{"id":2622,"date":"2011-01-04T21:18:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T01:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2012-11-12T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T02:11:08","slug":"sailing-my-canoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2011\/sailing-my-canoe","title":{"rendered":"Sailing My Canoe for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now for something completely different&#8230; <strong>sailing my canoe!<\/strong> I bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailboatstogo.com\/catalog\/canoe_rig\" target=\"_blank\">kit<\/a> which arrived yesterday. <strong>It adds a mast, lateen\u00a0sail, stabilizers, side-boards, and a steering oar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2622 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe1-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe1-333x250.jpg 333w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe2-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe2-333x250.jpg 333w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe3-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe3-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe3-333x250.jpg 333w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/first-sail-canoe3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The rig was very responsive in light airs; made forward progress with almost undetectable wind. Got a few 3mph &#8220;gusts&#8221;, which were enough to heel the boat. Overall, a very good first impression!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"video1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-canoe.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-canoe.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n16.6 Mb Video<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n  var so = new SWFObject('\/jw\/player.swf','mpl','320','240','9');\n  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');\n  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','never');\n  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');\n  so.addVariable('controlbar','over');\n  so.addVariable('autostart','false');\n  so.addVariable('author','Richard Rathe');\n  so.addVariable('file','\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-canoe.mp4');\n  so.addVariable('image','\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-canoe.jpg');\n  so.addVariable('title','Sailing My Canoe for the First Time');\n  so.write('video1');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"video2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-sunset.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-sunset.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n3.1 Mb Video<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n  var so = new SWFObject('\/jw\/player.swf','mpl','320','240','9');\n  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');\n  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','never');\n  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');\n  so.addVariable('controlbar','over');\n  so.addVariable('autostart','false');\n  so.addVariable('author','Richard Rathe');\n  so.addVariable('file','\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-sunset.mp4');\n  so.addVariable('image','\/wp-content\/videos\/first-sail-sunset.jpg');\n  so.addVariable('title','Sailing My Canoe into the Sunset');\n  so.write('video2');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now for something completely different&#8230; sailing my canoe! I bought a kit which arrived yesterday. It adds a mast, lateen\u00a0sail, stabilizers, side-boards, and a steering oar. The rig was very responsive in light airs; made forward progress with almost undetectable wind. Got a few 3mph &#8220;gusts&#8221;, which were enough to heel the boat. Overall, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2011\/sailing-my-canoe\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sailing My Canoe for the First Time&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,47,18,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-reviews","category-technology","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3861,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions\/3861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}