It should be 6ft!

O well got this wrong today, thought it was 6 ft even. I now have 4 wrong. Hopefully will do better tomorrow🤔😊👍

Well spotted Doug! Lusitania was carrying war supplies so this somewhat backfired on the Allies.

Roy

Hey ho! We're back to the 'What happened on ...?' questions.🙄

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Didn’t need one- the kids could spot me a mile off!!

One of the few questions I was definite about, having been racing dinghies and yachts for too many years to remember - can be a dangerous manouevre to get just right, and send the opposition onto the other tack which they will do their best to avoid. The bigger the boat the bigger the risk of collision and major damage.

I'm down to 26 days now Peter🙄
Thanks today to a guess inspired by some 'word association'.😉
Cheers, Doug😎

Perhaps having 10 model yachts has a small advantage after all.
Roy

Like me, 30 days Doug?🥹

It's all about Tactics today!

One I actually remembered from my collection of MacGregor Clipper Ship books.
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I didn't answer yesterdays question, so dropped in % again .
But I took a well well well lucky stab at a guess at todays answer.
What a lucky guess it was.👍😁.
I know nothing about sailing⛵. I a not a fan of sail boats myself.

Hi all answer in question only answer with lower in it .
Philuk👍

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Another relatively simple process of elimination today.
Yoohoo. Only 27 days to go now ...
until my last cock-up drops off the score sheet🙄

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Should have gone with my guess. Dammit!

Sometimes guessing works had no idea
Rick

I had no idea but the answer was pointed to by the question, at least in my warped head it was.😃

This required an educated guess which in my case was correct. Yes, they are getting more obscure.

Pook, as Garfield would say🐱
Now another 30 day slog before me☹️
This question is reminiscent of the problem Boeing had with the rudder control unit of the 737s. Under certain conditions it could jam 'hard over' or even reverse itself! Caused 3 fatal crashes and a complete fleet refit.
Cheers All, Doug😎

These questions are getting obscure again as more score descends again!

I had heard that this confusing command may have been the cause of the Titanic running into the iceberg. Nicely got Titanic back on the agenda!
Roy

Oh well 👎got this one wrong, better luck tomorrow I hope. 🤔🤔

Was doing better in the past days, got this one wrong today. Live and learn will do better tomorrow. These questions are fun, thank you😊👍

Oh dear, Doug.🤡

It was a long time ago as I was doing a theory part of the RYA one below the Yachtmasters course. Never finished it as the instructor was the worst ever.

Never blamed an instructor before or since but this guy organized the course to learn morse in one week and the next week to learn signal flags and the next week to learn weather forecasting when they should have been spread over the entire course length.
Many dropped out and I gave up for the last 3 weeks and half had gone by then!

Roy

Roy, where this becomes very important is when a sextant is used in aircraft navigation, ie the square root of 10000.
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No brainer today😊

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Some years ago I remember taking sextant measurements but I never did or was never taught to do this! On the other hand I was not lost either.

Is this where the expression the 'square root of f** a* comes from'?
Roy

Guess with deduction!😉

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This question takes me back a bit, must be nearly 50 years since I used a sextant.🤔

Wow, A lucky guess for todays question.
Never seen anything to do with a sextant.
My dad must be watching down on me.
R.I.P Pop.

I have following this guy on Face Book. It might interest some of you..https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.boatprint.de/?multi_permalinks=1883965565693975%2C1883077229116142&notif_id=1745681736659597&notif_t=group_highlights&ref=notif

Hi Michel,
"We Swiss pile dwellers and landlubbers ..."
But you do have an Aircraft Carrier😉
Happy sailing/flying.
Cheers, Doug😎

Hi Luckyduck, model yachts with foils was done quite a while ago. The hull is catamaran and when they get up on the foil they sort of scoot along, not spectacular at all. I think it was a German kit I saw. There are several videos on You tube to see what it looks like.
Roy

Hi Mike, it's true that Switzerland doesn't have a great maritime tradition (certainly not your fault) but today anyone can try their hand at maritime and even sailing activities.
And then we modelers are almost all freshwater (pond or lake), so whether the pond is in Italy or Switzerland makes little difference, ahahahah.
After the hard work you've done you won't have any difficulty with other types of ships.
I always bet on your success.

Hello Alessandro!
We Swiss pile dwellers and landlubbers prefer to build rafts and dugouts. We prefer to leave specialties of this kind to experts like you!
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Best wishes Michel-C.

