Trimarans tipping over like skittles.

[John_Silver]

Close up, the speed and power, of the Ultims, is mind bending. This was Armel Le Cleac'h using us as a gybe mark this summer. Dead in the water as he turned. Up on the foils by the time I grabbed the camera. In full flight seconds later. Allowing time for I more shot, before he was gone. Gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. Awe inspiring!

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[potentillaCO32]

One went past us here on route between La Palma and La Gomera. He was doing 38kts! They are 105ft long and 75ft wide though. Not something you are going to park in a marinaView attachment 201500

They 'park' them on a special pontoon where we are in la trinite. The skippers and crew are well known in france in the way that famous sailors used to be in the uk.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

They 'park' them on a special pontoon where we are in la trinite. The skippers and crew are well known in france in the way that famous sailors used to be in the uk.

We love going into La Trinite. Thr nearby beaches are good, and an actual welcome from the staff, as opposed to that ‘oh well, if we must’ attitude, even when we fold.

 

[potentillaCO32]

We love going into La Trinite. Thr nearby beaches are good, and an actual welcome from the staff, as opposed to that ‘oh well, if we must’ attitude, even when we fold.

And Le Quai restaurent across the road is one of the best around.

 

[John_Silver]

All sailing tastes catered for, in La Trinite. A favourite port:

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[Chiara’s slave]

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[potentillaCO32]

All sailing tastes catered for, in La Trinite. A favourite port:

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Lovely place to live. Fantastic cycling, fantastic sailing

 

[Roberto]

Fantastic images of the rescues

 

[Roberto]

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Even previous, the finger pontoons were not yet there Remember the Hydroptere?

 

[potentillaCO32]

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Tempted in '27 to do one.of the long distance double handed races they start from there.

 

[John_Silver]

 

[DFL1010]

Not a fan of that helming position though. Not sure that's kosher.

 

[Rappey]

A crazy friend has a foiling 27ft cat with a 50ft mast and a f40 trimaran that he aims to make seaworthy by next summer. The tri was supposedly clocked at 35knts crossing the atlantic some years ago. Hopefully i will get to go out on it....

 

[flaming]

Not a fan of that helming position though. Not sure that's kosher.

It's not. Breaks RRS 49.2

49.2 When lifelines are required by the class rules or any other rule,competitors shall not position any part of their torsos outside them,except briefly to perform a necessary task. However, on boats equipped with upper and lower lifelines, competitors sitting facing outboard with their waist inside the lower lifeline may have the upper part of their body outside the upper lifeline.

 

[John_Silver]

Crawl over Ocean Fifty Endenred (currently lying 4th) before the race start. Two foot wide 'accomodation,' accessed via a manhole, would be a very claustrophobic place to be, in the event of inversion. Hats off to their skippers (English subtitles):

 

[Fr J Hackett]

At least these things seem to have become a bit stronger than Pete Goss's day.

 

[zoidberg]

La Trinite....

....favourite local boat!

 

[John_Silver]

The Mike Birch original:



EDIT: Actually, I take that back. Just Googled Acapella. I've always admired her, in La Trinite, as a faithful replica. But, it turns out, she's Mike Birch's original ground breaker restored and still racing. Respect

 

[John_Silver]

La Trinite....

....favourite local boat!

Every once in a while the YouTube algorithm serves up a real treat. Like this Mike Birch biopic. Link works but embedding it on 'other sites' is blocked. Screenshots give a flavour....




Mike's pithy (English) words with French subtitles. Here making deck repairs under duress.



"You don't want to slow down and think about it too much.......the end's not far away."

 

[st599]

I wonder if a C32 could actually get far enough ahead that the teams wouldn't have time to rebuild their capsized 50 foot tris, retake the start and still pass the C32 before the finish....

How's the crew going to right it without outside assistance?