Favorite Sailing Pic's from 2011

[Greene]

After a wonderful summer of sailing it is always rewarding to review the pictures.  From sunsets to the Admiral bow riding, each picture brings back the sights, sounds and joy I experience while sailing.


Favorite Sunsets







Favorite Memories


Water car on Lake Mendota


B and Sarah bow riding at CLR 2011


In a bay full of boats waiting for Rhythm and Booms fireworks show


An artist painting our Com-Pac's pic in Door County

So many memories and pictures it is hard to just pick a few.  Share your favorite pic's/memories, it helps us all get through the winter.


We have added a link at the bottom of our posts to our new sailing blog, Wrinkles in Our Sails.  It is just in it's beginning stages, but check it out.

Mike and B






 

[Bob23]

Mike:
   Beautiful! And you got a photo of an Amphicar. Original was from England, if I recall. I've only seen a few and those were a number of years ago.
   Great shots and a great idea...I'll put up a few of my own soon.
Bob23

[Greene]

There are at least two of these cars in Madison.  We have seen them on both of our lakes, but only on very calm days.  
The one in this picture has a lot more freeboard than the other one we have seen.  When he drives/floats by his elbow is nearly in the water.

Looking forward to seeing other sailor's favorite pictures.

[skip1930]

"Amphicar. Original was from England" I'm thinking the car/boat/body/assembly was German and the running gear was English.
My old boss at Hatco owned one and Dale Seiler in Sturgeon Bay owns one plus a lot of former military vehicles.
Dale drives his to the Maritime Museum Wooden Boat Show every August.

skip.

[Bob23]

Skip:
   You might be right.  I always found it amusing that at least part of the car was British given thier "uncanny" reputation for reliability, especially back then.  But I always loved the 2 big props mounted at the back...or stern?
bob23

[brackish]

My favorite pic is the one below, mainly because it was a surprise. I had been considering how I would be able to arrange for a pic of my spin, things like casting a photographer adrift in a dink, but so much involved in getting the right conditions.  This one was taken by a nice couple who just happened to pass by and, while she was in a powerboat she collected pictures of sailboats.  Had I known she was going to take it, I would have stowed the bag.

[Greene]

That is beautiful!  I almost have Brenda convinced to buy a kit to make a big drifter or a spin. Pic's like this may push her over the edge.

[skip1930]

brackish, really like that Star~cut asymmetrical spinnaker with a shoot scoop.
Very red-white-and blue. I like it.

skip.

[brackish]

Thanks Mike, Skip.  Mike, go for it.  My lake is long, narrow and orientated north/south.  90% of the time conditions are going to be a broad reach to run in one direction and a beat in the other, normally with light winds, so the cruising spin is and essential sail, particularly since the invention of the setting/dousing socks.  In the old days pre sock (such as the sail below) our attitude was that they were too much trouble.  Got many a rope burn on that one trying to douse it, and then someone has to spend a half hour properly repacking it for the next use.  The socks make it completely trouble free.  Still havent gotten my sock lines all worked out and have decided I don't really need an adjustable tack line so have gone to a spectra climbing runner for that.

My old John Deere special.

[Greene]

Now that sail would get you noticed!    That looks like quite a honking outboard you have mounted on her.  Pulling skiers in your spare time?

[brackish]

Now that sail would get you noticed!    That looks like quite a honking outboard you have mounted on her.  Pulling skiers in your spare time?

That (getting noticed) was the point.  FIL was a partner in the boat although he never really learned to sail.  FIL was also a partner in a John Deere Industrial dealership.  So when we started talking a cruising spin, he said he would pay for it out of his advertising budget if he could pick the design.  His only requirement was that I take any of his customers that expressed an interest in sailing out on the boat.  Sounded like a good deal to me.

The motor is a Suzuki 9.9 four stroke electric start, it came with the boat and I don't know why folks want to overpower their sailboats.    It is too big and weighs too much., negatively affecting trim, and my back when I have to dismount it for towing.  It is scheduled to be replaced with a Tohatsu sail pro 6HP, hopefully this coming spring.  The 9.9 which has the same displacement as Suzuki's 15 HP motor will end up on a fishing/scalloping skiff.  Doing some research to see if I can boost the hp on the Suzuki for that purpose.

BTW I ran the power requirement calc for the 23 and it came to 5.4 HP.

[skip1930]

Navigation lights, a fog horn, two screws on the back, a bilge pump and an outlet mounted above the waterline, the German Amphicar has all facilities for sailing, but a rudder. In the water change course done with the front wheels, just like on the road. Needless to say this does not work well. As a boat it is not suitable, but not as a car. The Amphicar is not to mention comfortable and partly because of the high body is handling quite unpredictable. On land the Amphicar gets about 100 km / h, in water 12 km / h. Despite the poor sailing qualities Amphicar Nevertheless the English Channel and other waters are crossed.

The Amphicar was designed by the German engineer Hans Trippel, who has been involved in World War II to build amphibious vehicles for the German army. The Amphicar has a 1.2 liters engine Triumph Herald. Until 1967 there were approximately 4,000 made.

skip.

[Bob23]

Some 2011 photos:
Labor Day 2011 pre-dawn sail, no one at the helm:

No, I don't usually sail with the fenders out!

Ready for Irene:

Our cove; Koinonia to the left:

Sunset at Tice's Shoals, NJ:

Full moon rising:

Rugged Bay coastline, NJ:

Strong outgoing tide, Barnegat Inlet, NJ:


Looking aft:

Yours truly:


Bob23

[jthatcher]

hey bob! nice pics..  making me kind of anxious to get started on the 2012 sailing season!   but, there might be some snow to contend with between now and launching day..    in the meantime - we are making all kinds of progress with our house..   and one of the near-term projects that i have in mind is a motor stand for Adagio's  motor  which i brought home with me when we buttoned up the boat for winter..    maybe i will send a pic when i get it done!   jt

[Bob23]

JT:
  Will it be a post and beam motor stand? Haha! Hope you and your family had a great Christmas. The end of the old year is in sight which means the new year can't be far behind which means spring launch day is near which means the Infamous Barnegat Bay Roundup will soon follow.
  Best to you and your family in the remaining days of 2011!
   NJ sunrise at Tice's Shoals:

Ciao! Bob23