"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
05/06/2020 at 08:36 • Filed to: None
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"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
05/06/2020 at 08:36 • Filed to: None | 4
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Since my spare lumber bar garnered mild enthusiasm, I present to you a spare lumber hiking bench.
What is a hiking bench you ask? It’s basically a sit up bench used to train for dinghy sailing. I built mine 4 years ago with leftover/dumpster lumber. The line is 9mm FSE Robline that I got for free from my buddy who owns a rigging shop. This stuff is cushiony soft but has a 3200 lb breaking strength.
Overall it’s a pretty useless piece of wooden stuff, but it cost $0 and doesn’t take up much space.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> razorbeamteam
05/06/2020 at 09:04 |
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I’ve never seen a hiking bench before. Neat!
I learned to sail on a Hobie 16. We wore harnesses and hooked into the trapeze, so there wasn’t the same level of strain hanging over the side.
Aremmes
> razorbeamteam
05/06/2020 at 09:12 |
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TIL that rail meat gets training as well.
Roadkilled
> razorbeamteam
05/06/2020 at 10:30 |
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My family had a Snark Mach II when I was a kid, and I learned to sail on it. That boat had similar hiking straps and a hiking stick extension on the tiller.
CalzoneGolem
> razorbeamteam
05/06/2020 at 11:32 |
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Landscaping timber ftw
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razorbeamteam
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/06/2020 at 12:00 |
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Nice, there’s nothing better than going fast while flying out on a trapeze . I used to sail Vanguard 15s and Lasers which used hiking straps. Not horrible once you get used to it for a bit.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> razorbeamteam
05/06/2020 at 12:10 |
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The first time out, the captain failed to give me good instructions and it put us in a bad spot. We caught a breeze and started flying. I was the only one on the trapeze, so the captain threw his weight back as far as he could and was nearly lying flat on the upwind hull when the wind died. I found out later that the main sheet was stuck and he couldn’t get it to release.
Anyway, the wind died and he ended up in the drink with the main sheet wrapped around his foot. Then the wind picked up again and started dragging him across the lake. I didn’t even know how to turn it into the wind. Fortunately, he was able to blubber out instructions while he was trying not to drown. I got it turned into the wind before we hit the opposite shore. It was a great lesson about a lot of the things that could go wrong.
I later spent a summer sailing Sunfish and Hobie Monocats while I was a counselor at a summer camp. Those were some great times.
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razorbeamteam
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/06/2020 at 13:27 |
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I’ve definitely been dunked when I’ve been hiked out and the wind died or I stalled the boat out. Not fun, but you’re supposed to get wet in little boats.
I spent a summer in college racing a sunfish on a tiny farm pond. Such great boats.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> razorbeamteam
05/06/2020 at 13:32 |
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Sounds like fun! I’ve taken the kids out on kayaks, but we don’t have any decent sailing areas without traveling to one of the big lakes. I was hoping to take them to Galveston for a short sailing course this summer, but those plans will probably be cancelled.