Loved sailing Lionel. Mostly in two up taser class races. I did play in a solo Laser class yacht. A new (Old) Canoe found its way to my place for fun now.
Link below has some info but its all fast and racing stuff really. I think if I was going in a small boat I might find a caterman much more forgiving now. Not to hard to handle solo at all as you can skip the jib. Oddly bigger yatchs are easier solo as you have time to move usually. Two sails and a tiller can be tricky when tacking.
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I can't remember the technical term, but some of the bigger boats like you said things happen a bit slower, and their hull design and weighted keels mean that if you mess up, it points itself upwind and you go nowhere.
With some of the smaller dinghies, you make a wrong move and it throws you into the water, tangles out up with rigging, cracks you over the skull with the boom, or a heap of other fun stuff.
If I were back on the coast and in the market, I'd consider a catamaran. Can be had cheap, comfy to sail on casual terms, can be tricked out with a trapeze if you want to swing off the side of the boat for some sick moves to impress the ladies, likewise heaps of room for an esky, fishing gear etc if needed.
-Mitch
'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.
One the money. Larger yachts have semi or full auto helm. Let go of the tiller in a small yacht and it turns immediately. Even a simple rope to hold the tiller at an angle is difficult in a little one as they need almost constant adjustment and turn very quickly which is not the case with larger boats. Tracking straight is one of the keys to sailing fast. Little boats are soooo much fun as they go like the clappers relative to there size
For a great read & written by a one time Aussie bloke who sailed & (& rowed), a Mirror from Gloucestershire to the Black Sea via The Canals, River Thames & the English Channel (not the one Wiki said," from Liverpool") you should read his account of that journey for a bit of know how & laughs. I think Wiki got it ballsed up.
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-unlikely-voyage-of-jack-de-crow-20080906-gdstuh.html
Most illuminating, adventurous & humorous.
Sandy McKinnon was invited here for Dinner post Book Release in Adelaide & is a most entertaining bloke.
Well after a couple of bottles of Red & sitting in front a roaring log fire who wouldn't be.?
Got the book. Somewhere!
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
I did as well John, until some thieving hound borrowed it, never returned it & buggered off OS. Maybe they thought they would emulate his Voyage?
The olde saying "To lend a book is to lose a friend" holds true, but never quite worked that out, as the friend could be a friend or it could be the book. At the end of the day, it is both I reckon.
As it happened, I was initially put in touch with "Sandy" (A.J. Mc Kinnon) because he was involved with a S2A (?) Land Rover Fire Appliance stored at his school's Outdoor School in the Victorian Hills somewhere. He was tied up with Geelong Grammar as an Arts Teacher at the time but not sure now it may have been another school but it was a well known one. If I had the book it probably would have told me.
Edited. Still at Geelong Grammar teaching ARTS & SAILING. (Last heard.)
Hello All,
What type of wetsuit: full, or half length and what type of life jacket is best for sailing - most probably a catamaran? I am in Bundaberg - which can get a tad cool sometimes. A couple of YouTube clips I have watched show people with helmets on. Are these just cyclist helmets?
Learn to Sail Lessons start on Saturday and I would like to know what kit is needed if I am to make a go of it?
I remember some people had little wind speed devices on their catamarans at Wivenhoe Dam when I visited there frequently in the 1980s. What other gadgetry would come in handy?
Kind regards
Lionel
Not much sailing there now ....
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