+1. I'm getting the grommets into some
tiller time
which somewhat keeps them interested.
Can you anchor and/or dock there? One of my evil plans is to cruise there in time for T-winds to watch the shenanigans.
PS - thanks for setting a good example for the kids with your PFD.
Mike
As long as the skipper does exactly as they are told everything is fine and boat goes around the course efficently. It's only when the skipper starts to believe they have it figured out is when the wheels come off.
Having confidence only means that you don't yet truly understand the situation.
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I was also testing wearing my SPOT unit on my left shoulder. I forgot about it until my sister's friend asked what was blinking on my shoulder. Every transmission was received.
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The shoulder is the best place because the sailors shoulders always have clear view of the sky and if the skipper is wearing it, it will stay fairly dry. I found a local place that we can rent the SPOT units for about $40/unit for the week.
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I was also testing wearing my SPOT unit on my left shoulder. I forgot about it until my sister's friend asked what was blinking on my shoulder. Every transmission was received.
My SPOT Track >>>
The shoulder is the best place because the sailors shoulders always have clear view of the sky and if the skipper is wearing it, it will stay fairly dry. I found a local place that we can rent the SPOT units for about $40/unit for the week.
That's all well and good ,but I've got enough crap on my person already sailing and won't add anything else.More to tangle in tacks and I've had to swim after boats after breaking traps and all that stuff becomes a big problem.SPOT are for entertainment, Epirbs are for life saving, that will be on my person.If SPOTS are supplied I'd put it on the boat somewhere.
Gotta agree with Todd here.
EPIRB on one shoulder, strobe and flashlight on the other.
I was also testing wearing my SPOT unit on my left shoulder. I forgot about it until my sister's friend asked what was blinking on my shoulder. Every transmission was received.
My SPOT Track >>>
The shoulder is the best place because the sailors shoulders always have clear view of the sky and if the skipper is wearing it, it will stay fairly dry. I found a local place that we can rent the SPOT units for about $40/unit for the week.
That's all well and good ,but I've got enough crap on my person already sailing and won't add anything else.More to tangle in tacks and I've had to swim after boats after breaking traps and all that stuff becomes a big problem.SPOT are for entertainment, Epirbs are for life saving, that will be on my person.If SPOTS are supplied I'd put it on the boat somewhere.
can it be mounted on the boom?
can it be mounted on the boom?
Livingston had one on the boom once...I think he used a batten to extend the boom and mount the spot to. If memory serves me, I think the batten broke in a capsize or something and the spot was lost. I would be a little careful with the nuclear gybes but it's probably one of the better places for it.
For the Everglades challenge, we strapped the spot to the boom on the tri just in front of the mainsail strop. It seemed to work just fine from there.
what about the top edge of the front beam? I guess the spin might block the sky view occasionally, and it wouldn't work upside down, but I suspect you could build a pretty secure mount on there?
Or build a flush-mount into the center of the inspection port cover?
Or build a flush-mount into the center of the inspection port cover?
They're not TOTALLY waterproof...the front beam could be an issue.
perhaps a suggestion for future product development.
but yes, some sort of boom-end mount might make the most sense..
They are waterproof but not firehose proof. One of the best places to put it is to tape it to the top of the rotation limiter. I put mine in a waterproof cellphone bag clipped to my mast diamond wires. If you are using a clear map bag that goes on the tramp, that is another great option.
can it be mounted on the boom?
Livingston had one on the boom once...I think he used a batten to extend the boom and mount the spot to. If memory serves me, I think the batten broke in a capsize or something and the spot was lost. I would be a little careful with the nuclear gybes but it's probably one of the better places for it.
For the Everglades challenge, we strapped the spot to the boom on the tri just in front of the mainsail strop. It seemed to work just fine from there.
We had ours on a batten on the boom of the 20 for a couple of tybees. Worked fine. If the jibe is so violent you make it go away the boom is probably gone too, unless you put it on with less than substantial stuff. I think anyone who wants to make me put stuff on my shoulders should get stuck under a tramp with said paraphernalia on and see if they still think it's a good idea. Been down that road and prefer not to go back.
We lost coverage in our tramp bag, that was when we went to the boom.
Gorilla Tape and batten off the boom
If its gone, the boom is gone...
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Another rules question. Both sailors have to have phones on them? So that's 2 epirbs ,2 phones, 2 flashlights, 2 strobelights and a VHF ? You realize the phones will be ruined at the end, waterproof case or not? Coast Guard prefers VHF over phones also.
Todd is 1000% right about the VHFs.
I will never understand why OAs don't require this, especially for distance races, but certainly for buoy racing in heavy air. And, we shouldn't need the OAs to tell us to do this...
We all know this, but apparently think it could never happen to us:
Regardless of the minimum requirements for any regatta, EACH person on a catamaran should have a fully charged, submersible VHF ON THEIR PERSON.
It only takes nanoseconds to fall off a boat, and very few seconds to be significantly separated from the boat.
If the boat capsizes, there is an excellent chance that the wind will blow it away from you faster than you can swim back to it. Even if you have a partner who can right it solo, your head bobbing in the water can be impossible to see in nasty enough conditions, and whistles are hard to hear.
Mike
We always carry 2 in a pelican case. You can get pretty small ones and tape them to the boom. Phone in a baggie then in the Pelican case. I've yet to have a Pelican case leak even in the tramp pocket.
I just read where it says
on the person
. My bad. Get a pimp phone from Walmart.
FYI the new Galaxy S5 is IP67 Water
proof
.
It should certainly survive in a dry bag or hard case for additional protection.