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[Re: Jake]
#217351 08/09/10 10:04 PM 08/09/10 10:04 PM |
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 329 Chicago, Illinois USA TEH
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Posts: 329 Chicago, Illinois USA | Sorry Jake, all I know is Mischa won the F18 race and Dan Felman/Jill Feldman won the F16.
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[Re: ewindsail]
#217359 08/10/10 07:16 AM 08/10/10 07:16 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | There is a lot of fog this morning much worse than yesterday and the wind is very light.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#217360 08/10/10 07:25 AM 08/10/10 07:25 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | your Yoda quote sounds more appropriate for today's forecast than ever!
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Racine Catamaran Championships 2010
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#217362 08/10/10 08:35 AM 08/10/10 08:35 AM |
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Posts: 1,246 Orlando, FL | Unfortunately, my boat was staked down and the mast rotator was taught. It pulled the nearly 4 feet of the auger out of the sand. More F18 than F16 flipped and they were staked down as well. Wind was howling. What I did learn was to stake down both sides using the trap wires.
Mark Thomson has loaned me his Blade mast and I am back in business. I use various anchor methods depending on the soil. For sand, I use 2x4 (about 2' long) with a line tied to them. I dig a hole in the sand to bury the 2x4 and then secure it to the trap line (same for the other side). If the ground is hard I use 18" screw anchors for each side and tie the line to the trap handle.
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#217363 08/10/10 10:24 AM 08/10/10 10:24 AM |
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 894 Branford, CT rhodysail
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Posts: 894 Branford, CT | Class Association meeting is in progress. NA F18 Class is now US F18 Class. The North American Championship will continue to be the North Americans.
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#217372 08/10/10 01:30 PM 08/10/10 01:30 PM |
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Posts: 329 Chicago, Illinois USA | I am going to do the 2X4 as well tonight. Don't want to lose another one.
I heard today that there was an F18 with two anchors with pretty big auger heads that went over as well. 54 mph winds.
Blade F16 USA 725
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#217381 08/10/10 06:06 PM 08/10/10 06:06 PM |
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Posts: 329 Chicago, Illinois USA | Don't know about the F18s, but the two F16s did have cattrax on the rear of the boat. Tonight we are both flat on the beach. Also, I found a 4X4 and buried it with a line attached to the dolphin striker and both trap lines on augers in at least 3 ft.
Blade F16 USA 725
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#217382 08/10/10 07:35 PM 08/10/10 07:35 PM |
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn Karl_Brogger
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Tom is prepared to bury his boat in concrete if it means his boat won't flip on the beach again.....
No races today, tomorrow, and sadly the rest of the week looks like shite as well.
I'm boatless.
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#217383 08/10/10 08:42 PM 08/10/10 08:42 PM |
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Posts: 613 New Hampshire, USA | I know that with A-Cats, they tie them down usually with dog screws (do not know if that is the correct term for the item) in the sand with the boat lashed to a couple of them and have seen it done a few other ways. Looking at a photo, I saw the Pease and jay had done that with their boat. Don't know if that began after the turmoil. Sorry to see the damage that happened.
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#217385 08/10/10 09:14 PM 08/10/10 09:14 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | on the beach, I use a couple of 30" auger style anchors available from Northern Tools for a pretty reasonable $7 each. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200336262_200336262On harder, more stable ground, I have a couple of 15" versions of the same auger. I've used the dog style screws for tie downs but I've broken three of the handles off while screwing them in the ground or trying to remove them from the ground. I've not had any trouble with the augers and a piece of conduit to form a "T" handle to work them into the ground.
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