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Bobc replied to the thread Americas Cup 37 about to commence.I wonder how confident the Kiwis are feeling. -
Bobc replied to the thread Americas Cup 37 about to commence.Fingers crossed, butt cheeks clenched. Come on boys!
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Disagree there. Give a wider course and you'll just get 1 tack beats.
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In many ways it's incredible that 2 teams working completely independently have produced two such incredibly evenly match boats. The...
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Have you sailed a First 345 or similar generation boats? I have, cruising with a young family. They were used as Sunsail charter boats...
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Bobc replied to the thread 1980s French boats.First 375, 395, or 435 are good boats. That's what I'd go for.
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Bobc replied to the thread MDL Abandoned boat sale.What a load of worthless junk.
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Bobc replied to the thread Which Raymarine autotohelm spares should I carry?.Why don't you just tow a spare boat behind you ;-)
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Bobc replied to the thread Americas Cup 37 about to commence.THe LR retitement today was due to a handling error mining the boat. Also what about the light wind race which was abandoned on the...
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Bobc replied to the thread Americas Cup 37 about to commence.Agree. I can't for the life of me see how that gybe by LR at the pre-start was not a penalty.
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Bobc replied to the thread Identify this Class... (Edit: Westerly Windrush).Early Westerley 25
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Bobc replied to the thread Americas Cup 37 about to commence.True for a yacht, but not true for all. We used to run our Cherub with max draft at 37%, to give mazimum acceleration to get the boat on...
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Upwind or downwind? Upwind they looked super flat, downwind pretty powerful. Mind you, I think translating what we do with main trim...
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Bobc replied to the thread Americas Cup 37 about to commence.Flat is fast. If you pull the draft fowards, you produce more acceleration but the sail stalls out at a lower speed.