Sailor Talk

Virtual Eye Sailing

 For those times when you can't go sailboat racing or wish you could crew on some of the most well known big budget boats, there's Virtual Eye.  VE is a 3D program used at sporting events around the world and with it, you can 'sail' through their race archives including the America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, the Audi MedCup, Louis Vuitton trophy, etc.  VE allows you to zoom up to a boat and watch its sail and course changes, zoom out and see how that boat is doing against the rest of the fleet, track how fast they're moving, among other things.

In My 22 Years of Sailing by Sean Boily

 

In my 22 years of sailing, I’ve been active in three sailing organizations: the Homer Yacht Club, the Juneau Yacht Club, and Southeast Alaska Sailing (SEAS). I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the friendships and associations I’ve made through these groups, but there have been days when membership asked more of me than I wanted to give… as happens whenever you join others in a common venture. On those few times I’ve asked myself “why am I a part of this and what am I getting in return?”
A traditional reason to be in a Yacht Club is the reciprocal benefits available at clubs throughout the world. But I don’t travel enough, nor am I enough of an extrovert to take advantage of this, so it’s not a draw for me. Others may find prestige with yacht club membership, but I just don’t see that connection in Alaska.
I’ve continued to join sailing clubs for the simple reason that I love sailing. I love the magic of harnessing the wind and overcoming natural fears of that awesome power. I love the technical study of perfecting that measure of control, and learning my personal limits.  Ownership of a sailing vessel is another pleasure – not so much the polishing of brass and teak, but the maintenance of systems and hardware that gives me the confidence that everything will function correctly when needed. But why join a group to do this? Sailing can be a solitary venture, if desired, and some people seek that out. But I have an anecdote that underscores why many mariners and sailors seek out like-minded comrades:

Sailor Talk to start up again in 2012

Sailors Talk this week will focus on in maintaining and or installing rolling fullers with Dan Rondeau of Harken Yacht Equipment.
Northwind is hosting the gathering at thier offices downtown from 1800-2000 on Thusday the 16th of February
 
Dan Rondeau grew up cruising in the Great Lakes and went to work for Harken Yacht Equipment in 1979 building racing dingies in the Vanguard Boat division. Later became Vanguard Sales Manager selling boats to racers, college programs and clubs like Juneau Yacht club. 
 
When the boat division sold in '86, Dan became the tech service department for the hardware division, specializing in furling. Later became head of a four man tech service department until accepting a position as product development manager.  
 
Now Dan telecommutes from Juneau.
He does technical writing, patent work, international tech service and manages hydraulic furling orders.
 

 

 
The biggest dilemma Dan has living here is deciding what fun thing to do next.
 
Come join other sailors, catch up with news from SEAS and share your best photos from the 2011 sailing season.
 
Bring something to drink or something to share.
 
Where: Northwind Architects
 
When :Thursday 02/16/2012 - 18:00 - 20:00
 
 

Sailor's Talk Recap

Although the weather was sunny, several faithful members and visitors participated in last night’s Sailor Talk ~ including 8 Skippers and 7 crew.  Also give a big SEAS welcome to  two New Skippers Members who signed up ….  Gus Marx of S/V Maeve a Pacific Seacraft Sloop and Sigrid Dahlberg & Hal Geiger of S/V Okojo Maru a Albin Vega …. Welcome!!!!

Wade Rogers, the SEAS Racing Committee Chairman spoke on sailing rules when racing, along with skookum mini-videos demonstrating what can and shouldn’t happen at the beginning of a race. 

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