J24 (Sail No. 4239) Dartmouth |
Laurent Giles 'Jolly Boat' Exeter |
29er GBR 074 Tynemouth |
List classes of boat for sale |
Spy photos |
Post Reply | Page <1 6364656667 179> |
Author | |
MattK
Far too distracted from work Joined: 02 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 221 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Topic: Spy photos Posted: 01 Apr 07 at 4:47pm |
The power of google,
http://www.formedia.co.uk/newsdetail.asp?articleID=97 |
|
Isis
Really should get out more Joined: 01 Sep 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2753 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 2:18pm |
The 49er class, in an effort to lower the weight range in light of the trials for the womans olympic skiff experiment with a new gust responsive top section:
|
|
radixon
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 2:38pm |
Thats impressive!
Ok, what happened next? Personally I think it snapped, unless that pic has been photoshop'd |
|
MRJP BUZZ 585
Really should get out more Joined: 05 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1496 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 3:13pm |
Caption competition time! What was the conversation in the boat? |
|
olly_love
Really should get out more Joined: 18 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1145 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 4:12pm |
sh*t sh*t sh*t splash
|
|
TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala
|
|
HannahJ
Really should get out more Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 861 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 4:34pm |
That looks like one of the skiff DVDs that had a boat with a carbon top section, it just bent rather a lot...
|
|
MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
|
owain
Posting king Joined: 11 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 142 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 5:20pm |
that mast is a gonner... when going downwind, its important to keep the main in, as the leech stops the top section snapping off (we narrowly avoided it a few weeks ago) thse guys are obviously pretty quick, so it must be quite breezy, or the caps have failed!
|
|
Owain H
49er GBR055 Fireball 14291 Plymouth Uni Sailing Club & Chelmarsh Sailing Club |
|
Contender 541
Really should get out more Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: Burton on Trent Online Status: Offline Posts: 1402 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 5:58pm |
Looks to me like there is something that has failed just above the top of the jib - There is a faint horizontal stripe on the picture
|
|
When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss
Crew on 505 8780 |
|
SetSail
Posting king Joined: 06 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 6:27pm |
i saw this monster in plymouth last week near princess yachts. it looks simply fantastic. must go like sh*t off a u know what. |
|
RS821 - Now for sale, PM for details
|
|
mike ellis
Really should get out more Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 6:30pm |
sorry to be sarcastic but... that is called a spreader |
|
600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
|
Post Reply | Page <1 6364656667 179> |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |