You wan' speed sailin'....?
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BlueSkyNick
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Re: You wan\' speed sailin\'....?
a bit wimpy having the main reefed, innit!
a bit wimpy having the main reefed, innit!
thefatlady
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Re: You wan\' speed sailin\'....?
Back in 1998, I met a man who was designing these. I tied up alongside him in a F8-9 in Bonifacio 'cos his boat was about the only safe thing to tie to. It was a massive 1935 steel-hulled 65ft sailing pilot boat from Cherbourg which he had salvaged and was bumming around the Med in.
He was a hippy-type named Hugo. In the bow of this tatty hulk of a boat, he had an office stuffed with electronics and technical literature. He was working with Dassault via a satellite link and showed me pictures of 40+ knot boats he had designed.
A real character. He and his wife Marie-Jo made us very welcome and we spent about three days with them, sheltering from the storm.
Back in 1998, I met a man who was designing these. I tied up alongside him in a F8-9 in Bonifacio 'cos his boat was about the only safe thing to tie to. It was a massive 1935 steel-hulled 65ft sailing pilot boat from Cherbourg which he had salvaged and was bumming around the Med in.
He was a hippy-type named Hugo. In the bow of this tatty hulk of a boat, he had an office stuffed with electronics and technical literature. He was working with Dassault via a satellite link and showed me pictures of 40+ knot boats he had designed.
A real character. He and his wife Marie-Jo made us very welcome and we spent about three days with them, sheltering from the storm.
DJE
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Re: You wan\' speed sailin\'....?
And - shock horror - no lifejackets!
And - shock horror - no lifejackets!
suse
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Re: You wan\' speed sailin\'....?
god, yes - that'd be FANTASTIC!!
Nothing in the water ..
S x
god, yes - that'd be FANTASTIC!!
Nothing in the water ..
S x
ex-Gladys
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Re: You wan\' speed sailin\'....?
55 knots awesome...Anyone know what the music was?
55 knots awesome...Anyone know what the music was?
