tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413045.post4951578013874523024..comments2023-10-24T16:41:35.389+01:00Comments on Soulsailor: Tension...Rake...How Hard? How long?Anthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486780943186458167noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413045.post-33675335575811438562007-11-24T00:13:00.000+00:002007-11-24T00:13:00.000+00:00...and I enjoy my sailing.....and I enjoy my sailing..Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486780943186458167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413045.post-24620138088411215532007-11-24T00:12:00.000+00:002007-11-24T00:12:00.000+00:00Just to clarify to you my friends, although I may ...Just to clarify to you my friends, although I may seem a little "excitable" about the rig-tension etc, it's because it's a new boat... new boat, need to make my mark, its now mine not the Huett's... So it should be rigged like my boat, sailed like my boat and tuned like my boat...<BR/><BR/>Thats what I have done, made my mark and as long as it isn't slow or un-responsive that will be it...<BR/><BR/>Soulsailor is a saling sailor, not a technical sailor or a cheque-book sailor, I sail as my instincts, brain, heart and soul tell me to..<BR/><BR/>Night!Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486780943186458167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413045.post-42817336677793655992007-11-23T18:23:00.000+00:002007-11-23T18:23:00.000+00:00I guess there are two kinds of sailor...a) Ones th...I guess there are two kinds of sailor...<BR/><BR/>a) Ones that enjoy spending hours worrying about mast rake and shroud tension and jib tension etc. etc, etc., and then more hours fiddling and tweaking all those settings before they go sailing, and then spending all the time they are racing wondering whether they got all the settings rights, and then working out after every day's racing what was wrong with all the settings that caused them not to win the race.<BR/><BR/>b) ones that just enjoy sailing.<BR/><BR/>Sorry Ant, that may have been a bit uncalled for. <BR/><BR/>Seriously, I can sorta kinda see the attraction in what you were doing here. It's just not my thing.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.com