
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Last nights twilighter race at Manly saw a light north easterly, we went off in a big bunch of quicker boats. We also went off in a lull in the breeze. While the first batch of boats had a good following breeze we had a patchy slow run down to the bottom mark which saw the light weights skip away and the biggies had caught up to us and began to reel us in as we sailed upwind. We finished in the back group of yachts with about ten behind us.
However the engine started first time, which is a first as it has been a problem and seen us sailing back onto the mooring most nights.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 24 February 2007 : 07:38:17 AM
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With a moderate north easterly blowing and an extra two minutes off our handicap we got away well and with number one jib polled out and mixed it up with five other yachts down the square run to the Sow & Pigs. Having got inside two of the boats and clearly having an overlap the two boats below us still tried to push us above the mark and onto the reef. We side swiped one of them with our kite pole.
Rounding the mark there was a slight disaster with the jib wrapping around the forestay. We lost three places with this little incident. And after rounding the wing mark found the jib sheet wrapped around the kite pole.
We then knuckled down and drove her up the long work to the finish at Manly. At that stage there were about 15 yachts in frount of the Hagar and we steadily reeled them in. We swaped places with boats up this work but up in the corner of Manly picked the lifts better and crossed the line in about sixth or seventh place.
Today the engine started first time both times and it looks like the bleeding of the injectors last week was the solution to our problems.
There is no race at North Harbour this weekend with Rod sailing the 16 foot skiff in the Old Buffers Race Saturday while I take out the Hagar and run interference. Sunday should see us out testing a shorted kite pole.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 February 2007 : 3:14:56 PM
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We belive that we have a home club race at North Harbour this weekend, which is still to be confirmed. What is of interest is that on Saturday evening, after Rods' 16 foot skiff retired with a broken vang, as well as a broken Old Buffer, we all ajourned to the Manly 16s' where we participated with a crowd of other Old Buffers in the replenishment of essential bodily fluids. It was amazing that two old timers, and well known past champion skiffies and yacht skippers, enquired from Rod & myself, as to "what is happenig at North Harbour"? It seems that they are disillusioned with sailing clubs that have become money making RSL type clubs.
And they are interested in coming back to North Harbour to race their yachts!
Time will tell?
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LCJOHNSTON
Helmsman
Australia
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 28 February 2007 : 2:28:38 PM
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Well done to Ian Marshell & his crew aboard the Zero Balance. And good reporting from Leigh.
Thanks for that. We are supposed to be racing this weekend in Hagar but I'm unsure as to what the arrangements are. The Sydney Audi Regatta and is reported to have a huge fleet of 200 odd yachts in six divisions. I think?
It is either in this or another Ex-Navy regatta we are entered into.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2007 : 9:16:34 PM
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Back early from the Hagar this evening having not gone back to the sailing club. There was only Murray & myself aboard the Hagar this evening for the twilighter. The breeze was a dying fickle south easterly and we had a slow soldiers course. We sailed OK but with the soft breeze were quickly reeled in by the lightweight big boats. However down the short run we sailed in a most unorthodox way and drifted down onto the bulk of the fleet which had becalmed at the bottom mark. However with the breeze slowly shifting into the north the fleet drifted into the sound. The fleet then parked for half an hour and we antisipated another time expiring race. Most of the boats behind us were retiring, but with ten minutes to go we got a puff from the north and finished about mid-fleet.
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4Seasons
Helmsman
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Posted - 03 March 2007 : 8:36:30 PM
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| Chris, I Know of 2 or 3 clubs suffering from the R S L.syndrome annd unfortunately one of them is mine EH |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2007 : 12:04:46 AM
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Good evening Eric,
The unfortunate reality is that people get themselves into positions in sailing clubs and want to drive the club to the max and forget that once you get into big money making activities like poker machines, alcohol licencing and other forms of gambling, although it may be initially good for the growth of the club. It does attract the attention of Governments, like our current money grabbing, wasting state government who then put the bite on the clubs finances. This is now happening to the Manly 16 skiffies down here who find themselves with a huge rental for their lease. This in the form of a percentage of gross turnover!
