a Savage way to Sail

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a Savage way to Sail

@_aSwtS

Pictures & musings of a yachtsman. Attempted a solo circumnavigation but now at a bit of a loose end.

United Kingdom Katılım Kasım 2015
29 Takip Edilen61 Takipçiler
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a Savage way to Sail@_aSwtS·
Having just sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, I am happy to say that out of my collection of over a dozen watches, this was without a second-thought the one I packed for the trip. Rugged, waterproof & always legible, there is no better choice for blue water sailing. @NiteWatches
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Great to see the ever excellent @NiteWatches are part of the Alliance of British Watchmakers (@BritWatchmakers). My Nite Alpha is now on a canvas Nato, looking great, and keeping brilliant time.

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After a 32 hr journey (UK, via Canada, to Martinique) I am aboard SV Pinta (Sun Legend 41, 1986), getting ready to sail for the Azores. The skipper is Hugo, YT: boatlifeisbest. You can follow the passage with regular blog posts live from the Atlantic. my.yb.tl/aSwtS
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Huge congratulations to @ineosbritannia for winning the @LouisVuitton Cup. For the first time in 60 years, Britain has a yacht competing for the oldest sporting cup in the world. Can Britannia be the first British boat to bring the @americascup home, after a 173 year wait?
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@mercoglianos I don’t have full AIS track data but the ‘avoidance turn’ by Polesie might just have been a pre-planned course correction needed to stay inside the TSS. Lots of things at fault here but communications, Ch16 & DSC monitoring, AIS/RADAR alarms, are all big contributing factors.
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@casioUKsupport Hello. Is it possible to see the full list of all tidal ports that you use on your watches, such as the GBX-100, please?
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Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK·
A MASSIVE oil tanker carrying over 900,000 litres of TOXIC FUEL has sunk off the coast of the Philippines - TRASHING a precious marine ecosystem & WREAKING HAVOC with the lives of small scale fishermen This is CLIMATE VANDALISM & the companies responsible must be held to account
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@elonmusk ⛵️ How do you become a millionaire Yacht owner? Start off as a billionaire Yacht owner.
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
And … we just hit another all-time high in Twitter usage lol
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In 2003 these films were released, but which is the best? > The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King > Master & Commander: Far Side of the World > Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
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@devansrocky1 That was years ago David. I’ve still got her. But she might go next year as I’m not earning atm and she’s expensive to maintain.
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Great to see the ever excellent @NiteWatches are part of the Alliance of British Watchmakers (@BritWatchmakers). My Nite Alpha is now on a canvas Nato, looking great, and keeping brilliant time.
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@sailorgirlHQ Listening to the radio chatter, they’re definitely hunting for breeze, but that boundary was far too close to get onto the foils then tack and stay in bounds.
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@sailorgirlHQ Not convinced. Ben’s ‘I can’t see’ was re the Bottom gate due to him being on the windward helm. After rounding Giles/Ben knew exactly where the Top gate was and where they were going. Going OoB makes no logical sense when a tack onto Port was a straight reach to the Top gate.
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Sailor Girl HQ
Sailor Girl HQ@sailorgirlHQ·
Because they rounded with the breeze so far left, and you can hear Ben saying "I can't see". And by rounded "drifted". They were basically on non-vmg track in displacement mode under the raining cell, trying to get back to the left hand side where there was pressure.
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@sailorgirlHQ Yes, the reason to cancel was the 90 deg shift but that wasn’t called until 2 minutes after UK cleared the gate. ITA rounded then headed back up track. Even after UK gybed through the gate, seems mad not to tack onto Port (increase the ‘runway’) & head up course, ie Green option.

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