#8608
by Lsuoma » Sun Dec 08, 2019 5:21 pm
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Lsuoma wrote: ↑
'Heavens! shall I ever forget those boys! A perfect murrain of them infests Holland; they seem to have nothing in the world to do but throw stones and mud at foreign yachts.'
'They want a Herod, with some statesmanlike views on infanticide.'
The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers, 1903
A wonderful book, and, surprisingly, not a dreadful movie, since it had the Logan's Run combo of Jenny Agutter and Michael York. I know, Michael York can't act, but he symbolises my youth and gets forgiven. Jenny, on the other hand, may or may not be able to act - I never bothered to check. I just love her anyway.
The book is at an intersection of historical novels, sailing novels and war novels. Should anyone want any recommendations for sailing yarns, I have a few shelves-full to talk about. I sold our sloop a few years back, but still hanker for the feeling of getting something for nothing as you learn to match mainsheet and tiller against each other. Sailing is entirely a matter of understanding trade-offs. Aerofoils and drag in a much coarser form than in aircraft design, but otherwise the same thing. Think of it as exactly the same calculations, except your lift device is in a very low viscosity medium, and nearly all your drag is in a high viscosity medium. Now add tides and rocks and you get it!
I learnt on a Merlin Rocket, went on to a Graduate, and then a British Moth. Last boat was a MacGregor 26.
I learned on a
Mirror, then sailed
National 12s. After that I graduated to larger wessels, and crewed for subsistence for on and offshore racers. My favourite boat I ever worked was the Arethusa (see the last line of
this paragraph). I actually take issue with the designation of a ketch, since I am almost 100% certain she was a yawl, where the steering post goes down in front of the mizzen, rather than behind. In fact, having done some more research, it looks like the ketch is now
Faramir, and the yawl seems to have dropped from history. sailed on her about ten times in the mid '70s.
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[quote]'Heavens! shall I ever forget those boys! A perfect murrain of them infests Holland; they seem to have nothing in the world to do but throw stones and mud at foreign yachts.'
'They want a Herod, with some statesmanlike views on infanticide.'[/quote]
The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers, 1903
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A wonderful book, and, surprisingly, not a dreadful movie, since it had the Logan's Run combo of Jenny Agutter and Michael York. I know, Michael York can't act, but he symbolises my youth and gets forgiven. Jenny, on the other hand, may or may not be able to act - I never bothered to check. I just love her anyway.
The book is at an intersection of historical novels, sailing novels and war novels. Should anyone want any recommendations for sailing yarns, I have a few shelves-full to talk about. I sold our sloop a few years back, but still hanker for the feeling of getting something for nothing as you learn to match mainsheet and tiller against each other. Sailing is entirely a matter of understanding trade-offs. Aerofoils and drag in a much coarser form than in aircraft design, but otherwise the same thing. Think of it as exactly the same calculations, except your lift device is in a very low viscosity medium, and nearly all your drag is in a high viscosity medium. Now add tides and rocks and you get it!
[size=85]I learnt on a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_Rocket]Merlin Rocket[/url], went on to a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_(dinghy)]Graduate[/url], and then a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Moth]British Moth[/url]. Last boat was a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGregor_26]MacGregor 26[/url].[/size]
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I learned on a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_(dinghy)]Mirror[/url], then sailed [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_12]National 12s[/url]. After that I graduated to larger wessels, and crewed for subsistence for on and offshore racers. My favourite boat I ever worked was the Arethusa (see the last line of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaftesbury_Homes_and_Arethusa#Training_Ships]this paragraph[/url]). I actually take issue with the designation of a ketch, since I am almost 100% certain she was a yawl, where the steering post goes down in front of the mizzen, rather than behind. In fact, having done some more research, it looks like the ketch is now [url=https://cirdantrust.org/faramir/]Faramir[/url], and the yawl seems to have dropped from history. sailed on her about ten times in the mid '70s.