Hobart here we come! Always satisfies.
not sure if a favourite videos thread already exist but i didnt find one. Then again i am prone to being lazy.

stray said..

Hobart here we come! Always satisfies.
not sure if a favourite videos thread already exist but i didnt find one. Then again i am prone to being lazy.

Round here when we have 30knots of wind we have lots of white caps!

That's weird, I woulda thought whitecaps were whitecaps, but Stray is right, I went back and looked at some onboard video , and 30kn looks like a balmy 15-20!

Tamble said..
OK, a bit prejudiced, but here's one of our yacht (a Bavaria 34 Cruiser) surfing at HIRW.

Looks like a hard life
couple of nice little waves there

Hi Tamble,
i think that was the year I got up there, I was on good old Condor.
she was exciting, when she got going. 83 feet and close on 30 tonnes deserves some respect when it's careening along in a decent blow!
cheeres Richard

Ramona said..
Good video of a cat handling heavy conditions. Note the drogue and the amount of headsail used!

.be

And they stI'll have washing and pegs on the line! Not on my yacht thanks!

Watch on a big screen with the sound up!

Free range sailing has been a hit in our house

Kevin Boothby makes a good point about being able to row out an anchor from the boat. Unfortunately I have had to do this with my yacht and several others when they have come adrift from their moorings and run up on sandbars or the beach. It's good to hear his comments about a Delta requiring lots of chain. It's disheartening when recovering yachts to find they have a crappy anchor with lots of chain in the locker or on the bow. I put the anchor in the stern and flake the chain and rope out so it can run out easily in my dinghy. This is done in the lee of the bow, yachts usually come off on windy days! Motor off into the wind and into deep water using all the available rope. With a high holding non plow anchor this is all that's needed in most case in this estuary. Tide rises and boat mostly floats off. Sometimes a tow is needed.
I do not agree with a fishermans anchor as a second anchor, especially if your anchored near other yachts. One fluke is always sticking up and it's not unheard of for other yachts to foul on this obstruction.
I do have a 35 pound fishermans anchor as my letterbox stand. I welded some chain artistically around the shank and had it re galvanised.

A different kind of sailing but a 100 year old wooden craft that can apparently still reach 40 - 50 knots looks like fun. Not a lot of room in that cockpit though!

Busybee said..
Free range sailing has been a hit in our house

Yep, love those two as well!