We had an interesting final sail on Peter's Firebird in the most wind I sailed in when in Barbados - we sailed with 2 reefs. Peter's friend Eric has a foiling waveboard and he wanted to foil behind the Firebird. In the end he managed it, but there was lots of falling in at the beginning. It was hard work for Peter and I as we had to start at near zero speed, so Eric could grab the tow rope, then slowly accelerate to about 7 knots so he could get ready for lift off. Then accelerate to 10 knots very quickly, so he could lift out. And then control the speed at 10-12 rather than surge up to 15-18. But of course the wind would drop, or he'd fall in or.... but, as I say, after 2 hours he did manage to fly for maybe 30 secs. Although, if we were quick enough, we could stop and heave to after he fell in, sometimes we sailed on too far and then we had to pull in the tow rope (we discovered it was too easy to get it entangled on rudders and daggerboards), tack round and sail back. As always it was scary how quickly a head disappears from view. But interestingly we could easily see him when he was in the sun, it was when he was north of us that he became invisible (one of his sons kept a very close eye on Dad, religiously pointing to his position). Flat water helped, and lots of passing day charter cats got a bit confused by seeing a swimmer apparently a mile out to sea but happily waving!

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Sailstar theoretic courses. Chapter 3 is about knots, coiling, cleats etc. Video 1, Stop knots (Figure of eight, Double overhand stopper, Stevedore stopper) Video 2, Anchoring knots ( Double clove hitch, Two half hitches, Anchor hitch) Video 3, Connection knots (Sheet bend, double sheet bend, sheet bend with a hitch, reef knot) Video 4, Bowline (Bowline, Bowline on a bight) Video 5, Coiling Video 6, Using a cleat Video 7, Fender knot

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Jill Heinerth takes her new KRAKEN smart phone housing under the Canadian ice! Fits most smart phones including iPhone, Android, Samsung. See the entire video at https://youtu.be/_5oeaindSlo. Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3lavJ5a

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Wind gegen Strom auf der Elbe Höhe Bützfleter Hafen mit 6 Beaufort in Böhen 8 Bft 30 September. Auf den Video,: Fahrt gegen den Strom mit dem Wind von Achtern. Sehr kleine Fock mit ersten Reff. Davor von Abbenfleth bis Höhe Hollern Twielenfleth mit harten Amwindkurs mit dem Strom aber gegen die Welle gesegelt. Das war deutlich anspruchsvoller. Das ganze war bewusst gemacht um im Heimatrevier solche Bedingungen kennen zu lernen, aber mit vielen geschützten Bereichen in denen ich in kürzester Zeit Schutz suchen kann. 30. September 2024 14:00 Uhr

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