furr_ball 29 #1 Posted September 14, 2019 I’ll Start 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill5 1,021 #2 Posted September 14, 2019 Old photo; favorite boat 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martin 'hoff 521 #5 Posted September 14, 2019 Cat, not a dinghy, with a 8yo at helm... 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K9u20 11 #6 Posted September 15, 2019 My Henderson SR 17. 1987 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onepointfivethumbs 195 #7 Posted September 16, 2019 #BlueWavesGang 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ortegakid 100 #9 Posted September 16, 2019 I KNOW DAT GUY! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #15 Posted September 17, 2019 https://catebrownphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/505/G0000AljwFVO4nZQ/I0000lrDSkK6HY2w/C00005y8es8ZGgh0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Yeller 358 #17 Posted September 17, 2019 57 minutes ago, RobbieB said: Cool! I’d post that one too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobbieB 804 #19 Posted September 18, 2019 20 hours ago, fastyacht said: Do you sit on a sliding seat like in a rowing shell? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #20 Posted September 18, 2019 2 hours ago, RobbieB said: Do you sit on a sliding seat like in a rowing shell? No. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobbieB 804 #21 Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, fastyacht said: No. Well I guess if it did that could go two ways.. 1) make small in/out body adjustments very easy. 2) make tacking and jibing really exciting! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martin 'hoff 521 #22 Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, RobbieB said: Well I guess if it did that could go two ways.. 1) make small in/out body adjustments very easy. 2) make tacking and jibing really exciting! Gybing video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t913FsHku1E Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy Clark 30 #23 Posted September 18, 2019 Probably my two favorite pics. Need to hit up Luka for some photos of me sailing my new black one. Though I would like to point out that, despite me obviously jumping out of the boat in picture 1, she is still completely flat! @RobbieB Steve Clarke in the UK actually did make a seat like that at one point. It was basically just the frame with a bucket seat running along the inside on runners, very similar to the seat of a rowing shell. Unfortunately that eliminated one of the nice bonuses of the sliding seat - it has enough volume and buoyancy that, if/when you hit a lull and go in to windward, it will keep you afloat long enough that you can get back to the boat and won't tip over to windward. The seat actually will act as a kick stand for you for a little while. It won't do it for very long - no seat has enough buoyancy that it will stop the boat from eventually going over. But it does buy you some valuable time. Also the seats are shaped so that, when they hit the occasional wave, they skip along the top of it and don't create much additional drag. Take away the volume and you take that away as well. Plus with the bucket seat arrangement it's hard to get yourself all the way out to the end (you're legs don't reach the gunnels when you're all the way out) or hike off the end of the thing. Overall it was a cool idea but nonetheless was soon abandoned. So, the typical move is, rather than keeping your ass in some sort of bucket seat that slides, you instead just slide your ass along the seat using your feet (either on the gunnels or the foot wells) to propel yourself inboard or outboard. The only downside of this method is it does create some general wear and tear on your posterior, which is why after a few days of tweener weather you'll hear many in the fleet begging for enough breeze for us to hike off the end of the seat as shown below rather than sliding our butts along it. @martin.langhoff do cats not count as dinghies? Whelp, great photo nonetheless. Thanks to everyone for sharing. Best, Willy 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobbieB 804 #24 Posted September 18, 2019 3 hours ago, martin.langhoff said: Gybing video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t913FsHku1E Wow. A lot going on there... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy Clark 30 #25 Posted September 18, 2019 55 minutes ago, RobbieB said: Wow. A lot going on there... TBH I think the gybing technique in that vid is a lot harder than the one I use. Mine is 5 steps. Also that video has 10k views!? Good God. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philstar 15 #26 Posted September 18, 2019 1983 Javelin. Taken in Whangapoaroa , auckland 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ortegakid 100 #27 Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) And why one does not pad the sliding seat with anti skid or neoprene, ask me how I know. Seriously, end of seat is best place to be on the water, so freakin fun! This was first day on new to me AC, very windy. Edited September 18, 2019 by ortegakid AD PIX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #28 Posted September 18, 2019 On 9/16/2019 at 4:44 PM, Lifesave said: I remember U at 2013 HPDO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 261 #29 Posted September 19, 2019 broke hiking stick, or we’d be flatter. