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I name this boat....

ellistine — GMT

This March I took up sailing as a means to fill in the gap between winters. It turns out I actually quite like sailing to the point that today I took delivery of a Laser Vago sailing dinghy. Of course a boat needs a name so after much deliberation we decided to name it after a member of the German womens ski team. Who did we choose? http://www.fis-ski.com/fr/605/614.html?sector=AL&competitorid=10037&type=result

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caron-a — GMT

forename or surname? :lol: if you ever happen to go to the gocek area of turkey ask them about black wednesday 2006... closest to death I've ever felt

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Tony_H — GMT

Keith. You are officially mental.

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ellistine — GMT

carona-a wrote:

forename or surname?

You couldn't have one without the other!

carona-a wrote:

black wednesday 2006... closest to death I've ever felt

I'm thinking it's probably best not to know??

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Tony_H — GMT

Did you know that Fanny Chmelar does not translate in German to smelly fanny?

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ellistine — GMT

I know but it made me chuckle as I was filling out the insurance application :lol:

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caron-a — GMT

ellistine wrote:

carona-a wrote:

black wednesday 2006... closest to death I've ever felt
I'm thinking it's probably best not to know??

look away now if you don't want to know....... wednesday, 11th october 2006, wind 56 knots, gale force 11 - me with my boys (9 and 5 at the time) in life jackets on a portside birth, starboard portholes submerged, husband and father in law trying to pull the sails in, jenny(?) in shreds. one boat in our flotilla couldn't turn and was heading out into the med, they were rescued and didn't get back on the boat. another one crashed into rocks and had to change boats, they were back with us the next day. lots of stories were told in sarsarla that night. one man, who was sitting comfortably with his g and t, described it as sounding like a train coming through the trees. it was very quick and very freaky! beats sitting on a beach reading a book! :-D

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ellistine — GMT

Yikes! I think I'll stick with sailing the Dinghy within the confines of Portland Harbour.

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Tony_H — GMT

caron-a wrote:

ellistine wrote:

carona-a wrote:

black wednesday 2006... closest to death I've ever felt
I'm thinking it's probably best not to know??
look away now if you don't want to know....... wednesday, 11th october 2006, wind 56 knots, gale force 11 - me with my boys (9 and 5 at the time) in life jackets on a portside birth, starboard portholes submerged, husband and father in law trying to pull the sails in, jenny(?) in shreds. one boat in our flotilla couldn't turn and was heading out into the med, they were rescued and didn't get back on the boat. another one crashed into rocks and had to change boats, they were back with us the next day. lots of stories were told in sarsarla that night. one man, who was sitting comfortably with his g and t, described it as sounding like a train coming through the trees. it was very quick and very freaky! beats sitting on a beach reading a book! :-D

I'll stick to the book on the beach. Rhodes, here we come....

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Mike from NS — GMT

Keith, You are going to have a blast with your new water craft :D: Should you, by chance, get blown out to sea and as far as Halifax, N.S. - let me know and I'll be very happy to show you around the area :!: "The Vago comes in two versions one of them has more sail area and a trapeze." Which version did you go with? If the second is the one, I hope it comes with a seat belt :shock: It will fly. She isn't a canoe - you have a speed machine on your hands. :thumbup: :thumbup: Have fun, Mike :wink:

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ellistine — GMT

Hello Mike, It's the XD with the big sail, big gennaka and trapeze. It's scaring the cr*!p out of me at the moment but occasionaly it lifts out of the water and shoots off which is such an amazing sensation. However this is mostly followed by a heart stopper as it suddenly leans back into the wind with both of us still hanging of the side :shock: How did this end up on a skiing forum!?! :D

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Mike from NS — GMT

ellistine wrote:

Hello Mike, How did this end up on a skiing forum!?! :D

Keith, Anything of a thrilling nature should be fair game in the off season :lol: This boat looks thrilling :!: The review on your dinghy in Sailing World has all kinds of good things to say about it. They call it a "rocketship" which is "a ton of fun to sail". If you ski with a helmet then you may want to keep it handy for when the boom swings your way. Arrrggg me hearty - it's time to plot a course for Halifax, in the New World :!: :mrgreen: Mike :wink:

