Blaze sailing at its best
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- čas přidán 28. 10. 2023
- This is the last Sunday morning in August and after what has been a largely disappointing summer the weather gods really delivered today. We had some close racing and fantastic sailing conditions and a course that really suited the Blaze dinghy
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Great race and a great performance 👌👍
Thank you
lovely just lovely
Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it
One of your BEST! Thanks! Reminds me of my days of dinghy racing in Kansas (US).
Thankyou. We think its one of the better ones as well.
I like the racing and you do a great job of covering it!
Thankyou, nice to hear from you
Excellent job! Great camera work. Nice ode' to Peter Gunn' esque music for a mercifully short stint. Loved the break for a "Gods eye view" of the race, with strategy breakdown. One of your best works Sir. Keep it up.
Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it
Oh the Blaze is so much fun on the Medway on a day like that.
It is, shame your not here to enjoy it with us any more
Thanks for sharing. Your cameras work out great. Nice report and good view on handling all those lines. How much time did the race take? And didnt you get cold?
I don't recall exactly. I think it was close to 2 hrs in the end as the wind died and there was a strong tide against us, but no, we didn't get cold. For the UK it was a great day to go sailing
Looks like you need a new spot gasket. That’s if blazes have them
They do but because they also have a very shallow deck at that point nothing stops the torrent of water. A traditional boat has a centre board case to control the water spouts. Doesn't slow them up at all though :-)
@@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily makes sense. I guess it’s quite similar to my phantom then
I see water coming up the centreboard well at speed. Can you apply sail repair tape on the edge of the hull slot around the board so that it is pushed aside by the board but seals behind the trailing edge? The drag there looks significant. Cheers from Aus.
Hi ya. It has a slot gasket its just that the deck is so narrow at that point, and they don't have a centre board case of any size to contain the spray so you cant help but get that torrent of water. Good to hear from you though, do you have many boats along the lines of a Blaze? (hiking single hander with racks or wide wings
Does the Blaze have a slot gasket? I saw a fountain from the centreboard at times.
It does but with the blade part up, and travelling at speed, and the very shallow hull at that point you cant stop it getting in
Looks like a fun boat. What is the best and heaviest crew weights on a Blaze to sail them competitively?
100kg, it has a big sail so can take the weight. Optimum weight about 85 I'd say, it helps if you are tall. If you are above 100kg try it anyway , it can take it better than many boats.
I'm only 68kg and can be competitive, as it gets breezier though I struggle to hang onto the heavier guys upwind
A bit hard on the knees.
It can be, although its big enough and stable enough that you don't have to move around so much