On Oct 10, 8:00 pm, OzOne wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:55:00 -0400, "Gregory Hall"
scribbled thusly:

OK, just a joke but check out this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BZwM2LDCb4
The guy can tack the thing and stay on the foils. Impressive. What a
kewl little boat.

Yep, a Moth.
Rohan has won 3 or 4 world champs IIRC.
I tried sailing one but I'm just not agile enough anymore

old fartz need not try.

;0) wish we had one here to try..

Joe

OK, just a joke but check out this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BZwM2LDCb4
The guy can tack the thing and stay on the foils. Impressive. What a
kewl little boat.


Gybing while staying on the foils is even more impressive.
These things are more like an iceboat than anything else on the water.


OzOne wrote:
Yep, a Moth.
Rohan has won 3 or 4 world champs IIRC.
I tried sailing one but I'm just not agile enough anymore

Take up Tai Chi.... supposed to help your reflexes (dunno 'bout that)
and it definitely helps flexibility & balance.

Joe wrote:
old fartz need not try.

;0) wish we had one here to try..


Did you ever get a test sail of the Swift Solo? I'd like to try one of
those; have singlehanded the 29er a couple of times. A foil Moth would
be much faster. I suspect that it's partially a case of needed agility
and speedy reflexes, and also that you need to respond differently to
the boat, to develop a set of different reflexes. I rememebr learning
to wild-thing a catamaran and it was quite a struggle to overcome
decades of monohull sailors instincts.

BTW the Baderider Moth is about $15k delivered. Not a bad deal....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King