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Hirsty — GMT

God bless this ship and all who sail in her

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Mike from NS — GMT

Hirsty wrote:

God bless this ship and all who sail in her

Absolutely :!: :thumbup: :thumbup: And by the way... here's where Keith may be heading in a few years!! :shock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OVujIQ7tFk Keep your ski goggles handy :!: Mike :wink:

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Salski — GMT

Congratulations Ellistine on your new purchase - I'm sure you have found a worthy distraction to occupy you during the warmer months. I'm not sure how this discussion has evolved on a skiing forum - but please can I join in? We are off to North Norfolk this weekend to launch our Swift 18. She's not such a blast as your Vago - more like cruising on well groomed pistes rather than back country skiing in deep powder :? When we are on a ski lift my husband always says 'Ready About'as we approach the final tower & we all say 'Lee-ho'as the bar is lifted. I'm sure there are numerous nautical terms that could be applied to skiing & vice-versa. I know I've capsized numerous times in both dinghies & on skis!! Do you plan to get into racing? If so, good luck with the rules!

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ellistine — GMT

No plans for racing at the moment. I hear Rule 42 is a popular one! I'm finding it quite similar to skiing in that it's all about the turns. Going straight is the easy bit. At the moment the sailing is a lot scarier than the skiing though :shock:

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ellistine — GMT

Mike from NS wrote:

And by the way... here's where Keith may be heading in a few years!! :shock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OVujIQ7tFk

Hopefully more like this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4lXdVS697DQ This is the same boat - but with people who know what they're doing.

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Mike from NS — GMT

Keith, Great video showing the fun you are about to have --- I can hear it even has a motor :shock: :wink: Sailing is similar to skiing in a few ways: We are out in the fresh air enjoying the "great out-of-doors in both sports. We read the ski hill to choose our path just as we read the wind on the water to plot our course. Both undertakings have thrilling moments just as they do have soothimg ones. We recall the great events of each season since it is recalling over and over these events that keep us sane during the off season. Both are dependant on using water for the medium in different forms for some of the best fun a person can have on this planet. In both cases we use the term "crusing" to describe our feelings or our travelling time. Sailing is skiing without the skis just as skiing is sailing without the boat. :roll: OK - that's a stretch. :mrgreen: And both sports have been well documented in magazines dedicated to the sport. Mike

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Tony_H — GMT

Can I just say that sailing is about as similar to skiing, as football is to horse racing. As an avid skier, I have no interest whatsoever in sailing. The only thing that goes on water I have any interest in is a cross channel ferry.

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ellistine — GMT

Two months ago I would have agreed with you completely - except I wouldn't have liked the cross channel ferry either. Perhaps I got hit on the head in Sauze or something

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Mike from NS — GMT

Oh, Tony, Don't say that. :shock:,:cry: It is best to keep an open mind. When you get the chance to go sailing with Keith and feel the wind on your face (like when on skis) with the splash of the salt water ... you too may change your mind :shock: ! Another couple of similarities is we "tune" the skis and the sails are "tuned" as well. We all wax our skis and wax the hull too. In both cases we control gravity and wind for some "fun times". I have a speed boat but now (getting older) prefer the quiet of a canoe and the thrill of sailing. Give it a try Tony, I'm sure you will love it :!: Mike :wink:

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Salski — GMT

....and don't forget the obsessive watching of weather forecasts! If it's not snow depth, quality & freezing levels It's wind speed & direction :roll: By the way - wasn't it Tony_H who looked like a scuba diver in his last avatar?

