Bouba
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Boating is serious matter. I have just comeback from three serious hours on the waterLighten up and get a life. The thread was just a bit of fun
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Deleted User YDKXO
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Back in the day, I was told when going into a head sea like this to go just fast enough such that the bow doesnt have a chance to dip before hitting the next wave. Of course thats a lot easier said than done and by the time you find that optimum speed you may well have smashed your boat to pieces and got divorced
The Ferretti 670 in the videos seems to be for sale 2019 Ferretti Yachts 670 Power New and Used Boats for Sale - so no surprise if it was being driven by an experienced helmsman who knew what he was doing
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Deleted User YDKXO
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Lucky you, I've just come back from the chiropractor
Pinnacle
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I have just taken the Christmas lights on the outside of the house down. Think I might need your chiropractors contact details........
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Deleted User YDKXO
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She's a rather fetching young lady. I can't remember much about her chiropractic skills
MapisM
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Interesting questions, whose answers are bound to be just speculations, of course. But if speculate we must, mine are as follows:
On the way out, the Prin was running with zero throttle, just with gear engaged.
This is given away by the almost total lack of foam astern.
Probably, the helmsman didn't want to increase speed further, because the SOG was already higher than STW due to some ebb current, and he might have feared that wave bashing could get even worse by going faster.
But I think that 4 or 5 knots more, possibly together with flaps all down, could have reduced the AoA, hence the pitching, hence also the wave bashing.
Which is what happens with the Ferretti (again, look at the difference in foam astern, clearly showing that the props are spinning faster than the Prin).
Though I think that also the ebb tide was different in the two moments, i.e. less strong (if any) by the time the Ferretti went out.
On the way back, I think the Prin speed was ok: the engines are clearly spinning faster to fight the tide, and all considered the boat kept her course reasonably well.
Yes, she broached a bit around 2:38, and maybe a bit more throttle could have cured that.
But my impression is that the best way to prevent that, rather than a higher speed, would have been a different angle of approach.
I mean, by heading further south while still offshore, and then approching the inlet straight for 270° (rather than 225° or so), she could have kept the waves more perpendicular to her course, adjusting the speed to run straight with them.
But as I said, it's all armchair speculation...
MapisM
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Yup, all impressive machines indeed.
But if I were asked to choose one to go out with for a ride, among those of the video you linked, my doubt would be between the Buddy Davis 70 at 4:00 and the Rybovich 86 that follows.
Pity that neither were filmed in some waves.
stelican
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He obviously also did not have a pro skipper onboard
ari
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Just watched this, it was way calmer when the Ferretti went out. Hardly a mystery that it got a smoother passage.
Anyone else think that the bloke on the jetski at the very beginning was a bit of a prat?
Anyone else think that the bloke on the jetski at the very beginning was a bit of a prat?
MapisM
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You ain't seen nothing yet.
He was using a kill cord, to start with.
That's enough to qualify him as an above average jetskier...
He was using a kill cord, to start with.
That's enough to qualify him as an above average jetskier...
petem
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His girlfriend's not too shabby either!You ain't seen nothing yet.
He was using a kill cord, to start with.
That's enough to qualify him as an above average jetskier...