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    Posted: 18 Sep 06 at 11:51pm
Hence why I said if it were twin wiring conditions. Saying that, the pic I see above looks like its only a single wire anyway. Looking at the picture it would undoubtley be more effective soaking low (as shown) rather than heating up, mind.
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i'd never noticed before stu but when you trapeze you kinda squat like you are doing a poo in a patch of nettles... very funny indeed!

I don't fully extend all the time, so when the gust hits I can stretch out and make the most of it!

Well surely then, you wouldn't be sailing the boat flat out and fully powered up all the time then!?!

You say 'you stretch out fully when a gust hits', I take it you mean when sailing downwind? Then surely if twinning conditons, you would want to both be flat out and bearing away in the gusts, not just extending on the wire and sailing the same angle!?!

Sailing maxed downwind in a Cherub (or any other assymetric for that matter) isn't always best for VMG. As demonstrated by Andy P.



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Originally posted by Black no sugar

Yeah but......... here's one of the guys at our club:


Before a gust...


In a gust.......

He keeps his feet together at all times. It works, you know

... and check how flat the boat stays. Sometimes you just have accept that you don't look that cool all the time and concentrate on boatspeed.

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Originally posted by Black no sugar

Yeah but...He keeps his feet together at all times. It works, you know


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Originally posted by Strawberry

Originally posted by timnoyce

i'd never noticed before stu but when you trapeze you kinda squat like you are doing a poo in a patch of nettles... very funny indeed!

I don't fully extend all the time, so when the gust hits I can stretch out and make the most of it!

Well surely then, you wouldn't be sailing the boat flat out and fully powered up all the time then!?!

You say 'you stretch out fully when a gust hits', I take it you mean when sailing downwind? Then surely if twinning conditons, you would want to both be flat out and bearing away in the gusts, not just extending on the wire and sailing the same angle!?!

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Originally posted by Black no sugar


He looks like he's doing a poo aswell!

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Yeah but......... here's one of the guys at our club:


Before a gust...


In a gust.......

He keeps his feet together at all times. It works, you know

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Originally posted by timnoyce

i'd never noticed before stu but when you trapeze you kinda squat like you are doing a poo in a patch of nettles... very funny indeed!

I don't fully extend all the time, so when the gust hits I can stretch out and make the most of it!

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i'd never noticed before stu but when you trapeze you kinda squat like you are doing a poo in a patch of nettles... very funny indeed!
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