Went Sailing yesterday

slakjaw · 07-09-2009, 07:04 AM

There have been a few people who have posted about sailing dinghy's on here and I thought it looked like fun. I found a guy who gives gives lessons at the lake out here and signed up. The boat is a 420 and I am with a 32 year old chick who is also a beginner and pretty hot too

I had no idea how fast these things go... With a nice breeze they haul A$$ !

widgeon13 · 07-09-2009, 07:11 AM

What no pics??

I sail every weekend w/ a friend in his Flying Scot, most boring thing in my life.

304065 · 07-09-2009, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by widgeon13

What no pics??

I sail every weekend w/ a friend in his Flying Scot, most boring thing in my life.

If you aren't planing a Scot you aren't going fast enough. Loosen up the rig and let it all hang out.

VincentVega · 07-09-2009, 07:46 AM

It's funny how 5-6 knots feels like 100mph when you are close hauled with a rail in the water.

widgeon13 · 07-09-2009, 08:06 AM

Lake sailing the Scot, getting it on plane would be nice if the wind would cooperate, it's the calm days out there that drive me crazy.

I don't think I was cut out to be a sailor. Will be out there Sat w/ threatened T'storms. I would rather be on the golf course.

kaisen · 07-09-2009, 08:23 AM

Which lake are you sailing?

widgeon13 · 07-09-2009, 08:32 AM

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Which lake are you sailing?

Southern Adirondacks, Piseco Lake, about 6.5 miles long and 1.25 wide, surrounded by mountains (hills). I used to do a lot of windsurfing on the lake and loved that. Clipping along on plane and then instantaneous wind shift and smacked down into the water, all harnesed in, now that **** was fun.

pwd72s · 07-09-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by slakjaw

There have been a few people who have posted about sailing dinghy's on here and I thought it looked like fun. I found a guy who gives gives lessons at the lake out here and signed up. The boat is a 420 and I am with a 32 year old chick who is also a beginner and pretty hot too

I had no idea how fast these things go... With a nice breeze they haul A$$ !

You're off to a fun adventure. Damn, I miss our mutineer! Just had to quite when Cindy's MS got too much to sail...so we gave the boat to our daughter, who then sold it.

Damn, I miss our Mutineer. Really, I had more good times in that little surfboard with sails than I did in a 911S.

jabb · 07-09-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Martin

It's funny how 5-6 knots feels like 100mph when you are close hauled with a rail in the water.

Very True We were sailing this past weekend had some good wind we hit 7.2 OG a couple of times in a 32 foot and we were flying.....

Jim Richards · 07-09-2009, 11:43 AM

Planing on a reach or surfing downwind absolutely rocks. A 420 is a fun little boat.

slakjaw · 07-09-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kaisen

Which lake are you sailing?

White Bear Lake... You?

kaisen · 07-09-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by slakjaw

White Bear Lake... You?

I gave up sailing, but I used to crew for a racing 37 ft in the Gulf of Mexico (TX) and the Apostle Islands (WI) for Head Foil out of Lake City, MN.

Anyway, I'm very near WBL and have several friends that are members of the yacht club there. A couple other local Pelicans are in that area too. They'll chime in if they'd like.

I also have a couple friends that work at the new place there, Admiral's? Look for Kara or Emily. Kara is mid-twenties, blonde, cute, sweet, and single.

slakjaw · 07-09-2009, 02:15 PM

yep WBYC is where I am going, last time I was there I saw a yellow 911 in the parking lot and I wondered if its owner was a pelican haha....

Very cool!

sailchef · sailchef's Garage

My kind of sailing, 20 knots on a 8ft board. It's fast.

(Photo taken in Cabarete DR, about 15 years ago)

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

F the sailing. Any pics of the chick?

slakjaw · 07-09-2009, 07:47 PM

hahaha

no and its not gonna happen. she is quite cute though.

smokintr6 · 07-10-2009, 04:47 AM

These are aloso a lot of fun in a decent wind. Not usually a beginner boat, but you should find someone to take you out....If you like Porsches, you'll get hooked

Sunroof · 07-10-2009, 04:54 AM

......................."simply nothing beats messin about in boats".......................

fanatical sailor here _/)

1988 Catalina 30 Mark II
"Breezin II"
Georgia

Bob
73.5T

widgeon13 · 07-10-2009, 05:47 AM

Jenna de Rosnay, world class windsurfer, husband lost at sea while windsurfing. Sad story.

T77911S · 07-10-2009, 06:32 AM

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These are aloso a lot of fun in a decent wind. Not usually a beginner boat, but you should find someone to take you out....If you like Porsches, you'll get hooked

what kind of boat is that. i had an 18 foot sol cat, very fast. i wish i still had it. i flipped end over end when i was down in florida. a storm came up and so did the wind. i was running down wind and the leaward hule went under water and the boat just kept going. i only turned it over 3 times in 10 years or so we had it. another florida storm popped up, out of the 6 or 7 boats out, i was the only one that did not turn over. man i miss it!

all you find around here are hobies, the 16's really suck. i was looking at a hobie 20 a few years ago, but started thinking about setting it up and getting it down on the beach.
i sailed a prindle 16 once. nice boat. turned it over in the first 30 minutes out. much lighter and different than my sol cat. the prindle 18's always looked interesting. i dont like the roller jibs on them though. my jib had battens, helped it go fast.