At this point I am figuring out that the weather at the lake is fairly predictable:I always check the weather reports before I go out. Sometimes I am surprised tho.
Not sure what a pop tight is. I do have a bolt to keep the boom from spinning at the mast. My Venture is an 81' that's not early is it?Don't newbs have a tendency to overestimate both heel and wind??
Some of us LIKE to sail with the rail in the water - slow or not.
The sheer terror is known as excitement!
The terror lessens with experience and you know better what your boat can really do.
Usually the crew gives up before the boat does
Boom roller reefing on early Ventures is USELESS. Just my findings.
Our Venture has bolts to lock down the pop-top tight. Not yours?
We switched our main - sheet from stock end boom to mid boom. Don't have a traveler installed yet but I have one - no point in installing it until we replace our blown out main sail. We still get around.
When the winds are up and the admiral has
B.O.A.T. You do know what that stands for right??
I don't doubt it, but here is the wind graph for the last week... judge for yourselfDon't newbs have a tendency to overestimate both heel and wind??
This is good to hear....The terror lessens with experience and you know better what your boat can really do.
Usually the crew gives up before the boat does
Remembre to get rid of the healing angle gauge. It just scares the heck out of people! They tend to stare at it.This is good to hear....
I just need to empty the cabin of things I'd rather not fish out of the lake one day and figure out what the limit is. I still have the foam so it shouldn't sink:naughty:
On the other hand I'd like to wait until I may not get hypothermia if I need to swim to shore:dance:
a) we pretty much established the winds based on the wave action and the forecast (likely up to 22-25 kts in puffs)Don't newbs have a tendency to overestimate both heel and wind??
Some of us LIKE to sail with the rail in the water - slow or not.
The sheer terror is known as excitement!
The terror lessens with experience and you know better what your boat can really do.
Usually the crew gives up before the boat does
Boom roller reefing on early Ventures is USELESS. Just my findings.
Our Venture has bolts to lock down the pop-top tight. Not yours?
We switched our main - sheet from stock end boom to mid boom. Don't have a traveler installed yet but I have one - no point in installing it until we replace our blown out main sail. We still get around.
When the winds are up and the admiral has had enough we go to mainsail only.
B.O.A.T. You do know what that stands for right??
Very unlikely, unless you sail under the jib only and get your jib sheet stuck. Otherwise, the boat takes over and rights itself (you forgot THAT lesson already??? :cussing: ). And even then all you have to do is to cut your sheet lose.This is good to hear....
I just need to empty the cabin of things I'd rather not fish out of the lake one day and figure out what the limit is. I still have the foam so it shouldn't sink:naughty:
On the other hand I'd like to wait until I may not get hypothermia if I need to swim to shore:dance:
Not sure what a pop tight is. I do have a bolt to keep the boom from spinning at the mast. My Venture is an 81' that's not early is it?
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Nah I didn't forget, I just want to "KNOW" when to say when rather than just getting scared into it.Very unlikely, unless you sail under the jib only and get your jib sheet stuck. Otherwise, the boat takes over and rights itself (you forgot THAT lesson already??? :cussing: ). And even then all you have to do is to cut your sheet lose.
I don't have one, but I was thinking about getting one.Remembre to get rid of the healing angle gauge. It just scares the heck out of people! They tend to stare at it.
If you can' get rid of it cover it up or remove the #'s and the white paint from the plastic marks.
Replace the numbers with F's from small to largeRemembre to get rid of the healing angle gauge. It just scares the heck out of people! They tend to stare at it. If you can' get rid of it cover it up or remove the #'s and the white paint from the plastic marks.
Kind of tough to B.S. the crew when your alonec) very true on the crew giving up. The skipper just has to LOOK calm and assertive.
I think it is technically a MAC 21... But everybody seems to call them Ventures still which stands to reason as they are about the same from what I have seen.A 1981 Venture! Thats practically a MAC already. Hell, probably even have a liner! Compared to our Venture yours is a youngster.
Pop TOP. We lock it down TIGHT with bolts when its rough.
Maybe yours doesn't have one or maybe it was another thread around here that was discussing that. I get confused
I need a ride on a V21 someday. I haven't seen any 'round these parts.
Just remember - if they ain't squeelin' you ain't heelin'
"Knock down" means different things to different people.I think it is technically a MAC 21... But everybody seems to call them Ventures still which stands to reason as they are about the same from what I have seen.
I have a slider top and a hatch door... The disconcerting part is that it's nothing like water tight. I'm not sure of the physics involved when water pressure is involved but I have zero confidence in cabin water tightness in the event of a knockdown.:naughty:
Knocdown as I intended it is knocked on it's side. Mast in the water etc."Knock down" means different things to different people.
When you are alone, you've got to practice looking calm. It's not to B.S. the crew - it's to stop them from panicking (I'm still practicing that one).Kind of tough to B.S. the crew when your alone
What TopCat said still stands - the idea is to prevent hundreds of gallons of water suddenly flooding into your cabin.Knocdown as I intended it is knocked on it's side. Mast in the water etc.