mac 26 m surfing or planing with big shute on bowsprit

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mac 26 m surfing or planing with big shute on bowsprit

Post by Highlander »

Well what do you think guy's

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Post by James V »

A LOT of stress factors involved. Very costly Mod.

It may be cheeper to use a Kite instead of a shute.
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Post by Dimitri-2000X-Tampa »

Highlander, is that you? The elevation of the bow and the spray shooting out sure looks like it is planing. Were there any speed readings?
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Post by Catigale »

....and what the rpms on the TDLI 140???

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Post by AWKIII »

.......or maybe just a real bad job with photoshop.
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Post by Frank C »

Yeah Arthur -
and that's a pretty daring first-grader standing up on that sliding hatch, eh? :wink:
(pretty sure his PFD is under his jacket, too!)
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Post by Scott »

Photoshop is a wonderful program!!
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Post by Highlander »

Dimitri

No its not me I came across it while surfing on the internet cant remember where now just though it looked interesting & wondered if anyone else had seen it . remember I've got a mac19 I'm one of the poor guy's on the dock EH.

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Post by Dimitri-2000X-Tampa »

Yea, I think I took that bait. :P Probably a photochop from sailing anarchy. Seemed like the water was too smooth looking to support the kind of wind you would need to go that fast. Surely someone has planed one of these boats with a spinnaker in 20Kt winds! Oh well, I need to get one and try it I suppose
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