O SEGREDO FROTA

Second outing on the 19mx today at about 2-3pm, and boy is that north wind a deceiving little devil. Me and a buddy decided to try it without a third person and i flew my first hull(ever!) within ~20 mins of being on the water. About 15 minutes after that we decided to tack and i guess i left the main cleated too tight and over she went. Took us about ~20 mins with perfect wind on tramp/sails and multiple attempts to right her back over(~320lb) with the factory righting line in the trampoline. Looking back it was kinda funny and definitely a learning experience, but i think it made me a little gun shy.

Any one else go sailing today?

boy is that north wind a deceiving little devil

you got that right...learned the hard way to hug the coast with the winds out of the north.

looks like nw 15-20kts monday! have made plans to successfully blow off monday work and advise others to do same. makes for perfect bay hull flying...and flounder gigging.

Have fun out there Skipper, say hi to the Magic Man for me, maybe Tube Socks will be awaiting his arrival and ready to show him a swell time. :kiss:

in the middle of a transom repair, got a late start yesterday(hounds gig@nick's). liver repair ongoing...may not make it today but then, the majic man has not arrived. looks like boat repair/pool party/grill on this beautiful, hookey playing monday. uless, of course, majic man gets into full blown "WHOOOO HOOOO" mode, just after his breakfast beers. updates as they happen...

Rat, you gonna sail slip to ship?

planning on it...it's on my anniversary...convincing the wife as to how romantic it would be for me to sail, then she can have whatever she wants for dinner off the dollar menue 😎

Edited by coastrat on May 17, 2011 - 05:21 AM.

dollar menu? Wow, you're nice. At least when I take the wife to wendy's on our anniversary I let her 'biggie size' it... and a frosty if she's good. 😎

The O Segredo Frota Fleet has placed and received an order from the $500 menu: P16. 1979 vintage. Blow Baby Blow!!! The Backasswards will be parted out and rest comfortably in the slums of Petal in the near future. :catchchicken:

congrads!!! bring it to the boatyard tonight!!!(and beer) 😉

Mumkay Skipper, see yall this everning. :yes:

can't do the race...bummer...but will be hanging out saturday afternoon and sailing around the bay/deer island...good luck and see ya'll this weekend!

I might see ya out there, i usually put in off of Courthouse road though, depends on how rough the water is if i make it that far over or not.

all hands on deck...O SEGREDO FROTA will sail on biloxi bay tomorrow; the blue ribbon and her sister ship "sideways" will be conducting maneuvers so as to test at full capacity ice chest tolerences...that is all...over.

"saturday morning" flu has decimated captains and crews...livers were evil and they were punnished...will re-try sunday on biloxi bay...come on out and enjoy the "healing" waters of the mississippi sound as we re-tell hank's adventures on the dance floor!(he doesn't remember...tee hee!). on an upbeat note: tony and todd camped on horn island and stuck 16 flounder last night and limited out on speckled trout(30)this morning...nothin' a saturday evening fish fry can't sort out!

caught some o' dem cajun boys trying to launch a h18 w/ mag wings over the seawall in gulfport. I didn't stop by the first time, but i showed up about 30 minutes later and they already had that booger in the sand. I gave them a heads up to launch at courthouse rd pier next time.

boat descrip: h18 magnum yellow hulls/yellow sail with the rainbow pattern in one of the panels. Sail number and their names completely escape me though.

Had a great day out yesterday, starting to get a bit more comfortable with the boat, starting to see a trip to ship in my plans one day.

Edited by matt922 on Jun 12, 2011 - 08:46 AM.

come on down to biloxi next to the biloxi yacht club, the public launch is sweet!...just leaving now, will be there around11:30ish...look for the 2 "super seventies" p-16's!

No sailing today, i went fishing early this morning and spent a few hours polishing the grime off the hulls on the prindle.

Re: next to byc...

How's the boat traffic over that way? sandbars?

the secret spot, come to think of it, can be a little tricky...lots of piers, a channel, shallows, deer island in your face, the most treacherous quicksand on the newly built up deer island,a fair amount of traffic...the good thing about is the launch. you can drop the sterns in the water on the beach with your tires still on the blacktop...no cat trax needed. it is getting more crowded these days...sooo...nobody go there...your old place is fine. i mean, it is the secret spot afterall.

