As a Scandinavian and especially as a Swedish citizen (debatable, I know) I am obligated by contract to promote Fiskars products as Fiskars is Finnish, but established when Finland was under Swedish rule, even though Finns will never agree to ever have being ruled by anyone…
In my later years, I feel my allegiance shifting more towards the south…
Spinning my legs, still very windy but this time I made sure I rode against the wind for the first half of the ride. Took it pretty easy after the tour yesterday
I haven’t read that specifically, but I think that I remember that Australia II had a shortened waterline, so it makes sense. I’ll ask my sailing aficionado friend who crewed a Dennis Conner boat when he gets back from picking up a boat in Connecticut.
I can see how a winged keel will change skin girth in relation to chain girth, and I haven’t done any calculations but it is easy to see how it it can be used to minimise the value for ‘d’ (maybe even close to zero?) which would then allow you to gain an advatage with the allowable waterline and/or sail area.
Had a wonderful week of backcountry near Wānaka, Young and Wilkin river valleys and Gillespie pass…my body was pretty broken after 90kms and 4kms up and down, but spirits were higher than in years.
I used to Love sitting by Meig’s Field…on a sunny June afternoon…enjoying the gentle lake breezes…and watching some of the Coolest and Unique GA aircraft Take-off and Land in front of that Gorgeous Skyline.
Haha fair point! That’s bound to happen when you spend so much time fondling aircraft on a professional level Looks like an awesome trip there Schurem!
The Sierras… Not a great picture because it was so dark but you could see them looming down there… Always a really cool sight. I’ve spent a lot of time in those mountains.
Smøreost (haven’t tried skinke but another one, perhaps bacon, a few years ago) tastes way better than it has any right to. Especially when you have it in a tube as if it was toothpaste.