OT - testing the AC72 tri boat
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OT - testing the AC72 tri boat
There's a place in the clip at :34 where the chase boat is hitting 35knots and the AC72 is hanging right there with it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5QL3UwQFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5QL3UwQFY
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I'd love to take that boat to Stony Creek Metropark on a Creekfleet night. I'd show those Buc sailors a thing or two!
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The crew from one of the AC70 where amazed that they are able to 40kts of speed in 20kts of wind
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You can go to a Zen Master or you can go Sailing, either way you end up in about the same place..... a Happy Place
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Dang, that must have been one helluva ride on a 72' cat. luckily no one was injured... or killed! I think I'll stick with mono hulls!and as the boat accelerated it pitch-poled
Bruce
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I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.
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Chry Wndw Shopping/'69 Newport H-20
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Sure makes me miss my old Solcat!
Loved that boat but I sold it to make moorage payments on a boat I was trying to sell! LOL!
I also had an RC catamaran. To solve the pitch pole issue, I added inside each pontoon a piece of plastic like a foil. When she started to dive, the plastic acted like a foil and lifted the pontoon. That plus som additional weight in the stern of each pontoon made for a mighty fast RC sailboat!
Yeah, like other boats, I eventually sold her.
Scott
Loved that boat but I sold it to make moorage payments on a boat I was trying to sell! LOL!
I also had an RC catamaran. To solve the pitch pole issue, I added inside each pontoon a piece of plastic like a foil. When she started to dive, the plastic acted like a foil and lifted the pontoon. That plus som additional weight in the stern of each pontoon made for a mighty fast RC sailboat!
Yeah, like other boats, I eventually sold her.
Scott
and that chase boat had 4 300 HP outboards what a waste of fuel give it mast keel and rudder and it would be more efficient.
Catch the wind and ride the wave, Have fun
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