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glewis 
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Joined: 05 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 79 |
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 Topic: Favourite PhotosPosted: 10 Nov 06 at 10:20am |
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Same for any boat, certainly skiffs, guess it's to do with the speed of the wind hitting the sails. At low speed, the pressure is higher which means the boat is heavy on the tiller and wallows, any change in direction in the wind means the boat reacts more than if it was moving at a higher speed.
Not very well explained and probably wrong - what does everyone else think?
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 10:37am |
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Having the kite up may seem to make things easier, though that doesnt neccessarily make it safer. Take some 2005 800 results for example - The eastbourne open, the guy who won was the guy who didnt fly his kite. And the one windy day at the nationals, the guys who got 1st and 2nd on that day were again the guys who used their kite the least. |
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Charlie
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Joined: 08 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 209 |
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 11:29am |
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Taken from sailing anarchy front page, french 420 race with a beach start or something. |
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Finn GBR 657 - Blown It
Laser 164635 Planet Earth: 30% Land, 70% race course! |
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English Dave
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Joined: 10 Aug 06 Location: Northern Ireland Online Status: Offline Posts: 682 |
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 12:44pm |
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With the kite up the boat is driving harder so it doesn't bob up and down on the waves so much as go through them. Of course, on the points of sail that you can use spinnaker you are going with the waves and so the boat feels great. The 420 pic reminds me of the Texel video from 2005. Here's a pic |
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 1:03pm |
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Just who possibly thinks to put a sailing club on a beach where there are rolling waves!! I want the racing to be challenging, but i would like to make it to the race course without the risk of breaking anything.
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m_liddell
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 1:06pm |
The dutch? |
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 1:12pm |
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The english too sadly, Looe = disgraceful!!
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English Dave
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 1:16pm |
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Every cat sailor should sail the Round Texel before they die. Preferably not just before they die. Or die in the process. It's a Le Mans style start along a mile long beach. It's not always that rough. |
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Hobbo
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 1:46pm |
People who want to sail on the sea, (as IMO it's more fun than inland) and have no convenient shelter to launch from nearby. |
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Contender GBR 362
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mike ellis
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 3:29pm |
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we launch into a harbour at hill head but the worst bit is often just outside as in a southwesterly the waves bounce off the wall infront of the club and suddenly become twice as high
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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