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Cap'n Jeremy · Aslan Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 288 Location: Cambridge

How about some (fairly sensible) things that people liked about the Cruise (except you are not allowed to say 'everything').

What was your favourite bit - perhaps both sailing and non-sailing?
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Gareth · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject:

logs and shanties was good

jacot25 · Twilight Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 1

i probably most enjoyed the races and the all round sailing but it was all really good and i'm definatly goin to try and come back next year Very Happy

Little Luke · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject:

i enjoyed the passage race because there was good wind a we couldn't be bothered to put a reef in Laughing

Gareth · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah I was in le****r, it came 4th, and it was great as we had no reefs in (we had Tim H and Tom N).

maevans · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:

We had a good time in Coriander: she would have been very difficult to handle without a reef in! To try to improve her tacking (and the fact you have to use the jib properly / cautiously or you end up up the bank) Jon rigged a laser mainsail as a staysail: this balanced her quite nicely, but didn't head up nearly as well as the proper jib Sad

It was worth it for the fun of rigging it though Smile

Michael - glad you enjoyed the cruise! My favourite part was probably the sailing, although I really enjoyed the discussions I had as well Smile

I also found that being a mate is a lot more work than being a JO!

Actually, my favourite bit was sailing at 6:30 in the morning down to Horning next to Camellia - we had the perfect wind for it, and the morning was beautiful! Smile

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Stephen Evans · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject:

Mark, I was wondering how you managed to rig the staysail. What did you use as a halyard?

maevans · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject:

We used the topping lift (which was a slight problem when dropping the main, but the boom wasn't too heavy!)
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Rachel Nunns · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject:

On Jade we came 3rd overall! It was amazing sailing, probs the best we had all week.

Stephen Evans · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject:

Matt was very impressed

Rachel Nunns · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject:

There were 3 mates, him and me - great fun!

Little Luke · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject:

i like sailing on the last morning but couldn't this year. because i was at martham so there was a bridge and the wind was against us.

Gareth · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject:

Yeah, sailing on the last day was great and it was a moderate wind Very Happy

adamp · Twilight Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

i liked the passage race the mosrt that we won on the might lapwing
i was on the jib sheets for the whole race and was exauhted by the end of it!
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Little Luke · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

It was quite hard work on the sheets and tiller during the race.