tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post972270466174882352..comments2024-03-28T02:33:20.668-07:00Comments on Earwigoagin: 1858 French SandbaggerTweezermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-80039515627790902002018-10-11T00:31:11.060-07:002018-10-11T00:31:11.060-07:00Je ne comprends pas pourquoi vous nommez "San...Je ne comprends pas pourquoi vous nommez "Sandbagger" des bateaux qui ne portent aucun sac de sable ! Certainement les "Clippers" parisiens ont quelques points communs avec les sandbaggers, mais c'est justement avec la bonne dénomination que nous pouvons les différencier.<br /><br />I do not understand why you name "Sandbagger" boats that carry no bag of sand! Certainly the Parisian "Clippers" have some points in common with the sandbaggers, but it is precisely with the right denomination that we can differentiate them.Louis Pillonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-85066555285937939402018-01-15T06:15:02.957-08:002018-01-15T06:15:02.957-08:00that sounds dreadful - how'd you like to be th...that sounds dreadful - how'd you like to be the guy(s) that just hangs out in the bottom of the boat, moving sandbags back and forth as they tack upwind?! my2fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457239434851029876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-36183343806183150102018-01-13T07:19:36.308-08:002018-01-13T07:19:36.308-08:00Yes, they would stack sandbags on the weather side...Yes, they would stack sandbags on the weather side and then have to move them during a tack. I think the sandbags were mostly deployed for the high stakes racing off New York City Harbor. I haven't seen any reference to the French using them on their river-racing Clippers. The Sandbagger hull shape was also used in some catboat classes that were raced around Long Island Sound in the last decade or so of the nineteenth century. Again I'm not sure if they used sandbags.Tweezermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-34739891389772126942018-01-10T12:56:29.334-08:002018-01-10T12:56:29.334-08:00is Sandbagger a reference to weight added in sand ...is Sandbagger a reference to weight added in sand bags for ballast?my2fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457239434851029876noreply@blogger.com