We at North Harbour are of the opinion that we keep it simple and keep under the radar so to speak and not develop the club too much. All we wish to do is have a toilet and shower/change room with locker and dinghy storage as well as a new kitchen. No alcohol and no gambling, just a quiet club for sailors.
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DougT
Main Sheet Hand
Australia
120 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2007 : 10:00:19 AM
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| Chris, when we first formed our club the clubhouse was a raft-up after the race on one of the bloke's moorings. Good social times, sailors talking about sailing. |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2007 : 4:20:43 PM
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Todays yacht race at North Harbour SC was always going to be a questionable venture with the harbour full of yachts, including the maxis and with no wind they were all just floating about in the Sound. We started our race off Fairlight in extremley light conditions and quickly caught and passed two boats and were then becalmed off Flagstaff. We had joined the rest of the Sydney racing fraternity in a big drift and were slowly being taken in with the tide. After an hour or more of this and having been out for two & a half hours we started the iron sail and went home.
The highlight of the day was the sighting of a small four foot shark off Fairlight who was cruising along on the surface and later discovering a leak and split water intake pipe. Another task for next week.
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4Seasons
Helmsman
723 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2007 : 11:11:27 PM
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| Re R S L. I have started poking around and withno effort at all have found 35 members who are prepared to join me in facing the directors re this problem,,,i am sure that with a little effort i can more than double this number,we have over 90 yachts registered and that means quite a few people to canvass. I'll probably end up being dishounorably discharged and shot, then i"ll be a martyr, likea suicide bomber..This means that i'll have 17 virgins waiting for me, What on earth will i do with them ???????? EH. |
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Sasha
Helmsman
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Posted - 04 March 2007 : 11:39:47 PM
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It is 72 virgins, actually....
And frankly, I am not sure how 72 virgins is meant to be any kind of reward. A great deal of hard work and drama, maybe...but not a reward.
Sasha
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Sasha
Helmsman
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Posted - 04 March 2007 : 11:49:02 PM
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On the more serious topic on discussion, I was on the sidelines as non-member crew as Sandringham gradually turned form a sailing yacht club to Crown Casino By The Seas. I was then a memeber at Royal Brighton as the pretensions to granduer set in and we had to actively fight the committee that pretty much wanted to get rid of the hardstand/repair yard in order to have room for their resturaunt extension and gaming area (they pulled out the excuse that it would cost 900K to make the boat yard EPA comliant, we pointed out that spending $5M on getting rid of the yard and replacing it with yet another sidewalk restuarant would render it non-compliant with the needs of the members that actually own and sail boats)...there ended up being a weird compromise, involving a second story addition to the club, but the retention of most of the boat yard.
At the moment I am spending most days at work on Michael's boat Jester, down at the Moardialoc club....and you know what, it is the classic ramshackle sailors club that is only incidentaly in a peice of real estate to kill for. It has no bar, no gaming machines and not much of anything else that does not directly facilitate and encourage people to get on their boat and head out...IT IS BRILLIANT! It is REAL and enjoyable and promotes good community and conversation (though someone installed cable TV, which strikes me as indelibly stupid)
So go fight the good fight and do not quit!
Sasha
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DougT
Main Sheet Hand
Australia
120 Posts |
Posted - 05 March 2007 : 10:38:29 AM
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| Eric, if you need a hand with the virgins, there'll be plenty of assistants from here on the lake I've no doubt. Just let us know when they're available and a busload of old hopefuls will descend on your house for the party! |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 05 March 2007 : 11:48:49 AM
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Eric,
In the words of the guy with the big nose;
"When I get up every morning I dont want to see 72 pairs of nylons hanging in my bathroom! and which I can do without....", Jimmy Durante.
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DougT
Main Sheet Hand
Australia
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Posted - 05 March 2007 : 12:28:15 PM
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| Eric, my guess would be, that in your rush to meet the demands of 72 virgins, the nylons would be laying crumbled and torn on the floor. |
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SAILING REPORTS ON '30's
