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Originally posted by Skiffman

Fantastic !  Is that one of Mike Cook's Rocket Moths ?    Awesome, barely marking the water and zero impression of any speed.   The camera person needs to do some panning and blur the back ground.

Edit:  What is also great is that the shot looks like it is straight out of the camera without any photoshop


Edited by boatshed - 17 Aug 13 at 10:49pm

I had overshot lay line and was trying to get back up to mark, I saved that but then fell in trying to get the kite down

sailing a moth, even a low rider like mine, teaches you a massive amount about boathandling, especially the effect of body weight on steering, trim etc.  Those skills are directly transferable to any boat.  When I was crewing a 470 I had a contender as my 'training boat'. 

Originally posted by 2547 However I have never understood why Olympic hopefuls mess about in other classes rather than focus on their own.

One reason might be to stop yourself going stale and keep some enjoyment in the sport. Lets face it, an Olympic campaigner's life is pretty grim: 4 days in the gymn, two days sailing, which is probably as much as anything endless handling, boat speed and tuning exercises...

Even if you discount all that a bit of mothing brings in terms of sensitivity and boat awareness (and there's a lot in that too), just getting out there and having some fun for a change must recharge at least some folks batteries and make them better campaigners, and maybe happier people to be around too.

To be honest I do not feel like I need to go into detail about our campaign. We work very hard to try to qualify for the games but more importantly get a gold medal.