Edited by coastrat on Jun 12, 2011 - 07:59 PM.

Yes Coastrat, apparently the secret is out. Might be time to purchase some beachfront property and leave the cats there. Ocean Springs looks like a swell spot. Very pleased with Sideways, she stays dry and doesn't pull either way. Thanks for all your technical support! :woohoo:

nice job yesterday! hate you missed the fillin station, you would have loved the waitress...anyhoo, frying up those specks tonight if your hungry.

Hey Coastrat, Matt922's launching spot looks pretty good from google maps aerial pics. Over 45 trailer and tow vehical length parking spots and it appears there is a small spot to back up to the beach. This boat ramp is 11 miles from the not so secret spot. I propose we try it one day when we play hooky from work. :kiffer:

Yeah, its 35ft or so from the water, there is a concrete slab that drives off right into the sand. There is also a boat ramp if you guys are that hardcore/skilled.

The two things you guys might not like is... People at certain times on the weekend and that it requires cat trax. Sandbars extend almost all the way out to the poles as well.

Since you guys dont live down here, i'll go take a pic of the sweet spot™ tomorrow.

edit/// already have a pic sorta...

Edited by matt922 on Jun 13, 2011 - 04:54 PM.

Thanks for the info on the launch ramp Matt922. Happy sailing!

forcast calls for wind...lots of it! going out tomorrow, possible horn island trip with ssw winds. bring extra ballast(beer) and rip across the mississippi sound!

we're going to make an attempt for ship island tomorrow.

i've only been to horn once quite a few years ago, so nothing quite so daring just yet 😛

it will be a straight shot no tacking for you today from gulfport...make sure your heavy enough cause it's gonna blow around 18kts...west ship has no trees so the only structure you see is the fort...east ship has some trees left but the storms have left both so far apart that you can barely see one from the other. same for us, beam reach to and fro. wrap your beverages up in the ice bag w/the ice to keep waves from melting ice fast...one thing we learned. have a great trip!

Thanks for the tip, bud! I just got my trap harness and there are two people going with.

Demasted... ~8 miles out near the tip of east ship. Floated for an hour and a charter boat captain came and gave me our GPS coordinates to give to seatow. From what google maps tells me, we were right between horn and Eship, which i guess would explain the seemingly heavy boat traffic. Ended up waiting another hour or so and some awesome guy and his family pull up, and immediately ask us if we have a rope. 2 hours later we landed at O SEGREDO FROTA.

sidenote: Bill, we indeed saw the patch of (dead?) trees on East ship, seems like it has some pretty large sand dunes too? We were very close to this when we demasted.

between a broken 101" batten i JUST replaced(and broke again), tear in the sail, broke mast base(piece that rivets into mast), hardware that keeps my nacra foil on, and a new hiking stick its gonna hurt the wallet. OUCH!

How common is demasting.. is it one of those things that happens to nearly everyone, or just me?

Starting to think "JONAH" would be an appropriate name for the boat.

Edited by matt922 on Jun 18, 2011 - 11:40 PM.

one of those days right!...we were just a little luckier than you. got there and had the boat ready in great time(35 minutes), knew something was up... launched and realized my main was fouled so tried to untwist underway...droped the shackle pin...had a small spare...got back to spot and got another shackle...launched again...went past beau and started heading to horn...when we passed up east deer, heard the ominous "POP" sound...been there...last time i heard this we demasted just shy of west horn island. so we abort and head back. just as we turn into the spot the newly reriveted travelor base becomes unriveted. still not sure if that was the "POP" but glad to limp in unscathed. just got finished installing new mast base/step with rivets from murrays. turns out the rivets they supply are not long enough...now i need to replace all the rivets i just replaced...gonna order new standing rigging monday morning just because.

like i told matt yesterday, if it was easy, it wouldn't be cool...

Bad news, I did dismast in 1979 but I think my bro in law cut my shroud. Glad you guys are safe. My son is playing in the USGA Public Links this week in Oregon. After that I hope to see you guys at the spot.