Dinghy development: How do you steer something like this?

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How do you steer something like this?

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Topic: How do you steer something like this?

Posted By: ifoxwell
Subject: How do you steer something like this?
Date Posted: 22 Jul 20 at 8:14am

https://voilesetvoiliers.ouest-france.fr/course-au-large/record/video-67-17-noeuds-record-du-monde-de-vitesse-a-la-voile-battu-904f2654-cb2a-11ea-b655-37347ed98bb9" rel="nofollow - https://voilesetvoiliers.ouest-france.fr/course-au-large/record/video-67-17-noeuds-record-du-monde-de-vitesse-a-la-voile-battu-904f2654-cb2a-11ea-b655-37347ed98bb9

Looks ridiculous to me but 67 knots is still 67 knots?

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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 22 Jul 20 at 9:01am

Not a chance, it's got to be a wind up. That setup couldn't do 67knots with that wetted area. How you steer it? Sheet the front sail in and luff the rear and it bears away, do the opposite and it heads up.

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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 22 Jul 20 at 11:49am

It is indeed a hoax.