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#140412 04/18/08 04:06 PM 04/18/08 04:06 PM |
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Posts: 623 Gulf Coast | From the Hobie HOTLINE Vol. 2, Issue 5 (p.15)
Dr. Goephast's Medicine Bag by Chuck Patch, Ph.D. in B.S.
Ailment: Post Pitchpole Depression
Symptoms: sudden loss of boatspeed, severe dampness of skipper and crew, unnatural elevation at the rudders
Comments: Post Pitchpole Depression (PPD) will affect all sailors during their sailing careers. Even on shore, many prefer not to discuss pitchpoling. There are numerous strains of PPD. Any sailor knows there must be fifty ways to leave your Hobie. Below we examine various levels of the ailment:
Level 1. The "Santa Claus" Syndrome On a reach, in flat water, the crew notices the lee bow sinking lower in the water. Regardless how many people are aboard, suddenly everyone wants to sit in the skipper's lap.
Level 2. The "Das Boot" Syndrome This occurs sailing downwind in large chop. The bows bury into the back of a wave, and the boat slows as the hulls continue moving forward underwater. Catamarans do not make good submarines, so it is best to avoid this mode. In the performance of this maneuver, skippers have been injured, slugged by crews upset about the five gallons of ice-cold water having just went down the back of their wetsuits.
Level 3. The "Fred and Ginger" Syndrome aka the Demicell Maneuver Sailing upwind, double trapped, the leeward hull digs in gently, causing the boat to decelerate. Inertia causes the skipper and crew to dance gracefully to the bow, pulling the boat over on top of themselves.
Level 4. The "Wile E. Coyote" Syndrome Sailing singlehanded, reaching and trapped out, standing behind the rear crossbar. Bows go under, the boat comes to a halt, balanced on its nose. The skipper, now 16 feet in the air, thinks, "This ain't so bad - I'll just wait for the bows to back out and sail on." Then, the fatal error: he looks down. "Hey, there's nothin' holdin' me up here! AAAAAA!" -SPLASH!-
Level 5. The "Satellite" Syndrome Sailing downwind in heavy air, the knothead crew decides to go out on the wire. With same knothead crew standing behind the rear crossbar, the bows dig in sharply. The knothead crew is launched forward, remaining hooked in, and begins to orbit the front of the boat. The skipper, still at his post, watches helplessly as the knothead crew's weight brings the boat to a final, embarrassing halt.
Level 6. The "Friendly Skies" Syndrome Heavy air, reaching, double trapped at the end of a long day of sailing. The crew just HAS to remark, "I'm surprised we haven't pitchpoled yet." It's guaranteed within 30 seconds the bows head straight for Davy Jones. Skipper and crew, without having filed flight plans, fly away for parts unknown. After a short yet eventful journey, the pair splash down. Never, ever allow the crew to say the P-word whilst sailing. ...
Other things I've heard:
"They was headin' for Cuba sideways." -remark made observing a boat on its side, crew struggling to right it, strong north winds.
"Damn, them bows was gonna visit Davy Jones." - after a pitchpole
Most anything David Beale has to say.
"Hang on to your diapies! We're going in!" -at a start line | | | Re: Cat Sailing Face Plant
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#140413 04/19/08 09:07 AM 04/19/08 09:07 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Proper mark mounting requires the use of a bridle foil. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Not in the case of barging marks.
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#140414 04/19/08 11:02 AM 04/19/08 11:02 AM |
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Posts: 531 Lake Murray SC | No one here remembers "Jungle Jibe"? AKA "Doing the Tarzan"- same as Peter Pan.
We were on the H16 enjoying the strong breeze from a coming storm front and as we began to round the weather mark we were hit by a massive downburst. The water went flat on a perfect circle all around us and the boat first flew the windward hull followed by the rest of the boat. We had just trimmed for a reach to B mark. The leeward bow touched down first and I could not hold on to the Hawaiian lifeline. I performed a perfect Jungle Jibe and met the leeward sidestay moments before the mast hit the water. It all happened incredibly fast.
Race cheap, race faster, Damnit!
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#140417 04/20/08 09:50 PM 04/20/08 09:50 PM |
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Posts: 60 Kaneohe Bay | Just finished the "Carnage regatta" last weekend and heard the term "Driving down a mine shaft" for the first time. Not I but another Hobie 20 w/230lb skipper did his version of the "space shuttle" and landed at the tip of his mast 33' away from the launch pad.
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#140418 04/20/08 10:25 PM 04/20/08 10:25 PM |
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Posts: 805 Gainesville, FL 32607 USA | Tami, Thanks for going far back into the archives. I remember 'Ol Chuck Patch well- he lives around here someplace but I think his Prindle is broken. His favorite pitchpole effort is called the same as his boat: "BOHICA"... bend over here it comes again
Dacarls: A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16 "Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
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#140423 04/24/08 07:56 AM 04/24/08 07:56 AM |
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Posts: 623 Gulf Coast | Yep, y'all colonials a tough bunch.
Years ago, Tilley (SA) brought another SA guy out for a spin on Tilley's H16. Blowin' stink it was, and they were goin' stink too. As is common on the H16, the bows dug in. The SA'er gets launched satellite style, reaches the limit of the trapeze line, and comes back in, spreadeagled toward the mast and fwd crossbeam. Just at the last moment, the fella draws himself into a ball, and whacks the Hell out his shins on the crossbar.
Arriving at the beach, the SA fella is just bloody shinned, it looks awful. We all exclaim, "G.Zeus!" offering the usual commiserate remarks...
...the fella answers....
"Ja, it was almost my NADS!" | | |
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