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Bram 
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This is a bit of preliminary video from the Swift / Musto regatta that was recently completed in Florida. Look for a much more complete and professional video in the future.<a href="http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=12349&CID=24 967">short clips</a> |
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Posted: 29 Apr 06 at 5:37am |
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Somehow the link did not work so you'll have to cut and paste. http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=12349&CID=2496 7 Sorry Bram |
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cool videos, one of those guys nearly took a bit hit from losing his footing on the trap
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how did the event go then? What were the speed comparisons??
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international moth - "what what?"
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Posted: 29 Apr 06 at 12:32pm |
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It does look like he's struggling. Maybe he doesn't have much trapeze experience.
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Looks like he let go of the tiller to drop the kite and the boat started to round up by itself.
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Actually, all of this video was taken of Kris Henderson on one of his first sails in a Swift. Later we will show video of Kris near the end of the event. He is an amazing skiff sailor who was able to master the Swift in 8 or 9 days of sailing. The wind was at 12 to 15 knots. Notice that after he screwed up the douse, he recovered in time to bear away to miss the leeward mark, round up, drop to his knees on the gunwale to adjust the cunno and vang, and get on with sailing to weather. Normally, we put the tiller behind the knee that is on the wing for the douse. We do set up a rate of rotation toward rounding during the douse. This allows us to carry the kite right to the mark and head out immediately for the rounding. The sheet has only about 4 feet of total play so when you grab it at the block after the douse it will be fully sheeted by the time you are out on the wire. Bram |
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The event was great. Both the Swift and Musto guys had a good time. We completed 11 races in 4 days of sailing and the clinics we excellant. The racing was held mostly in winds between 8 and 18 knots We invited the Mustos guys to race with us and Paul (from UK) actually won the first race. After that the Mustos only started with us a few more times with mixed results. I think the overall feeling was that the boats race very well together (very close). It was difficult to reach a lot of conclusions because I was the only experienced Swift sailor and at 62 don't see myself as a serious contender (I finished 2nd in the regatta--Kris won with only 4 days of Swift sailing prior to the racing). We had a lot of new skiff sailors with new Swifts and it was amazing to see the progress during the event. To see guys who hadn't sailed for 15 years learn to sail a Swift in 12 to 15 knots of breeze was an eye opener for me. Clearly, I've been underestimating the talent of the average middle aged sailor (often guys coming back to the sport from keel boats). A higher quality video that tracks Kris' progress will be finished in a couple of weeks. In the end, he made two sail gybing from wire to wire (in 14 knots) look like childs play. We have a large group of experienced skiff sailors coming into the class and it will be exciting to watch as the level of competition improves rapidly.
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I wasn't criticising his sailing of the Swift, just his shoddy trapeze technique! I would have thought that was transferable from boat to boat. |
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