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#49264 05/13/05 02:20 PM 05/13/05 02:20 PM |
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Posts: 8 Austin, TX | Okay, I had to do a little research for this answer: Lake Travis is 63.75 miles long (!), 4.5 miles wide at its widest point. It covers 18,929 acres and has a capacity of 382,092,882,600 gallons. I can only imagine how big Kerr Lake is!
I sailed from Annapolis and Marblehead (Mass.)- 38' Beneteau when not in small boats (think 420s, FJs, Scots, Lasers).
It was the Tiger video I saw, and boy did it scare the stuffing out of me! I know that shifting crew weight aft should help bring the bow up, but what about us lighter (120#) sailors? Do I need to make sure I have a heavyweight on the boat, or just bear off a little if I see bouyancy issues? | | | Re: Odd stuff on a Hobie?!
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#49266 05/13/05 04:59 PM 05/13/05 04:59 PM |
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 217 West Texas JaimeZX
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Posts: 217 West Texas | Lisa, again the issue with that Tiger video is that they were sailing in a shallow, narrow channel. A puff came and they had nowhere to go. That's just something that comes with high-speed sailing in a trench in France. Regarding single-handing the H16... I do it all the time also, but I weigh about 170lbs. I need a righting bag or a buddy to get it back up, and with a righting bag it still takes a bit of work. I don't know how well you'd do on an H16 solo just because of that. On the other hand, you could try and find an H14 Turbo, it's the 14 with a jib. Same idea but the boat weighs quite a bit less so you'll have an easier time righting it, (I can do it alone no problem) although someone that's 120lbs. might need a bag, I dunno. Once you get used to the H14T then you could upgrade to an H17, which is another boat designed for single-handing, but it's bigger, faster, and less likely to pitchpole.
Warm regards,
Jim
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#49267 05/13/05 05:31 PM 05/13/05 05:31 PM |
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Posts: 8 Austin, TX | 4.5 miles at the widest point. At some points it is barely 150 yards across. If the calculations are wrong, talk to the people at www.laketravis.com. I took their word on the arithmetic. | | | Re: Odd stuff on a Hobie?!
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#49269 05/13/05 05:50 PM 05/13/05 05:50 PM |
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Posts: 217 West Texas | Okay. I guess the caviat is: IF you plan to do much sailing with a buddy, DON'T get an H14 because it's a dog with two people. I hear the H17 isn't good with two either. My fiancée and I pitchpoled her H14 going only (I think) 12 knots or so because me+her=fat for a H14. It'd be worse with a jib (H14T) for obvious reasons. The dang leeward bow really digs down with two people on it in a good wind. I'd go back to looking at the H16 for multi-person sailing, and then maybe look into the Power Righting system. I haven't played with this at all but it looks like it'd give a smaller person more leverage than just a standard righting line and help make it easier / safer for you to single-hand a 16. DON'T GIVE UP! It's fun! Wheee! In other news, I have a video my fiancée took of me righting my H16 solo for the first time last year. It is here: http://www.JaimeZX.com/OT/MOV01016.MPG (5.7MB) Because of the poor resolution, I'll do a quick rundown on what you'll be seeing if you watch it: (You'll hear Ming narrating, but she doesn't know exactly what I'm doing so don't listen to her. HEHEH) You can see the red dot (me) bending down in the front of the boat, filling the righting bucket (bag). Then I stand up, throw the bag over my shoulder, and lean back. Then I wait, and the boat comes up slowly. Then Ming shouts with joy. THEN I jump back on the boat and start fidgeting with the sheets and the boat starts moving again.
Warm regards,
Jim
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#49270 05/25/05 01:44 PM 05/25/05 01:44 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 493 Minnesota Jeff Peterson
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Posts: 493 Minnesota | Lisa,
You say you have a standing partner???
Tell him to SIT DOWN !
Jeff Peterson H-16 Sail #23721 Big Marine Lake, MN
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#49272 06/07/05 03:06 PM 06/07/05 03:06 PM |
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Posts: 152 Central Texas | With crew... do not get a Hobie 14 (or Turbo) A 16 is fine solo or with crew. Righting the thing solo is not a problem... get a bag or better a soloright and learn the technique. You could also think Nacra 5.2 or Prindle 16. Since you are a Lake Travis girl I would recommend to hang out at the Highland Lake Marina to catch a ride. There is a good selection of beach cats and I would be surprised if not someone would take you for a spin. Once you made a decission for a cat learn about the typical defects (for used hobies it is delamination - in Austin you will find plenty for dead hobies) Odd stuff... the old Hobies (14/16) are pretty simple - very few controles. One of the odd things for me was the 2 meter long tiller extension that needed to be swiveled around the rear each tack. Nothing that someone who sails for 10 years could not learn.
Patrick
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