Wayne.B wrote in
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP3oJ4htjSY

Skinny guys make such awful ballast and counterweights....

My car mechanic has a big Hobie Cat. I've been drown on it a few times.

He claims my fat ass raises its speed a good 8 to 12 knots on a windy
day...(c; I did get dumped overboard, which caused an immediate nasty
broach from lack of counterbalance when my "ballast" parted the harness
halyard. When he came back around to retrieve me, he looked as white as a
sheet until he saw me laughing so hard I could hardly swim to the boat...
(c;

I want to try sailing one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...r&search_type=
Hell, the camera power boat can't even keep up with it!

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:33:43 +0000, Larry wrote:

I want to try sailing one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...r&search_type=
Hell, the camera power boat can't even keep up with it!

I've seen one in action. They look seriously strange coming at you
on the water.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:33:43 +0000, Larry wrote:


I want to try sailing one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...r&search_type=
Hell, the camera power boat can't even keep up with it!

They mentioned 3X wind speed upwind: lets see: 12 kts of wind makes
for 36kts. Yowza!

BrianW