Symetric Spinnaker

yeah wait for a good day with medium winds, and have fun.

yeah they are good from what i saw. And he is amazing.

Originally posted by lemeouttahere fireballs go best on 2 sail reaches, a friend of mine sails a 29er an we totally smoked him on the two sailers.

Are Fireballs pretty poor on 3 sail reaches then?

Fireballs are brilliant on 3 sail reaches - If it's windy they will smoke most asymmetrics (on Handicap) cos hey can actually carry a kite quite high. If it's not windy, still good as long as the leg isn't too broad. If it is broad or worse, a run and light, it gets a bit dull compared to tactics and power of a big asymmetric but still quick against smaller asymmetrics.

Originally posted by Mike278 I got to try the fireball today, and it seemed like a nice boat, until the rudder fell off (I was out on the wire at the time)

Rudder falling off is quite an experience. Not had it happen on the Fireball while moving yet however....

Sailing the Scorpion Nationals last year at Sidmouth running dead downwind, surfing nicely on the waves I hear a clunk 'Oh bugger' for the back of the boat.... The helm while 'adjusting' the rudder manage to remove it from the pintels and bring it in to the boat. We had a few scary moments while said rudder was reattached in to its proper place (and no we didnt capsize or drop the kite....).

The other amazing that week was the large pod of Dolphins that decided to swim through the fleet on the last day....absolutely breath taking. Screaming a long on a 2 sail reach (was far too windy for the kite) and one swims up along side the boat, swims along with us and then gracefully breaks off...

Paul