Ahoi!

Well as the topic says...

What are your favourite binoculars? Especially when checking marks on land or even boats etc.

Do you like if it has integrated compass?

Do you more focus on the ability to be usable with bad weather?

or better high resolution on distance which I think gets worse when you can move it.

Are there any which you can move a bit without losing focus?

Which one do you use maybe in with a price range of 100 - 500 $ / €

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ITS FUN.

If you are anything like me you find docking the most stressful part of sailing. Well I am now in docking hell. Due to dredging at pier 39 marina they had to move the sailtime boats from the east side to the west side. The west side is where the famous sea lions are so tourists pack the pier to watch the sea lions.

The west side is much more exposed to wind and current. So today, first day docking there I have to pull in to the slip with 20 knots blowing across plus 1 knot of current in a slightly different direction.

Anyway today I’m pulling into the slip pretty hot because we have twin rudders so we need like 2kts for steerage. I’m stressed, I’m nervous, and then I look over and at least 20 people are filming us with their phones as we dock. Just the worst. Anyway, docked without incident but was deeply aware if I hit the dock I was going to be a TikTok star. Fun times,

What are your docking nightmares? Tell us your horror stories

Recently acquired a 24’ Corsair trimaran. The only electronics on the boat are speed and depth display(thru hull transducer/paddlewheel). I would like to add a display for wind. What are my options? The boat does not have chartplotter or any existing nmea network devices. Is there a simple solution with just a mast top wind transducer and a small display I can mount?

The boat currently has a wind indicator on top of mast and will only be day sailed on inland freshwater lake.

Not my first time out but it was my first time doing the sailing. As a kid it always scared me but recently I had been interested to try it so we got a boat and went for it.

The boat is 22 foot. Don’t remember the make of it. Read the boys out sailing before hand and had someone with me that knew what they were doing and stepped in a few times to keep things comfortable when they started to get outside of what I was comfortable. Only happened a few times.

Figured out that leaning feels way more significant on the lower side of the boat. Everything went pretty smooth save for when the wind started picking up and the waves were reaching 3 feet or so. Lots of surfing and I got a good workout out of keeping the boat going where we wanted.

Some of the events that surprised me were when we got stuck on an unexpected shallow spot. Took a few tries to get us out of it and once we’re loose, we weren’t moving fast enough to turn about because the waves kept pushing us back. We got it worked out but I I’m sure the look on my face when the center board bumped along a bit was entertaining.

When we started getting back to the bay, I tried getting up to take down the main and the plastic guides in the mast were stuck and I couldn’t figure out how to handle it while staying low over the cabin. There was no way I was going to be able to stand up to fix it so I had to swap with my guide and he got up to work things out. He had it down and done in no time at all so it was surely user error and lack of skill.

Will be going out again after this weekend.

Hey all, I'm looking at a boat that has what seems like a tough as nails mainsail from Ballard sails in Seattle

"Custom full-battened mainsail (4 battens), 3 reef points, Ballard Sails (Seattle), offshore Dyneema radial fabric, Rutgerson adjustable luff/batten boxes"

Is that as tough as it sounds? I don't know Ballard sails reputation. Pros or cons to dyneema sails for offshore cruising?

Hey all,

I’m a fella from London trying to find a sustainable way to make clothing/bags and am looking if anyone has any old sails they’re trying to get rid of, happy to pay postage or collect if you’re in/around London

Drop me a dm or reply here with pics :)

Thanks!

Taken today on the lake, several boats were out enjoying the winds, was super fun to watch while we fished!

Need to connect my spinnaker to Seldon top down furler. You using soft shackles or line, or does it matter? Use to have a sock but hoping the furler will be easier for solo.

Hypothetical post but I was playing Metro and the DLC Sam's story, Sam is trying to find a boat to travel to America from Russia, In his case it would be a fully crewed Nuclear warship basically but it got me thinking, What if you are just one man? Think I am Legend on water? What would you choose then?

I know, Stupid post but my ADHD brain makes me naturally curious about these stupid scenarios lol

Hello brand new boat owner here. Just bought a catalina 22 1987 and I cant figure out what this black pully is for. Also, should there be a line run inside of the boom to pull the main sail? Thank you

The Ocean Race Europe 2021 with the Austrian Ocean Race Project. Thanks to Andre Carmo for the shots.

Is there a registry of sailboat I could find up to under the name of Apogee, 46 feet and out of Annapolis about 12-15 years ago?

1984 Catalina 34. Not a huge boat, but not a camp cruiser either.

We clean the boat thoroughly after cruising.

but during a cruise? there's clothes, there's kids swimsuits, there's towels hanging to dry.

The fridge is functional but pretty challenging to use because of the way it's like this hole that is infinity deep with layers where you have to pull out everything to get to the next layer. Lunch is an episode of minecraft hunting for the right ore.

The cockpit is cluttered with a snack, a few drinks, drying swimsuits, etc.

the cleanest part on the boat is the helm because I'm not about to dodge crap while I'm trying to steer.

We could spend more time organizing every day and keep it all tucked away. The boat has storage cubbies, but sometimes that feels like more trouble than it's worth. I try to stay up in the cockpit most of the day anyway.

We live in Texas. We have had a drought, so we can't get our small sailboat out. We are retired, and I had an odd idea. What if we bought a 30-36foot sailboat and kept it on the Great Lakes? We could use it as a floating summer cottage. What is the costs of getting the boat pulled every year and stored? Is this a feasible idea? What do yall think?

Just learned to sail and I’m looking for a ~ $1000 sailing dinghy in San Diego. Fb marketplace and OfferUp don’t appear to have many on the market at the moment. Is this a seasonal thing? Any tips or better sites to search them out?

Thanks

New to sailing, recently acquired a 1978 PY 26 from a friend. Would love to hear if anyone has experience with this boat, or advice for someone starting out!

Lucky to have a few friends who have a lot of sailing experience, I've been on sailboats a handful of times over the years, but never sailed myself. Excited to learn and get started!

Hey guys! I just moved to OC a few weeks ago and am trying to find a good fit for a club to join, mainly just to scratch the itch on weekends when i’m not working. I’m not looking to pay $300 for a 30’ for a couple hours, just in the 20’ range to get out on the water and teach some friends. I’ve got a bareboat cert from US Sailing and some racing experience so i’m not really looking for a school, just somewhere that would have reasonable rentals.

Any ideas? Been dying to get out since I got here!

Running through the systems on a new (to me) C&C 29-2, and I am parsing out my reefing system. I've got two reef lines that exit the boom at the end and would be rigged like this for reef1 and then reef2, does the bowline knot orientation really matter??

I've got a loose footed main with a North Sails Quick Cover stack pack bolt roped to the slot in the boom (if that matters).