DrRog, check your messages. The sounder went to an address which is not yours but is the one you gave me.

Kate is holding on to it so you can pick it up from her.

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You been eating blue fish again or blue lagoons

Meg1122 said..
Would have been a Blue Tang :)

I think your right Meg blue Tang

Great Pics Dr Smurf!!

Hi all

Went for a sail on the river today in about 10 to 15 knots with a couple of mates and had a bit of a moment when we did a gybe and the lower mainsheet double block decided to part company with the traveller and ended up hanging from the boom with the boom hard against the shroud

It suspect that the split ring that held the shackle pin in probably came out and the pin fell ot during the gybe

I had a spare shackle in my spares box so once we found the problem it was a easy fix with no damage done

Apart from that the boat went well and the sun was shing so all in all it was a good day out

Regards Don

Nice work South Ace

sunycoastguy said..
Went for my first solo sail today out of Mooloolaba after calibrating the auto pilot, everything went great untill I got sooo sick, spewed so much
ended up motoring home, there could be a holland 25 coming up for sale real soon!

you need a full keeler or a 36 plus foot yacht
Also focus on the sails not the beer in the esky

Went for a sail on Thursday off the Goldy. It got pretty windy so I was able to a limited test on a furled headsail going to windward but because the wind kept picking up and I was single handed I didn't do a back to back test half furled and unfurled. SOG was 3.8knots but boat speed was 4.1- 4.3 which I thought was reasonable.

Next time I will unfurl the genoa and see how much the performance / heel angle is affected.

sunycoastguy said..
Went for my first solo sail today out of Mooloolaba after calibrating the auto pilot, everything went great untill I got sooo sick, spewed so much
ended up motoring home, there could be a holland 25 coming up for sale real soon!

Stick with it. Forget the autopilot for awhile and just watch the horizon and try not to look in the boat.

Thanks for the advice guys I'll definitely be taking some pills next time I go out. And as for the 36 foot boat hg that will be in a couple of years after I get the hang of this one

sunycoastguy said..
Thanks for the advice guys I'll definitely be taking some pills next time I go out. And as for the 36 foot boat hg that will be in a couple of years after I get the hang of this one

Good on you Sunny .Ive always found look at the horizon does it for me . But I think Im lucky only even been sea sick on the Tassy ferrie Once

cisco said...

Try Stugeron. In Aus you will have to get it off the internet. Ginger is helpful as is being busy and not having time to think about it. It is basically a balance thing for most people.

Keep your head up and try to focus on the horizon. Some good info here.

www.mysailing.com.au/news/mal-de-mer-seasickness-avoidance-and-treatment

Cisco has it spot on i am someone who at times can suffer from sea sickness but it has got better over time. In the past I could never eat at sea would do Coffs and hobart and could not eat at sea now i can cook and eat sausage sandwiches while at sea. I have definitely found keeping your mind busy is most important. I have been out in huge seas and storms never look like getting sick while calm days been as crook as. Another thing is if using medication take one the night before and then again in the morning and eat breakfast.

G'day Sam,

I am not familiar with Pittswater or anywhere in your location actually, but this question will still remain relevant.

Although Lion Island 'remained on the bow', were you maintaining a constant track/heading? Wind and current will have you drifting sideways somewhat. If you held a constant aiming point on the bow (in your case Lion Island), you might find you are ever so slightly, but constantly changing heading. In other words a wide circle until you cam to the realisation that you where not going to do it on that line before putting in another tack.

I hope that makes sense. I will look for an illustration that might help.

Just from Island Head Creek to Port Clinton today, Yeppoon tomorrow, The Narrows day after.

Thanks guys I understand exactly what you are saying. It seems strange to be heading for a specific
point but actually to be heading in a different direction. A good learning curve for me and something
I'll have to keep in mind as land can loom really quickly in Pittwater. The tide was outgoing and
Pittwater being enclosed wouldn't have any current.....would it???.
My boat has a fin keel which I have heard is more prone to movement than a full length keel, but I'm
surprised at the amount of drift.
Great drawing Toph, that illustrates exactly what was happening.
You are right about the mouth of Broken Bay Yara and it's a real washing machine around Lion Island.
Missus and me are really enjoying our little adventures but I didn't tell her we could have ended up on
the rocks so........keep mum.