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Sam.Spoons View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


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    Posted: 01 Oct 18 at 8:21pm
I was chatting to a guy from our club who had sailed on an 18 recently, needless to say it sounded seriously impressive. Apparently they have two rigs and can choose which at will. They use the big rig (which is, apparently, around 110-120 m2 offwind) in up to 8 knots...... TBF, singlehanded I'm powered up in 6-8 knots in the Spice but that's only a piddling 38m2 with the kite up.....
Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish"
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Far too distracted from work
Far too distracted from work


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Only 2 weeks to go to my regular Winter sailing fix.  Thanks for the reminder, Tom.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Sep 18 at 8:48am
Annoyingly you can't embed Facebook videos, so you'll have to follow the link, but it's well worth a little watch on a Friday morning. Think it must be a highlight from last winter.



Edited by mozzy - 02 Oct 18 at 10:05am
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