Boat Forum / Sailing / March 2006

Heh Joe... an estate has a 55 ft high carbon steel boat for sale just a mile
down the road from me. Smooth chines. Brand new volvo diesel, shaft and
props, ketch rigged with masts , sails etc.... needs to have the interior
built [ just a bare metal interior right now] It's a ...

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I'm looking to 'encourage' sponsorship out of some large national
companies to use to subsidise my 2007 national championships.
Has anyone any hints or tips on how they have elicited money to enable
sailing events to take place?  (In my case, a National Championship)

In rooting through the inventory of the newly purchased s/h boat I find
a curious rope, the purpose of which baffles me. I cannot ask the
previous owner, I wonder if you can figure it out?
It is of 10mm polypropylene and 5m long. At one end is an eye splice,

Oh Boy! Web had to de-humanize me before I could get my URL's  back.
Should be ok now;-------I hope
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I was about to mount my new toy on the top of the mast at the weekend
when I noticed no-one had a mount the same as mine - its an ST40 Wind
with Rotavecta transducer. This thing sticks straight up about 30cm -
and it got me thinking that maybe the transducer is designed for power

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Winds steady 25 with gusts in the 30's. Started out with just the main
and had to shift just to a 100% jib. Working up wind slamming off the
waves, and a nice cold salt shower with ever slam. Took a couple hours
to work all the way upwind on the lake, found out that my new jib works

Trying to solve my water pump problem next.
Q: If I disconnect the output side of my water pump, should I be able
to blow air through it with my mouth and hear it come out the exhaust?
I think the water jacket might be plugged up somehow. It's a small

Going to Nidri on Lefkas in June, ordinary package holiday.
Hope to be able to hire a Laser or similar to do a bit of sailing.
Does anyone know how feasible this will be, costs, etc.
Thanks

It's so pathetic here. Bobsprit is the one who sails the most, leads
sailing discussions and  has the most capable boat. Plus he's a
dockside fairy. See how low you all have sunk! Pathetic losers all of
you!

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