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    Posted: 01 Apr 07 at 4:47pm
The power of google,

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The 49er class, in an effort to lower the weight range in light of the trials for the womans olympic skiff experiment with a new gust responsive top section:


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Thats impressive!

Ok, what happened next? Personally I think it snapped, unless that pic has been photoshop'd
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Caption competition time!

What was the conversation in the boat?

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sh*t sh*t sh*t splash
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That looks like one of the skiff DVDs that had a boat with a carbon top section, it just bent rather a lot...
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that mast is a gonner... when going downwind, its important to keep the main in, as the leech stops the top section snapping off (we narrowly avoided it a few weeks ago) thse guys are obviously pretty quick, so it must be quite breezy, or the caps have failed!
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Looks to me like there is something that has failed just above the top of the jib - There is a faint horizontal stripe on the picture
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Post Options Post Options   Quote SetSail Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 6:27pm
Originally posted by tgruitt

2007-04-01_134219_IMG_8609.jpg">Ooooohhhhh!


i saw this monster in plymouth last week near princess yachts. it looks
simply fantastic. must go like sh*t off a u know what.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote mike ellis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 6:30pm

Originally posted by Contender 541

Looks to me like there is something that has failed just above the top of the jib - There is a faint horizontal stripe on the picture

sorry to be sarcastic but...

that is called a spreader

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