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ellistine — GMT

I'm going to let Tony off. He's from Peterborough. Very inland. He had never seen the sea until he was 32. :wink:

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Mike from NS — GMT

Salski, Of course :!: The weather and watching it - the most common element to any outdoor sport :!: How did I miss that one. :oops: :mrgreen: It sure looked like SCUBA attire to me too :shock: :!: Keith, Just look how unique Tony would be in Peterborough when he told his friends he was going sailing for the weekend. :!: There were once people visiting NS from Alberta (inland Canada) and we had the famed "Bluenose" lined up for a harbour tour. It lurched at the wharf in a swell and they refused to take the "3 hour tour". We must respect others' concerns.. :roll: Mike :wink:

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Tony_H — GMT

You lot can keep your smelly dirty sea and those silly little fibreglass bath tubs that you get into on it. Living by the sea doesnt mean you have to sail, just like living "inland" doesnt mean you have never seen the sea either :roll: Anyway, no thanks. Not for me. I did an outbound pursuits course as a teenager, and sailed a Topper and a Wayfairer (sp???) and found it most dull and unpleasant. If I want to go across some water, I will drive over a bridge :mrgreen: I see what you meant about the scuba gear in my previous avatar. Goggles and hood up, with the arm of a chairlift behind me, which people obviously mistook at a snorkel :D Diving is a different thing altogether. The Red Sea was stunning to sit by and dive under. But diving and sailing are 2 totally different things. By the way Mike, there are plenty of places around Peterborough to sail. You dont just need the sea. We have Ferry Meadows Country Park and Rutland Water for starters. No sea for a good hour though.

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Trencher — GMT

Mike, you have to understand that the very proximity of Tony to Rutland Water explains a lot, especially his viewing habits on weekends..... http://youtube.com/watch?v=hU0QZQRTNr0 Trencher

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Mike from NS — GMT

Tony, If it's not for you, then - it's not for you! I guess the rolling of the sea isn't beckoning to "thee" :D Ahhh - that fresh salty air :roll: I sense some "serious" kidding going on here :lol:. But for a bathtub on water look at the far end of Canada for this: http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/BRITISH%20COLUMBIA/NanaimoBathTubRace.html :shock: Some people will do anything to test their life insurance policy :mrgreen: Thencher, I know we have some terrible television here (Canada)but this program you brought to attention is just plain strange and it may explain a lot - if you say so... (real exercise on the ears!); and we do have some strange stuff here too. However - this one may be worth a look - at least through the "net" http://www.skitelevision.com/default.aspx :-) Mike :wink:

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ellistine — GMT

Rutland Water gets mentioned a lot on the sailing forums. Supposed to be good there. Tony, perhaps Kim and I should drag Fanny Chmelar 'Oop North' for a beer and a sail during the summer.

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caron-a — GMT

I'm not a sailor but do as I'm instructed and plan to learn one day. There are very few feelings like being on an expanse of water surrounded by beautiful coast and islands. with not a person or boat in sight, heading for a restaurant that you can't reach by road, the sails whistling and the spray keeping you cool. One such day my youngest was at the wheel singing away to himself and I turned to my husband to say that this was a moment I wanted to capture in my memory bank and keep forever. Coincidentally, a photo was taken at that precise moment of me saying those words so it's there in multi colour. It's one of my favourite photos. 8)

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Tony_H — GMT

ellistine wrote:

Rutland Water gets mentioned a lot on the sailing forums. Supposed to be good there. Tony, perhaps Kim and I should drag Fanny Chmelar 'Oop North' for a beer and a sail during the summer.

Now thats the best idea you have had since January. Particularly the Beer part.

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tino_11 — GMT

hehe, I love being on the water. My old man lives down on the Costa Brava and has a 29ft twin deisel engined modern fishing boat with a semi-displacement hull. Will do about 30 knots on a flat sea, so is more than adequate for water skiing or wake-boarding. He has been moaning that I have not been to vist for over 2 years, so I sent him an email sying as soon as he gets the boat rigged so I can try one of these I will be down like a flash :)

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Tony_H — GMT

Tino, where abouts on the Coast Brava? I have been visiting a little fishing village down there for the past 9 years or so, called Calelle de Palafrugell, south of Rosas and north of Palamos, almost directly east of Girona. Next village up is Llafranc, stunningly gorgeous place.

