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Arlyn Stewart
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Initially Posted - 12/08/2002 : 14:36:16

For those who sail the ocean only and want a glimpse of the period of Great Lakes chop.... I've posted a video clip to the web of a clip taken during a 90 mile crossing of Lake Huron between Southern end of Manitoulin Island, Ontario and Harrisville, Mi during my 1999 cruise.

The clip was taken somewhere near mid crossing in consistant winds somewhere around 14-16 knots in less than 2ft chop. All things seemed ideal to get the boat moving fast. I was running full main and about two turns of reef on the 110 jib with the backstay and outhaul tight.

The boat was exceeding hull speed making 7.3 knots, the rudder was locked and needed no attention for two hours. When winds increased to the point of needing a single reef in the main... I couldn't break hull speed of 6.2 knots.

The clip is done in MS WMV format and I offer my apologies for those who don't use a windows media player. I tried to stick with an .avi file but the producer I was using just wouldn't allow enough window size or length to be worthwhile. My web space was limited to 2meg so I guess this is it.

Note: I had problems with my windows media player communicating with the browser...but that seems better after downloading the beta 9 release. Also a problem, that while Netscape or Mozilla would pick up an .avi clip and play it in the windows media player... they don't seem to handle the .WMV file.

If someone would like an avi clip, email me and maybe we can get it to you some how.

http://www.stewartfam.net/arlyn/c250_3.WMV

<img src="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/images/helming.jpg" border=0>
Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
R&R N/E Texas and Great Lakes

[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

Edited by - arlyn stewart on 12/08/2002 15:17:40

Edited by - Arlyn Stewart on 12/28/2002 11:40:10

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 12/08/2002 : 15:38:02

<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> COOL! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Arlyn ... do you ever sail anywhere besides the great lakes?

Buzz Maring, C-25 SK/SR #68, "Freya"

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 12/09/2002 : 01:19:10

<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>Also Way Cool<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>
47 seconds times number of times I watched this before going to bed tonight = 1000s of seconds of wishing I were out sailing right now.....
Thanks for the memories. Gotta get my boat back in the water.

C25 tall/wing
Classical Cat #5944

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 12/09/2002 : 09:48:32

Arlyn,

These are my favorite sailing conditions on Lake Superior as well. You can really enjoy the ride with a strong steady steady breeze, and a light to moderate chop, especailly when racing.

Al
GALLIVANT #5801

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ssteakley
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Response Posted - 12/09/2002 : 16:20:42

Arlyn,
thanks for the clip! Those of us who sail on much smaller lakes love to see our 250's out in the big waters. You should do a post on how to post video clips so that others can do the same,
Steve Steakley
Moon Chaser #385

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 12/09/2002 : 16:32:07

Very much like Long Island Sound in May-June and September-October. I'm gonna play that clip every day for the rest of the winter! Thanks!

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 12/09/2002 : 16:51:32

Posting a video clip is like posting a pic... it needs a home on the web. My ISP (like most) gives a small amound of space for a personal web site, mine is 5 meg. The video clip is 2 meg so there is only room for one.

To set up the web site follow your ISP instructions. To create web page, I used Mozilla (a beta production of Netscapes next browser) as it has a publisher built into the browser. WS_FTP (freeware) was also used for some file handling to the web site.

One doesn't have to have a web page to use the free 5 meg from the ISP to store a video clip and/or pictures, just set up the web account and upload to it using WS_FTP or some other program. Windows 2000 or XP may do that as well.

To create a video clip... I used Windows Movie Maker setting it to port the video in thru the RCA jack on my intel web cam from the vcr. Downhill from there.... edit a clip until the saved file size is within the storage space on your ISP account. upload it to isp account and note the url.

note: the intel web cam port doesn't do that great of a job...but it does work... use it if ya got it...but if video capture is a new endeavor, I would go with some video card with an input port or of course use the fireport if both camera and computer have em.

<img src="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/images/helming.jpg" border=0>
Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
R&R N/E Texas and Great Lakes

[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

Edited by - arlyn stewart on 12/10/2002 09:12:13

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 12/10/2002 : 07:13:08

Arlyn

It's been said, but what a neat video clip.

Water conditions on the Great Lakes are certainly different than many smaller lakes, and somewhat surprising to many who have sailed oceans is the severity of the chop. I've known several who have sailed the Caribbean or off the Atlantic coast come to Lake Erie full of bravado believing there was nothing Lake Erie could throw at them that they couldn't handle. Surprise. Lake is Erie is shallow and when the wind pipes up the magnitude of the waves build rapidly, and the period is extremely short. As a result Lake Erie, and to a lesser degree the other Great Lakes must be respected. After all they make up the north coast of the USA.

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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