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 3,546 #32 Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, bill4 said: Dayyum, that Lightning is a good-looking boat. I don't think there is -any- angle they don't look graceful and fast. That's difficult to do with a hard-chine hull, brilliant design FB- Doug 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ortegakid 100 #34 Posted September 19, 2019 Long, long ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgmckim 309 #35 Posted September 19, 2019 3 hours ago, bill4 said: i love lightnings. they are such great boats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #36 Posted September 19, 2019 20 minutes ago, ortegakid said: Long, long ago. You need to add "MXRAY 589" to your signature line ;-) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbottles 6 #37 Posted September 19, 2019 Late Summer Days 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ortegakid 100 #38 Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, fastyacht said: You need to add "MXRAY 589" to your signature line ;-) I USED TO HAVE ALL MY BOATS LISTED, THEY CHANGED SIG RULES. LOVED THAT LITTLE TURD! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimBowie 210 #39 Posted September 19, 2019 Swear to God it'll plane in no more than Cat 2 hurricane winds! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Locus 59 #40 Posted September 20, 2019 On 9/19/2019 at 7:28 AM, bill4 said: Hey our boats have pretty much the same paint scheme. See Post 11 above Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill5 1,021 #41 Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Locus said: Hey our boats have pretty much the same paint scheme. See Post 11 above Close! Looks like yours is white below the stripe. And I do have a bit of a chunk out of my bow, but it is patched up better! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mozzy Sails 297 #42 Posted September 21, 2019 RS 800 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliboat 183 #43 Posted September 21, 2019 One of too many dinghies. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koolkat505 25 #44 Posted September 21, 2019 AHHHH... Frostys!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sailfst 2 #46 Posted September 29, 2019 Me and my Comet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dieharddinghysailor 6 #48 Posted September 30, 2019 Here's mine.......currently for sale on CL.......near Seattle..1989 International 14, built in UK shipped to Annapolis, designed by Bob Ames (V15 vanguard) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamuraiEv 10 #49 Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, dieharddinghysailor said: Here's mine.......currently for sale on CL.......near Seattle..1989 International 14, built in UK shipped to Annapolis, designed by Bob Ames (V15 vanguard) "Obsession" is a perfect name for an I14! Here's mine at the SF world's last year... Also for sale in Toronto 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
17mika 138 #50 Posted September 30, 2019 This was in pretty good breeze last weekend... fun and scary stuff at the same time 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #54 Posted October 1, 2019 On 9/29/2019 at 11:17 AM, sailfst said: They were always faster than the GP14 and cooler boats than the snipe. Like a little star boat (but you already know why). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Holman 50 #55 Posted October 1, 2019 Some more gratuitous and highly self indulgent San Fran. credits Jenn Virskus 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #56 Posted October 1, 2019 22 minutes ago, Daniel Holman said: Some more gratuitous and highly self indulgent San Fran. credits Jenn Virskus That's freakin awsome. I love it when the board is out of the water like that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GBR2083 11 #57 Posted October 2, 2019 Sailing and apres sailing at Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GBR2083 11 #58 Posted October 2, 2019 My 2 boats sailing at Royal Varuna Yacht Club Pattaya Thailand. OK GBR2083 now sails with personal number THA17 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berend 3 #59 Posted October 2, 2019 Sailing a Laser 4000 with my son 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dieharddinghysailor 6 #61 Posted October 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Chris Maas said: Black Betty.....! Do you still have an IC now that she's busy winning races in the UK..? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Maas 27 #63 Posted October 3, 2019 23 hours ago, dieharddinghysailor said: Black Betty.....! Do you still have an IC now that she's busy winning races in the UK..? No, all I have are keelboats now. I'm not really sure why that has happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobbieB 804 #64 Posted October 3, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 4:01 PM, 17mika said: This was in pretty good breeze last weekend... fun and scary stuff at the same time I understand it gets pretty dicey foiling in lumpy seas.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
17mika 138 #66 Posted October 3, 2019 3 hours ago, RobbieB said: I understand it gets pretty dicey foiling in lumpy seas.... If it's breezy and wavy downwinds get pretty "interesting". Upwinds are moreless ok in any kind of waves. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #67 Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, 17mika said: If it's breezy and wavy downwinds get pretty "interesting". Upwinds are moreless ok in any kind of waves. Down wave was the hardest nut to crack when the Navy and Boeing were all busy building hydrofoils. It even has a pretty good discussion in the 1960s PNA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
numl0ck 4 #68 Posted October 7, 2019 Leading the Frostbite fleet this weekend. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastyacht 1,247 #69 Posted October 7, 2019 6 hours ago, numl0ck said: Leading the Frostbite fleet this weekend. I should finally do that! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaggymatt 4 #70 Posted October 8, 2019 Can I do two? Props to the photographer, upwind shots IMHO are usually so-so, I love this one. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 3,546 #71 Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, shaggymatt said: Can I do two? Props to the photographer, upwind shots IMHO are usually so-so, I love this one. Lightnings are such pretty boats, they're classics In this upwind shot though, the skipper should have given a big ease (or better, dropped the traveler) before putting the tiller up so hard. The rudder is always a brake but it looks like he just hit the pedal hard. FB- Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgmckim 309 #72 Posted October 8, 2019 me and my dad in the fireball that his dad (my granddad) built. You can tell it’s me skippering by the poor start 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GER308 29 #73 Posted October 9, 2019 Loaned my boat to a friend to sail the Austrian Championships. Love this pic. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaggymatt 4 #74 Posted October 9, 2019 1 17 hours ago, Steam Flyer said: Lightnings are such pretty boats, they're classics In this upwind shot though, the skipper should have given a big ease (or better, dropped the traveler) before putting the tiller up so hard. The rudder is always a brake but it looks like he just hit the pedal hard. FB- Doug This was typical of a lake regatta when the breeze is perpendicular to the shoreline, 45º shifts, we parked and in the same race two boats capsized. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onepointfivethumbs 195 #75 Posted October 9, 2019 12 hours ago, GER308 said: Loaned my boat to a friend to sail the Austrian Championships. Love this pic. Girl AND Finn! Can't have too much of either 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 3,546 #76 Posted October 10, 2019 Okay, this is not my personal boat, one of a fleet I help with High school kids on their first sail, ever Yeah the boat is an unexciting little dump truck... Oday Javelins (we have 6 now)... but they work, they actually sail, they're tough enough for this service (and they get used hard), they're not too scary, and they're what we have! http://nbnjrotc-sail.blogspot.com/ FB- Doug 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
revintage 19 #77 Posted October 10, 2019 On the way back to the shore, from the premiere sailing with my Frankenboat built this summer, around an ancient BIC410 hull and a Blaze main. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 3,546 #78 Posted October 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, revintage said: On the way back to the shore, from the premiere sailing with my Frankenboat built this summer, around an ancient BIC410 hull and a Blaze main. Got any pics of it foiling... yet?? Actually, you don't look happy in this pic. Problem(s)? The boat looks like fun! FB- Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgmckim 309 #79 Posted October 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Steam Flyer said: Actually, you don't look happy in this pic. Problem(s)? The boat looks like fun! i'd be unhappy if i had to come in from sailing too!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
revintage 19 #80 Posted October 10, 2019 Actually, I was concentrated to to find the best way to land on the beach :-) . But I wasn´t overly happy with the placements I had choosened for the trim cleats . It sailed well and all in all I had a great ride with the unused sail I had bought from UK. Have sailed a few times more with it and bit by bit I am getting closer to satisfaction. If you wonder about the slack lines from the rear of the wings, they are a part of the system where the leeward wing is lifted, when you load the windward with your butt :-) . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
couchsurfer 206 #81 Posted October 11, 2019 ahhh, the memories. <;~] 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Maas 27 #82 Posted October 11, 2019 7 hours ago, couchsurfer said: ahhh, the memories. <;~] Cool video Michael. And it is interesting to see that power cat race committee boat we built for JSC what, like 40 years ago at the end of the video? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foilman 18 #83 Posted October 11, 2019 Sailing with my kid. Fireball Worlds this past August. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
couchsurfer 206 #84 Posted October 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Chris Maas said: Cool video Michael. And it is interesting to see that power cat race committee boat we built for JSC what, like 40 years ago at the end of the video? Hah,, 'We'!? <;~D ...all I recall doing was coating the inside with sealer**, definitely a Maas touch. ..........**.... likely lost enough braincells on that, that I don't recall much else. <;~l Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgmckim 309 #85 Posted October 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Foilman said: Sailing with my kid. Fireball Worlds this past August. man. i miss my fireball! great shot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foilman 18 #86 Posted October 12, 2019 35 minutes ago, dgmckim said: man. i miss my fireball! great shot That can be fixed - buy another one! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eyeshotpar 4 #87 Posted October 16, 2019 Coronado 15 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 3,546 #88 Posted October 16, 2019 8 hours ago, eyeshotpar said: Coronado 15 Those are great boats. N.C. State sailing club had five of them, mostly beat-up and dead on their feet -BUT- sailable. They had trapezes that we abused insanely. IMHO these boats deserved to be a lot more popular... it'd be nice if they were better built but compared to everything else that wasn't the problem. If there was a class of these near us, I'd get one to sail with my wife in a heartbeat FB- Doug 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
