Hi !
I'm Bille ; this article in kiteboarder mag will explain a bunch about me :
http://www.thekiteboarder.com/wordpress/2010/10/the-unstoppable-billy-floyd/
And USA today, used a shot of me in there mag this week :
http://www.usatoday.com/story/your-take/2014/08/04/take5-sailing-dandelion/13548445/?csp=yourtake&sf29357882=1
See you on the water : Bille
I'm new here
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Posted: Aug 05, 2014 - 01:40 PM
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Posted: Aug 05, 2014 - 04:38 PM
Hi Bille: Looking good. What type of cat is that? Any more pictures?
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Ted
Hobie 16
South Carolina Lake sailing
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Posted: Aug 08, 2014 - 09:31 AM
That is a Hobie-20.
Notice the sail rolled up and tied to the tramp ? That was the main-sail.
It was blowing 30+mph on Mohave, so we reefed the Main to about the size
of a Hobie-16, and kept the jib furled.
Everything was Great ; we were past our goal of 9-mile cove, when a 38 to 40
mph gust hit us and destroyed the old main that we had placed Two reefing points
on.
Lucky Us -- we had practiced in high-winds, using just the jib ; so we were good
to go for our mostly down-wind run back to Cottenwood-cove.
By the time this shot was taken, the wind had mostly died, so i hooked into the
trapeze just to break the Bore-Dum !!
Wouldn't Ya know it ; that's the shot which made it into USA Today !!
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Posted: Dec 04, 2014 - 05:59 AM
removed - not worth the energy nor time
Edited by MN3 on Dec 04, 2014 - 08:43 AM.
