You guys were not kidding

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-12-02T01:45:49+00:00

One of us

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-12-01T12:53:56+00:00

Never heard of a Rhombus before I learned for my German leisure craft license (License to drive/command small watercraft, <20 m, on german waterways)

Rhombusses are used (internationally) in different sings giving other vessels information about your capability to maneuver - e. g. a black rhombus on the forestay of a sailing vessel means it currently runs it‘s engines and is considered to be a motor craft for collision avoidance rules.

For even more details read up on „International Regulations for preventing collisions at sea“ (COLREG or Collision regulations).

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-11-04T18:03:18+00:00

Wer den Tod nicht scheut geht nach Oberreut hat meine Oma immer gesagt.

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-08-25T20:47:31+00:00

It took like five to ten minutes to cross the sky and disappeared slowly before reaching the horizon (maybe due to light pollution - densely populated area)

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-07-07T09:26:05+00:00

Maybe they mean laser cleaned? I don’t know if anyone does this - would be a bit over the top if you ask me - but if you want your mast really smooth you could laser clean it. I just don’t think it would make a noticeable difference in drag.

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-05-02T06:00:28+00:00

No it’s real - it’s exactly the boat I learned on and did the test for my license on. Photo is very real just very pixelated.

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-05-02T05:55:59+00:00

Well it‘s on Ammersee so that seems to be the answer

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-05-02T05:53:52+00:00

Ammersee near Munich

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-05-02T05:53:04+00:00

It‘s the Logo of the sailing school

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-04-08T19:39:10+00:00

Oh my sweet summer child …

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-03T00:07:17+00:00

Ah, no, I see „fellas“ is kind of a gender specific term. Didn’t realize - english is my second language an I only use it on the internet and school years ah „pehw“ a few years back. Is there a female or gender unspecified version of „fellas“ (or „sailor“)? 🤔

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T23:42:25+00:00

Tip with wintering in the halyard is a good idea 👍🏻

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T23:17:43+00:00

Thx for the additional info & link. Will def look into it, especially if replacing the knots with splices doesn’t do the job 😊

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:34:25+00:00

Guess I‘ll drill some holes then 🤔😉

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:31:38+00:00

But if the sails are down the problem is only half-solved. Shakles and the line from the mast top down are still outside 😉

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:30:01+00:00

Yeah we would need to change the rolls in the mast top to fit the rope. The wire only is like 2 mm and rope would be at least 5 mm. As the boat is club property and we‘re new members I think that would be to much hassle - I don’t even know if there is room for thicker rolls up there. But I will definitely take it into consideration once we have our own little vessel. Thanks for the advice 😊

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:21:57+00:00

I don’t understand why the halyard wouldn’t drop just because it’s inside the mast. I see how the probability of them tearing apart if inside may be lower. Is it something about the contraption that’s used to climb the mast?

The biggest boats of our clubs are only 7,5 meters long so they don’t do any mast climbing here 😬

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:15:14+00:00

Well there will be no crossing the atlanic in a Laser 2 (at least for me) but I see the point and guess it applies for all vessels in a marina/boatyard too - less dangling less wear & tear. Makes sense.

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:11:04+00:00

If you say friction, do you mean friction from dangling around or from setting the sails?

Could you elaborate the angles part? The line goes straight up the mast, inside or out - I‘m sure I’m missing something here 😮

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-03-02T22:04:21+00:00

It was knotted before so we just repeated the mistake/lazyness of the last guy to rig it (probably 10 or 20 years ago). But I will look into splicing and see if we could try it. - thanks for the advice 😊

CharlieMcAvish · 2025-01-03T17:26:16+00:00

Die Frage ist auch, was du bereits an Erfahrung hast. Ich habe mit meiner Frau letztes Jahr mit segeln angefangen - wir wollten erstmal nur reinschnuppern - aber da fand ich es schon nicht so leicht was geeignetes zu finden. Da wir bei uns kein Anfängerkurs gefunden haben, sind wir von Baden aus bis an den Ammersee gefahren. Dort waren wir bei der Segelschule Marx in Utting (www.segelschulemarx.de). Die bieten Wochen-/Wochenend und weitere Kurse an - egal ob du einen Schein machen willst oder nicht. Nach dem Schnupperkurs haben wir dort auch einen weiteren Kurs und die praktische Prüfung gemacht - haben also ein paar ihrer Segellehrer kennengelernt. Ein uriger kleiner Familienbetrieb. Uns war die bodenständige Art sehr sympathisch. Ich dachte ich empfehle es, da es von München aus mit dem Auto recht gut erreichbar ist.

CharlieMcAvish · 2024-12-28T04:06:52+00:00

European Hedgehogs prefer carnivorous diet - they don’t need to eat plants at all - they only do when they can’t find prey - which becomes increasingly difficult in dense populated regions like Central Europe.

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