On 2/7/2021 2:02 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 07/02/2021 17:44, a425couple wrote:
On 1/29/2021 1:24 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 25/01/2021 22:45, a425couple wrote:


Did you see this recent one?

https://www.facebook.com/sailrepubli...00443916792644
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tSp1onsorrfedhuÂ* ·
Few weeks ago...not a good day for the @emiratesteamnz 😱😱#badday
#capsize #crashsailing #americascup2021 #americascup #sailing⛵� #ac75

They righted it and were sailing again that day.

Not like the Americans who took off and landed so hard they punched a
hole in the boat.

Andy

Andy,Â* Sounds like you are involved in these competitions
/ races.Â* What do you do?

Or at least I did until the UK government decided there was too
much risk of me getting COVID doing it.

No ****! Welllll, I guess them carnivorous particles
can live a long time in your land down under !!

I race a 12ft sailing dinghy on the other side of the world at club
level.

I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, USA.

Neat! I have a little 9'6" Nutshell Pram that has
a Balanced Lug sail.
By luck rather than intent, in 2010 we bought a
house on a little 5 acre lake. So,,,,, first came
a used canoe. Then I found that pram for only $700.
So I take it out under sail over a dozen times a year.
and it's also good as a row boat.

Once a year we go to Tampa Bay area in Florida.
I've rented a Hobie Wave (14 foot?) there 3 times.
That is quite a little rocket also.

I rent it out of
https://www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org/
If you click on "Boat Rentals", it has pictures.

Do you own your 12'er?
Haul it on a trailer?
Is there a picture online?


I just watch these guys and wonder HTH do they do it.

Andy

Best wishes to you.