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- Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:35 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Toe in the water; I've got a blog
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15446
Re: Toe in the water; I've got a blog
Thanks Rupert for the kind words on the blog. The Moth class wasn't the only singlehander in North America demolished by the Laser. The OK dinghy had a very strong presence on the West Coast of the U.S. in the 1960's and featured a crop of very talented young sailors, Rick Grajirena, Steve Toschi (w...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:27 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Baltic Wharf
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18791
Re: Baltic Wharf
Ian, Sorry, I was looking at the 2016 Baltic Wharf results where the Europe was rated faster at 100 and the Shelley and the other low-rider Moth was at 101. Maybe things have been switched up in 2017? Since the U.S. Classic Moth sails with the low rig and prohibits wings of any sort, we have narrowe...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:13 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Baltic Wharf
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18791
Re: Baltic Wharf
I guess I can start a PY war from across the pond. In our Classic Moth class we find our Gen 1 (Shelley's, Cates designs) well matched with the Olympic Europe, a design which also fills out our Gen 1 fleet. I see at Baltic Wharf you had the Europe rated slightly faster. I would have rated the Shelle...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 3:27 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Elvstrom Junior - Cat-rigged Dinghy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5648
Re: Elvstrom Junior - Cat-rigged Dinghy
Oops! Cut and paste mumble-jumble. This should be the correct link.
http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/2016/11 ... inghy.html
Sorry for the confusion.
RLM
http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/2016/11 ... inghy.html
Sorry for the confusion.
RLM
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 3:24 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Elvstrom Junior - Cat-rigged Dinghy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5648
Elvstrom Junior - Cat-rigged Dinghy
Anyone come across this dinghy, one of Elvstrom's creations?
http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/2015/10 ... nguin.html
RLM
http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/2015/10 ... nguin.html
RLM
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:38 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Old International 14 Dinghy
- Replies: 25
- Views: 28325
Re: Old International 14 Dinghy
Received an email last week that Tom Vaughan, International 14 class stalwart and preeminent class historian, had died, age 92. I've never met him but was glad he put together his little 14 history book, meticulously researched, with plenty of photos. I refer to that little book often.
Rod
Rod
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:14 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Old International 14 Dinghy
- Replies: 25
- Views: 28325
Re: Old International 14 Dinghy
Ian Bruce was building 14's over in North America out of foam core in the late 60's. His knowledge of foam core construction for dinghies allowed him to slap a foam core deck on the Laser. We were experimenting with double trapezes on the old style 14's (Kirby III's, IV's, V's, Souter Casson's, even...
- Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:27 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Are we ready for reproductions yet?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 27970
Re: Are we ready for reproductions yet?
I see our Classic Moth class in the USA has been mentioned in this thread. Quite frankly, if we had just allowed restorations (our Vintage wing in your terminology) we would have been long gone. As David H. has mentioned, Mothboats from the 50's (our cutoff for vintage) are a pain in the ass to main...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:05 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8614
Re: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
Jim, Thanks for the instructions. I haven't been so geeky to attempt something like that but it does seem the technology is pervasive enough so that anyone could, with some learning of software, construct such a VMG chart. Back when I was racing the Nethercott IC, my downwind angles were hotter than...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:44 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Most likely not an Uffa, but......
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6750
Re: Most likely not an Uffa, but......
Best guess from my end is the Dutch BM 16m2 (not even close to an Uffa). The mast tabernacle is very typical of Dutch dinghies since they had to traverse under a fair number of bridges to get to sailing waters.
RLM
RLM
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:31 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Most likely not an Uffa, but......
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6750
Most likely not an Uffa, but......
A friend sent me this listing for a 21' sailboat in Michigan USA. My feeling is that the Uffa heritage got tacked on willy-nilly to make it more attractive, but then I could be wrong.
http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/43477
RLM
http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/43477
RLM
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:42 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8614
Re: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
Rupert - Unfortunately I'm a seat of the pants sailor as well but I think it's time to get some hard data. Hiking singlehanders are sort of the exception since they require higher angles to achieve higher speed (then say the two man spin boats or the assyms which are happy with windward-leewards). I...
- Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:05 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8614
Re: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
Granted there may not be one "best" angle but given the current technology we should have a better idea for our various classes what angle, depending on wind strength, works best. I must admit I'm one of the guilty as I've never tried collecting that data before. Most hiking singlehanders ...
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:20 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8614
Re: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
My D Course for planing singlehanders:
RLM
RLM
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:17 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8614
Planing angles for hiking singlehanders
There is an interesting discussion over on my blog on courses for planing singlehanders when the wind is up. http://www.earwigoagin.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-d-or-dammit-course-revisited.html My question for the astute and knowledgeable members of this forum; What are the best angles to the true wind...