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Square sails creating wind shadows on historical ships

I hope this is the right place to ask and learn about historical ships. I’m not a sailor, I have no experience with ships or sails but I’m eager to learn as I’m working on a simulation game demo that tries to mimic the real behavior of ships and sails.

Let’s assume we have a Brig with square sails. Would the sails on the main mast not create big wind shadows for the fore mast sails, if the wind is coming behind? (I think the term is „running“, but not 100% sure).

If this is the case, would one raise the sails on the main mast? In which case would one use full sails on all masts, and in which cases would one or more sails be raised?

I am specifically interested in historical ships from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Please excuse my lack of correct terminology

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Made a removable nav station for my Cape Dory 25D
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Maybe maybe maybez

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Anyone who has taken a "Free" boat how did it work out?

I'm wondering if anyone has taken on a free boat, or a very cheap boat, and if it ended up being a bottomless money pit, or a quick fix? I'm sure there are some cases of people getting free boats in nearly pristine condition as well. Tell me your stories!

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How do you get rid of seasickness?

Hi,

I did go sailing this summer for a few days and got seasick 2 days out of 4. There were some big waves on the two first days. One day it was rolling up and down and the second day it was moving left and right.

I only get seasick after 1h-2h on the sea.

However, I really want to find some solution because I'm looking forward to becoming a whale watching guide and specialist and it's important to get on the water for this kind of job and explain things to visitors.

I tried different things that I found online or have been told:

* **Taking motion-sickness medication -** Didn't work. The fourth day I didn't take any and was ok. The water was calmer too.
* **Looking at the horizon -** I don't know who came up with this solution, but I feel like it makes it worst since the horizon is static, but the boat movement and feeling is a bit more dramatic.
* **Stay in the middle of the ship -** Not really working if you are outside the boat since you are in a higher position. Being lower would be a solution, but it's normally inside the boat and is not recommended because you can't see outside sometime and it gets hot.


I didn't try the bands or patches yet. Not sure if it is really working or is it just a placebo effect for people who believe in this kind of thing.

What worked for me, to feel a bit better was to lay down outside and watch the sky or close my eyes. I really felt better, but if I want to become someone who work on a boat, it's not a proper solution.

I also think being in front of the boat may help tell your brain about upcoming movements of the waves, but I'm not too sure if it's true or not since I only went in front of the boat on the third and fourth day when it was a bit calmer.

Thank you for your help!

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Just want to highlight the J 22 World championship inaugurated today in Naples, Italy
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Add an anchor roller/bow sprit

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Long passage, low on real eggs, but have powdered eggs

Any advice on breakfast with powdered eggs? We are getting low on food and won’t reach landfall for another ten days. 🤞🏼

Has anyone mixed powdered eggs with real eggs for scrambled eggs to make the real eggs last longer? Or should I reserve the powdered eggs for baking only?

I’ve never used powdered eggs but after reading reddit not sure I want to. We love to have eggs every morning for breakfast so that is my preferred use.

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Bridle rigging ideas
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Ideal sailboat

I apologize for asking this question that I'm sure has been asked a thousand times. I'm at a loss. I've researched as much as I can, but I'm hoping you can help.


I live on a lake that has a \~5 minute cruise with a motor from the channel to the lake. It is not sailable through the channel. I'm looking for a small boat (as small as a laser, but as big as a Potter 15) that I can get to the lake with a motor or rowing. It is frankly too far to paddle.


Here's my situation:

I love going fast, but I'm coming up on 40 and it's not the #1 priority -- I have nowhere to be. I love pushing the tipping to the limit and I need to be able to recover it by myself, but I worry about having a motor (gas or electric) getting submerged when I do.


I like the Potter 15 because it seems stable so I don't need to worry about the motor getting wrecked, but it's slow. I like something like a Hunter 140 because it can come with a motor mount, but it's faster, but I'll definitely wreck the motor when I capsize.


I've even considered one of those Hobie sailing kayaks so I can pedal myself out there, but I don't think that will scratch the itch.


Do I have options that I'm not thinking of? What do you recommend? I don't even know if my question is boat related or submersible motor related. Any help is greatly apprecaited.

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Some good sailing yesterday in the Nor'easter going south from Annapolis boat show

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Leef peeping from Lake Champlain
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Where to find a Sailboat Captain to help me move/teach me the boat

So for the past 10 years I have sailed with a buddy of mine a few times a year in Maryland. He passed recently and I purchased his boat. I need to move it from Kent Island, MD to NC so it's closer to me.

Where would I look for a captain who can help me move it, while teaching me what I don't know. It's a 43' My experience has been 20' and less sailing on lakes, so route planning and something this size, I don't have experience with.

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Won my first race with the veterans at Rio Sailing Week (optimist)

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Need your advice/help finding a boat to join to cross the Atlantic.

Either this post will enlighten me or enlighten others trying to do the same thing in the future, so please, share what you know.

I made a leap of faith, well, a flight of faith, and came down to the Canaries to find a boat.

It’s been about a month since I started looking for boats, when I was still sailing around the Sporades in the North Aegean, and I’ve had very little luck.

I flew to Las Palmas 10 days ago, to make myself immediately available to skippers looking for crew.

I’m half European so I have family all over, and currently I’m staying with family members who are locals here.

I have made profiles on almost every website I’ve been able to find with listings: SeaPeople, CrewBay, Facebook, FindACrew, YachtCabin, OceanCrewLink, as I type this I am building a profile on SailOPO, and a reading through posts on r/sailingcrew. Oh and ocean crew link hasn’t recognized my active subscription yet, so I can’t even contact skippers there. I’ve spoken to their support over the phone and they’ve “escalated it to their techies”

My family are members of the local yacht club, but it’s locals only so I can’t just walk in there.

I have also physically posted my sailing resume at a sailor’s bar at the marina deportivo in Las Palmas. It’s lovely, I coded it myself (from an OverLeaf template) and it’s super honest.

I had one video call interview with a skipper that went well last week, then flew to Lanzarote to spend 2 days with him doing boat prep as a vibe check. I cleaned that boat for him and was polite, tidy and respectful. I’m easy to get along with. After I flew back to LP I sent him a message to thank him for his hospitality, et cetera, and haven’t heard anything back, so either I got got, or he just didn’t like my vibe. I’m kicking myself thinking now that i could’ve posted my resume physically somewhere at the Marina in Lanzarote.

Should I just keep at it, and be more patient? What do you recommend? I’ve walked around the marina once, but I ended up thinking better of talking to the boat owners, I don’t want to annoy them in their homes like some kind of door to door salesman.

I’m just getting a bit anxious, I don’t want to overextend my welcome here with my family members, so I feel like I need to find a boat asap or fly home.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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