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lemeouttahere 
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Joined: 31 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
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 Topic: Symetric SpinnakerPosted: 28 Apr 05 at 9:31pm |
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a question of practice, like all things
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GBR176671
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Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 46 |
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Posted: 27 Apr 05 at 4:10pm |
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it all looks so complicated
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swim when your winning
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Iain C
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Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1113 |
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Posted: 27 Apr 05 at 3:01pm |
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Pitchfork is like this... Clip guy onto pole taking it BEHIND kite halyard to get to the still stowed pole Twinner on Helm bears away Crew pushes pole out, OUTBOARD of kite halyard, when halfway shouts "hoist" Helm hoists, crew clips pole on Kite fills beautifully as clew is now forward of forestay Helm passes sheet to crew and you're away If you're really flash and it's a F3 or under you mark your sheets and leave them in the tidy cleats and the kite just goes "pop" and it's pulling. Pick the sheet up when you're ready. Fast as ****, we reckon no slower than leeward hoist... Enjoy |
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RS700 GBR922 "Wirespeed"
Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs" Enterprise GBR21970 Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra" |
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redback
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Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502 |
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Posted: 26 Apr 05 at 11:38pm |
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I don't know what the pitchfork option is either but when I was into Scorpions I wish I had known what I know now. I now sail a skiff type boat with loads of kite and there is no way you can get it up and down without bearing away onto a very deep reach. And when you do it goes up and down so fast. I've also learnt a lot about gybing, but that's another story. |
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stuarthop
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Joined: 22 Dec 04 Location: Nottingham Online Status: Offline Posts: 1040 |
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Posted: 26 Apr 05 at 10:09pm |
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ye whats the pitchfork option? scorpions kepp goin 2 |
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Mike278
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Joined: 09 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 256 |
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Posted: 26 Apr 05 at 9:52pm |
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sorry, but what is the pitchfork option?
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Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
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Iain C
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Posted: 26 Apr 05 at 9:46pm |
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Fireballs kick ass on a 3 sail reach. They will also keep racing when everything else is either breaking or still on the beach. The faster they go the more stable they are and the modern wide bow boats are fine in big waves, although still "slap" upwind in short chop. Abersoch 2003 saw some serious wind...max gust was 42 knots on day 2 and the Fireballs kept going. And yep, we even flew the kites. Not one Fireball lost a mast all week compared to about 15 RS400s, and it's an identical stick. The Cherub lot will be bored with this story now but I consider it a fantastic testament to a 40 year old design, and the modern boats are fantastically well engineered. The old boats represent excellent performance per pound and a really cheap way into a big circuit. Anyway, to the original poster, if you really want to learn how to fly the kite, go to one of the UKFA training weekends, or pair up with an experienced Fireball driver. And my one tip for getting to grips with a windward bag launch, forget all this 123 hoist rubbish, and go for the pitchfork option instead. Enjoy!! |
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Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs" Enterprise GBR21970 Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra" |
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Offshoretiger
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Joined: 12 Jan 05 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 179 |
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Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 8:54am |
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Mine is a classic with a chute as well. Sail no 13970. We mostly get big swells in the bay which are good fun even with a chute as long as you get the weight back going down hill and surf as much as you can. The days that suck are when you get a wind against tide short chop. Going uphill in that you really suffer ..... |
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...yesterday I couldnt spell enginner...now I are one!......
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KnightMare
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Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1682 |
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Posted: 18 Apr 05 at 10:52pm |
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oh brightlingsea can give some pain in the a
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lemeouttahere
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Posted: 18 Apr 05 at 9:15pm |
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ours is a classic malcom goodwin built sail no 13786 that experiance was at brightlingsea(my local) an wind over tide gets some goodun goin!!! a wave picked me up off the boat an moved me about 3 feet backwards, lucky fireballs are long!! ahh good times... |
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