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dichtbijzee

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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 08:24 AM

Me on the helm, 2 guests. about 8-10 knots.
The Nacra 5.8 was completely powered up, no downhaul/outhaul.

And most important that day: no capsize!

Album

Edited by dichtbijzee on Oct 18, 2011 - 08:45 AM.

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MN3

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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 12:26 PM

fun
nice shape to your sails.
DamonLinkous

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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 12:42 PM

Great pics! Thanks for sharing, how's the weather in Denmark this time of year?

Also, thought you might like to know, I visited your bed and breakfast website and most of the page (the Flash sections) won't load for me in Internet Explorer 9, even with compatibility mode enabled.

It loads in Chrome and Firefox latest versions though.

Wisth your B&B was in South Florida, just the kind of place members here are always asking about where you can rent a room and a boat for the week.

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dichtbijzee

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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 02:09 PM

Okay, Thanks for the visit! I'll look into it. Being the webmaster of that site and all.

The weather went down the drain here. The temps are now down 5 to 7 degrees Celsius. And there is either to much or not enough wind. the sailing season is kind of over for me. The only thing i can do now is sail the blokart! The winter projects are coming up starting with making a shed for our 3 ribs. And a complete refurbish of the P18. At least all standing and hopefully running rigging as well.

MN3fun
nice shape to your sails.

I was running with the sheet on the last hole to get this shape. The tapered battens help a lot. Although I can't get the lowest forward telltale to fly with this setup. Maybe a little more downhaul would work, Guess I'll try that next year!

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Stefan, Denmark.
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Kevin219

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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 08:11 PM

I've got to ask, in just 8 -10 knots of wind there is got to be some help from the crew to get a haul to fly right? Because I see videos of the latest Nacras advertising there boats doing 18knts in 12 knots of wind. and they're double trapped and flying a haul.

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matt922

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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 11:26 PM

The n5.8 is like the fastest 8' wide cat out there, so it isn't magical or anything.

8-10 knot is perfect breeze for my boat, lifting a hull isnt uncommon with fully depowered outhaul/downhaul. Never flew a hull like that though

Edited by matt922 on Oct 18, 2011 - 11:28 PM.
dichtbijzee

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Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 02:12 AM

There were just the start whitecaps on the water, over here the whitecaps start with 10 to 12 knots. But i'm sure we could have double trapped and gotten some nice speed. That wasn't the point though we should make some nice pictures!
It was in the gusts that it wen't up like that. But we were trucking hard as well! 16 knots would be my estimate.

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Stefan, Denmark.
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redtwin

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Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 05:02 PM

That first picture is way up there... very nice. I only had my 5.2 up that high once when I was dumb enough to hand the main sheet to my brother-in-law. I was on the wire way forward and couldn't get back fast enough to pop him in the head. He pulled us up so high I was actually looking for a place to land in the water without going through the main. He finally over-eased the sheet and "tea bagged" me over the side. Needless to say, he never touched the main sheet or the tiller again. On the bright side, I learned that the 5.2 has a very high point of no return.

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