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Northfield Mn | I can promise you, salt water is a hell of a lot easier on it than dune riding. It's like riding through a sand blaster.
I'm boatless.
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[Re: Karl_Brogger]
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08/04/15 11:40 AM 08/04/15 11:40 AM |
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Naples, FL | I can promise you, salt water is a hell of a lot easier on it than dune riding. It's like riding through a sand blaster. and all are quite a bit more difficult than my favorite past time... drinking and posting crap on sailing websites. Or Karl's favorite: hookers & blow
Jay
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Or Karl's favorite: hookers & blow
Blow, then hookers. Get it straight damnit.
I'm boatless.
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08/05/15 07:14 AM 08/05/15 07:14 AM |
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Naples, FL | my bad... too much "Breaking Bad" binge watching lately...
But I did go cruising last weekend about 10 miles offshore... Single-handing so I didn't want to get too crazy.. Had to outrun a T-storm with some gusty 20 kt breeze but managed okay.
Docking is a bit of a challenge singlehanding, but managed without any gelcoat scars this time..
And I noticed that it's time for new sails... The laminate is pretty much disintegrating leaving only the carbon strings (or black kevlar... can't tell). No crinkle at all when I roll it up. Almost feels like fabric.
dammit... main is almost $6k. There goes my drinking money for the month.
Jay
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South Carolina | my bad... too much "Breaking Bad" binge watching lately...
But I did go cruising last weekend about 10 miles offshore... Single-handing so I didn't want to get too crazy.. Had to outrun a T-storm with some gusty 20 kt breeze but managed okay.
Docking is a bit of a challenge singlehanding, but managed without any gelcoat scars this time..
And I noticed that it's time for new sails... The laminate is pretty much disintegrating leaving only the carbon strings (or black kevlar... can't tell). No crinkle at all when I roll it up. Almost feels like fabric.
dammit... main is almost $6k. There goes my drinking money for the month. Truth be told, it's more than likely just a black tinted dacron scrim.
Jake Kohl
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Naples, FL | not that there is a problem with black dacron scrim...
but it is wearing out.
$6k for a carbon radial main (243 sq ft fat head) with epoxy battens... sound reasonable?
Jay
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Naples, FL | poking around on Doyle's fabric selection page, it would appear the type III (woven, film, scrim, film, woven) might be the best overall in terms of stretch and durability?
I'm sure it's heavier, but I'm not a foiling boat so an extra few kilos won't make me look much worse than I am around the cans... And if it lasts 1/3 longer than the type II I think I could justify the cost...
Jay
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South Carolina | Truthfully, though, it was almost impossible to watch in the US by design - so I'm not sure you could say the American's have tuned away. You have to be able to tune in before you can tune out.
Jake Kohl
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South Carolina Jake
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South Carolina | The Ideal America's Cup I think Jobson really misses the mark in this article. Trickle down is far from dead and while I'm pretty miffed at not being able to see the current series easily it's hard to deny the foiling madness the last America's Cup ignited in the world of multihulls. The problem, in my opinion, is all about the money. (isn't it always?). When you have some campaigns with a limitless pile of cash against other teams that spend as much time trying to find sponsorship as they do running their team, the result is always going to be skewed and boring to watch.
Jake Kohl
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Naples, FL | yes, but there was the Jamaican bobsled team...
Jay
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Naples, FL | meh... just the driver. And quickly/easily replaced I see in that last bit...
Jay
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South Carolina | But, by god, we can watch poker and a spelling B on ESPN.
Jake Kohl
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08/20/15 08:59 AM 08/20/15 08:59 AM |
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42.904444 N; 88.008586 W | Man... from the name of the video I was hoping to see him time the tube to perfection. Oh well, still impressive. I bet that salt water played havoc on a small gas engine.
It is really cool, and I too was going to mention-
it's not foiling.
Now, lets see him pull a skier!
-Rob
And the drive chain, sprockets, bearings...etc. And, technically speaking, it's planing - not foiling. ;-) the way they edited that lead me to believe that big wave at the end choked the engine and the wave got him.
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