Racing in Ocean Swells
When faced with large seas at the Thistle Midwinters West, the author learned firsthand the effect of unexpected apparent-wind changes, and how best to sail through them.
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When faced with large seas at the Thistle Midwinters West, the author learned firsthand the effect of unexpected apparent-wind changes, and how best to sail through them.
Tina L. Deptula shares photos from the 109-boat Thistle Nationals in Sandusky, Ohio.
Photographer Tina L. Deptula captured a classic example of a chaotic pinwheel at a mark with her photo from the 109-boat Thistle Nationals in Sandusky, Ohio.
After a winter’s worth of Saturdays and about a hundred sheets of sandpaper, the Sled is ready to splash.
With sailing season rapidly approaching, the pressure to finish work on the Sled intensifies.
Rehabbing the Thistle takes a long time when you don’t spend much time rehabbing the Thistle.
We didn’t have a white Christmas in Cleveland, so I put in some hours with the Sled.
Making repairs to the Sled is like entombing the boat’s battle scars beneath layers of epoxy and varnish.
The process of rehabbing my father’s Thistle may soon include a trip to the dentist.
Don’t miss this classic video from the Thistle class, as featured on Scuttlebutt this week, which documents some old-school one-design racing on Long Island Sound.
Don’t bother getting philosophical about sanding. Just get started.
Rehabbing my father’s wooden Thistle should be a relatively simple task. Or, at least, it would be for anyone but me.
When faced with large seas at the Thistle Midwinters West, the author learned firsthand the effect of unexpected apparent-wind changes, and how best to sail through them.
Tina L. Deptula shares photos from the 109-boat Thistle Nationals in Sandusky, Ohio.
Photographer Tina L. Deptula captured a classic example of a chaotic pinwheel at a mark with her photo from the 109-boat Thistle Nationals in Sandusky, Ohio.
After a winter’s worth of Saturdays and about a hundred sheets of sandpaper, the Sled is ready to splash.
With sailing season rapidly approaching, the pressure to finish work on the Sled intensifies.
Rehabbing the Thistle takes a long time when you don’t spend much time rehabbing the Thistle.
We didn’t have a white Christmas in Cleveland, so I put in some hours with the Sled.
Making repairs to the Sled is like entombing the boat’s battle scars beneath layers of epoxy and varnish.
The process of rehabbing my father’s Thistle may soon include a trip to the dentist.
Don’t miss this classic video from the Thistle class, as featured on Scuttlebutt this week, which documents some old-school one-design racing on Long Island Sound.
Don’t bother getting philosophical about sanding. Just get started.
Rehabbing my father’s wooden Thistle should be a relatively simple task. Or, at least, it would be for anyone but me.
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