Comments for NauticEd Blog http://www.nauticed.org/blog NauticEd online sailing school blog. Get a sailing certification with NauticEd. Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Stopping Rounding Up Dead in it’s Tracks by admin http://www.nauticed.org/blog/sailtrim/stopping-rounding-up-dead-in-its-tracks/comment-page-1/#comment-149 admin Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:05:53 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=807#comment-149 Andrew, You're welcome. Understanding is memorizing! :) If you pull the boom above centerline with the traveler, you have to let the main sheet out to let the boom back to centerline. This lengthens the main sheet which raises the boom up - which takes tension off the leech (back) of the sail - which allows twist. Grant Andrew,

You’re welcome. Understanding is memorizing! :)

If you pull the boom above centerline with the traveler, you have to let the main sheet out to let the boom back to centerline. This lengthens the main sheet which raises the boom up – which takes tension off the leech (back) of the sail – which allows twist.

Grant

]]> Comment on Stopping Rounding Up Dead in it’s Tracks by Andrew Gil http://www.nauticed.org/blog/sailtrim/stopping-rounding-up-dead-in-its-tracks/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Andrew Gil Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:40:38 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=807#comment-148 Grant, This is amazing AND incredible. I am foredeck crew on a Catalina 30', and was asking the Skippper JUST last Sunday to explain the finer points of working the traveler vs. the main sheet, if the boom ends up in the exactly the same place relative to the axis of the boat. He launched right into sail twist and, while I could follow and understand everything he was saying, it wasn't until just now that I had any real understanding of the forces behind sail twist. Now I don't just have the answer memorized but I UNDERSTAND it. THANKS! Grant, This is amazing AND incredible. I am foredeck crew on a Catalina 30′, and was asking the Skippper JUST last Sunday to explain the finer points of working the traveler vs. the main sheet, if the boom ends up in the exactly the same place relative to the axis of the boat. He launched right into sail twist and, while I could follow and understand everything he was saying, it wasn’t until just now that I had any real understanding of the forces behind sail twist. Now I don’t just have the answer memorized but I UNDERSTAND it. THANKS!

]]> Comment on Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 5 by Peter Martin http://www.nauticed.org/blog/bareboat-charter/chronicles-of-a-sailing-yacht-charter-week-in-the-bvi%e2%80%99s-day-5/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Peter Martin Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:03:06 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=606#comment-142 An informative blog. Really very good . Thanks for it. Find more about boat at _____________________________________________________ http://www.bestboatpoint.com An informative blog. Really very good .
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]]> Comment on True Wind versus Apparent Wind by learning to sail with electronic wind meters | NauticEd Blog http://www.nauticed.org/blog/skipper/true-wind-versus-apparent-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-138 learning to sail with electronic wind meters | NauticEd Blog Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:15:05 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=766#comment-138 [...] Apparent. For a discussion on True vs Apparent Wind see the NauticEd Skipper Course or this blog http://www.nauticed.org/blog/skipper/true-wind-versus-apparent-wind/ The green and red don’t mean any thing other than green is the starboard side of the boat and [...] [...] Apparent. For a discussion on True vs Apparent Wind see the NauticEd Skipper Course or this blog http://www.nauticed.org/blog/skipper/true-wind-versus-apparent-wind/ The green and red don’t mean any thing other than green is the starboard side of the boat and [...]

]]> Comment on Furling a head sail in high winds by admin http://www.nauticed.org/blog/sailtrim/furling-a-head-sail-in-high-winds/comment-page-1/#comment-137 admin Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:40:14 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=1102#comment-137 Great Idea- Thanks for the input on that. Great Idea- Thanks for the input on that.

]]> Comment on Furling a head sail in high winds by wsailing1 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/sailtrim/furling-a-head-sail-in-high-winds/comment-page-1/#comment-136 wsailing1 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:46:40 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=1102#comment-136 Good info - I've done this several times. You do have to use caution, as too many wraps equal a jammed drum when you pull the sail out. We teach our students to get the boat on a broad reach when furling the jib in any significant wind, as this causes the jib to be blanketed by the main and makes furling much easier. Tony - Windward Sailing Good info – I’ve done this several times. You do have to use caution, as too many wraps equal a jammed drum when you pull the sail out. We teach our students to get the boat on a broad reach when furling the jib in any significant wind, as this causes the jib to be blanketed by the main and makes furling much easier. Tony – Windward Sailing

]]> Comment on Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 5 by yachtdavits http://www.nauticed.org/blog/bareboat-charter/chronicles-of-a-sailing-yacht-charter-week-in-the-bvi%e2%80%99s-day-5/comment-page-1/#comment-130 yachtdavits Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:07:43 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=606#comment-130 hi it is very nice topic Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter and spring line moving around a lot and created potentially. hi
it is very nice topic Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter and spring line moving around a lot and created potentially.

]]> Comment on A Stopper Knot in Time Saves … by admin http://www.nauticed.org/blog/sailtrim/a-stopper-knot-in-time-saves-%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-129 admin Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:26:21 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=910#comment-129 The stopper knot is also known as the figure 8 knot - sorry - I should have made that clear. The stopper knot is also known as the figure 8 knot – sorry – I should have made that clear.

]]> Comment on There are two types of Sailors by meisenstadt http://www.nauticed.org/blog/bareboat-charter/there-are-two-types-of-sailors/comment-page-1/#comment-128 meisenstadt Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:55:10 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=949#comment-128 Great stuff - we've got a similar 'thread-the-needle' choice situation near our sailing waters in Plymouth Sound, UK. 'Long way round' adds an extra few miles, but definitely worth it for the peace of mind! Great stuff – we’ve got a similar ‘thread-the-needle’ choice situation near our sailing waters in Plymouth Sound, UK. ‘Long way round’ adds an extra few miles, but definitely worth it for the peace of mind!

]]> Comment on A Stopper Knot in Time Saves … by Alex Assouline http://www.nauticed.org/blog/sailtrim/a-stopper-knot-in-time-saves-%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Alex Assouline Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:47:21 +0000 http://www.nauticed.org/blog/?p=910#comment-126 this is great except your link to knots does not show any stopper knots : what am i missing ? where is the actual knot ? this is great except your link to knots does not show any stopper knots : what am i missing ? where is the actual knot ?

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