Re: Dinghy sailing in bigger winds

Alastair wrote:


>>Has the main sail got reefing points in? If so reef.
>>If not talk to a sail maker and consider getting a reef put in. Not 
>>expensive and very helpful in big wind.
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> 
> Ah, good. I'm glad someone else is as ignorant as me about good
> seaman****p.
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> Alastair
Alistair, I wasn't suggesting that you were in any way igorant on the 
subject of seaman****p, but that you might be less familiar with the way 
in which small dingies are sailed and raced. Dingy sailing of the type 
under discussion here is a water s****t where learning to sail in 
threatening conditions is part of both the skill and the fun. Others may 
correct me, but I would doubt that there are even a handful of Cadets in 
the country with reefable sails. This wouldn't, of course, be the case 
for eg Wayfarers because some are used for different purposes. (At the 
other end of the scale, the Sidney Harbour 18ft skiffs have different 
rigs for different conditions, but that's another story entirely!)