http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?app=blog Community Blog List Syndication Tue, 15 May 2012 11:10:35 +0000 admin@sailinganarchy.com (Sailing Anarchy Forums) IP.Blog 60 ...]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:28:00 +0000 ...]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 22:16:00 +0000 ...]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:14:00 +0000 Just back from a great sail. Took us 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete the course and the wind was mostly a steady 7-11 knots throughout the race. We had a close fight with Baleka until the penultimate mark...then they disappeared in the dark. The theory is the Rum and Cokes got the better of them.



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For those who don't know, the new South African Maritime Safety Act has been in force for some time now and like much of the newer legislation it seeks to apply a prescriptive approach to safety at sea rather than a rule based approach. To accountants this will be a familiar scenario! The USA has 20,000+ pages of prescriptive law for...]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:05:00 +0000 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:58:00 +0000 ...]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:52:00 +0000 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:48:00 +0000 Captivated by the big blue sea? Maybe you are addicted to racing? Maybe you just want to mess around in boats? But before you put that deposit down on a South African boat think hard. Very hard. South African yachts are inexplicably expensive and very poor value for money. The yacht market seems to be living in a dream-world where there is no... Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:43:00 +0000

Anyone remember the good old days, when masts were made of real metal and boats got the 'death rolls' while white-knuckle-charging down the waves? Crews of 9 or 10...2 guys playing the halliard and 2 on the sheet. Another on the hydraulics for the vang and backstay a sixth and seventh trying to rig a reaching strut? The boat broaching...]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:47:00 +0000