With the onset of Summer it brings back a serious venture that I was involved with for a number of years. . . racing one design small sailboats (Blue Jay, Lightning, Thistles, and my 5-0-5 two man trapeze high speed dragster. I have mentioned the sensations of sailing, the tactile feed back from the tiller and sheets, sound of the water, and feel of the wind on the face when practicing or actually racing in both crew and skipper positions.
Here is a YouTube of sailing in a 5-0-5 but from a POV of the crew which I seldom took and primarily was sailing the boat. It give some sense of what I have referred to in past postings.
Oh for those years of the past that physically I could no longer engage. Not a model build but my link to sailing through models and particularly the Bluenose or other schooners.
Rich (PT-2)
Here is a YouTube of sailing in a 5-0-5 but from a POV of the crew which I seldom took and primarily was sailing the boat. It give some sense of what I have referred to in past postings.
Oh for those years of the past that physically I could no longer engage. Not a model build but my link to sailing through models and particularly the Bluenose or other schooners.