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General Com-Pac and Sailing Related Discussions => Com-Pac Sailors Lounge => Topic started by: Urban Hermit on March 30, 2025, 10:52:07 AM

Title: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: Urban Hermit on March 30, 2025, 10:52:07 AM

They're in sight of each other and going roughly the same direction.
Title: Re: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: Jim in TC on March 31, 2025, 08:52:46 AM
My sailing dictionary defines racing as a "popular nautical contact sport."
Title: Re: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: soilgod on March 31, 2025, 08:49:07 PM
yes Urban, any 2 sailboats in close proximity are racing.  And both are commenting on the others sail trim.  The winner is the craft that gets upwind and blankets the wind of the loser.  Time to pop a cold one.  LOL
Title: Re: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: Urban Hermit on April 03, 2025, 07:03:14 PM
Quote from: Jim in TC on March 31, 2025, 08:52:46 AMMy sailing dictionary defines racing as a "popular nautical contact sport."

<chuckle>
Title: Re: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: Urban Hermit on April 03, 2025, 07:04:06 PM
Quote from: soilgod on March 31, 2025, 08:49:07 PMyes Urban, any 2 sailboats in close proximity are racing.  And both are commenting on the others sail trim.  The winner is the craft that gets upwind and blankets the wind of the loser.  Time to pop a cold one.  LOL

<another chuckle>  Definitely commenting on the other's sail trim.
Title: Re: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: Jim in TC on April 04, 2025, 09:58:24 AM
Quote from: soilgod on March 31, 2025, 08:49:07 PMThe winner is the craft that gets upwind and blankets the wind of the loser.  Time to pop a cold one.  LOL

Back in the day, at summer camp (as boating director, not camper) we staff would take the Sunfish out and the team that could slip so close as to flip the other's rudder up was de facto winner...
Title: Re: How can you tell if two sailboats are racing?
Post by: Urban Hermit on April 06, 2025, 09:07:31 AM
Quote from: Jim in TC on April 04, 2025, 09:58:24 AMBack in the day, at summer camp (as boating director, not camper) we staff would take the Sunfish out and the team that could slip so close as to flip the other's rudder up was de facto winner...

More chuckles . . . excellent exercise for sharpening boat handling  skills . . . .
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