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Steve Blackburn
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Initially Posted - 04/26/2008 :  23:07:24  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Did you know Albert Einstein was an avid sailor? See his 23 foot sailboat that he loved very much but seized by the Germans during the war. Pictures, story and specs included.

[url="http://www.einstein-website.de/z_biography/tuemmler-e.html"]Albert Einstein’s "Tümmler" (porpoise)[/url]
Steve Blackburn, Calgary, AB
C250WB - 1999 - Hull 396
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 04/27/2008 :  07:11:39  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
Steve,

Great find ! Thanks for sharing !

I bet Albert could have benefitted from info shared on this Forum and no doubt he would have added worthwhile info to our technical Tips Section.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 04/27/2008 :  07:20:44  Show Profile
Fact is, and it's a local point of pride, Albert Einstein vacationed on Peconic Bay, sailed avidly and wrote his famous letter to Roosevelt about the Manhattan Project from here...
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Response Posted - 04/27/2008 :  09:38:17  Show Profile
Interesting... Think about how many of the design criteria and characteristics define a prototype for the C-25 (with inboard diesel under the cockpit sole, as was the option).
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/27/2008 :  11:53:00  Show Profile
Interesting.
More proof that smart people sail.

Yes, it would have been fun to have Cap'n Al weigh in on the tiller vs wheel debate, and of course I'd love to have heard his opines on the porta-potti vs marine head issue.
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Response Posted - 04/27/2008 :  19:06:12  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by 1981capri</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Interesting... Think about how many of the design criteria and characteristics define a prototype for the C-25 <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">The caption under the photo says:"Prof. Albert Einstein on board of his sailing boat which he was given by friends." Just goes to show you there were cheap sailboats around even before the C25 came out.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">WHAT???
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John V.
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  08:44:36  Show Profile  Visit John V.'s Homepage
not only was he an avid sailor but also an expert violinist. In reading a recent biography I found that he enjoyed sailing because he could be alone with his thoughts, and when the wind died he would get out his notebook and scribble equations and ideas. When the wind would pick up he would go back to sailing. it is interesting that as a child he was given a compass which fascinated him leading to a lifelong interest in fields of gravity and electromagnetism. Where would any sailor (or other genius) be without a compass?

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  10:53:04  Show Profile
Einstein had a lot of influential friends, including presidents, Royalty, Prime Ministers, Wealthy Industrialists, Bankers and etc.
He was given a sailboat because he mentioned that he loved to sail and that sailing 'gave him room for thought'.
That was not an inexpensive sailboat at the time. His friends had deep pockets. The sailboat was big enough to sail where he wanted to sail, it was sturdy and safe, he could single hand it. It was exactly the right boat for him. It was built and bought at a time when the world was in a financial depression.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  11:54:29  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Sailing is a microcosmos, so many places to take your mind.
I think it is safe to say the IQ of the average sailor is a bit higher than that of the average non-sailor.
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Ben
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  12:03:20  Show Profile
I don't know if my IQ is any higher than anyone else, although I'd like to believe it is. One thing I had read as I was learning to sail was that it takes about an hour to learn how to sail, but it takes a lifetime to master. What I'm hoping is that when I retire some 20+ years from now, is that sailing regularly (hopefully every darned day) will help keep my mind sharp and my body active.
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stampeder
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I don't know if my IQ is any higher than anyone else, although I'd like to believe it is<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Just hanging out with us here on this forum has already raised your IQ.
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  12:50:20  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
From what I see on the lake I'm pretty sure that a sailor has a greater IQ than a powerboater.
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Dave Bristle
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Yup, the lights are dimming already...
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Deric
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  19:00:32  Show Profile
Good ol' Al most likely had his mind on travel, distance, speed, energy, space and the relativity of it all.

He may have thought about sailing in space on a ship that would use solar sails. The idea is to push particles against the sail that would cause momentum, perhaps the energy of the sun's gamma rays, or a man-made Lazar. The point being that fossil fuel wouldn't be needed; hence, a ship powered for long voyages; akin to a tall ship.
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 04/28/2008 :  19:26:22  Show Profile
I've always thought about sailing through space while sitting on my man-made lazar, or was that lazarette?

Sorry I couldn't resist
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/29/2008 :  16:47:57  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Old time sailors did not sail to a new port or island, they "fetched it to them". Very much a preliminary concept of relativity.

I love the idea. I sit on my boat and fiddle with lines and sheets and I fetch a distant island to me.
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 04/30/2008 :  12:57:35  Show Profile
Great find! Besides all of the above observations -- I was interested in the lines of the boat. The bow/keel look very much like the current thinking about entry,beam and keel configuration -- funny how the more things change the more they stay the same.
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