Hey Oz1
 

Recognize this boat?

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...oat_id=1289118

Looks like fun, kinda odd with the wheels forward.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

OzOne wrote:
Yep, sure do, it's moored in the next bay from the CYC.
Designed and built by Ian Murray an icon in 18' as well as AmCup
designer and skipper.
Sort of a mini AmCup boat

It looks very light & bouncy.

I know who Ian Murray is.... never met him though. He skippered the
Kookaburra against Dennis Conner IIRC. Also designed the Hobie 25 which
is a really cool boat... I sailed one a few years back in a 'sportboat
shootout' when most people were intimidated by the traps.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

is a really cool boat... I sailed one a few years back in a 'sportboat
shootout' when most people were intimidated by the traps.


OzOne wrote:
Yep, had the same with planks on Skates...trap guys are wary, maybe
even scared of them.

Maybe it's because of the negative association with 'walking the plank'?
Or maybe it's because planks are friggin' crazy!

I'd like to try sailing one; maybe it'll happen. I've got a few friends
with Int'l Canoes although they aren't in the same league
(horsepower-wise) as the Skates. Last time I sailed a 470 I found that
the knees and the reflexes aren't what they used to be ;)

Fresh Breezes- Doug King