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12-21-2012, 07:25 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
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I've noticed that when going downstream, the person overboard in the water goes down the river faster than the boat. Presume this is due to the apparent wind caused by the current and the difference of the wind resistance of the person versus the boat.
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12-21-2012, 07:34 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
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From which side of the boat have you observed this, inside or outside? Does it happen often?
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12-21-2012, 07:47 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
From which side of the boat have you observed this, inside or outside? Does it happen often?
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On a dinghy/raft, it is always outside.
With several rafts, it seems there is at least one person going overboard every day assuming there is some good whitewater. On the first day going down the Salmon River (Idaho), the guide was bucked off the boat's stern and went overboard three times in the first half hour. We grabbed/recovered him before he was swept past the boat.
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12-21-2012, 07:50 PM
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Guru
City: Cowichan Bay, BC
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Do lardasses go downstream faster than skinny broads? Inquiring minds want to know.
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12-21-2012, 07:52 PM
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City: Ft Pierce
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Based on this thread alone...I wish the Mayans had been correct.. 
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12-21-2012, 08:41 PM
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City: Carefree, Arizona
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Based upon this thread, the Mayans were correct.
Did you hear the one about the Bi Mayan priest who went to San Francisco to find a virgin to sacrifice, oops that is another thread.
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12-21-2012, 11:37 PM
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Guru
City: North Carolina for now
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All I can say is spend more time actually on the water and observe how the world, and your boat, really work.
Or, not: I know that doing something so radical as that is a silly concept for many, so many bad things can happen that just don't pencil out!
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12-22-2012, 01:07 AM
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#168
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
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12-22-2012, 11:23 AM
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Guru
City: Spartanburg, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by caltexflanc
All I can say is spend more time actually on the water and observe how the world, and your boat, really work.
Or, not: I know that doing something so radical as that is a silly concept for many, so many bad things can happen that just don't pencil out!
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It was hard for me to understand at first, but I now realize that this forum is much about Arm Chair and jewelry boating. Don't let it confuse you...join in.
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12-22-2012, 11:38 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
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Quote:
Originally Posted by caltexflanc
All I can say is spend more time actually on the water and observe how the world, and your boat, really work.
Or, not: I know that doing something so radical as that is a silly concept for many, so many bad things can happen that just don't pencil out!
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Do you think any of the professional mariners on here with maybe over say 30 years working on the water have a basic understanding of what you are pointing out???
And then there is always the practical side and the "pencil" side of doing things...
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12-22-2012, 01:26 PM
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Senior Member
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: Fluke
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Apr 2010
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I think I understand tides but are we making forward progress here?
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12-22-2012, 02:22 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xfedex
I think I understand tides but are we making forward progress here?
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Forward progress is assisted if you bow is pointen in direction of da tidal current!   
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12-22-2012, 10:34 PM
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#173
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
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It's been an interesting, if at time confusing thread. All I know is at cruising revs in still water we do 6.5kn. If I'm going faster than that over the ground as per the GPS, I know I'm getting a current lift, and rejoice - if slower than that I know the current is agin me, and I accept it will take longer, and I usually resist the temptation to put the hammer down, 'cause of my frugal nature....on occasions I have achieved 11+kn, surfing in front of large waves - now that is fun - and no, she never broaches. I put that down to both fuel and water tanks now being well back.
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12-23-2012, 02:48 AM
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Guru
City: Mooloolaba
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Vessel Model: Timber southern cray boat
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I think there has been enough said to assume that the Mayans were correct.
Benn
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12-23-2012, 05:33 AM
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City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
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12-23-2012, 05:35 AM
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobofthenorth
Do lardasses go downstream faster than skinny broads? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Not sure, but witches float 'cause they're made of wood... 
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12-23-2012, 06:03 AM
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Guru
Vessel Name: Anastasia III
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
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And what ELSE floats???
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12-23-2012, 07:53 AM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith
And what ELSE floats???
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Checks - Just ask Bernie Madoff... oh yea, and Ben Bernanke!!
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12-23-2012, 08:09 AM
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Guru
City: Hotel, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith
And what ELSE floats???
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Crap of course
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It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain
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12-23-2012, 08:28 AM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CPseudonym
Crap of course
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Toilet humor... this close to Christmas... Please!   
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