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by **The Do** » Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:33:15

Especially the hull flying. That's a lot of money to be risking.

I wonder how much wind they had for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLMOdhce-Pk

Dog

by **weed..** » Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:52:24

Quote:

> Especially the hull flying. That's a lot of money to be risking.

> I wonder how much wind they had for this.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLMOdhce-Pk

> Dog

Cool... Trustafarion tow surfing. What's next, towing behind the
high-speed ferry to Nantucket? ;-)

by **sailq..** » Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:48:40

I'm a little surprised that they "launch" the kite boards from a high
speed inflatable dinghy.
Looks like the tow lines stream back from well up the mast on the big
tri.
Seems like they could wrap the tow lines around a winch and launch off
the stern of the main hull or perhaps off the beams out to the proa's.
Just get in the kiteboard/wakeboard bindings, grab the tow handle, and
have them feed out the line from a winch until you are back in the wake
the correct distance.
Looks like fun.
Ummmm... flying the upwind proa and the main hull is what sailing big
trimarans is all about.
Nothing particularly dangerous or outside normalcy, even on a tri that
big.
Anyone check out the big tri on foils that was sailing at 38 knots + on
the same link?
Now that's getting real scary fast for a really big boat!

Quote:

> Especially the hull flying. That's a lot of money to be risking.

> I wonder how much wind they had for this.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLMOdhce-Pk

> Dog

by **morefor..** » Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:15:24

I don't see any whitecaps whatsoever. Looks like 8 knots, but maybe
its 12??? Must be nearly 3X windspeed. Isn't this wakeboarding not
kiting? If the tri was flying a kite instead of a spinnaker.....

by **Steve Elliot** » Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:23:14

Two things: The constant drone of the helicopter ruins it for me, and I'd
rather ride on the boat. That would be way more exciting.

This book by Tim Zimmerman;

The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-the-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing
Competition

is a great read about racing maxi-cats around the world, via Cape Horn. It
explains a lot of theory about sailing big - 125 foot - catamarans. Check
it out.

Steve

Quote:

> Especially the hull flying. That's a lot of money to be risking.

> I wonder how much wind they had for this.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLMOdhce-Pk

> Dog

by **Hangino** » Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:29:48

Actually, unless you change foot positions, that is slalom waterskiing,
nothing new, just need a fast sailboat. I'm also surprised they didn't
launch off the stern and ease the bridles out from an unused winch.

The boat is VERY cool. The guy at the helm really knows what he is
doing. Notice his left hand on the mainsheet, ready to dump the
mainsail if she starts to go over too far!

Somebody spent big bucks on this, unless he's got close friends in the
choppers (looks like at least two were used).

by **Steve Elliot** » Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:47:38

When I had my Hobie 18, I was so good at flying the hull that I hardly ever
used the mainsheet to spill air. Just tiller movement. Of course, the
motive was not to sail fast in a straight line, but to see how high and how
long I could fly the hull. If I wasn't sailing solo, I could elicit pleas
of mercy from my crew, out on the trapeze, where their head was sometiems
12 feet above the water.

If I was racing tho, flying the hull was bad, and you definitely wanted to
sail a straight line, so technique changed drasticly.

Steve

Quote:

> Actually, unless you change foot positions, that is slalom waterskiing,
> nothing new, just need a fast sailboat. I'm also surprised they didn't
> launch off the stern and ease the bridles out from an unused winch.

> The boat is VERY cool. The guy at the helm really knows what he is
> doing. Notice his left hand on the mainsheet, ready to dump the
> mainsail if she starts to go over too far!

> Somebody spent big bucks on this, unless he's got close friends in the
> choppers (looks like at least two were used).

by **morefor..** » Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:35:05

Cool, thanks Alexis, so my 'triple' windspeed was actually just under
double. Looks faster than 22 knots, Orange II's 30 something knot
AVERAGE for 48 hours is still unbelievable to me. These big multihulls
are increadible machines, I'd love a ride (though a Formula board would
be about as fast in that much wind I think).

by **Crabb** » Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:07:39

Quote:

> I don't see any whitecaps whatsoever. Looks like 8 knots, but maybe
> its 12??? Must be nearly 3X windspeed. Isn't this wakeboarding not
> kiting? If the tri was flying a kite instead of a spinnaker.....

Of couse it isn't kiting. Can you imagine being hooked in to that
thing?

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