Im lost without the PW thread!!!!

[philwsailz]

Thanks, He's getting there...I just hope he will not rush it.

Yo ET!

Trying to find out.....

[thtrog]

Yo ET!

Trying to find out.....

Thanks

[thtrog]

We shut down the 30th and start up the 11th, although I'll probably work a few days during that time.

[Fiveflat]

another lousy morning...


At what point do I blow off a pension for a happier work life with a 401k comparable to my current pension?

[philwsailz]

So,

I couldn't just leave well enough alone, so I had to go buy another boat yesterday

[Fiveflat]

It's "tomorrow" for Tige's BIG announcement.


waiting...

[Fiveflat]

Hey Phil, what do you do with that front sail? Is it pretty much stationary and you just jib the main?

I kinda wanna learn to sail. I know a bit about it, but not much.

[philwsailz]

Hey Phil, what do you do with that front sail? Is it pretty much stationary and you just jib the main?

The front sail tacks with the main... The cool thing about cats is they go so fast, apparent wind is almost always forward, so sheeting angles are almost always tight.

[philwsailz]

Hey Phil, what do you do with that front sail? Is it pretty much stationary and you just jib the main?

I kinda wanna learn to sail. I know a bit about it, but not much.

The front sail is the jib. The back sail is the main.

[Fiveflat]

Oh, I thought swinging that main sail back and forth when going into the wind was called "jibbing"
See, I know very little.

[philwsailz]

Oh, I thought swinging that main sail back and forth when going into the wind was called "jibbing"
See, I know very little.

If you move the boat through a turn where the blowing wind crosses the front of the boat, we call that tacking, and the sails move relatively slowly from one side to the other as the wind blows across them from front to back.

If you move the boat through a turn where the blowing wind crosses the REAR of the boat we call that a jibe, (ling "I") or Jibing, (again long "I"). I{n this instance the sails can potentially move from one side to another with enough force to break stuff, as the wind will end up blowing across the sails from back to front.

Tacking is good, Jibing can be good, but it has to be done in a controlled manner, otherwise it is usually dangerous, especially on these little rocket ships.

[robert theisen]

5860 first post

[AdaminMN]

5860...Third post.

[bigdaddy_houseboater]

Morning....
"tuesday with a monday-esque feel" post...
I thought monday was over.

I was mistaken.

[majestic]

Just got back from the lake with Majestic - I learned a lot. Thanks Majestic. And the weather was not too nice, so we had the lake pretty much to ourselves.

No problem! Thanks for the pull and you scored with a great boat purchase