Posted By: Jeff Peterson Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 10/27/16 05:19 AM
Do you have pictures to enter into the "Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame" ? -Nominations are now open. Submit your pictures now.
Posted By: Timbo Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 10/30/16 04:24 PM
Posted By: cyberspeed Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 10/31/16 03:28 AM
Sorry, not a pitch pole. In the end turned out to be a capsize preceded by a "Tinker Bell".
Posted By: Timbo Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/02/16 02:09 AM
Do you have pictures to enter into the "Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame" ? -Nominations are now open. Submit your pictures now.
The back page of this month's Sailing World magazine has a great picture of a Nacra 17 pitchpole.
Posted By: Gilo Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/02/16 08:25 PM
My top 3:
3)F16 worlds 2016 Belgium:
https://www.facebook.com/f16worlds2...508/1770113709939077/?type=3&theater2) Cancelled racing in Holland, North Sea, 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ooKV2gc1Y (2:16 minutes)
1) Florida Hirams Haul 2011, Matt showing how strong the Falcon is :-)
https://vimeo.com/32382270 (5:15)
Can easily make a screenshot of the video if you need a picture instead of video, but video is a plus I think :-)
Gill
Posted By: brucat Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/03/16 03:49 PM
The best one I ever saw was taken by Mike Walker at the Madcatter a few years ago. He caught Pedro mid-pitchpole, as if suspended in air and time.
Mike
Posted By: David Parker Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/03/16 05:41 PM
There are some great pitchpoles in one of my favorite videos. It's on YouTube and called "Trouble at the Weekend.
Watch at 2:00-3:00 for the flips. I love the music, too.
How do you embed videos again?
Trouble At The Weekend Posted By: brucat Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/03/16 08:32 PM
Gilo, cool entries, but you seriously need a warning on #2 (Holland): There's definitely a minimum amount of ecstasy required in your bloodstream to listen to the background music for that! I was woefully unprepared...
Mike
Posted By: Gilo Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/03/16 11:47 PM
agree :-)
Did you listen to the comments in the Hirams Haul video? Pretty funny!
Posted By: waterbug_wpb Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/04/16 06:53 PM
The hiram's spill was epic, but does that classify as "pitchpole"? I mean they did "lay a whoopin' " on that rock with the daggarboard which caused the flip...
Posted By: Ventucky Red Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/04/16 10:49 PM
In one of our mixed fleet races we were doing a screaming beam reach on a NACRA 5.8, we're hooked in, trapped out, block to block, standing on the rear beam, coming down the face of some nice waves, and creating a pretty nice roster tail...
All of a sudden the whole boat lifts up out of the water, the crew Peter Pans, then the bows comes down first and whammo..... I end up hitting the boat where the mast and main beam join.
Back at the club one of the sled sailors laments to some others "here comes this catamaran moving across the water like a screaming banshi... all of a sudden the thing cartwheels across the ocean... about a minute later they have it up and on their way... talk about death wish..."
Wish I had a video... It would have made the contusion I had to deal with and the missed sailing for the next couple of weeks worth it....
Posted By: Jeff Peterson Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/18/16 08:19 PM
WOW! Warning: Don't show these videos to a first time sailor!
Why is it, when you are on the boat, these little episodes seem less spectacular, than when you are watching at a distance? I can't count the number of times I've been asked by powerboats if we are OK after a dump.
Posted By: Jake Re: Pitchpole Hall-of-Fame: Nominations Call - 11/18/16 09:10 PM
Hah! Thanks for that one. I forgot about the music I wrote for the crash sequence in that one. Thanks to Brian for using my stuff! I wish I had more time for that.