I've put up 23 YouTube videos. At times I look at the anemic view counts and wonder why it's hard to get my videographer genius recognized. This news post from the Onion News Network puts it all in perspective.
All of us who sail have, at one time or another, experienced foils that, at speed, hum or sing. I never had a singing foil that affected my day out pleasure boating. But VOR leaders Ericsson 4 have a rudder that day in, day out, 24/7, just shrieked.
Would this be equivalent of hearing nails on a blackboard 24/7?
Stig is suffering from a severe eye infection triggered by the constant high-pressure water stream being forced up along the side of the hull and into his face. “In the old days the hose of water resembled sticking your head into a toilet bowl and flushing it,” Stig eludes in his blog today. “But this time I think it best resembles going down to the local fire station, borrowing their biggest, meanest high-pressure hose and turning it up to its max and sticking your head into the beam.”
Stig Westergaard is a watch leader on Team Russia.
Vendee Globe, the singlehanded around the world race, is now underway. The leaders are approaching the bottom of Africa. The Vendee Globe doesn't get much play in the United States; I guess mainly because it is mostly a French affair (out of 30 starters, eight were English, 1 was American, sounds like one of them may be Polish .... the rest French). A pity it doesn't get more press over on this side of the Atlantic. The Vendee Globe must be the most grueling of any of the endurance sports and I include the Tour de France here. The leaders are expected to take 90 days to get around and most of them seem to be on 2-3 hour sleep cycles as they constantly drive their boats. The Open 60 designs are beasts; 60 footers with clouds of sail though at least they pay some heed to shielding the crew from the worst with large steering cuddies (unlike the VOR 70's).
Unfortunately most of the interviews are in French, a language I found beautifully melodic but incomprehensible.
Reminds me of the tired joke.
1. What do you call a person that speaks more than two languages ..... multilingual.
2. What do you call a person that speaks two languages .... bilingual.
3. What do you call a person that speaks one language ..... American.
Cowes TV did an English interview with French sailor Seb Josse sailing for BT. You get a good feel for these Open 60's. Of note is the central channel which leads all the lines aft to the steering pod for easier and protected handling of sails.
I'm a sucker for homebuilt wooden sailing dinghies. This video popped up this weekend and shows some Swedish only wooden classics, mostly single chine plywood designs. Some classes I recognize, such as the junior A kanot (canoe stern, first boat shown in the video) and the B kanot (canoe stern, the one with the mini hiking wings). I have no idea what class of boat sports the balanced jib boom or the class sporting the single trapeze.
The Google translation from Swedish says this is a sailing camp. I assume it is somewhere in the Stockholm archipeligo. All these junior sailors and not one fiberglass Opti to be seen!
YouTube is the new MTV. So every Friday I will attempt to feature my eclectic musical tastes. Canadian singer Feist's song 1234 is a poppy, bouncy, tune with a good looking female singer and some very weird dance moves.
Sorry, the original version went away. All we have is the Sesame Street version (words modified).
Bald but my eyebrows are growing at a prolific rate. Sailed Windmills and Y-Flyers in the 1960's. Founded Miami University (OH) sailing team. Sailed International 14's and Lasers in the 1970's. Sailed International Canoes in the 1980's to mid 1990's. Sailed Classic Moths since 2002. Enjoy boatbuilding though I'm very, very slow at it (the Internet doesn't help matters). Name in real life: Rod Mincher
After choosing this username (Tweezer is the name of my Classic Moth), further research on the Internet turned up that Tweezerman is a corporate name for a line of pedicure products. Let me emphasize that I do not work for, nor endorse these products.