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tino_11 — GMT

My folks live in Rosas, on the hill overlooking the new harbour! My old man has his boat at Emporiabrava (wher i did my first freefall parachute). my sister and significant other live there also, they are both scuba diving instructors. The coastline around that area is stunning, especially up towards the French border. What time of year do you get over to Calelle de Palafrugell?

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Tony_H — GMT

tino_11 wrote:

My folks live in Rosas, on the hill overlooking the new harbour! My old man has his boat at Emporiabrava (wher i did my first freefall parachute). my sister and significant other live there also, they are both scuba diving instructors. The coastline around that area is stunning, especially up towards the French border. What time of year do you get over to Calelle de Palafrugell?

We used to holiday just between Rosas and Empuriabrava for a few years, and then ended up stumbling across Calella de Palafrugel one day when taking a drive out. Its such a gorgeous little place, and we are usually there between 25th May approx and around 7th June. Unfortunately, this year we are not going because flight prices have rocketed, and not all the family are able to make it, which is a shame as it has become something of an annual pilgrimage for many years. Its the first time in about 12 years we wont be going :(

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tino_11 — GMT

Shame you will not be going Tony, it's a beautiful part of the world :) The prices on Ryanair have become a joke, there is a direct flight from Baden-karlsruhe to Girona which I used to use, but it has become prohibitively expensive now unless you fly mid-week to mid-week, which I can't normally.

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bandit — GMT

Hmmmm, slightly off-topic, but just flown in from Valencia today. Easyjet, only half full. Flight out only 2/3 full, can't help feeling that the lo-co's can't keep this up. Price was fine though. Tino_11, looked at Rosas and surrounds about 4 years ago, out of our price bracket, ended up buying a place 2 hours south of Barcelona. Just had a week full of Chubasco's :shock:

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Tony_H — GMT

Tend to agree about the so called cheap airlines. Now that Ryanair and Easyjet are adding extras on for baggage etc, their flights are no longer what I would call low cost. Yes, you can still get the odd bargain if you travel light or are a business user, but I cant seem to get anywhere for under £100 return for what I would call a worthwhile trip. I have even found Thomson or First Choice cheaper to a lot of destinations nowadays, if you book flights and hotels seperately. For instance, 1 weeks in Skiathos in Sept, online package price £846 per person (yes, its a posh hotel). However, booking the same flights and the hotel seperately, it came out to £374 per person. That is a ridiculous saving, and just goes to show ot does pay to spend the time looking into things in more detail.

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Mike from NS — GMT

ellistine, Have you named your boat yet ?? I have a little story about a sailing boat which sailed from the UK to Nova Scotia in 1930. It was a ketch called "Seaplane". The story is that the owner, G.F.G. Plooard was planning a trip to the US to take part in a race from Boston to Halifax. He was in a pub talking up his plans and searching for a couple of crew mates. Anyway, he ended up in Bedford Basin which today can be seen in this web cam site:http://cam.artmosher.ca/ Maybe "Seaplane" may be a name to consider. There is more to the story which I'll send you via PM. Mike :wink:

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Rossfra8 — GMT

Bandit-budget airlines make their money in the peak times, and lose money in the off-season. Would regard just now as "off season" so wouldn't imagine them being full.

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bandit — GMT

Rossfra8 wrote:

Bandit-budget airlines make their money in the peak times, and lose money in the off-season. Would regard just now as "off season" so wouldn't imagine them being full.

Been flying into Valencia on budget airlines for a number of years.Used to fly there on BA, but they pulled the service. Last year we started seeing empty seats on Thomsonfly, this year they pulled the service-coincidence, maybe. Now seeing empty seats on Easyjet. Until last year, all the flights we used were pretty full. It's not really a big touristy airport, so scheduled operators, should not have too many peaks and troughs.