I'm STILL waiting for any pic of Wally's boat with a spin. He didn't like my
ultra light air shot, so I'd like to see his force 8 pic!

Still waiting....


RB

Bobsprit wrote:
I'm STILL waiting for any pic of Wally's boat with a spin. He didn't
like my ultra light air shot, so I'd like to see his force 8 pic!

Bob, I've already seen your 2 knots and raised it to 10-15.

Are you gonna raise, call, or fold?


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

Bob, I've already seen your 2 knots and raised it to 10-15.

You have yet to post any pics of your boat with a spin. Don't leave us hanging.
Does your boat HAVE a spin?

RB

Bobsprit wrote:

Does your boat HAVE a spin?

Do you HAVE a boat?


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Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

Does your boat HAVE a spin?

Do you HAVE a boat?

Actually, I now own two boats. Three if you count my Canoe in PA.
Let us know when you get a spin for your micro cruiser.

RB

Bobsprit wrote:

Actually, I now own two boats. Three if you count my Canoe in PA.
Let us know when you get a spin for your micro cruiser.

I do have one - when I get my toy digicam, I'll take a snap of it. If I'm in
a good mood, I might even drag it out of the bag. I realise I'll be betting
under your 2 knots, but this is, of course, a different hand from the
'feeble waifs and strays versus proper sailors actually sailing' one.

Why is it that, of all the pics you've posted, only one has ever shown
someone actually doing something other than grinning inanely in the cockpit?


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

I do have one - when I get my toy digicam, I'll take a snap of it. If I'm in
a good mood, I might even drag it out of the bag. I realise I'll be betting
under your 2 knots,

You'll take a pic of it out of the bag in +10 knots? Oh goody!
By the way, the best low cost digicam for a boat is the Sony U30, U40 and
waterproof versions. They are small enough to be worn around the neck (tucked
under a short please!). They are poor at night though. Most of the new pics on
my site were taken with these tiny Sony cameras...


RB

Bobsprit wrote:

You'll take a pic of it out of the bag in +10 knots? Oh goody!

I said I might.


By the way, the best low cost digicam for a boat is the Sony U30, U40
and waterproof versions. They are small enough to be worn around the
neck (tucked under a short please!). They are poor at night though.
Most of the new pics on my site were taken with these tiny Sony
cameras...

Those look like nice little cameras. Mini digicams are getting smaller and
better all the time - when I got my Ixus, it was about the only decent
quality mini-sized one around - the rest were all 35mm compact size.

I found a slightly better toycam for 20 quid - VGA res, 52 shots. Weighs 47
grams including the battery and a lanyard. Dimensions are 60mm wide, 40mm
high, 15mm thick - about the size of a Zippo lighter. It also does a lower
res (CIF) and gives 200 shots in that mode. Those capacities are with high
compression - half the number of shots for low compression. The cam I used
last night was CIF only, as was the 15-quid one I was going to get. Next
sail is a 3-race mini-series on Sunday...


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

I found a slightly better toycam for 20 quid - VGA res, 52 shots. Weighs 47
grams including the battery and a lanyard. Dimensions are 60mm wide, 40mm
high, 15mm thick - about the size of a Zippo lighter. It also does a lower
res (CIF) and gives 200 shots in that mode. Those capacities are with high
compression - half the number of shots for low compression. The cam I used
last night was CIF only, as was the 15-quid one I was going to get. Next
sail is a 3-race mini-series on Sunday...

This Sony takes 2 mp pix and even does 30 second movies. Uses the memory stick
and costs 179.00 US.
It's no toy dispite the low cost:
Looks like this:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_.../sony_u30.html

Scroll down and you'll also see a pic of the waterproof version which I also
own. Fun cameras and they actually get more use than my prosumer cameras.

RB

Bobsprit wrote:

This Sony takes 2 mp pix and even does 30 second movies. Uses the
memory stick and costs 179.00 US.
It's no toy dispite the low cost:

Yup, different price point and quality. I'm going to see how I get on with
the ZippoCam for now - I'd like to do video eventually, so I'm keeping an
eye on the little solid-state vidcams that are coming out. They lack memory
at present, but they'll develop over the coming months.


Looks like this:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_.../sony_u30.html

Scroll down and you'll also see a pic of the waterproof version which
I also own. Fun cameras and they actually get more use than my
prosumer cameras.

The waterproof one looks a little large beside the U30. Interesting
form-factor - how do you find the handling? (I suppose it's like the 'grip'
side of an SLR...)


--
Wally
www.forthsailing.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk