The Sailing Thread

[skinny_kid]

I have this irrational desire to get something like a Privilege 58’ and live on the water. Alas, I’m not wealthy and the wife gets sea sick.


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[MarcusBrody]

I have this irrational desire to get something like a Privilege 58’ and live on the water. Alas, I’m not wealthy and the wife gets sea sick.


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I mean, you don't need something that gigantic to live on the water. I wouldn't want to live on a boat that big if it was just me and a partner. Does she get sick on catamaran's too? I've never really spent time on them, but i know they're supposed to role much less than monohulls.

[mud]

https://www.boattrader.com/boat/1989...maran-8283987/

[singlecross]

Perfect mellow evening for my daughter to give our new peapod a shakedown.

[Peruvian]

Looking good, sc. Im looking forward to sailing with you this summer.

I joined the non-profit sailing center in town as a member so I hope to get out much more this season than the handful of times I did last summer.

[singlecross]

Joining a sailing center/club is a great way to get out on the water! The best boat is someone else’s… all the fun and none of the maintenance headaches.

Should be fun to get Mags out on the water this summer!

[singlecross]

Having the Kid take Pops for a ride before they head off to crew on a boat circumnavigating Newfoundland for a few weeks.

[Peruvian]

I finally got out in Champlain with the fam today.

[singlecross]

My kid going deep into the boat yoga poses of sailboat engine troubleshooting and maintenance. First day of them joining a circumnavigation of Newfoundland. I guess they were the smallest and handiest crew available. Always an adventure!

[BmillsSkier]

Lol. Great stuff as usual, SC.


My sis and her fam are back in the BVI and have posted up at Bitter End Yacht Club for the past week - first time back since it was wiped off the map in its entirety after Irma.

She walked the grounds on FaceTime with me and it is very nice, but completely unrecognizable from what it’s been since the 70s. All the charm that made it what it is, and on a personal level, home base for my family, has been replaced with very modern trappings courtesy of the blank slate Irma provided.

Jury’s out and I look forward to judging it in person this fall.

She did say the new Marina Lofts were great and stayed in one for a couple nights leaving the kids on the boat lol.

Oh, and the sailing has been fantastic with still fewer boats than normal.

[Falcon3]

Made the mistake of joining several “cheap sailboats for sale” Facebook groups and now I’m contemplating a fly-n-sail to somewhere stupid.

[ticketchecker]

Summertime and the living is easy on Casco Bay.




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[Mazderati]

Great pics. I need to get on the water.

[Peruvian]

Summertime and the living is easy on Casco Bay.




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Tell me more about sailing with the foresail only (appears to be a Genoa in the pic).

[ticketchecker]

Tell me more about sailing with the foresail only (appears to be a Genoa in the pic).

We got overpowered with the main and big genny so dropped the main to come back into the harbor, weren't interested in changing head sails at the time. Genny only lets you fly it more akin to a chute downwind. We're beer drinking cruisers but that didn't keep us from parting the Wednesday night fleet like the red sea.

[Peruvian]

We got overpowered with the main and big genny so dropped the main to come back into the harbor, weren't interested in changing head sails at the time. Genny only lets you fly it more akin to a chute downwind. We're beer drinking cruisers but that didn't keep us from parting the Wednesday night fleet like the red sea.

Thanks. Downwind only. Got it.

Still learning.

[ticketchecker]

Thanks. Downwind only. Got it.

Still learning.

You can head up some, but can't point too high w/ just the headsail. Fun to experiment

[singlecross]

Sea breeze beats the heat… spent 5 hours sailing my peapod around a nice quiet island and it was finest kind!

[Peruvian]

I've been using the PFDs at the sailing center when heading out but by the time I get back to the mooring, drop and gather the jib, flake and store the mainsail, etc. I'm sweating my balls off under that vest. I'm thinking of an auto/manual inflatable as a result. Cabela's has them for $60 and they go up quickly after that. Does anyone have experience with these types of lifevests?

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

We use similar ones from West Marine on Les' boat but only when the weather gets real chippy or at night.

[PNWbrit]

Not tried that brand but inflatable is definitely the way to go. Have a couple of West Marine ones.

[singlecross]

You haven’t lived until one of those auto-inflates when you get doused by a green wave in the cockpit at night. Certainly woke me up!

They are convenient, but do have limitations. Maybe they have gotten better in the last decade or so.

Most people also wear them too loose to be effective if you really need it. I get it, they want to be comfortable.

[Peruvian]

Found a AM inflatable PFDwith a recharge kit at a great price.

[Peruvian]

Barely a whiff of breeze until we hit the mooring on our return.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Wasn't much better on Saturday. Winds held at around 7kts until we got all the way across the lake and then died. A 3 hour race ended up taking 6.