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#146503 06/24/08 07:51 AM 06/24/08 07:51 AM |
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Posts: 556 Somers, Westernport Bay, Victo... | Perry,
The real Chopper cut off his own ear for a bit of fun thus the knick name. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Well; just part of his ear.
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Peter
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#146504 06/24/08 07:59 AM 06/24/08 07:59 AM |
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Posts: 5 | Fun....your pulling my leg.
Or maybe a little too much of the hot Aussie sun?
Hobie Rules!
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#146505 06/24/08 08:48 AM 06/24/08 08:48 AM |
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Posts: 586 Hobart, Tasmania, Oz. | FUN? not really... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brandon_ReadWhile in Pentridge prison's H division in the late 70's, Read launched a prison war. His gang, dubbed 'The Overcoat Gang', because they wore long coats all year round to conceal their weapons, were involved in several hundred acts of violence against a larger opposing gang during this period. Around this time, Read had a fellow inmate cut both of his ears off in order to be able to leave H division temporarily. Whilst in his early biographies Read claimed this was to avoid an ambush by other inmates, his later works state that he did so to "Win a bet". Several other members of Read's gang also cut off their own ears in a similar fashion after this incident
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#146509 06/25/08 05:24 AM 06/25/08 05:24 AM |
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Posts: 404 Chattanooga, TN | The 16 does not cross waves as well the the longer boats that is for sure. We found that we have to have speed and by shifting our weight forward to keep the bows down we can drive through the chop. Keeping one hull up helps a lot too.
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Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 548 MERRITTISLAND, FL Matt M
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Posts: 548 MERRITTISLAND, FL | How much mast rake are you carrying? Do not worry about rake. In the light air with the big chop like we had latter on Sunday, the F16 is definitely at a disadvantage to the longer and heavier boats. We accelerate more in the little gusts, but keeping momentum and the boat from bouncing is virtually impossible in those conditions. As soon as the sail shakes, you have lost flow over it and that is bad. The I20's and the Tiger were noticably less bouncy. When it switched to that light bouncy stuff, we adjusted our sail settings to be more like a close reach and footed way off to keep up some momentum. We shiffted the weight forward and leward also as far as we could to try and keep down the hobbie horsing in the waves and reduce the drag on the windward hull. These conditions are very bad for my head and Gina will tell you I am not much fun on the boat. As soon as you can start trapping this boat really seams to dig in and go. A lot may be the boat and a lot may be me. This discussion sort of follows the similar thread about spin shape. Tunning in general for me I figure has less than 1% effect on how I sail. Is it sort of visually the same as most of the other boats on the water? If yes then 99% of how I do depends on how I stear and trim the sheet. When I worry about the little things then they are wrong because I am not concetrating on what is making me actually go. This has been my personal view of it. While these things do have value, at my skill level they are lost in the backwash. If I was legitimately competing with the Asbhey's and other top multi guys, adjusting my sail shapes and tuning I am sure would have some merrit. But I know that given the very best equipment, set up by the top sailors, if I do not drive right I will finish no better than if I had some old sails and my kids rigged my boat for me. Matt | | | Re: chop
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Posts: 548 MERRITTISLAND, FL | Sounds challenging Matt. Another skill to add to the collection <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> If you are going to race it is one to have in your bag of tricks but is definitely not worth the smilley face <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> I would much rather be able to spend full time practicing my skill set in 15-20 <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> | | |
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