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The sailing nerd-out thread

Yes, I remember being fired upon. usually by Lady Washington.
Alma's hull is white with a green stripe. She's a scow schooner built in 1891 and owned by the National Park Service and berthed at the Hyde St pier.
When she was a working schooner, Petaluma was one of her main destinations. She carried timber and hay to SF and goods to Petaluma.
Fun fact. Because all cargo was carried on deck, her wheel, which is just aft of the deck house, can be raised 6-10' with cribbing in order to see over the cargo.
We participated in the Petaluma Butter and Eggs festival many times. We once made it to the turning basin completely under sail without firing up her twin GM671s.
Mooring at the dock at China Camp was always fun. We would arrive on a flood tide and moor to the down current side. I would climb out to the end of the bowsprit with a line from the anchor winch and jump on to the dock. I would then secure the line and we would use this to winch us to the dock and then use spring lines to pull us into position.
 

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enjoyed this:


tl/dr: “Thirty five years ago 'Big Red' dominated the biggest offshore race in the world by winning every leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race.”

in 2027 Auckland will again host the Whitbread around-the-world race, after an absence of five decades.
 
found this delightful … Mr Leo Goolden talks about rebuilding the Tally Ho, which won the Fastnet race in 1927 on corrected time:


and a vid of Mr Goolden single-handing the sailboat for his first time:


tl/dr: he has some drone stuff at 17:40 …
 
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Timely bump. TIL about the Northern Mariana Islands. They seem like a nice place to sail.
 
Error.... Serge Testa will be at the South Bay Yacht Club in Alviso, not mtn mikes. They have a bar, so there are rules. You would have to be my guest. You wouldhve to let me know. RSVP that is...
 
Plans change and we will miss this. I’ll let you guys know when there is another cool event. I think the club has kayaks and sunfishes. I haven’t been sailing in decades and it is on my list.
 
BillSmith said:
Yeah, Butch. Twelve feet is not a yacht.

>30 feet/9 meters = yacht
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I beg to differ; it's not the length that matters it's the girth! :p
Our trimaran is only 24ft long but is 11ft wide and will kick the arse of monohulls up to about 50ft.
 
SFMCjohn said:
found this delightful … Mr Leo Goolden talks about rebuilding the Tally Ho, which won the Fastnet race in 1927 on corrected time:


and a vid of Mr Goolden single-handing the sailboat for his first time:


tl/dr: he has some drone stuff at 17:40 …
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I saw them berthed at Richmond Yacht Club for a couple of weeks over the summer. Beautiful boat.
 
SFMCjohn said:

1:45 of Ultime drone video ... I love how beautiful mono hull sailboats are, but imagine racing one of these trimarans non-stop around the world, solo.
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Yup there are 2 classes of fast sailboat, 1) Trimarans, 2) Slow Moving Obstacles
 
I’ve never seen the movie The Mercy. Anyone seen it? It sounds very interesting. Very unfortunately, it is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated attempt at the 1968 Golden Globe race.
 
WoodsChick said:
I’ve never seen the movie The Mercy. Anyone seen it? It sounds very interesting. Very unfortunately, it is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated attempt at the 1968 Golden Globe race.
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I have not....but now you have me looking for it. :laughing
 
gixxerjeff said:
It came out in 2018.
It sounds sad and fascinating.
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I thought so, too. Sounds like it starts with a bad idea, and then just goes downhill from there.
 
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