gurge 0 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 You only go upwind so you can go downwind. Skiff sailors Link to post Share on other sites
Dude 0 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 The Skipper gets the praise but the crew win the races. Don't just sit there. Sail something. "A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind." Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be." - Dennis Conner Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Go small, go now. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 "all the money in the world won't help in an offshore gale" Link to post Share on other sites
gurge 0 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 If in doubt go big. Another 12 saying Link to post Share on other sites
mountie 0 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 "Anyone got any ideas?" Dennis Conner, race 7, Newport, Sept 26th 1983. "Take me to the house of twisted faces". Dennis Conner, Auckland airport, giving instructions to taxi driver to get to him to Panmure Cruising Club. "Its your watch, you sort it out." Trevor Dohgerty to Mike McCormick when rig falls down in a 2-handed race out the back of Cuvier in the middle of the night. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 "Anyone got any ideas?"Dennis Conner, race 7, Newport, Sept 26th 1983. "Did You guys see another race boat out here?" Tom Widden to Committee Boat end of race 2, San Diego 95 Link to post Share on other sites
sow1ld 2 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 A friend of mine once said to me "isn't it highly dangerous drinking on boats?" To which I replied .. "There's a golden rule when drinking & sailing that we live by. Remember this and it's easy. ..", "air on the inside water on the outside", Remember that and it should be ok! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I remember Tom Widden, I think, in 95, during one of the races, 'Now what?' Similar vein to D C, any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Capt Irving Johnson in the 1920s talking about safety aloft "Safety - Never heard of the word, why it would be stupid to let go" Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN - Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons Link to post Share on other sites
Dude 0 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Tom W to Dennis Conner... They,re going Higher.... They,re going faster..... Todays going to be a looonnng day! Link to post Share on other sites
mountie 0 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 "How's it feel to be dilly-dorked by a bargain-basement 30 footer?' Ben Bax,(Tauranga) mid 80's, Sarney memorial race as he rounds first off Whangaparoa in Ross 930 "No Worries", well in front of the entire creme of Auckland's contemporary race yachts. Link to post Share on other sites
tmouse 3 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Husband teaching wife to sail in one sentence. "Look at the Windex, It tells you everything you need to know" Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 "Whatever enchants, also guides and protects. Passionately obsessed by anything we love - sailboats, airplanes, ideas - an avalanche of magic flattens the way ahead, levels rules, reasons, dissents, bears us with it over chasms, fears, doubts." - Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 This one got quite a few cheers at the '92 Leander evening sherif session, after being overheard during a phonecall to his (overseas) brother: "which side of the prod kite should be at the front? The long one or the short one?" Suffice to say, Totally Wired didn't have their best ever regatta. Link to post Share on other sites
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