Coss Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Not to everyone's taste this sport, but if you're interested :: https://www.americascup.com note * My mate and I, at 18 built and sailed and sunk a C Class catamaran, then known as the little America's cup boat. He went on to contest another boat in a challenge at New York Yacht Club. We have nothing to do with the current techno beasts, but some of their Ideas, like twin skin mainsails with open leaches, we started and people pretended not to listen to us... Any hoo, these beasts do 3 times the wind speed and even though, it's only ~50 knots, on a boat at 1 metre above the water, that's plenty fast for the adrenaline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Amazing what foils can do, I watched a surfer off North Honolulu where the big waves are ride a foil surfboard, then once of the wave would dolphin the board back out to catch another wave without ever going back down, staying up on the foil, really impressive. I love cats, but my most interesting one was surfing of Currumbin Creek on the Gold Coast, going way to far out in heavy surf, flying along the waves, one hull then two, only to have the trampoline rip off, Yes that was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted November 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 We should talk Cats, I've sailed them extensively, Paper Tiger, A class, C class... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted November 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 Important News! America's Cup Match dates confirmed https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/americas-cup/130631708/americas-cup-match-dates-confirmed In Barcelona FFS. A great place for sure, but some of us are pissed off, that the money boys didn't keep the defence, in little old Auckland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 I love Cats, I remember taking a cat of the beach at Currumbin, on the Gold Coast, While up on one hull wave comes a long on two hulls, wave passes one hull, all great fun until the trampoline ripped Then not so fun hahahahaha Fucked to tack in but that's the price for speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 The secret to tacking a cat well, is to also move like a cat, slowly and without jerky movements. Because the craft is so streamlined, fore to aft, trying to turn it quickly, stops it, so slow-ish turns and careful movements, are the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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