Ultimate offroad weekend :)

[Thrasher]

What a great few days I've had, offroad all the time!!! From Ipswich to Ramsgate :>

Of course the route was slightly different to my usual, and the vehicle was in fact a 42 foot yacht  :twisted:

Can highly recommend sailing to everyone  :clap:

[Jake]

My Mum & Dad have a sailing boat, they've been all around the world in it  :shock:
I felt sea sick going to France, i've not got see legs on a small boat
 :lol:

[Dave]

I used to sail toppers and lasers on Melbourne lake loved it but not sure if i have the legs for a sea voyage.

[Mareng]

Can highly recommend sailing to everyone  Yay, Woo! etc

I agree totally, its probably one of the best sports I have ever competed in.

I learnt to sail dinghies in Cyprus at 16 yrs old, and had some success at club level in the two years that I was out there.

Got into off shore type yacht racing when I joined the army, done Cowes week the last couple of years, and a week long regatta in the Baltic Sea last year (whilst I was working at a sailing club in kiel, germany).

Started the Fastnet race last year, and we were battling for 1st in class as we went past the needles, then we hit the weather and retired... :'( with a skipper with a possibly broken nose (it wasn't, but after being whacked in the nose by a flailing pulley, he was in no mood to carry on) and 3 crew members really suffering from sea sickness.

Had a couple of great nights out in Dartmouth, and came home to Southampton. :lol:

[clbarclay]

Had a similar 'off road' weekend, but with a 70ft narrow boat. Marvelous weekend for it

[666]

Bought myself a Laser about 5 weeks ago,

Sailed it for the first time wednesday evening (my only other experience of sailing was 3 hours on a topper) and have been out on it every day since :shock: Cant get enough of it! Thought i had got the hang of it till i went out on sunday and capsized for the first time leaving the dinghy upside down and me rather wet :lol: :lol: :lol:

I did lose it again 3 more times in high winds but was able to "walk" over the side of the boat as it went over and get it upright again without getting wet!

It has to be the best fun i have had since i took up offroading, would recomend it to anyone to give it a try ;) ;)

Cheers

Mark

[Tommo]

but where is the engine??? :-k

[666]

but where is the engine??? :-k

It dont need no engine, once they get a bit of a breeze in the sails they can take some hanging on to! Ask anyone who has sailed one! The laser 1 was described to me as "the bucking bronco of the sailing world" and after being blown over 4 times in one afternoon im begining to see why! Unless you try it you probably wouldnt understand, but anyone who has sailed one of these will tell you they are good fun and a handfull in a good wind ;)

Cheers

Mark

[Jake]

This is my parents boat

 

[lee celtic]

I spent 2 weeks in one of these :lol:



32 foot and twin volvo's :twisted:

very cool once you were out of the speed limit zones , unfortunatly in was on Windermere so we ran out of places to go :lol: after the first week...

still it was free because me and my dad did a bit of work on it for the owner (dad was a rigger in the navy and did some decorative rope work in the cabin)