Bonehead Camp Councilors

BroadHopper · 07-07-2011, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

When a sailboat is "working to windward", it needs all the space it can get. Those with inadequate training in all boats, get all-panicky.

Sailboats also come uncomfortably close to shorelines, in order to "make passage".

So what your saying a sailboat can actually change the course of Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E.

Sorry, I don't buy it!

ApS · 07-08-2011, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

So what your saying a sailboat can actually change the course of Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E.

Sorry, I don't buy it!

It's safe to say that the Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E have all changed course for a sailboat—but that's not what I'm saying.

Of which I repeat:

Quote:

When a sailboat is "working to windward", it needs all the space it can get. Those with inadequate training in all boats, get all-panicky.

Sailboats also come uncomfortably close to shorelines, in order to "make passage".

In sailboat racing, it takes especially-great skills when inches count:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtPG3...layer_embedded

Barney Bear · 07-12-2011, 04:37 PM

Early in the season, Camp Lawrence may have new pilots on the 50 foot Bear II. These pilots must obtain commercial licenses to operate the camp boats. Over the years, we've observed that new pilots would tend to pass fairly close [several hundred yards] to our point on East Bear Island and bouce our "navy" with its huge wake. A phone call to the camp requesting that the Bear II stay far off shore before making its swing toward the Camp Nokomis dock has always resolved this matter. Frequently, our young guests will hop into the water to ride the waves.

07-12-2011, 04:37 PM	#3
Barney Bear Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 962 Thanks: 495 Thanked 273 Times in 174 Posts	Bear II Early in the season, Camp Lawrence may have new pilots on the 50 foot Bear II. These pilots must obtain commercial licenses to operate the camp boats. Over the years, we've observed that new pilots would tend to pass fairly close [several hundred yards] to our point on East Bear Island and bouce our "navy" with its huge wake. A phone call to the camp requesting that the Bear II stay far off shore before making its swing toward the Camp Nokomis dock has always resolved this matter. Frequently, our young guests will hop into the water to ride the waves.