[quote=erice]the h14 and h16 are easy to sail badly
and difficult to sail well
we all know that that both of them pitchpole if you are too far forward, and in high winds it is possible to pitchpole them backwards!
we could all probably ride a racing motorcycle around a track without incident if we went slowly, but make it a high speed race and most of would be crashing and burning all over the place
high winds are much the same, if you have a lot of experience then could be no problem, but if you don't have much experience it may be better to stay on the beach
don't worry there will be more windy days in your future
[i]so says greybeard as he nurses the scrape across his arm from a particularly savage pitchpole on a weta trimaran, trying to fly the gennaker on too broad a reach on too gusty a day:-D [/i]
not me but not too far from this
[img]http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/2010/Weta%20Pitch%20pole.jpg[/img] <!-- editby --><em>edited by: erice, Sep 27, 2010 - 09:39 PM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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