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What's all this I hear about water ballast?
Dear Dr. Crash,
What's all this I hear about water ballast? In my experience it just makes the boat very sluggish and doesn't stabilize it very well. It also makes for a wet and cold day on the water.
Soggy in Sandusky
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Diving!
Our annual Turkeybowl race in Sandusky Bay. Gusty shifty winds mostly from the direction we needed to go to get back resulted in some poor jibes.
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Checking the centerboard for weed.
Sometimes I am a little too enthusiastic in ensuring that there is nothing wrapped around the centerboard and slowing me down.
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Hard to recover from here!
Yes that head does belong to the legs, and is still attached via a contorted body. The legs were 4 inches shorter than the day before and so missed the toe straps. Back to normal length now.
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Killer "B" Race version Bluenose Sloop Sunk in 80km winds
Dear Dr. Crash: I am having second thoughts about my open cockpit race version Bluenose Sloop. I know Roue' is Canada's most respected yacht designer and the yacht was originally designed with an open cockpit, but the McVay version self draining cockpit one that I also own made it through the 40 knot winds while the former did not.
What should I do? Stop sailing in winds past 25 knots? I can hear my Nova Scotia cousins growling at the thought as I type these very words.
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Woman overboard #03
Her red hat is going to get wet!
Event: J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta 09-08-12
Photo by Ann-E Blanchard
Host club Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Maine
Skipper/Helmsmen: Andrew Carey
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Woman overboard #06
Success!
Event: J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta 09-08-12
Photo by Ann-E Blanchard
Host club Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Maine
Skipper/Helmsmen: Andrew Carey
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Woman overboard #05
Almost out of the water!
Event: J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta 09-08-12
Photo by Ann-E Blanchard
Host club Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Maine
Skipper/Helmsmen: Andrew Carey
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Woman overboard #04
She is able to pull herself out of the water--not easy to do with so much pressure.
Event: J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta 09-08-12
Photo by Ann-E Blanchard
Host club Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Maine
Skipper/Helmsmen: Andrew Carey
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Woman overboard photo #02
Notice the woman underneath the boom
Event: J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta 09-08-12
Photo by Ann-E Blanchard
Host club Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Maine
Skipper/Helmsmen: Andrew Carey
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Woman overboard photo #01
During the J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta last weekend one of the crew on "Mr. Hankey" fell overboard and as able to scramble back on board before the the boat righted itself. The woman was unharmed and "Mr. Hankey" finished 7th overall
Event: J24 Fleet 43 Downeast Regatta 09-08-12
Photo by Ann-E Blanchard
Host club Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Maine
Skipper/Helmsmen: Andrew Carey
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Forklift Launch goes bad
Forklift spills boat into river
CHELSEA – An oversized forklift placing a boat into the Hudson River at the Chelsea Marina on Front Street in the Town of Wappinger flipped forward Friday, dumping the craft into the water.
Initial reports had said a crane had overturned and landed on a boat with one person trapped inside. But, when emergency services personnel arrived on the scene, they determined no one was injured and the incident involved the forklift.
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Rockland to Castine Maine Regatta
Windy start of the Rockland to Castine regatta cause "Beausoleil" beautiful spinaker to tear.
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Yellowjacket, Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship
Photo © Sara Proctor, www.sailfastphoto.com
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Yellowjacket, Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship
Photo © Sara Proctor, www.sailfastphoto.com
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Yellowjacket, Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship
Photo © Sara Proctor, www.sailfastphoto.com
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Yellowjacket, Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship
Photo © Sara Proctor, www.sailfastphoto.com
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Yellowjacket, Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship
Photo © Sara Proctor, www.sailfastphoto.com
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29er Pitchpole part 2
2nd part of the pitchpole with the boat straight up in the air and the rudder horizontal. Still hanging on.
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29er Pitchpole
Pitchpole in the attempted Miami Key Largo race 2012.
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SailMaine JO Sailing Festival Portland Maine
Great photo of one of the racers (sail number 11533) trying to keep up with the water coming in over the bow of his Opti during the Portland Yacht Club and SailMaine Junior Olympic Sailing Festival Northeast in Portland Maine. Photo by Ann E. Blanchard |
Red Wipeout at the 2011 M32 Gold Cup
Photo © Sara Proctor
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505 Wheelie
30 kts of breeze and 6 ft swells in Marblehead, MA on August 15th. Good day for a 505 sail. Bit of an issue when crew kicks tiller extension out of his skipper's hand.
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Beneteau 36.7 North American Championships - start line fun...
This is the start of Race 3 on Day 3 of the 29 boat North American Championships for the Beneteau 36.7 fleet. Chaos, bumping and grinding, and a general recall followed allowing everyone to recompose themselves...
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Viking Overboard
Andrew Spencer, sailing on Zingara in the Nantucket Opera House Cup, managed to keep his Irish Viking Hat on during the whole race. Too bad he was not able to keep HIMSELF on the boat for the whole race.
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