"Sailing by the Book"
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     captain_chaza
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Username: captain_chaza
Post Number: 160
Registered: 02-2003Rating: N/A
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| | Sunday, May 11, 2003 - 01:35 pm: |  
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.."Sailing by the Book "
There are many sailing techniques men have used in their quest for the Holy Grail. The most difficult task is deciding which ships to sail and then know when to rest. Knowing when to rest is the hardest.
Here is simple approach you might try if you are sailing the ASX
1. Determine the overall global condition by surveying a folio of charts in the Global Exchange
(Wall St)
2. Determine the classes of ships best suited to these conditions by surveying a folio of charts in Sailing against the All Ords
3. Design a craft or a small fleet best suited to your own needs and comfort.
4. Then set sail using logical seamanship disciplines that minimizes risks and maximizes opportunities.
Or
1. You pick the ships using either a company or industry you are familiar with, or the recommendation of a trusted analyst (either fundamental or technical).
Remember it is the "Sailor and not the Sail"
2. Determine the seaworthiness of the craft by comparing her chart with others.
3. Then set sail using logical seamanship disciplines that minimizes risks and maximizes opportunities.
Whichever approach you take, most importantly the fine balance between safety and adventure can only be learnt with experience and lots of practice drills and ocean trials.
Much of your success with these charts will come from the attention given to ocean trials.
Hopefully the “Ocean Trials” and Practice Drills will be as much fun as it will be constructive in achieving the high degree of seamanship necessary nowadays when setting sail on any member of the Global Exchange
With today’s sophisticated, computer models and extensive tunnel testing approach to ship building and design there is still no better test of a ship’s performance and seaworthiness unless it is compared to a few others. All in the same seas, all under the same weather conditions, all at the same time
That is, a race!
By plotting past voyages on these maps, experienced skippers will now be able to survey their own sailing techniques and very quickly recognize if there is any scope for improvement.
Surprisingly, you don’t need to know how to sail to know if it is a good day to go sailing.
If you sit by the window in a high rise office building in view of Sydney Harbour or Port Phillip Bay on some days you will see a few yachtsman setting their sails and then followed by many more. On other days there will be no one in sight.
Most days however some will be heading North bound skippered by the bullish conditions and others favour the Southerly course. Some will be set by a calm.
Whichever direction you prefer to set sail it must be remembered that each craft will behave in her own way under the same circumstances and it may be quite different than any other vessel.
What must be forgotten are the old sailors tales "She'll be right in the long term"
As you zoom in with binoculars on some days you will find an only few classes of yacht are out there amongst the elements.
When you see them with a full spread of sail presented to the wind you can easily appreciate my addiction to this great sport.
Bon Voyage
Captain Chaza
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fast_ronny
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Username: fast_ronny
Post Number: 5
Registered: 04-2003Rating: N/A
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| | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 10:43 pm: |
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Good One Captain
You never let the crew down.........
This puts in a few paragraphs what we need and building on this will only help. Thanks!!!
Fast Ronny races 4 wheels in terra firma and our philosophy is the same....You can bench race all you like, make pieces, design pieces, get on the dyno and tune but at the end of the day "when the green flag drops the bullshit stops"
Plenty of test runs but nothing beats a race.....
Meanhwile Fast Ronny is enjoying his oceans cruise and maybe one day he can get down in the engine room and help tune up the turbos
Thanks
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zamzam
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Username: zamzam
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2003Rating: N/A
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| | Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 10:48 pm: |
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excellent!popeye
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captain_chaza
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Username: captain_chaza
Post Number: 656
Registered: 02-2003Rating: N/A
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| | Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 06:19 pm: |
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Ahoy brave and loyal crew
Tactics in any sport is as important as is the skill required by all onboard to execute the plan
Our plan in this Greatest of All Sports is very SIMPLE
We must
#1 win more$ than we lose$
And
#2 Go as fast as we can giving full respect for the safety and comfort of the crew
Cruise Strategy is Paramount!
Fortunately Captain Seahound has agreed to help co-authur and try to finally finish The Book (red folder is back at the Cafe Lets meet soon)
There Should be a chapter on Cruise Strategy
"Good Gambling and Tacking" as distinct from a slow long term voyage across a busy major freeway and the arts of spreading your bets and the virtues of averaging down and averaging up
Maybe I will be able to talk The 1st Mate Spids into publishing his memoirs of our epic voyage?
OR
DO the screenplay?
Anyway we averaged down on the INT to cover up a Captain's mistake in trying to pick the bottom
It is a lesson to all of us that sometimes it can take a couple of shots to get it right but my only advise is to never let it go to a total 10% of total $ value
Maybe our Cheer leader and Entertainment Officer could make a movie out of it
Maybe we could get Russell Crowe to play Captain Chaza?
Let the Fun begin!
Do we turn it into a text book with many layers
OR
A true to life adventure "Rocky goes to sea" style
Officer SusieQ
Could you also do the casting?
I hope you get a little help from the 'Incredulous" crew and even the spectator's fleet as at is a daunting task I don't envy
(Message edited by captain_chaza on January 07, 2004)
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