"Michael,
From experience over three keel boats a fully battened main is almost a requirement.
Not only will it make dropping the sail into the boom bag far easier it certainly reduces any flogging and vastly lengthens the life of the sail. While…"
Whats that on the horizon you ask? Lets go see
If we turned on the radio we could of heard the nuclear sub hailing us to stay away! Me at the helm of a Little Harbor 52 (sweet)
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Comment by Ocean Girl on May 29, 2009 at 10:46pm
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Curiosity killed the cat.... or at least get it in a lot of trouble. :)
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Comment by Liv on May 27, 2009 at 10:38pm
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Oh.. trouble.. LOL This reminds me of the time, long ago, when we wanted to picnic on a Yoguslavian millitary shooting/training range..ha ha.. Being curious tourists we found a 'quiet' place to park on the side of the road, couldn't read the 'funny' signs and were suddenly surrounded by soldiers with machine guns, loudly yelling at us.
We got the message...:-)
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We had just come in from the Atlantic (Northeast passage into the Bahamas), we were waiting for the sun to get higher before making our approach. I spotted the sub and decided to get a closer look. As we got closer the sub increased speed to keep the regulation distance from us. Some of the crew on the sub were on deck trying to get some fresh air and sunning themselves on the bow. When I got close enough to get a good look thru the binox I saw the waves crashing over the bow and the crew scrambling to get down below. I realized that we might want to turn the radio on. Well, lets just say they gave us a sound tongue lashing that made us famous in the anchorage. Everyone we met from taxi driver to store clerk would say “Oh you’re the sailboat Reliance”
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Comment by David Royall on May 27, 2009 at 9:37am
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LOL... I would like to hear more about how that little encounter turned-out.
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