Just Started a google group for Scottish Stealth Sailors (a rare breed) to nuture and encourage same .
Very cool.. where do you sail out of? I did a race or 2 at the Campbelltown Yacht club about 20 years ago..
Helensburgh Sailing Club , on the upper Clyde
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used to do a lead mine race into cambletown many many years ago , trips ashore weren't for the feintharted , bandit country <img src="<>/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink" height="15" width="15" />
very cool.. i have been there many many times (Helensburgh, not the club).
Bandit country??? do expalin please... the only thing i found in campbelltown were Las's that wanted to get out of there (worked very well for us Yanks in uniform)
Cambletown has a formidable reputation and dislike of strangers especially yotties perhaps they preffered fly boys , to be fair I think things have moderated from days of tying up to pier and locals spitting down on you , not safe to walk around alone at night .
not the usual scottish welcome
I say
fly boys
as I guess you perhaps were stationed at us airfield near Cambletown.
Next time in helensburgh give me a shout , and you can come and meet the helcats and share some scottish swally
Here is a quick note about what I have done to help sailing in my area. I live in Hayden Idaho, next to Hayden Lake, Lake Coeur d’Alene, & Lake Pend Oreille.
1. I started a trailer-able sailing club 2 years ago called Sailing the Inland NW. Primarily we sail Hobie Cats, AI’s, Keelboats, Sea/Super Snarks, and RC model sailboats. We run one big regatta a year followed by many smaller sailing get-togethers. In 2008 we ran the first Hobie/multihull regatta in 23 years in our area. Also ran the first known AI regatta nationally/internationally.
2. I have been running a disAbled/accessible sailing program called Self Awareness In Leisure (SAIL). My program is featured on the new Paralyzed Vets of America sports video. We are currently working on funding to help our sailors get to regional and national events. We sail Access Dinghies, AI’s, Waves, and Hobie 16’s with Trapseats.
3. I run Its Tiller Time Sailing School and teach on AI’s, Wave’s, Hobie 16’s with and without Trapseats, Super Snarks, a Catalina 22, and a Reynolds 33’ catamaran. I am currently writing a sailing book that will have no biases related to monohulls or multihulls. Plus it will have disAbled sailing tips, games, etc.
4. I started a sailboat shop called SAIL Marine. I sell Hobie’s, Catalina’s, Snarks, and other boats. Plus of course I sell gear, etc. Running a sailboat shop allows me to really support local sailing efforts.
5. After a long time of frustration related to trying to find info about the local lakes and other marine info I started Boating the Inland NW. This website has everything related to the boating and marine info for the Inland NW. I have spent the last 2 years mapping, photographing, and exploring the hundreds of lakes and reservoirs within the Inland NW. The Lakes Guide has been a huge project but it’s really paying big time in brining the club and all things marine together in this area.
All of this has been a lot of work but I have received a lot of satisfaction knowing and seeing local sailors and others benefit from my efforts. Right now the plan is to just continuing working on these 5 projects and keep expanding to grow the sport that I love.
Here are the links to my websites if you would like to see and learn more.
Supporting the new sailing school, now with 20 kids - an all time record in the country.
Predated
the monohull oriented sailing school: talked the two oldest ones (14 y.o.) into crewing two Supercat 17 that needed crew for the Nationals yesterday. They loved sailing on the wire most of the time and their boats finnished quite well 3,3,3 and 2,1,1 out of six boats.
not the usual scottish welcome
I say
fly boys
as I guess you perhaps were stationed at us airfield near Cambletown.
Next time in helensburgh give me a shout , and you can come and meet the helcats and share some scottish swally
Hmmmm, despite a few brawls after pubs closed (and ALWAYS due to drunk locals being jealous of the girls attention on the
yanks
..) i didn't find the locals to be unfriendly at all... this was 20+ years ago.
I was in the USNavy, stationed at Macrahansih RAF base. There was very few Americans there.
Thank you for the invite... maybe one day.... <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />
Last Sunday we had 15 Boy Scouts learn how to sail and earn their sailing merit badges.
This weekend were teaching kids from a muni tennis team the joys of sailing.
