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Shock of the new (boaty verion)
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:25 am
by Silkie
Are we just too conservative to be able to see the wood for the trees?
Geant.
[youtube]
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8vd9p8f ... re=related[/youtube]
Couldn't find any similar footage of Joyon but he must have coped with a lot worse and at an average speed of 19 knots for 26,000 miles.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:41 am
by sahona
J.H.C. how does that stay in one piece - and as for the crew.... how do you switch it off when you get fed up?
Incredible
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:33 am
by Nick
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At times it looks as though the entire boat is out of the water, just the centreboard immersed.
Incredible to think he rode that thing on his own non-stop for over eight weeks . . .
How long do you think this record will stand? It is hard to see how it can be beaten.
Geant
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:52 pm
by Magna Carter
Awesome...
I'd love to have a go.... but only for a few hours....
It may be a few years away then . . .
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:40 pm
by Nick
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I'd love to have a go.... but only for a few hours....
You may have to wait a while before the record can be broken by going for a day sail
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:21 pm
by Silkie
Despite the name, the Open 60 Geant is just a tiddler compared to Idec's 97' LOA.
Is it the way forward though? Leaving aside the practicalities of getting into a marina (or through Easdale Sound) it would appear that great advances have been made in multihull design. I've been reading about foil assist (didn't understand a word) and believe it makes them much more stable, reducing the chances of pitch-poling etc. Hydroptere being the ultimate foiler at the moment.
I was highly impressed when I sailed in company with Jim and his F27 in
2006 but consoled myself in the time honoured manner.
Would you have one?
PS - I wouldn't be surprised if the wee dame has a crack at taking it back.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:57 am
by little boy blue
that`s not a boat - it must be a " w i g".
he`s got the record for FLYING round the world 4 feet above the surface.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:23 pm
by Arghiro
little boy blue wrote:that`s not a boat - it must be a " w i g".
he`s got the record for FLYING round the world 4 feet above the surface.
Weather float is well dug in if you look carefully.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:26 pm
by Silkie
What is a wig?
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:28 pm
by little boy blue
Arghiro wrote:
Weather float is well dug in ..... .[/quote]
yes i had noticed that but you wouldn`t call a kiddies bike with stabilisers a quad, would you
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:01 pm
by Silkie
Not sure I follow your analogy LBB but that's probably because I still don't know what a WIG is.
WIG
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:04 pm
by Nick
What is a wig?
Wing in ground effect - essentially an aircraft that only flies in ground effect
see the
WIG page
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:43 am
by little boy blue
thanks nick - " a picture is worth a thousand words " ( attr. mcgonigle, i believe
).
i`m sure silkie will see the connection now.
Re: Shock of the new (boaty verion)
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:00 am
by Silkie
Silkie wrote:Couldn't find any similar footage of Joyon
Have now:
[youtube]
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_9o_Bdtew[/youtube]
Re: Shock of the new (boaty verion)
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:45 am
by Gardenshed
A touch racy for the Chentlemen's Cruise. Makes quite a contrast with your 7 knots in a Hurley 22 clip.