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goinoff
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jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995 Posts: 1460 Location: Maui
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:26 am Post subject: |
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It made yesterday's Crissy session interesting |
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boggsman1
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9118 Location: at a computer
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Steve , were you out there when Larry's toy went belly up? |
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jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995 Posts: 1460 Location: Maui
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, I was trying to get enough sailors and kiters together to nab it and claim salvage rights, but it's hard to communicate on the water. |
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LeeD
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, those AC 45's and this 72 must be like sailing a Starboard Serenity in 27 mph winds and a 7 meter sail. |
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damel
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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That's potentially a 10m dollar catapult. I don't know what they were thinking putting the boat through those trials in yesterday's conditions. It was the strongest ebb I have been windsurfing in the bay since I moved here a year ago... awesome windsurfing though. _________________ _____/)_____
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SwellRipper
Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 193 Location: Channel Marker 11
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5328 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Aren't those AC boats, 45 and 72, designed for 15 knot winds?
Should they be ripping around in 5 knots ebbs and 30 mph gusts?
In gusts of 21mph, slightly flood tide, they pitchpoled the RussellC boat AND one of the Chinese boats, while the Italian Rossi boat stood on one pontoon at 45 degrees for well over 20 seconds.
8th day of testing, pushing the limts, putting on a show for the crowd, because the 2d design is almost ready for testing. |
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17744 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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I guess they aren't too easy to right. The capsize itself was pretty low speed, but no recovery possible with that much wind--and that big a sail and mast. |
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sergem
Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 398
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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They need a u-joint. Paging Streamlined! |
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