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Great Tips for All Boaters
Having been in cat sailing since 1965 I have seen all sorts of inventions on ways to get your boat off land and into the water. Of all the ideas, almost always was a way to put small wheels under the hulls. Consequently, a few folks decided to get into the business of manufacturing wheels to make life easier, particularly when cat sailing moved mainly to beaches.
At one time there were four different manufacturers of beach wheels, but we are now down to only two:
- Cat Trax, who also make Tiger Trax (less money, but don't work well and don't hold up)
- Wheeleez, who actually make beach wheels for almost everything except cats.
These wheels sets are not cheap, but by the time you "reinvent the wheel," you will spend more money than the cost of these back-saving devices.
So, bite the bullet and you will be thankful for many years to come.
Great Tips for Racing Sailors
You are Approaching the Leeward Mark
(6th in a Series about Mark Roundings)
From the last several issues remember there are Five Musts to anticipate when entering the leeward mark rounding. They are:
1) Prepare
2) Remember the Inside Overlap Mark Rounding Rule
3) Watch for the Pinwheel Effect
4) Slow Down to Win
5) Enter Wide, Exit Close.
You are Approaching the Leeward Mark (Sixth in a Series about Mark Roundings)
Last month we continued talking about the Inside Overlap Rounding Rule, but now we want to move on the Item 3, Watching for the 
Pinwheel Effect..
Keeping in mind the inside overlap rule, in Diagram 1, you can see that our Hero in Boat A appeared to be in pretty good shape coming into the pin. But, now he must give all those boats room at the mark. See 
Diagram
2.
In bearing away and allowing all the boats inside room, our Hero has had
to sail way too far downwind of the pin and has worked himself into a very
awful position on the outside of the Pinwheel that has formed.
The problems
he now has:
1) He now has no wind – all the boats are to windward of him and he is suffocating.
2) He has no place to go – he cannot tack off to gain clear air and must just hold position in the bad air condition
3) He has slowly sailed a lot of extra distance downwind of the mark and now must sail that distance again upwind in bad air – a
much longer course and at much slower speeds than normal.
At this point after sailing the outside of the pinwheel, his best tactic would
be to sail to the beach and get to the keg first.
Stay tuned in the next issue when we will show you how to avoid the dreaded,
dastardly Pinwheel
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We all love our multihulls.
However, one of the problems is the designs have to use Trampolines for
the most part to keep the weight down -- that is why they are faster than our
monohull friends. But, tramps deteriorate
in the sun and replacement or repair is normally done quite often.
CAUTION: Do not wait until late winter or early spring.
OnLineMarineStore.com has
a good number of trampoline manufacturers,
but at that time of the year they are swamped. Remember the old Adage: Poor planning and procrastination on your part do not make an Emergency on my part.
At OnLineMarineStore we
can make tramps for
all beach catamarans/multihulls and
almost all cruising catamarans/multihulls.
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Dear Captain Noah,
At our local court house here in Pensacola Beach, they are trying to have the Ten Commandments removed. What is that all about?
Christian Rights are Perishing
Dear CRAP,
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is
pretty simple to figure out. You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in
a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians..,.
it creates a hostile work
environment.
Capt. Noah
Thought for the Month: Light travels faster than sound. That
is why some people appear bright.., until you hear them speak.
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Hello Rick,
Lately i have become interested in the various projections of the world onto a flat map. There is a typo in your info above; Latitude lines are parallel with the equator and longitude lines run North and south. Interestingly enough, longitude lines on a globe are not parallel since they all meet at the top and bottom. I don't know how this is compensated for on a flat chart. Although we are not allowed to travel to the north or south pole, so the lines coming together at top and bottom is not really relevant to us.
Thanks for the reminder that the magnetic field curves and a compass only gives a rough idea of true north.