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Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 04-22-2012
Replies: 20
Views: 1,159
Posted By johnsail
Re: Safety at Sea by MTAM

This magazine, titled SAFETY AT SEA, is handed out at all US Sailing-certified safety at sea seminars. It's also available from US SAILING, 1 Maritime Drive, Portsmouth, RI 02871 (401-683-0800). The...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 02-05-2010
Replies: 465
Views: 99,220
Posted By johnsail
Southwest and by West of Cape Cod is a WONDERFUL...

Southwest and by West of Cape Cod is a WONDERFUL book -- and not just for Cape Codders or just sailors. It's about a boy's growing up on the seashore and in boats under the loving eye of a father...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 07-14-2009
Replies: 41
Views: 5,438
Posted By johnsail
Thanks. I don't know that one, but there are...

Thanks. I don't know that one, but there are others that you may be familiar with others that tease out lessons learned to one degree or another. Tony Farrington's fine book on the great 1994 Queen's...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 07-13-2009
Replies: 41
Views: 5,438
Posted By johnsail
Fastnet, etc

From John Rousmaniere: Thanks, Jeff and the others, for your kind words about my book FASTNET, FORCE 10 and my piece that ran in Scuttlebutt on Friday, kicking off other Fastnet stories. A crucially...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 04-17-2009
Replies: 6
Views: 1,258
Posted By johnsail
No, not Captain John. John Rousmaniere

No, not Captain John.

John Rousmaniere
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 04-17-2009
Replies: 77
Views: 4,716
Posted By johnsail
There will be a COB rescue demonstration, a helo...

There will be a COB rescue demonstration, a helo demo, and much else besides at an all-day Safety at Sea Seminar in Toledo, Ohio, on April 24th. I'm the moderator and Captain John Bonds will speak.
...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 04-16-2009
Replies: 77
Views: 4,716
Posted By johnsail
Crewoverboard rescue

From John Rousmaniere:

Whether done solo or by a team, any rescue of someone who's gone into the water is not easy. The best solution, of course, is not to need a solution at all. It's...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 06-11-2008
Replies: 465
Views: 99,220
Posted By johnsail
Thanks, Roy1948!! John Rousmaniere

Thanks, Roy1948!!

John Rousmaniere
Forum: Seamanship 03-26-2007
Replies: 73
Views: 7,636
Posted By johnsail
Preparing for the storm

Some thoughts about heading offshore at

http://blog.oceannavigator.com/personal_insights/rousmaniere_on_killer_storms_at_sea/
Forum: Learning to Sail 02-12-2007
Replies: 15
Views: 1,739
Posted By johnsail
Is there a boom vang/preventer?

:oJibs, mainsails -- there's a difference? My mistake! :o

Does the boat have a boom vang? It keeps the boom from lifting (and the leech from curving off) when the sheet is eased on a reach. The...
Forum: Learning to Sail 02-11-2007
Replies: 15
Views: 1,739
Posted By johnsail
Jib leads and leech cords

This sounds like either a leech cord or a jib lead problem. Either way, it's a simple fix.

If tightening the leech cord (cable) inside the leech (the sail's back edge) doesn't do the job, the jib...
Forum: Learning to Sail 02-06-2007
Replies: 31
Views: 3,283
Posted By johnsail
Books

Thanks, Camaraderie. I'm not too modest to decline to acknowledge your and others' kind comments about THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK of SEAMANSHIP. Three editions ago, I wrote it for sailors for use both as a...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 02-02-2007
Replies: 41
Views: 4,770
Posted By johnsail
That indicates how much load a rig presses on a...

That indicates how much load a rig presses on a hull, and also how a well-engineered post can do the job. How big is the boat?

For those who'd like to read up on rigging and masts, take a look at...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 02-01-2007
Replies: 41
Views: 4,770
Posted By johnsail
Deck- or keel-stepped masts?

The issue of where the mast is stepped (meaning where its bottom, the heel, rests) is important. There are trade-offs but I think the choice is pretty clear if you're going offshore, or sailing in SF...
Forum: Racing 01-29-2007
Replies: 25
Views: 5,641
Posted By johnsail
How about an A-sail??

As everybody's been saying, the point of twin sheets is to facilitate a dip-pole jibe by keeping a traditional spinnaker under control while the pole's moved from one side of the headstay to the...
Forum: Learning to Sail 01-25-2007
Replies: 26
Views: 2,871
Posted By johnsail
COB/MOB Visibility

The quick stop is my favorite go-to maneuver, too. But if the SF Bay tests summarized in the COB Symposium Final Report and other experiences show anything, it's that different boats -- heavy, light,...
Forum: Learning to Sail 01-23-2007
Replies: 26
Views: 2,871
Posted By johnsail
Man/crew overboard

How wonderful that someone's thinking about and practicing a recovery -- and is honest and caring enough to report problems! That's step 1 in addressing an issue that most people prefer to wish away....
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-10-2007
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By johnsail
Why are morning colors at 0800?

That makes excellent sense, sailaway21.
Here's a good summary of the traditional purpose of flags at sea: "The flags used by ships are the heraldry and the traditional language of the sea. For...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-08-2007
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By johnsail
Making colors

Thanks for the nice words and the forgiving silence from my fellow southerners (I'm 1/4 Kentucky, 1/4 Texas) ). Maybe someone can answer this: Why does a day on a vessel start at 0800? That's when...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-08-2007
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By johnsail
Talking Stars and ??

There's a lesson here: Never write about flags at the end of an exhausting week, or while sitting in a bar, or while standing on a stripe, or whatever.

John Rousmaniere:D
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-05-2007
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By johnsail
Flag etiquette purists

Yes, some people still care passionately and sometimes not too politely about traditional flag etiquette routines, like flying the burgee from the main masthead, not the starboard spreader. I'm not...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-04-2007
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By johnsail
Ensign on leech.

Right from the leech. It will fly at a slight angle, but if that's a concern you could run the lower part of the flag halyard forward on the boom until it is vertical. The pronlem there is that you...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-04-2007
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By johnsail
Flags and rules

I wrote the SailNet article that was linked earlier (it's based on the relevant section in The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, which I wrote). Outside of guidelines and traditions, the only universal...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 12-22-2006
Replies: 26
Views: 1,982
Posted By johnsail
A rod-type vang is a cool solution to the topping...

A rod-type vang is a cool solution to the topping lift problem because it holds the boom in whatever plane you want without a lift. (Be sure to rig a preventer line to each side deck, then aft to a...
Forum: Learning to Sail 12-20-2006
Replies: 9
Views: 2,259
Posted By johnsail
The leech line keeps the leech from shaking and...

The leech line keeps the leech from shaking and vibrating. That's it. Why? A shaking leech shakes the sail, and that spoils the shape and spills wind. But most important, shaking ages the sail...
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