I ask my yacht club, RHYC to offer an invite to the Chesapeake Bay Area Junior Olympics which we are hosting on July 9-11, 2010 to the Hobie Div11 Youth Sailors .... the Organizing Committee promptly offered a invitation!!!!
Now the real work begins ......
Harry
Today i made a webpage for next years paper tiger oz nationals, its 12 months away but its nice to be prepared!
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Saturday I helped assemble 2 brand new spin rigged 420's for our kids sailing program. Sweet little boats, nicley rigged, and
some assembly required
. Manuals are for pusses!
I went sailing and took my daughter with me. Encouraged at least three people to try to sail on a beach cat.
Very nice, everyone!
look what Harry Murphey did! Way to go Harry.
Caleb
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My students and I watched the first race of the 33rd Americas Cup on a 72 in. SmartBoard. They were so into it they opted out of recess and asked if they could eat lunch in the classroom to see the finish. The cheers when USA-17 crossed the line were priceless.
We had been talking about force and motion, so this was a great way for them to see it in action. We talked about how lifting a hull reduces friction in the water and related it partly to BMW's win today. Maybe it inspired some future sailors. Who knows?
In a couple of weeks comes my
how pulleys work on a sailboat lesson
, where they get to see my H16 up close, unfortunately on dry land.
Awesome James.
Just make sure they know the difference between fast multis and monohulls.
Keep up the good work.
Todd
Great way to incorporate sailing with lessons about physics. Good job!!
As most of you know, West Virginia has one Free sailing school set up for the new sailor. Sewell Mountain Sailing was able to help 65 people start on their road to being sailors in 2009. In 2010 our group has become better known, thanks in large part to the efforts of
Catamaran Sailor
We are now arranging even more FREE sailing classes for both Church Groups and from WV. schools like Marshall Univ. ! So to ask, What have I done today,is really to say, what have WE done today..Thanks Rick and Mary..
We set up a facebook site for the Shark Catamaran. This goes along with the forum spot that Rick set up for us here.
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Please feel free to stop by, chat,upload Shark photos, get building advice or look for replacement parts. We love keeping this class going- 50 years of consecutive nationals is coming up in a couple of years. The time to get your boat ready for it is now- or talk to us about getting a new one!
Rob Turbett
Go 4 it Abbman, i still remember when my primary school teacher let us help setting up his land yacht!
Thought we all should know America’s national flagship, the SS United States, is in imminent danger of being bought by scrappers
Web site for more info: http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.or...
I took up ICE SAILING this year. Alotta fun & very fast. I built my own~ a DN class~ here it is on 'YouTube'
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Appeared to be too much snow, but you were still moving well.
Very cool,
Rick
Well done. It is heartening to see multihulls included.
I spend 3 hours Sunday morning rigging a Dart 16 given to the club by the RYA. It's been sitting near salt water with limited maintenance for a while and required quite a lot of tinkering to get in shape for the coming season.
There are two more in the parking lot needing some TLC...
BTW, our club now owns a fleet of cats for kid training:
* 6 Hobie Twixxy
* 4 Hobie Catsy (Those are so cute, 3.1m, 10 feet)
* 3 Dart 16
very cool.
i never heard of those two hobies.. i looked em up.. very
cute
indeed <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />
A couple of my very good cat sailing friends are teachers. Yesterday, we set up our cats and took three foreign exchange students from Jordan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, out sailing. They had a blast. Winds were perfect for first timers, about 8 to 12 mph. Lots of hull flying, spinnaker flying, trapeze flying, and laughs. They were very interested in finding ways to continue sailing when they get back home. All said that it was the highlight of their stay in the US.
Sail on guys!
My youngest son and his friend also came out and had a blast trapeze wrestling. I will make him a cat sailor yet!
After taking them all out, I went for the last run of the day solo. Threw up the spin, and flew a hull, trapped out, all the way across Lake Pleasant. There are very few things in this world that are better than that.
And it looks cool too. A couple of power boaters were noticing how much more fun I was having than them … as they ran circles around me.
You never know.
I love that story, azcat.