tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post4622937873064318086..comments2023-09-25T08:48:48.104-07:00Comments on John Vigor's Blog: Learn faster in a dinghyJohn Vigorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-45147596322446597032012-11-27T04:46:27.129-08:002012-11-27T04:46:27.129-08:00[url=http://www.cheaptimberlandboot1973.com]cheap ...[url=http://www.cheaptimberlandboot1973.com]cheap timberland boots[/url] mgxjlk http://www.cheaptimberlandboot1973.com [url=http://www.cheaptimberlandbootssale.com]timberland boots sale[/url] xgdaly http://www.cheaptimberlandbootssale.com [url=http://www.cheaptimberlandbootsmen.com]cheap timberland boots[/url] dgyayh http://www.cheaptimberlandbootsmen.com [url=http://www.cheaptimberlandbootoutlet.com]cheap timberland outlet[/url] ukwsdx http://www.cheaptimberlandbootoutlet.com [url=http://www.saletimberlandboots.org]cheap timberland boots[/url] svttny http://www.saletimberlandboots.org xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-1762662931849290352011-03-11T23:59:49.362-08:002011-03-11T23:59:49.362-08:00Hi John. Great blog. I've been dinghy sailing ...Hi John. Great blog. I've been <a href="http://www.dinghysailor.info/" rel="nofollow">dinghy sailing</a> for a few years and am planning to move onto something bigger. I have always wondered how much different sailing a larger boat would be so its good to hear my dinghy sailing skills should stand me in good stead.Ralphhttp://www.dinghysailor.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-47780222722003036542011-03-11T11:55:50.258-08:002011-03-11T11:55:50.258-08:00John,
I enjoy your blog but I especially love entr...John,<br />I enjoy your blog but I especially love entries like these. I learned on a laser. It was a one day "try it" course offered by the local university. The feeling of a rudder in one hand, sheet in the other and your body as balast was magic. Even messing up and going in the drink was fun. These days I sail a 25 foot fin keel boat because I like to go inside to eat,sleep and s--- but I also have a little Snark for the kids to mess around in. Start small but sail 'em all!Don Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-13935179933142329602011-03-10T07:12:41.316-08:002011-03-10T07:12:41.316-08:00I totally agree. I learned to sail at WWU aboard ...I totally agree. I learned to sail at WWU aboard International 420s. Quick and responsive, if you make a mistake you know about it immediately. Dinghy sailors make the best sailors!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860454750566212255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-27281624544841397252011-03-09T18:31:20.552-08:002011-03-09T18:31:20.552-08:00I started on keelboats and got involved in one-des...I started on keelboats and got involved in one-design dingy racing. Now I'm frostbiting a Laser with a local sailing club and having a ball.<br /><br />I love the feedback on dinghies and the rush of hiking out a foot off the water. Club racing is a wonderful way to practice a lot of the skills you talk about and provides the motivation to keep doing it,Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13220456038665381090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-25966961688048171022011-03-09T14:34:35.033-08:002011-03-09T14:34:35.033-08:00I totally agree. The first year I sailed on a 41 f...I totally agree. The first year I sailed on a 41 foot ketch. I then built an 8' PDRacer, s/v iDuck. I learned more and faster on this little boat. <br /> <br />Lezlie<br />http://lezliesworld.blogspot.com/Lezlie's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677835768883100117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-57172592599710728782011-03-09T09:39:24.620-08:002011-03-09T09:39:24.620-08:00Great advice! There is nothing like the instant v...Great advice! There is nothing like the instant visceral feedback of a small dinghy. The feel stays with you with larger boats because your senses know what to expect. <br /><br />I still fondly remember learning to sail a Sabot, an 8' pram, in Newport CA as a teenager. Fondly even includes an embarassing lesson in patience on how to sail when "there is no wind".Bill Rayhttp://threesheetsnw.com/bedoeling/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-1547180224963786572011-03-09T07:08:37.921-08:002011-03-09T07:08:37.921-08:00True. Teaching someone how to sail typically would...True. Teaching someone how to sail typically would take me about 30 minutes of effort. Explain in theory how the wind works; tacking, jibing and watch your head. I then would stick them two or three people at a time in a dinghy (mirror). after a few hours they would be able to essentially sail. After that it becomes a matter of just doing it a lot to get experience.<br />FWIW: my hero Moitessier advocates the same system of teaching.Hajohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172160879601980828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-17750821549684971582011-03-09T04:58:22.372-08:002011-03-09T04:58:22.372-08:00Great post!
I was fortunate at 35 years old to sta...Great post!<br />I was fortunate at 35 years old to start my very first sailing in a little Sea Snark that fit stuffed into the back of my VW van. After work from building the 50' schooner Mary Harrigan back in the woods of NH, I'd make the 5 min drive to my childhood lake. Lazy summer afternoons and cold beer.<br /> <br />Before the summer was over I found a rotten old flat bottom skiff, rebuilt her and spent the next whole summer sailing that lake every chance I got. By that fall I had a haul-out mooring on the Piscatiqua River near Portsmouth, NH. What fun and a challenge to navigate in a 4 to 6 knot tidal river. After two seasons there on the river, fortune, not fame, brought me to the Caribbean where I bought my first "real" boat, Caprifol, a 30' cutter, and eventually sailed her back to that same river.<br /><br />I'd feel a lot safer out there if I knew everybody had to learn on a small boat first.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290928283713813594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-5071289690124818512011-03-09T04:10:24.558-08:002011-03-09T04:10:24.558-08:00Hi john, Good idea, of course I am abit biased, be...Hi john, Good idea, of course I am abit biased, because I starting out on dingys, but it sure teaches the fundamentals very fast... either you learn quickly or you get wet! I Couldn't resist A bit of a trip down memory lane, See <br /><br />http://snowpetrelsailing.blogspot.com/2011/03/learn-to-sail-in-dingy-first.htmlBenhttp://snowpetrelsailing.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-47338565860921917972011-03-08T20:59:20.248-08:002011-03-08T20:59:20.248-08:00Wow.
This is exactly what sailors need to think a...Wow.<br /><br />This is exactly what sailors need to think about, and I can't recall reading it anywhere else. Even Uffa Fox only made a tenuous connection between his canoe successes and, say, Dorade. (Yeah, I read a lot.)<br /><br />I live 60 miles away from my slip, yet I drive by an awesome dinghy lake every time I drive to work or back home. I want to buy an old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/470_(dinghy)" rel="nofollow">4.70</a> and sail that lake, but I worry that time spent on that will keep me away from S/V Centennial. You have reminded me that sailing is <i>sailing</i>.<br /><br />You might have just written a book proposal without realizing it.Aaron Headlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936150018996105040noreply@blogger.com