The sailing thread! - Page 9

Aktungbby · 09-03-20, 01:55 AM

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Touchy, touchy, touchy,...

^Touché, Touché, Touché to this (very) ol' swashbuckler!

vienna · 09-03-20, 05:04 AM

Kinda resembles me, except the hair is a bit short and the nose is a bit long...

<O>

Jimbuna · 09-03-20, 05:54 AM

Gargamel · 09-06-20, 01:11 AM

Not any sailing in this Clip (although the P-3 AEW is pretty cool), but the whole series is about some people who sold all their stuff, Bought a boat, now sail around the world for fun. This is episode is one of the few when they're stuck in isolation with a few other cruisers in the Bahamas.

Gerald · 09-07-20, 03:26 PM

Skybird · 09-07-20, 04:03 PM

Do you still sail - or do you already soar?

Gerald · 09-07-20, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Do you still sail - or do you already soar?

Just like you "Soaring". Nice picture.

Gerald · 09-08-20, 06:06 PM

Wow...not so fast

Narrow passage and strong winds in Privlaka Mali Lošinj, Croatia

Capraia Hafeneinfahrt

Catfish · 09-09-20, 03:34 AM

Some hairy situations entering narrow harbour entrances .. i remember entering the harbour at Gedser (Falster) in storm. While we were lucky and stopped and moored right at the head of a landing stage, another boat was blown between two stages and not able to turn, with wind coming strong from behind.
While trying to turn, the plastic hull was pressed sideways against a pole, and literally folded around it, leaving a big 'kink' in the side, with splintering deck and a lot of other damage.
After seeing this i prefer to ride it out on sea under such conditions..

vienna · 09-09-20, 05:59 AM

All those clips of sail boats in distress reminded me of something I saw when I was kid in San Francisco; there used to be a huge structure called the Sutro Baths on the Pacific side of SF, right near and below what is called Land's End; right of the shore to the West is a grouping of Rocks known as Seal Rocks (its easy to guess why it has that name) and the shoreline around that area and to the North has been the site of several shipwrecks, some of them major and fatal, owing to the often turbulent waters; the Sutro Baths was a glassed-in building built in the 1890s as an indoor mammoth series of salt water swimming and bathing pools; in later years, the pools were converted to indoor ice skating rinks, which is what I knew them as growing up in the 1950s; there were all sorts of observation decks located all over the West end of the building, facing out into the Pacific; one day, I was looking through one of the telescopes (IIRC, abut 5 cents for about 10 minutes of viewing) when there was a sudden agitation in the people off to one side of myself; they were pointing out to the ocean and I turned the telescope in the direction of the pointing; there was a sailing fishing boat and it had lost its main topmast and was dragging the wreckage on its port side; people in the Baths watched, horrified, as the boat drifted towards the rocks, then disappeared behind them; it eventually emerged past the rock, but was obviously further damaged; people were calling out for the building security people to call the authorities about the wreck; some ran off to find pay phones (no cell phones in those days) to make emergency calls; the boat limped further northward and disappeared beyond the point...

In the nearly 60 years since that happened, I don't recall what the ultimate fate was of the fishing boat and I don't recall any news reports of casualties, so my best guess is it either managed to limp into the Bay on its own or was aided by some local or Federal rescuers; still, the sight of seeing the crippled boat disappear behind the Seal Rocks and reappear damaged is still a strong memory...

<O>

Catfish · 09-09-20, 01:25 PM

The Flying P liner "Peking" has finished restoration and is being towed to its new mooring place in Hamburg.
She was built in 1911 and has had a quite a past, not all of the P series survived. One is still sailing under the name Krusenshtern under russian flag

Short history of the P Liners

Restoration after 40 years:

Jimbuna · 09-09-20, 01:36 PM

Gerald · 09-10-20, 01:30 AM

Koopmans frisian 46 - Sirion de aanloop naar vlieland

Storm 18 januari 2007 Bataviahaven Lelystad Bounty en Hartstocht

Laboe Sturm 29.10.2017 wütet im Yachthafen, Ostsee Hafen

Mediterranean mooring problems in Poros

Use the bow propeller for god's sake.

