Thread: GIS in Portsmouth, NH

Originally Posted by callsign222

NICE JOB!

That's seriously an identical boat... people are going to start mixing us up.

I've had it, I am painting my Goat purple. Hmmmm, I said that jokingly, but that might actually be pretty cool. Hmmmmm.

Originally Posted by wwc

On the same expedition we made our first attempt at reefing the sail which was fairly easy but with all of the excess canvas at the bottom and no way to secure it I had trouble pointing upwind.


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We have a fix for the pointing problem thanks to some suggestions that Christophe trialled out.

Two things when reefed. Heaps of Downhaul. Also the foot of the sail needs to be eased enough to have some depth in it.

Christophe and some of the others can say how much seems about right.

A third thing that can help a bit is to tie some knots in the traveller so the block is restricted from moving right over to the gunwale. Basically the boom angle to the centreline needs to be restricted to about 10 degrees.

Gee, she looks fine on the water. That photo above shows one of the problems of photographing fast boats that move easily - they just don't look like they are moving much.

Congratulations and best wishes
Michael

Originally Posted by Compass Project

I've had it, I am painting my Goat purple. Hmmmm, I said that jokingly, but that might actually be pretty cool. Hmmmmm.

John's Green boat did look good too. Also remember back to Jamie's Blue one and Juan Carlos' charcoal coloured Goat.

MIK

Originally Posted by Compass Project

Congrats! Looks like Squam!?

It's actually Lake Umbagog, near Errol, NH.

Originally Posted by callsign222

Where did you get your lumber? Maine Coast in York?

Most of it was from Goosebay Lumber in Chichester, NH, but we got a few things (mast timbers if I remember correctly) from Selectwood in Portsmouth.

Originally Posted by Boatmik

John's Green boat did look good too. Also remember back to Jamie's Blue one and Juan Carlos' charcoal coloured Goat.

MIK

And not forgetting about the black Jack of Mudjimba from Queensland, which I think looks awesome too!

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Goosebay is awesome, I actually got all my mast and foil materials from them. They've seen my boat a couple of times.

I'm going to Lake Umbagog on Saturday, staying up near Sunday Cove, Camp 15. Any advice on how not to hit submerged rocks? How was the sailing? I've never been, heard it was shallow.

Wow, two GIS in as many weeks on a relatively obscure NH lake. Kind of cool!

The sailing on Lake Umbagog is great—there is enough open space for pretty good wind out towards the middle, but where we were on the western shore (R27) the wind was very unpredictable and shifted a lot within a few hundred yards or so of the shore. Several times the wind on shore was completely opposite the prevailing wind on the lake. Although the lake is fairly shallow (10-15 ft I think) you really only need to worry about rocks right around the shore, especially eastern shore of the lake south of Pine Point (below R15), which is very rocky. If you sail across the lake to the marshy area where the Magalloway River comes in it gets fairly shallow but there are a few channel markers to look out for. We thought about rigging up some sort of anchor/mooring setup to keep the boat off the rocks but we ended up just carrying it up most of the way out of the water when we weren't sailing it, and the bottom didn't get too scratched up.

It's quite a coincidences to get two goats on Umbagog less than a month apart, have a great time and make sure you take lots of pictures!

Thank you for the comprehensive advice, I'll take pics and put them up next Monday!

I'll have my haul-out line, so I'll keep her moored offshore. Without a tide to grabble with, it'll be child's play in comparison.

Originally Posted by wwc

The sailing on Lake Umbagog is great—there is enough open space for pretty good wind out towards the middle, but where we were on the western shore (R27) the wind was very unpredictable and shifted a lot within a few hundred yards or so of the shore. Several times the wind on shore was completely opposite the prevailing wind on the lake.

This is typical on waterbodies with large obstructions on their shores, especially on the prevailing side (western side for N. hemisphere), and affects almost every nice waterbody in NH due to our scenic yet manipulative hills.

Newfound Lake is a great place to sail, but the ramp in the west side with a hill behind it and lots of tall trees right to the water... sometimes it can be tricky/frustrating maneuvering close to shore with other non-sailing traffic as the wind swings around 180 deg. Sunapee-- Getting up the gut in the middle with the islands up to the upper lake can be a real hassle in a good NWesterly blow...

Weekend trip to Umbagog got cancelled, my wife got sick, boooooooooo sick.

So I did some local sailing instead.

Originally Posted by callsign222

So I did some local sailing instead.

...I bet she was really pleased with you

(You met my friends Chris and Carrie on Bangs...wow. Did I tell you the story of other friends that I met on Jewell?

Bro, I just sent you an email on said encounter.