Some wild shots as America's Cup: catamarans capsize during racing in strong winds off Plymouth

[davester]

I've done a fair amount of Hobie 16 racing. Great fun blasting through waves with both skipper and crew out "on the wire". I've had some close calls but haven't flipped one yet. Sounds like there are quite a lot of Hobie sailors here. Maybe we should form a Macresource racing team or have a Macresource regatta!

[Winston]

billb wrote:
Over and back up all in one motion.
Don't give it a chance to pop out. :-)

Plus it looks like a stunt and planned. :-)

That's how I show my kids how to do it. (Or try to. Not quite as agile as I once was.)


- W

[cbelt3]

Winston-

Summer camp in Maine in the early 70's. The camp was on Walker Pond in Brooksville, Maine, with access to Penobscot Bay. My dad taught me to sail in Shinnecock Bay in Long Island.. and yes, I enjoyed a neighbor's 16' Hobie... they're so amazingly lively and fun, especially when you're standing on the side of the windward hull hanging off the trapeze, screaming "Wahoooooo!!"


Ed: I'm in NE Ohio. I've got my eye on an end of summer Sunfish so I can teach the kids to sail. A Hobie would come later. Not for the newbie. And I'm rusty, so I'm a newbie.

[haikuman]

Sailing in big wind and waves is borderline crazy... I have experienced pretty much all of what has been described above. The rule of thumb is... """a good captain avoids crisis situations"""

Trouble is we can't always be good *(:>*

Extreme Windsurfing is like riding a silent motorcycle jumping at screaming high speeds, pushing the envelope to get some airtime... reckless abandonment osmosed *(:>*



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2MLnAz6A1k

Sometimes we do oceanographic research ~!~ :priate::devil: pounding the ocean floor under massive waves.... water weighs about 8.33lbs per gallon .. Now we are having fun *(:>* :devil:

Surviving wipeouts, pearling and all manor of such things makes for great conversation on the beach *(:>* :priate:

Forgot to mention those are some awesome photos and some radical conditions for those boats....

[Winston]

cbelt3 wrote:
Winston-

Summer camp in Maine in the early 70's. The camp was on Walker Pond in Brooksville, Maine, with access to Penobscot Bay. My dad taught me to sail in Shinnecock Bay in Long Island.. and yes, I enjoyed a neighbor's 16' Hobie... they're so amazingly lively and fun, especially when you're standing on the side of the windward hull hanging off the trapeze, screaming "Wahoooooo!!"

I learned to sail a Hobie 16 on Katama Bay on Martha's Vineyard. Almost flat water, with lots of wind coming over the low dunes. Great place to fly a hull. Almost no chance of burying one (but still easy to go over sideways if you're not careful!). "Wahoooooo!!" indeed.


- W

[Grateful11]

Here's a link to HD Videos of the America's Cup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AmericasCup#...vk4D-GlUgE

I learn to sail at 4H camp in NC on a Scorpion. A storm came up out of no where and a bad gust slammed
the Boom pole into head and knocked me out and into the water. I thought Scorpions were a big name in
sailboats but it seems it was Sunfish copy made in NC.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/boa/2588245747.html

That camp is still there, I can't believe it! I thought by the looks of the pictures it might be shutdown
and it's not listed on the list of 4H camps, there's not one listed for Swansboro, NC

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=4+h+camp+swansboro+nc&gs_upl=2615l6203l0l8462l11l11l0l0l0l0l237l1729l2.7.2l11l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=2280&bih=1319&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89a8fd1e8c1f0af5:0x390db591e4832231,4-H+Camp+Rd,+Swansboro,+NC+28584&gl=us&ei=8TxuToO0OMbz0gGgs8HkBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA

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Grateful11 wrote: Some wild shots as America's Cup

My favorite, taken during a time trial--looks like it's going 90...

[decocritter]

Some Beautiful Boats! Never been on one, but it looks like fun.