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49erGBR735HSC 
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 Topic: Favourite PhotosPosted: 28 Apr 05 at 2:04pm |
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Looks like to me the guy has beared away with the main still fully powered up , not jabbed the boat off the wind and the rig has accelerated faster than the starboard hull can keep up. Hence the reason for using a lot of rudder when you bear away from being powered up!
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Spot192
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 2:09pm |
very good explanation i have thought that too, but the reason why i was asking this was that i thought cats canīt do such actions. i know i could offence someone here but iīve never sailed a multihull before and thought they are very friendly too handle... seems not! |
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lemeouttahere
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 2:23pm |
note the hulls are almost clear out of the water , suggests to me more than your average pichpole or a very light boat!! |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 2:25pm |
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Big sail areas on small light hulls can always lead to pitch-poles. Cats are just as vulnerable to it as skiffs, especially when the crew forgets to crack the jib off during the bear away. The A-Class shown doesn't have a jib, but judging by the picture, it looks like the rig was wanting to go faster than the hull could keep up with. |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 2:26pm |
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A-Classes are very light boats, seen one with all rigging on it that you could lift just like a bike.
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lemeouttahere
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 2:41pm |
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that is the basic rule for a pick pole a mate of mine (henry white) was sailin his spitfire on one of our clubs cadet evenins an the rescue boat got in the way resulting in a beautifut pichpole and a not so beautiful written off spitfire |
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Tornado_ALIVE
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 3:08pm |
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A Class....... 75kg fully rigged. Before they set the minimum weight rule they had them down to as little as 60kg. I've posted this here before but here is a shot of Bundy and Forbes during a photo shoot on Sydney Harbour in 2000. One of our local TV stations had footage of this and used it ot the end of their weekly sport shows |
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hurricane
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 4:23pm |
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[/QUOTE] ya see everyone thinks cats are a piece of piss to sail but if you stop concentrating for a few secs thats what can happen! they bite! |
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lifes to short to sail slow boats!
RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007 |
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Spot192
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 4:35pm |
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i havenīt thought about sailing cats that bad! iīm just generally not
interested in sailing multis. but it seems to worth a try before
talking!
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redback
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Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 10:41pm |
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They are definitely worth trying. I'm not an experienced cat sailor but I've managed to capsize a Hobbie 16 in 3 different ways. 1. conventional overpowered leeward capsize. 2. pitch pole (several times) and 3. backwards - when tacking over a wave (not a common experience). By the way the reaching speeds in a force 5 have to be experienced to be believed - even on such a low tech device as a Hobbie.
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anyho story has a happy ending, his dad built him a new one an his g'dad gave him a shadow!!! lucky f**k
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