All in all, the questions are relevant to nautical or modeling topics, the answers are correct.
Very good.
Let's hope it continues like this.

I liked the reference to the "clipper bow" because it is a very interesting topic.
When I designed the hull of the schooner I am building I did it just like this, with this typical shape.
It came naturally to me to do it like this (probably influenced by the clippers that I like a lot).
In my personal ranking of hulls the Termopylae is in first place.
I don't know if warships also had a bow like this (probably not).
I don't know if I would make the same choice again. A classic bow is much simpler (because this profile messes up the water lines and the first frames).
If I remember correctly, not all clippers adopted this solution.

The next question is what was introduced in the 20th century to reduce wetted surface - answer - foils - it would be interesting to see if anyone has succeeded in making a model yacht work with foils?🤣

oh my gosh!
Sorry, but now I no longer understand your technical English . . .
For us it means: I only understand “Bahnhof”! 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
. . . or a book with seven seals . . .
I have simply guessed . . .hurray!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Ciao, Michel-C.

The best thing about sailing is that the power comes for free. But some times more than you want.
The advantage is that it can be so quiet and peaceful.
With model sailing yachts be they fin keel or long keel, I have both, is that when on the water there is work to do all the time. I have rather a lot of electric driven models and they can be a bit boring after a while, for me that is. I only use 2 ch. in the main so not many operating features available.

I can sail a yacht with more interest going as I have to check the water surface for 'cats paws' ie, a ruffling of the waves indicating where the wind is to be found. It does require more concentration and especially if you have some bouys in the water a precision job.

It is more akin to flying a glider where you need to be alert and anticipate where you need to be to achieve your objective.

I think the long keel is a more elegant hull and lends itself to some classic cabins and sail layouts. This leads you on to work out how to use the sails and how they are controlled.

When I decide to go sailing then I check the weather first for some wind, so any wind and I have a yacht with me.

I have sailed dinghys and up to 40 odd foot long yachts but being on board you miss the elegance of seeing the yacht sailing. You can learn a lot from the full size. So with a choice I choose to watch my model yachts sail.

I rest my case m'lud!

Roy

I know nothing about sailing ⛵boats.
Never been a fan of mine I am afraid, too much work to sail on them that's why I had a small cabin cruiser and a speed boat on the Norfolk Broads for 25 years.

The clue is in " allowing the hull to resist leeway more effectively" 😉

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No idea on this one. Loaded finger stab failed today. Oh well, that’s 100% aspirations gone for at least another 30 days.🤨

It was a toss up between fin keel and a full-length skeg, and I went for the WRONG one 🤕of course . Oh well keep on trying.🤔🤔

Got this wrong today. Was going to choose fin keel but chose clipper bow as this also improved sailing upwind. O well will do better tomorrow😊👍

removed I was wrong
Roy

Still on the subject of international maritime signals.

In message 3751 there was an easy method to memorize the cardinal points during the day. But at night?
At night you need to know the sequence of flashing lights.
Everyone knows that safe passage to the east is indicated by three white flashes.
Safe passage to the south is indicated by 6 white flashes and a longer flash.
Safe passage to the west is indicated by 9 white flashes.
Safe passage to the north is indicated by continuous white flashes (without eclipses).
You just have to learn them by heart, but there is a very simple method to remember them without effort.
Let me know if you like this method and if you find it useful and effective.

Imagine the cardinal points (north, east, south, and west) positioned on a clock with hands.
In this way each cardinal point corresponds to a time.
To the east corresponds to 3 (3 o'clock)
to the south corresponds to 6 (6 o'clock)
to the west corresponds to 9 (9 o'clock)
to the north corresponds to 12 (12 o'clock)

so:
passage east corresponds to 3 o'clock = 3 sparkles
passage south corresponds to 6 o'clock = 6 sparkles and a long flash
passage west corresponds to 9 o'clock = 9 sparkles
passage north corresponds to 12 o'clock (the maximum of numbers on a clock) = infinite sparkles.

P.S. It translates flash to me but it is not the correct term I wanted to use but you will have understood the meaning anyway.

Hi Doug, Film quote from Where Eagles Dare ,Broadsword calling Danny Boy.
Roy

Elimination job. Richard (Broardsword calling Danny Boy) Burton, acting. Beaufort invented wind, well, a scale for measuring wind, and Cook discovered Australia, leaving Mr McGregor as the bloke that invented the Rob Roy canoe....

Funny, I thought Richard Burton was a famous actor, Liz Taylor's man!
No worries. Process of elimination still worked😁

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