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    Posted: 16 Mar 08 at 7:05pm
Went for a yacht in Ratfaces 14 ... And dealt the final death blow to his 49er kite!

Just after the kite filled, we had 2 x powerboats charging alongside us ( Both out on the wire and on the transom ) telling us the kite was ripped! ( It was already broken guv' .. Honest! )  I managed to rip the last of the bottom downhaul patch out after the first drop .. and the darn thing wouldnt fill properly after that! I wonder why!

Today ... No sailing. Saw 10,00 BC ( Ignore the reviews .. Its quite good! ) and then went down the club to await the return of Ratface with Ross' cherub. As they pulled into the carpark, I was asked if he had bought "another" boat!

Stood around chatting and watching powerboats out doing L1 ( And one of them nosediving! ) and then wandered home.


Bring on Weston!!!!


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Originally posted by Villan

Went for a yacht in Ratfaces 14 ... And dealt the final death blow to his 49er kite!

Just after the kite filled, we had 2 x powerboats charging alongside us ( Both out on the wire and on the transom ) telling us the kite was ripped! ( It was already broken guv' .. Honest! )  I managed to rip the last of the bottom downhaul patch out after the first drop .. and the darn thing wouldnt fill properly after that! I wonder why!

Today ... No sailing. Saw 10,00 BC ( Ignore the reviews .. Its quite good! ) and then went down the club to await the return of Ratface with Ross' cherub. As they pulled into the carpark, I was asked if he had bought "another" boat!

Stood around chatting and watching powerboats out doing L1 ( And one of them nosediving! ) and then wandered home.


Bring on Weston!!!!


If that was the black 49er kite then yes it was destroyed before you got your hands on it.
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I know .. I just did the final blow! The last bit of cloth attaching it to the kite tore out.
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just got back from the first enterprise open at rugby and daventry.

Force 5 gusting 7 in the morning according to wind guru at draycote 20 minutes up the road, and I believe it. Dropped to a 4/5 in the afternoon.

finished 2 out of 3, and scared the life out of the 16 yr old crew. she will recover!

7 visitors which considering the conditions was really good, and every single one of us went for a swim in the first race.got lots of practice emptying the ent after dropping it in.

looking forward to the next one!
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It was too big to fit in the chute which led to the destruction of that kite. 
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Yeh Smight ... I could feel that while trying to hoist the darn thing!! Same for the drops!
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Great sail this morning.  Didn't finish a race but went very fast in 25mph of wind, I think the crew was impressed and he was impressive with full out flat wiring as we went down the lake in some very strong gusts.  We got the gybes right this week too, but the crew did nearly fall backwards with the acceleration as the kite filled.  This happened a couple of times so clearly he isn't used to sailing a fast asymmetric in a blow although he's sailed a I14 it has obviously not been in winds of this strength.  I wish we'd had the club speedo with us I feel sure we'd have set a new club record.  And oh, what an impressive boat is a 4000 up wind in flattish water in that sort of breeze.

In the afternoon it got up a bit more and just as we were setting off we were slammed and blown over with the crew going through the sail.  Fortunately nothing else broken but we had to return to the shore.  Still I think about 30mph winds are a bit much for a club sailor.
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Originally posted by redback

Great sail this morning.  Didn't finish a race but went very fast in 25mph of wind, I think the crew was impressed and he was impressive with full out flat wiring as we went down the lake in some very strong gusts.  We got the gybes right this week too, but the crew did nearly fall backwards with the acceleration as the kite filled.  This happened a couple of times so clearly he isn't used to sailing a fast asymmetric in a blow although he's sailed a I14 it has obviously not been in winds of this strength.  I wish we'd had the club speedo with us I feel sure we'd have set a new club record.  And oh, what an impressive boat is a 4000 up wind in flattish water in that sort of breeze.

In the afternoon it got up a bit more and just as we were setting off we were slammed and blown over with the crew going through the sail.  Fortunately nothing else broken but we had to return to the shore.  Still I think about 30mph winds are a bit much for a club sailor.



Seconded, i was watching from sure as i have flu as well as a chest infection so was unable to sail. Looked awesome up and downwind but i felt the first reach might have been a bit tight for the kite with the monstrous  gust which really showed up even the best that was out there. Great speed from the albacore in the morning, obviously not 20 odd knots, but massively fast considering, a very deserving win to the albacore in the morning. The afternoon proved too much for most but some of the brave went out. Mopps' brother made an appearance went for a very quick blast in the 200 with Nick Murphy (who is very good) went upwind for a long way a 2 sail blasted downwind, not liking the noises the rig was making. The B14 manged a similar expedition but kite up for one very long downwind leg, they even managed the first gybe but the second ended in a serious case of wetness.

Please excuse the epic post. This is what happens when sailors spend all day at a sailing club, stuck mostly inside.


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i went out in the 600 today for the easter bunny/duck race and didnt get anywhere near the duck. but it was a great sail. it was soooo incredibly gusty and shifty, it was really hard work but its really sharpenned up my 600 sailing. i lost count of how many capsizes i had today but it was somewhere around 15 or 20 . unfortunately i ended up on the beach, i came round the leeward mark for the final beat and my main halyard jumped out the cleat as i capsized. having sailed all of the race despite numerous capsizes i was determined to finniish so started to sail up the beat with the main about a foot from the top of the mast. as i got close to the bach i tried o tack and it all went a bit wrong and i couldnt tack and i ended up having to capsizes to stop it hitting the groynes. so i walked the boat into the beach and stuck it o the rack and set about getting the foil up and sail down. in the end some guys came and helped me carry the boat up the beach and i went to get the trolley. i was really anoyed, i sooo nearly finnished.

EDIT: i managed to do 1 whole lap without capsizing though which is better than one of the lasers. and the boat wasnt damaged at all.



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Originally posted by mike ellis

and the boat wasnt damaged at all.

For me that would make it a good day.

I did't go out today, sat in the office on water watch and satying warm. Bloody freezing though, not even wet and after a least 2 mins my face was numb.

Watch my brother windsurf... lasted 10mins and then gave up to the hot shower, he couldn't talk he was so cold and hands were so painfull.

I can't wait for summer!



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