Sailing

Slickcraft · 07-31-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

Every Thursday afternoon there are sailboat races on the lake. Yesterday the races were right in front of my camp on Welch. It was an awesome sight to see all those sails up with the sun setting in the background.

308, sort of looks like this?

Yes fun to watch.

Slick

NoBozo · 07-31-2009, 02:32 PM

I'm just picturing a fleet of sailboats (Thursday night racing) approaching the downwind "mark" in a Stiff Breeze with spinnakers set and doing 8-10 knots.... Maybe even faster if they are planing. Anyone who has ever raced can picture this colorful sight.

So how would the 150' rule work under those conditions...?? What with ALL those boats wanting to round the mark as close as possable and begin the upwind leg... and all the other boats in very close proximity as well. What's a sailor to do? Just wondering.

Actually since sailboat discussions are rarely brought up, and the 150' rule comes up so often, I thought I would bring it up as it might apply to sailboats.

ishoot308 · 07-31-2009, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

308, sort of looks like this?

Yes fun to watch.

Slick

Slickcraft;

Thats the EXACT sight I saw!!

It really was a beautiful evening!

Dan

07-31-2009, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

308, sort of looks like this?

Yes fun to watch.

Slick

Slickcraft,
Yes, that is just the type of view I was mentioning. A beautiful sight. Sorry if I hit a nerve in my post with a couple of the performance boaters. Did not mean it that way. In fact, a picture of the poker race discussed in the other thread would probably be just as colorful. As far as the "sharing" comment, I don't think that is fair. I had actually felt that the lake was not being shared until this year, but did not want to stir that nest. Actually, last year was pretty good too as the traffic seemed a lot slower than it had been for many years before. Don't know why. But this year has been markedly more sailor-friendly, and my goal was just to point that out so that anyone else still unsure about getting out there might be willing. Winnipesaukee had developed a reputation the past few years as being to too crazy for sailing, but that is just not the case anymore. Maybe crazy would have been a better "calibrated" word than unsafe.

07-31-2009, 02:32 PM	#2
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	I'm just picturing a fleet of sailboats (Thursday night racing) approaching the downwind "mark" in a Stiff Breeze with spinnakers set and doing 8-10 knots.... Maybe even faster if they are planing. Anyone who has ever raced can picture this colorful sight. So how would the 150' rule work under those conditions...?? What with ALL those boats wanting to round the mark as close as possable and begin the upwind leg... and all the other boats in very close proximity as well. What's a sailor to do? Just wondering. Actually since sailboat discussions are rarely brought up, and the 150' rule comes up so often, I thought I would bring it up as it might apply to sailboats.