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Topic: Yet another sailing video...  (Read 2116 times)

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NowhereMan

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I can't catch fish, but I can sail!

On opening day (May 1) in Santa Cruz, I fished in the morning from about 6:30-10:30am, then came back to the harbor for "work"---which consisted of sitting in my car in the parking lot with my laptop. Then it was back out on the water for speed sailing after 3:00pm.

The video takes a while to get going, but if you stick with it, you will see a pretty dramatic difference between the the amount of water splashing when going 6+ mph as compared to 8+ mph. Given that there were no whitecaps, the wind was probably little (if any) more than 10 mph which, IMHO, makes the top speed fairly impressive.


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That speed will get me to squid ground real fast  :smt003
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That’s a lot of fun!!  I am surprised on the increased speed with the jib.  No need for fishing when sailing is so good. 😊


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You were moving! The AI sure is a wet ride.


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Good stuff! Thanks for sharing. I remember you had a furling jib, but it’s cool to see it in action. It’s different from the Hobie spinnaker and seems better!
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Thanks for the sailing report and video NM.
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I feel like I would've remembered seeing a speedster out on the water! Where were you??
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Coming in hot! I thought there was a 5 mph limit inside the breakwater. Hooligan!
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Great video and impressive speed!  :smt006
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