[frers-list]Eighth sail and Ruddergate

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:09:24 -0700

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Very funny Edgar. Two things:

First, thanks for ordering sail #8 and choosing a heavy #1. It's a "heavy" sail, so extra weight on the boat is good for us. Plus, better chance you'll have the wrong sail up at any given time. I like fewer choices so you're more likely to be using the best sail you could because you don't have an alternative. Now there will be more angst on the boat about whether you have the right sail up and maybe you won't focus on going the right way! That is my hope anyway.

Second, it is true that the float switch was not working on the long downwind leg. The wire that broke must have suffered its fate as we suddenly met the trough of one of the waves upwind. Fixed now so Kathy can stay topside.

DN

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 From: Edgar Smith <Edgar@geomatrixproductions.com>
To: "frers-list@lists.frers33.com" <frers-list@lists.frers33.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:01 AM
Subject: [frers-list]Eighth sail and Ruddergate

Pachyderm has stepped up to the plate and ordered the 8th sail to close the deal on our fleet buy. We're in for a super-fast, super-flat heavy one. Our intel says Wolverine Wolverine goes straight to the #2 from the light #1, so somewhere between 14.5 and 15 knots, those guys are toast.. 

I read through the rudder discussion and just had to comment on one thing. Dave Nauber describes how in a following sea the water comes up through the rudder tube, runs through the engine compartment where it is pumped out. At the Thundermug party, Kathy Nauber
 described how in a following sea the water comes up through the rudder tube, runs through the engine compartment where she has to go below and pump it out for the entire leg because someone didn't fix the auto bilge pump. Seemed like an important distinction.
 Just sayin'.

Edgar Smith
Pachyderm
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 using the best sail you could because you don't have an alternative. Now there will be more angst on the boat about whether you have the right sail up and maybe you won't focus on going the right way! That is my hope anyway.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Second, it is true that the float switch was not working on the long downwind leg. The wire that broke must have suffered its fate as we suddenly met the trough of one of the waves upwind. Fixed now so Kathy can stay topside.</span></div><div
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Pachyderm has stepped up to the plate and ordered the 8th sail to close the deal on our fleet buy. We're in for a super-fast, super-flat heavy one. Our intel says Wolverine Wolverine
 goes straight to the #2 from the light #1, so somewhere between 14.5 and 15 knots, those guys are toast..
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I read through the rudder discussion and just had to comment on one thing. Dave Nauber describes how in a following sea the water comes up through the rudder tube, runs through the engine compartment where it is pumped out. At the Thundermug party, Kathy Nauber
 described how in a following sea the water comes up through the rudder tube, runs through the engine compartment where she has to go below and pump it out for the entire leg because someone didn't fix the auto bilge pump. Seemed like an important distinction.
 Just sayin'.<br>
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Edgar Smith<br>
Pachyderm<br>
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