#8606
by screwtape » Sun Dec 08, 2019 12:10 pm
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.
[quote=Lsuoma post_id=493781 time= user_id=2]
[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
[/quote]
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]