Jimbuna · 09-10-20, 07:27 AM

Gerald · 09-10-20, 10:01 AM

Nice.

09-03-20, 05:04 AM	#122
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,498 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Kinda resembles me, except the hair is a bit short and the nose is a bit long... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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09-06-20, 01:11 AM	#124
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Not any sailing in this Clip (although the P-3 AEW is pretty cool), but the whole series is about some people who sold all their stuff, Bought a boat, now sail around the world for fun. This is episode is one of the few when they're stuck in isolation with a few other cruisers in the Bahamas. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

09-07-20, 03:26 PM	#125
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09-07-20, 04:03 PM	#126
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09-08-20, 06:06 PM	#128
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,220 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	Wow...not so fast Narrow passage and strong winds in Privlaka Mali Lošinj, Croatia Capraia Hafeneinfahrt __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-09-20, 03:34 AM	#129
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,894 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Some hairy situations entering narrow harbour entrances .. i remember entering the harbour at Gedser (Falster) in storm. While we were lucky and stopped and moored right at the head of a landing stage, another boat was blown between two stages and not able to turn, with wind coming strong from behind. While trying to turn, the plastic hull was pressed sideways against a pole, and literally folded around it, leaving a big 'kink' in the side, with splintering deck and a lot of other damage. After seeing this i prefer to ride it out on sea under such conditions.. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

09-09-20, 05:59 AM	#130
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,498 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	All those clips of sail boats in distress reminded me of something I saw when I was kid in San Francisco; there used to be a huge structure called the Sutro Baths on the Pacific side of SF, right near and below what is called Land's End; right of the shore to the West is a grouping of Rocks known as Seal Rocks (its easy to guess why it has that name) and the shoreline around that area and to the North has been the site of several shipwrecks, some of them major and fatal, owing to the often turbulent waters; the Sutro Baths was a glassed-in building built in the 1890s as an indoor mammoth series of salt water swimming and bathing pools; in later years, the pools were converted to indoor ice skating rinks, which is what I knew them as growing up in the 1950s; there were all sorts of observation decks located all over the West end of the building, facing out into the Pacific; one day, I was looking through one of the telescopes (IIRC, abut 5 cents for about 10 minutes of viewing) when there was a sudden agitation in the people off to one side of myself; they were pointing out to the ocean and I turned the telescope in the direction of the pointing; there was a sailing fishing boat and it had lost its main topmast and was dragging the wreckage on its port side; people in the Baths watched, horrified, as the boat drifted towards the rocks, then disappeared behind them; it eventually emerged past the rock, but was obviously further damaged; people were calling out for the building security people to call the authorities about the wreck; some ran off to find pay phones (no cell phones in those days) to make emergency calls; the boat limped further northward and disappeared beyond the point... In the nearly 60 years since that happened, I don't recall what the ultimate fate was of the fishing boat and I don't recall any news reports of casualties, so my best guess is it either managed to limp into the Bay on its own or was aided by some local or Federal rescuers; still, the sight of seeing the crippled boat disappear behind the Seal Rocks and reappear damaged is still a strong memory... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

09-09-20, 01:25 PM	#131
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,894 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	The Flying P liner "Peking" has finished restoration and is being towed to its new mooring place in Hamburg. She was built in 1911 and has had a quite a past, not all of the P series survived. One is still sailing under the name Krusenshtern under russian flag Short history of the P Liners Restoration after 40 years: __________________ >^..^<)))>{ All generalizations are wrong. Last edited by Catfish; 09-09-20 at 01:52 PM.*

09-09-20, 01:36 PM	#132
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09-10-20, 01:30 AM	#133
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,220 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	Difficult situation....and harsh! Koopmans frisian 46 - Sirion de aanloop naar vlieland Storm 18 januari 2007 Bataviahaven Lelystad Bounty en Hartstocht Laboe Sturm 29.10.2017 wütet im Yachthafen, Ostsee Hafen Mediterranean mooring problems in Poros Use the bow propeller for god's sake. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-10-20, 07:27 AM	#134
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09-10-20, 10:01 AM	#135
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,220 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	Nice. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie