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sailorguy
Posting king Joined: 06 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 164 |
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Topic: Sideways Posted: 20 Feb 06 at 7:35pm |
nicely said, but i think most people sailing picos in that kind of wind are well over the normal weight for a pico and usually sail faster boats. the keel boats on the other hand, crew weight makes less of a difference and they are "light weather" boats as well.
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Contender 541
Really should get out more Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: Burton on Trent Online Status: Offline Posts: 1402 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 06 at 8:33pm |
As i said "At 6' and 15 stone". Hugely over weight (for both the boat and my body) with long levers, 30 knot winds are possible. Am I a super hero.....er no! Stupid without an ounce of common sense......Its one way to stay young! And yes I do usually sail something a bit more powerful. The Avatar may give you a clue |
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When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss
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far canal
Posting king Joined: 01 Feb 06 Location: Micronesia Online Status: Offline Posts: 110 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Feb 06 at 10:51am |
"The Avatar may give you a clue " really never spotted you sail a contender , do you think I'm blind ? and your name gives a hint too !!!!!!!!!!!!!
! am 6 foot 2 and 18 stone sailed my contender in 45 knots , funny though keelboats were sailing with no 2's .gave up contenders years ago ,too underpowered , got fed up by being passed by toppers in light wind , not just me ! whole class was including someone who went on t o be a notable champ . though to be fair upwind in a blow was sweet .
I have never read so much p*sh in my life , I can't believe that further up the thread folk are debating wether a radial can plane or not , its a flippin laser with slightly smaller sail sailed by a gnat , cause it will plane !!!!!!!!
and as for if a bosun starts to plane its time to go in , if a bosuns planing too late you are allready dead ! |
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No. 5
Posting king Joined: 07 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 115 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Feb 06 at 1:35pm |
Steady there mate.
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far canal
Posting king Joined: 01 Feb 06 Location: Micronesia Online Status: Offline Posts: 110 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Feb 06 at 4:42pm |
steady as a rock chummly
wound neck back in , popped a couple of qualms and all is chillin now
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29er397
Really should get out more Joined: 02 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 505 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 06 at 5:43pm |
30 knots in a pico! try a VERY gusty VERY shifty 35 knots in a 29er! that was a fun day, extremely wet but extremely fun! and having sailed a radial for 2 years, corse u can get em planing - easy as pie! (with a a force3/4+)
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Wave Rider
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 909 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 06 at 6:13pm |
Topper in F8. pico's in force 8.amazing....don't need weight....just need to havr reasonable handling!
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laser47
Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 349 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 06 at 10:04pm |
two words, laser inlands. was anyone else there to see the huge gust that wiped out most of the 4.7 fleet in one go. personally i was just sitting on my inverted hull watching the chaos unfold
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carshalton fc
Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 05 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 2337 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 06 at 3:50pm |
try a 2000 in a f8 now that is a beast. we had the boat planning up wind and not even tuching the water downwind. we had 3 of us in the boat (30ish stone combined) so was abit crapped but great fun,
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Garry
Really should get out more Joined: 18 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 536 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 06 at 5:37pm |
Don't you mean cramped? Or given the wind speed maybe you were talking about the smell Edited by Garry |
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Garry
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