[Public-List] Re anchors and racing

[Martin Privette]

LOL... this is better than SNL... thanks for the humor, sailors!

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 7:29 PM Gordon Laco via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> You could purse your lips and make a ‘brrrrrrrrrr’ sound … you know, the
> sound beloved of all 8 year old boys… the sound that makes a little spray
> along with the simulated motor noise...
>
> Gordon Laco
> www.gordonlaco.com
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 28, 2018, at 5:04 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Good thing I got rid of mine -- well it'll be a better thing once I get
> > all the bugs worked out of this electric (the price I pay for building
> > it myself, though I saved about $2.5k in the difference between parts
> > and a ready-made motor).
> >
> > For a bonus, I moved the batteries forward far enough that the cockpit
> > no longer has drainage problems (even when the fresh water tank is
> > empty!) I'm still a little concerned that the resulting performance
> > improvements combined with an auxilliary motor that doesn't audibly
> > announce the fact that it's running to everyone within a half-mile
> > radius, is going to motivate people to attribute the performance boost
> > to a running motor rather than the improved trim, and am trying to find
> > ways to make the running/not-running state of the motor more conspicuous
> > to people on other boats.
> >
> > -K
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:56:14PM -0400, Gordon Laco via Public-List
> wrote:
> >> … and our engines are much heavier than Alberg had in mind…
> >>
> >> Gordon Laco
> >> www.gordonlaco.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Aug 28, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Kris Coward via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Because A30s are already kinda stern heavy (something to do with a last
> >>> minute change from lead to iron ballast if I remember correctly what
> >>> I've been told).
> >>>
> >>> -K
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:29:38PM -0400, americo silva via
> Public-List wrote:
> >>>> why not just move the anchor to the stern to comply with rule and have
> >>>> anchor at the ready
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:00 AM Michael Connolly via Public-List <
> >>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I understood that rule for dinghy classes and for larger boat
> "Cruising
> >>>>> Classes".
> >>>>>> On August 27, 2018 at 11:23 AM mahseer--- via Public-List <
> >>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What is the consensus of the following sailing instruction at our
> club.
> >>>>> “All anchors shall be removed from the bow and stored below”.  I
> don’t like
> >>>>> this rule and would not race (if I was still racing) with a piece of
> safety
> >>>>> equipment stored below.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> John Boor
> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>>>>
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> > Kris Coward                                   http://unripe.melon.org/
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