RS700

   Erm...I did'nt even have the kite up at the time!! 

I was sailing at Draycote, it was a nice day for it, if a little cold!

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Iain C Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iain C Report Post Quote Reply Topic: RS700 Posted: 09 Jan 06 at 10:37am
	Erm...I did'nt even have the kite up at the time!! I was sailing at Draycote, it was a nice day for it, if a little cold!
	RS700 GBR922 "Wirespeed" Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs" Enterprise GBR21970 Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra"

Ian29937 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 25 May 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 409	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian29937 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 06 at 10:04am
	Hi Iain, Glad you enjoyed it. I was amazed when I got into irons on a dead run as well - normally caused because you lost too much speed during the gybe and lost the apparent wind stalling out all of the sails - dumping the kite and getting the main working is the quickest way to get going again.. Similarly there's techniques to speed up the recovery - dump kicker and main, you only need to partially drop the kite - use the Assy sheets to get more leverage etc.... You are always close to the edge sailing these high performance boats, but then that's part of the challenge. The big grin bit's in between more than make up for it Where were you sailing? Ian RS700 GBR912

Iain C Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iain C Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 06 at 9:50am
	Had a go in one yesterday...very impressed! Though it was really quick downwind, until I went upwind, and realised it was just really quick whatever. Managed to get stuck in irons coming out of a gybe (yep, a gybe!). I'm guessing that to start with racing these is just simply a matter of NOT SWIMMING...took me ages to get it back up again! Nice boat and respect to anyone who can sail it well.
	RS700 GBR922 "Wirespeed" Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs" Enterprise GBR21970 Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra"