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The original was posted on /r/sailing by /u/Intelligent_Buyer_23 on 2025-08-04 12:13:25+00:00.

I'm looking to make a game with friends about unusual nautical terms or made up nonsense,

For example Gollywobbler - a large quadrilateral sail used in light wind

baggywrinkle - a soft covering used to reduce chaifing.

Whimstay - the aft most stay on a large ship, often used to counter the heeling force on a mast.

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The original was posted on /r/sailing by /u/PotentialDefault on 2025-08-04 11:24:32+00:00.

I still consider myself a new sailor. Yesterday the wind forecast was 12 knots, gusting 18. There were some very small whitecaps present. I had new guests on my Catalina 25, so we were taking it easy. I had just the jib out and according to my boat app, we reached 6 knots.

This wasn't sustained. Our average speed was more in the low 4 range, but I was pretty surprised by this. Again, emphasizing that there really weren't any whitecaps.

Does that seem possible/likely? To achieve 6 knots with just a jib in 15 knots of wind? To be clear, nothing went wrong, I was just surprised by this.

Thanks!

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The original was posted on /r/sailing by /u/Wilfthered1 on 2025-08-03 11:14:48+00:00.

I think that it is time for a new regatta. Here in the Solent, and I'm sure all around the sailing world there are dozens of regattas celebrating the beautiful classics etc (BCYC, Hamble classics, OGA etc), and regattas for folks with the budgets to run Cape 31s, or pay crew to sail their J70s for them. How about a regatta for cheap, tatty old average white boats? Maybe based on YTC handicap. Instead of a 'concours d'elegance' there would be a 'concours d'well at least she is still afloat and the right way up' with extra points for crews in mismatched oilies and fenders still over the side...

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The original was posted on /r/sailing by /u/JB4-3 on 2025-08-02 23:57:57+00:00.

I was sailing with some friends in a harbor, creeping along in 5-7 kts. Light wind day, everyone’s relaxed then boom we got blasted. My 31’ sloop almost tipped over, we head up, then it’s over. All in about 3 seconds. Then we could see to leeward a ring on the surface and a hint of tornado moving slowly downwind. Had to be about 30 knots or more of wind.

Is this a microburst? Or did we catch jetwash from a departing aircraft (next to a major airport)? I’ve never seen anything like it and spent a good amount of time on the water. Blue skies, never happened again, seemed to fizzle out by the time it was 100 yards away

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