Whitelighter
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Anyone know what the multihull that capsized was?
Hopefully no the same DF28 that went over last year
Hopefully no the same DF28 that went over last year
Multihull RTIT capsize
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Ex-SolentBoy
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What is an RTIT?
AIDY
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Round the TIT race 
Seajet
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Please excuse me for stating the bleeding obvious, but it seems people are treating this race and course too casually, especially with the increasingly trendy grotty weather; for the Fastnet etc one has to be seriously prepared, not 'run wot you brung'; weather conditions and number of entrants seem to have changed...
Fittster
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Bit of googling suggests it was Gemini 105Mc called Aquae Sulis.
yoda
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Not sure of the boat but all 8 crew picked up and safe, cold and wet but delivered into Yarmouth by the cat my son was sailing on.
hobiecat
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Yes was a Gemini. My 14 year old son on board. He is very shaken but ok like all the crew.
lw395
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An early bath then!
snooks
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Solent Coastguard had the patience of saints after 20 odd calls all reporting the capsized cat on ch16.
Guess everyone was on the race channel, and wasn't listening to ch 16, if they had been they would have heard Solent CG tell the previous caller a minute earlier
Guess everyone was on the race channel, and wasn't listening to ch 16, if they had been they would have heard Solent CG tell the previous caller a minute earlier
Rivers & creeks
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Does the Gemini have drop boards? How the hell do you go about capsizing one in coastal waters?
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Too much sail up? Gybe gone wrong?
sailorman
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over sheeted on the main in a gust.
a mate of mine flipped an Apache on the Orwell racing the Ian Jacob.
the Ian Jacob towed them to back Woolverstone
lustyd
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No you've missed the whole point of RTIR. Fastnet boats prepare etc because they are taking part in a big race offshore. RTIR boats don't need to prepare because they are taking part in the RNLI annual training event
Rivers & creeks
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There should be a big difference between an Apache which they fit with masthead floats and a Gemini which is a cruising cat.
st599
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Solent Coastguard had the patience of saints after 20 odd calls all reporting the capsized cat on ch16.
Guess everyone was on the race channel, and wasn't listening to ch 16, if they had been they would have heard Solent CG tell the previous caller a minute earlier
No, they'd have heard some knob with an open carrier discussing when he should tack and swearing loudly at other competitors.
Pinnacle
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hobiecat
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Some facts from my young son suggest that the boat tripped over one of the boards. Another post said the gemini can be scary 70 degrees of the wind/beam sea because it is possible to lift a hull with the leeward board down and sailed hard. Keep the windward board down and the gemini apparently behaves fine even sailed hard. I would suggest low aspect ratio keels are the domain of true cruising cat. The gemini and other similiar catamarans with boards require more care.
Racecruiser
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Solent Coastguard had the patience of saints after 20 odd calls all reporting the capsized cat on ch16.
Guess everyone was on the race channel, and wasn't listening to ch 16, if they had been they would have heard Solent CG tell the previous caller a minute earlier
Bet you're right - answer is select dual watch although probably not all sets have it.
Rivers & creeks
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I agree, it's just I thought the Gemini was more of a cruising cat than that. I never thought you could capsize one in a benign coastal F6.
Chuteman
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Narrow too
Gemini owners/mfg brag they can fit into standard monohull berths, being that narrow reduces the usually good stability of cruising Cats.
A few years back one rolled in SF Bay.
Increased attention (traveler, sheets, helm) has to be paid when the wind pipes up, sails load up, boat starts to accelerate, digs in leeward hull and certain maneuvers are performed.
Not a Mono vs Cat comment - because I enjoy both. All boats have certain "personalities" and must be handled accordingly. Have sailed on a Gemini and you can feel it loading up easier (under certain conditions and angles) than other Cats sailed.
Gemini owners/mfg brag they can fit into standard monohull berths, being that narrow reduces the usually good stability of cruising Cats.
A few years back one rolled in SF Bay.
Increased attention (traveler, sheets, helm) has to be paid when the wind pipes up, sails load up, boat starts to accelerate, digs in leeward hull and certain maneuvers are performed.
Not a Mono vs Cat comment - because I enjoy both. All boats have certain "personalities" and must be handled accordingly. Have sailed on a Gemini and you can feel it loading up easier (under certain conditions and angles) than other Cats sailed.
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