Hi sailors!
One of the first times I tested the headcam on my Hobie 16 I got the perfect weather, downwind in 20 knots of wind! The video is 3 minutes long, full dv size (720x576).



Go to the link http://www.webbo.dyndns.org/sailing/ and select the file "h16_downwind.wmv". Don't left klick on it to play it from the server, right klick instead and save it to your harddrive and play from that one instead. Running it from the server will be a pain....



/hakan

Awesome video!!! love Funker Vohgt. Seems to me that your partner is actually smiling when you guys go into that nasty pitch pole

BAD butt!!! There is nothing like pushing the boat to the limits then EATING IT!

Here's another video with double trap reaching, no crash but nice high speed sailing.

Go to the link http://www.webbo.dyndns.org/sailing/ and select the file "h16_reaching.wmv". Don't left klick on it to play it from the server, right klick instead and save it to your harddrive and play from that one instead. Running it from the server will be a pain....

The server uses adsl (512/512 kbit). If several users are downloading at the same time you will have to share the available 50 kbyte/sec.

/hakan

Man those are awesome videos! I was going to download the 207MB one but you took it down.

Anyway, I can only dream of going that far without tacking/gybing on the lake here. Usually it's 45-60 seconds per tack, 30 if the wind's up. I'm getting lots of practice with that.

Post more vids when you get 'em!

Hakan: In the downwind vid, please tell us how you manage to stay on the boat as it goes over. I am extremely impressed....with your sailing, with the video, with your steadiness, and with your ability to stick to the boat. Your butt must be made of velcro! Thanks for sharing the vids!

Jerome Vaughan
Hobie 16 "RATTLE 'N HUM"
Clinton, Mississippi

Hey Jerome! How was your vacation?

Anyway, Hakan: What kind of boat is the yellow one? A Nacra or something?

Looks to me as a Marstrom "A" cat??

kinda sorta????

Thank's for all the input! I must have developed som kind of survival instinc after 20 years of catsailing and crashes! I think I grabbed the rear beam when we pitchpoled, but I'm not sure.....

Sorry for the poor bandwith. my ADSL link has been busy these days, 6 gigs in a couple of days, that is almost full throttle around the clock for the poor ADSL modem.

This link mirrors my videos and should have no problem with bandwith!!!

http://user.it.uu.se/~sanna/film/

/hakan

Hakan,

Excellent footage!!!
Your steadiness is outstanding!

Watching these makes for a great diversion during the work day.

Have you tried using the head cam along with the setup you had on the A-cat(1st part of downwind.wmv)?

Thanks for the movies.

Dear Hakan,

Thank you for those beautifully produced films! I enjoy them and love to imagine that I could drive a catamaran so expertly as you have captured on film.

Keep them coming! Please?

GARY

Hakan,

I have to ditto the rest of the posts. Those are great videos! One question, what is the water temp in Uppsalla? When I was younger, I lived for 6 months in Stockholm. As I recall, even in the summer, a bath like that might required Aqua Vi to warm up again!

Great video.finally got a chance to see it.On the reaching video,does not look like much main sheet adjustment.Is that compensated by steering thru the puffs,or was the wind that steady?

This guy is up to more craziness! Go to his site and check out the "winter" directory.

Totally wild.

I guess that means we can't whine about a little cold whether anymore, eh?

Sure rub it in... We're in a winter storm advisory this week. The snow finally melted off my cat from the last storm!! Loved the footage though!!!! Keep 'em coming, it gives me something to look forward to this summer. ...in the mean time I guess I'll go wax my snowboard. -Cooper Akron, Ohio