Boats and our experiences.

[Warwick C]

I thought I would start this thread as a seperate one to the cars threads for any thing on boats, power or sail

out right sailing speed record 65 knots or x 2 for kph

A interesting photo from one of their runs. who won the race
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[Judge]

Great idea Warwick...always enjoy seeing your cats and trimarans.

 

[Warwick C]

And this what happens when it all goes wrong

 

[Warwick C]

moths at speed 11 feet long

 

[Warwick C]

Contrary to the news presenters it was a controlled maneuver to cross the bar.
the skipper was trained in heavy weather bar crossings.

 

[Warwick C]

A 18 fot skiff in heavy weather.

 

[Tarragon]

Great thread! I live by a canal, and sometime those boaters speed past me at, oh, at least 5knots!!

 

[Judge]

Contrary to the news presenters it was a controlled maneuver to cross the bar.
the skipper was trained in heavy weather bar crossings.

Impressive....gutsy. Yeah, it was like he took his cat and used it like a surfboard! Very cool.

 

[Warwick C]

The moths use a semiautomatic hieght adjustment set up on them. The americas cup boats had to use a manual set up.
There is a lifting foil on the rudder and centerboard.

This film clip shows how they work. sorry about the language

 

[Warwick C]

60 foot trimarans in rough conditions

 

[Warwick C]

You were doing better than me, But I thought the footage would be helpful in explaining how they work

At the moment there a a lot of boats coming out with similar systems to the Americas cup boats especially the Team NZ boats set up.

this is a 18 foot boat about to go into production

 

[Warwick C]

A short film on the jules verne record attempt

 

[Warwick C]

A amusing photo of a car topper

 

[Warwick C]

sid sailing in 1-2 knots of wind

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=815927645091074

 

[Warwick C]

For those interested in the technical side of single handling a large trimaran.
there is subtitles for us nonFrench speakers