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I have done it now. You will not believe it but I finally gave in and bought a Hobie 16. I have been working on improving the design of new racing catamarans for years now and it's time for me to concentrate on becoming a better sailor and racer myself. The more I thought about how to achieve this goal the more it became clear that I needed to start racing in a competitive one-design class that would force me to master the fundamentals.
I have a lot of work to do before the Europeans in August. My goal is to make the Gold fleet but I may be dreaming.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 7:59 pm
 Karl
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Wow! where are the locusts, is my oldest brother ok? Can somebody check on the Nile? Anybody else smell sulphur?

Wouter did you change your screen name to something more phonetically understandable? Does the

W

make a

V

sound in Dutch?


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:06 pm
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I heard that was going to be the last major H16 regatta before Hobie release their F16.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:09 pm
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There's something fishy here,
or maybe it's just me working 'till 4 am...
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Posted : March 31, 2008 8:12 pm
 Karl
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Wait a minute. Wooter only has 4 posts.

Who's trying to be clever?


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:19 pm
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Rick/Mary needs to step in and delete that. So what you want about W but that is plainly malicious.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:28 pm
fred smith
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Can someone say April Fool.Whoever it is got me,until I looked at the identity spelling


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:33 pm
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W Anybody else smell sulphur?

I'm going to name her Hell Cat.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:38 pm
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Wait a minute. Wooter only has 4 posts.

The odometer turned over.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:39 pm
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Woot, Woot, Woot Woot, Woot, Woot, Woot, Woot, Woot, Wooty!


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:49 pm
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There's something fishy here,
or maybe it's just me working 'till 4 am...
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Actually it is 3:45 am but I've created a technology that allows me to post on Cat Sailor as I dream about it. See my reference to dreaming in the first post.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 8:49 pm
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Posted : March 31, 2008 8:56 pm
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April 1st comes early in Europe.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 11:02 pm
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Nope, gotta be BS, the registration numbers are different and the

real

Woot still shows like 7k posts.


 
Posted : March 31, 2008 11:34 pm
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Nope, gotta be BS, the registration numbers are different and the

real

Woot still shows like 7k posts.

duh how many times do folks have to say it

april fool


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 4:03 am
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Nice one. You had me there for a bit, then it all got too strange!


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 4:49 am
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Don't impersonate me, you very unsympathetic person.

There is line of decency to be observed here.

Wouter


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 5:06 am
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I've been sick of all the April fool's internet news since last night - but that one got me wondering why my catsailor filter stopped working...good one!


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 7:42 am
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Don't impersonate me, you very unsympathetic person.

There is line of decency to be observed here.

Wouter

is it not the case as some believe that you fiendishly stole the identity of wooter and have been posting in these forums for years trying to make a fool of poor ole wooter The respected cat sailor from Nederlands , not the raving loony you portray him as .

Tis it not his decency that has led him to keep your treachery quiet

are you related to doug lord in Sailing anarchy forum , you would seem to have popped out the same egg or test tube


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 8:05 am
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Wouter, I sincerely hope your response was in jest, otherwise I have two words for you: LIGHTEN UP!!!

Before I even saw the

impostor's

name spelling, it was very obvious that it was a joke, and it was pretty funny, if only because we know it would never happen.

Usually you respond better than this.

Mike


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 9:31 am
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I took Wouter's response to be in jest. How could it not be after such an obviously ridiculous post?


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 9:36 am
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Wherever and whenever the [April 1st] custom began, it has since evolved its own lore and set of unofficial rules. Superstition has it that the pranking period expires at noon on the 1st of April and any jokes attempted after that time will call bad luck down onto the head of the perpetrator. Additionally, those who fail to respond with good humor to tricks played upon them are said to attract bad luck to themselves.

 
Posted : April 1, 2008 11:34 am
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Well this is the first I've heard of the noon expiration. Or, are you just trying to ward off any tricks aimed at you today? <img src=

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Spoken like a true (drunken) sailor... It's always noon somewhere!

Mike


 
Posted : April 1, 2008 12:45 pm
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Rick/Mary needs to step in and delete that. So what you want about W but that is plainly malicious.

In what way... oh I get it... he called him a H16 sailor... the B@STARD! STONE HIM!


 
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