tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844204441701495742011-07-30T16:12:47.342-07:00Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463439760093531615noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684420444170149574.post-81782391312189062912010-05-10T06:50:00.001-07:002010-05-10T06:55:08.950-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oIPWInb8eXQ/S-gPbv3LG6I/AAAAAAAAABk/j7u3CH0trew/s1600/IMG_0413.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oIPWInb8eXQ/S-gPbv3LG6I/AAAAAAAAABk/j7u3CH0trew/s400/IMG_0413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469638716820233122" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/684420444170149574-8178239131218906291?l=joshmcknight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463439760093531615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684420444170149574.post-11190881064885694202009-10-03T22:34:00.000-07:002009-10-03T22:53:01.983-07:00The long weekend is here and as many of you would probably know I am sailing with olivia price in the yachting NSW youth championships and have already had the first 2 days of competition. Surprisingly enough we have been doing well enough to be placed 2nd on yardstick and 1st 29er this is even more surprising seeing as the last time we sailed a 29er about 3 years ago we swam the whole day and didn't get much sailing done.<br />The results at the moment are 1,2,10 which is good however we would have liked to have had a neater score card.<br />Hopefully we can get enough races in tomorrow so that we can drop that 10th placing and move up a spot overall.<br />start time tomorrow is 10 30 am so we should get at least one more race in before the breeze shits its self.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/684420444170149574-1119088106488569420?l=joshmcknight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463439760093531615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684420444170149574.post-51247387974086108252009-08-15T23:55:00.000-07:002009-08-16T00:39:59.419-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oIPWInb8eXQ/Soe3sA1XSmI/AAAAAAAAABc/ACyI44Jo8oc/s1600-h/DSC02758.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oIPWInb8eXQ/Soe3sA1XSmI/AAAAAAAAABc/ACyI44Jo8oc/s400/DSC02758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370463047428557410" border="0" /></a><br />Matt Stenta and myself sailed our brand new 13ft skiff today for the first time which was nice and the boat is surprisingly fast without much rig tuning and setting up.<br />were still waiting on our new mast to be finished so we borrowed someone else from our club which meant we had a bit of tuning and setting up to do which was annoying but not too bad.<br />It was sort of a baptism of fire because when we were sailing in we were hit with a solid 20 knots but the boat was fast and only minimal adjustments needed to take it to the next level.<br />the new main sail on this boat has a few changes to our old one and we seem to be able to power up earlier and get moving faster after the tacks which is good and it flattens off nicely so were not over powered when the wind gets up.<br />however the sail wasn't without incident as when we were sailing in we crashed into a moored yacht when we lost steerage and then got hit by a monster gust however nothing broke only a scratch or 2 so we are happy with how everything went and are itching to get back out there.<br />(just need some grip on the gunnel's)<br />a big thanks to our sponsors and supporters main Rob Stenta at carneeds Tyres and More, Precourt synthetic rigging solutions, CST composites, and zhik sailing gear<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/684420444170149574-5124738797408610825?l=joshmcknight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463439760093531615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684420444170149574.post-61127211598164316822009-08-01T01:58:00.000-07:002009-08-01T02:01:01.059-07:00just missed 2 perfect days of moth sailing!<br />i will need to get to work on the boat quickly and get it sailing so i can get out there and get some practice in before i race any one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/684420444170149574-6112721159816431682?l=joshmcknight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463439760093531615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684420444170149574.post-29908774376350668412009-07-30T19:27:00.000-07:002009-07-30T19:28:01.488-07:00just bought the bladerider FX off bladerider!!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/684420444170149574-2990877437635066841?l=joshmcknight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463439760093531615noreply@blogger.com0