Re: Downunders
Hi Don,
Great to know you aren't having that much fun after all:-)
Don't know if you get "Sail" mag over there but there are a couple
of photos of AC boats breaking apart, in conjunction with a Dave
Gerr article on carbon fiber, which I found very enlightening. There
is also a picture of Bolger's CMS "Rose" and a short blurb about the
making of the movie that has her in it.
It is probably the first time I have looked at that mag in 10 years
but some of the ads are fascinating. Seems like a lot of people are
spending a lot of money on sailing machines that are incredibly
expensive. All for the sake of going through the water at 10 knots
while being exposed to the elements on a 30 degree angle, amidst a
plethora of wires and winches and other thingys that I don't even
recognize as boat equipment.
Makes Bolger's designs seem all the more incredible by comparison.
Oink oink! Nels
Great to know you aren't having that much fun after all:-)
Don't know if you get "Sail" mag over there but there are a couple
of photos of AC boats breaking apart, in conjunction with a Dave
Gerr article on carbon fiber, which I found very enlightening. There
is also a picture of Bolger's CMS "Rose" and a short blurb about the
making of the movie that has her in it.
It is probably the first time I have looked at that mag in 10 years
but some of the ads are fascinating. Seems like a lot of people are
spending a lot of money on sailing machines that are incredibly
expensive. All for the sake of going through the water at 10 knots
while being exposed to the elements on a 30 degree angle, amidst a
plethora of wires and winches and other thingys that I don't even
recognize as boat equipment.
Makes Bolger's designs seem all the more incredible by comparison.
Oink oink! Nels
--- In bolger@y..., "dbaldnz" <oink@p...> wrote:
> Regretably no Nels, we are watching the Americas Cup preliminaries
> live on tv, when we should be working on our sensible Bolger boats!
> Marvelling at the huge waste of money on boats that don't want to
> race in less than 9knots or more than 19 knots of breeze.
> I watch the starts, then listen from the room where I work, and
rush
> back to the tv if anything happens, usually the destruction of
> $20,000 worth of gear. Roll on february and the end of it all.
> DonB
>
> --- In bolger@y..., "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
> > Very few posts from the land downunder recently.
> >
> > Methinks the buggers are all out sailing and having fun:-(
> >
> > Nels
Regretably no Nels, we are watching the Americas Cup preliminaries
live on tv, when we should be working on our sensible Bolger boats!
Marvelling at the huge waste of money on boats that don't want to
race in less than 9knots or more than 19 knots of breeze.
I watch the starts, then listen from the room where I work, and rush
back to the tv if anything happens, usually the destruction of
$20,000 worth of gear. Roll on february and the end of it all.
DonB
live on tv, when we should be working on our sensible Bolger boats!
Marvelling at the huge waste of money on boats that don't want to
race in less than 9knots or more than 19 knots of breeze.
I watch the starts, then listen from the room where I work, and rush
back to the tv if anything happens, usually the destruction of
$20,000 worth of gear. Roll on february and the end of it all.
DonB
--- In bolger@y..., "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
> Very few posts from the land downunder recently.
>
> Methinks the buggers are all out sailing and having fun:-(
>
> Nels
--- In bolger@y..., "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
clackers off to raise funds that will allow us to spend 2 or even 3
weeks on a tour of the rivers and coastal inlets of western australia
over xmas / new year.
As I'm going from rivers to the sea I have to start complying with
things called regulations. Flares, lifejackets , floatation, licences
for trailers, licences for boaots just incase I get to borrow the
alloy oar from the father in law.
first job wsas to open up the schooner and repair the damage done
from driving over corrugated dirt raods to the lake.
the hinges all had to pulled appart and re-inforced, and the hinge
pin replaced due to kinking.
I've installed shock cords to hold the life jackets.
The new jackets cost more than the trailer!.
After the 3 efforts at unfolding the boat on water I decided to build
a collapsable crane on the side of the trailer that allows me to
unfold on land before launching . it seems to work well and uses a
500kg chain block to lift and lower the hull. I will take photos when
I getit painted.
This all happens in the drive way as the boat is now way to big to
fit in the shed, so it has to be done during the day, along with
raisng 5 girls and stopping all the little wars.
I might get a job as a foreign diplomat once they all leave home ,
it would be a doddle!
cheers Paul. Folding schooner "Waltzing Matilda" AUS3
> Very few posts from the land downunder recently.We ( the sandgropers amongst us at least) are busy working their
>
> Methinks the buggers are all out sailing and having fun:-(
>
> Nels I WISH!!!!!!!
clackers off to raise funds that will allow us to spend 2 or even 3
weeks on a tour of the rivers and coastal inlets of western australia
over xmas / new year.
As I'm going from rivers to the sea I have to start complying with
things called regulations. Flares, lifejackets , floatation, licences
for trailers, licences for boaots just incase I get to borrow the
alloy oar from the father in law.
first job wsas to open up the schooner and repair the damage done
from driving over corrugated dirt raods to the lake.
the hinges all had to pulled appart and re-inforced, and the hinge
pin replaced due to kinking.
I've installed shock cords to hold the life jackets.
The new jackets cost more than the trailer!.
After the 3 efforts at unfolding the boat on water I decided to build
a collapsable crane on the side of the trailer that allows me to
unfold on land before launching . it seems to work well and uses a
500kg chain block to lift and lower the hull. I will take photos when
I getit painted.
This all happens in the drive way as the boat is now way to big to
fit in the shed, so it has to be done during the day, along with
raisng 5 girls and stopping all the little wars.
I might get a job as a foreign diplomat once they all leave home ,
it would be a doddle!
cheers Paul. Folding schooner "Waltzing Matilda" AUS3
Very few posts from the land downunder recently.
Methinks the buggers are all out sailing and having fun:-(
Nels
Methinks the buggers are all out sailing and having fun:-(
Nels