Sailing

Sailing the Northsea

Dirk De Ploey
Zaakvoerder
Leeuwerikstraat 22
B-2500 Lier
Tel.& fax: 32 (0)15 32 05 39
Gsm.: 0477 / 31 11 48
E-mail: sailingtns@skynet.be

Croeso
Westerley Storm 10.11 metres (with helm)
Crew 4 to 5 + skipper (Stefaan)
Almost all weekends still free
Approx. 750 EUR long weekend

2 free motor-hours per day + accepted to return with full tank

Ten knots "Schiemanswerk" to memorise for Sailing License Beginner Level + Evolution-1

Halve steek
Overhand knot
Le demi-nœud

Platte knoop
Reef knot
Le nœud plat/droit

Slipsteek
Slipknot
Le nœud de galère

Achtknoop
(Flemish) eight
Le nœud flamand

Klampsteek
Turning a cleat
Le nœud de taquet

Sailing is truly one of the greatest pastimes imaginable, except for the fact that you can get so terribly sick during heavy weather at sea (some lucky individuals seem to be genetically spared for this ordeal). So what could you do to make the best of this?

Recommendation

1. Eat/drink & take Touristil 1/2 prior to departure
2. 1^st day keep taking Touristil every 6 hours
3. On 2^st take Touristil again, but don't repeat if you feel OK
4. From 3^rd day onwards you don't tend to get that sick again

To investigate ...

Sailing dinghies (ISAF International Classes)

14 Foot | 29er | 420 | 470 | 49er | 505 | Cadet | Contender | Enterprise | Europe | Finn | Fireball | Flying Dutchman | Flying Junior | Laser Standard | Laser 4.7 | Laser II | Lightning | Mirror | Moth | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Snipe | Splash | Sunfish | Topper |Vaurien | Zoom 8

Classes of sailing dinghies, scows, sharpies and skiffs (worldwide)

BRiGS

Bakboord-Rood / Groen-Stuurboord
Red = political left / StuuRboord R from Right
Babort / Tribord

Port wine should be left alone when it is red
i.e. port (left) red, so starboard (right) green

Crash-course

Groen op groen = doen
Rood op rood = geen nood

Great 1st time Laser sailing Sunday 5th August 2007 at Kinrooi with Sunshine (rare this Summer) & steady South East Wind blowing 3 beaufort.

Specs

Attention Points

SeaClear II freeware: http://www.sping.com/seaclear (freeware).With MapCal II tool included in SeaClear, you can calibrate scanned maps and convert them to the lighter WCI format. Scan the maps in A4 parts, stitch them with software such as GIMP and reduce size down to 30 percent, because images larger than 15 MB take too long to load in MapCal (level of detail will be more then sufficient). Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seaclear_mapping.

Use small netbook attached with Velcro straps on navigation table.