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derby

#120
November 10, 2009, 11:35:15 AM
-- derby

'07 Suz GSX-R750

Retired rides: '05 Duc Monster S4R, '99 Yam YZF-R1, '98 Hon CBR600F3, '97 Suz GSX-R750, '96 Hon CBR600F3, '94 Hon CBR600F2, '91 Hon Hawk GT, '91 Yam YSR-50, '87 Yam YSR-50

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herm

#121
November 10, 2009, 12:04:22 PM
If you drive the nicest car in the neighborhood, work in a cash business, and don't pay taxes, you're either a preacher or a drug dealer...

Popeye the Sailor

#122
November 10, 2009, 12:15:58 PM
Typical BMW owner. Always compensationo for something.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Speeddog

#123
November 10, 2009, 12:22:27 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on November 10, 2009, 12:15:58 PM
Typical BMW owner. Always compensationo for something.

[laugh]

that thing is f'n unreal.  :o
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mitt

#124
November 10, 2009, 12:22:39 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on November 10, 2009, 12:15:58 PM
Typical BMW owner. Always compensationo for something.

[laugh]  [laugh]

ducpainter

#125
November 10, 2009, 12:22:57 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on November 10, 2009, 12:15:58 PM
Typical BMW owner. Always compensationo for something.
Is that an engineering term?
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mitt

#126
November 10, 2009, 12:30:01 PM
So, it appears the boat can raise and lower the wing by itself?  In the pictures it looked precarious while it was in the lowered suspended position, like the boat could flip if someone sneezed wrong.

mitt

Speeddog

#127
November 10, 2009, 12:43:00 PM
Pretty sure that boat has a water ballast pumping system, so not as precarious as it looks.

But if the wind comes up partway through the procedure.... all bets are off.
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mitt

#128
November 10, 2009, 01:47:40 PM
Quote from: Speeddog on November 10, 2009, 12:43:00 PM
Pretty sure that boat has a water ballast pumping system, so not as precarious as it looks.

But if the wind comes up partway through the procedure.... all bets are off.

If you look at the pic derby posted at the top of this page, the hull is out of the water  :o :



mitt

Speeddog

#129
November 10, 2009, 01:51:39 PM
Yeah, but the center hull is still pretty far in the water.
It's got a lot of righting moment to spare.

That's still a supremely hairball procedure.
Bad enough with just a mast.
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Airborne

#130
November 10, 2009, 05:11:32 PM
It looks like it might be tied to a mooring on the stbd side there. That'll do.

This just keeps getting more awesome. Cant wait to see how the swiss will counter.
2007 Monster S2R, Vespa GTS 300, Vino 125

derby

#131
November 10, 2009, 06:02:05 PM
Quote from: Airborne on November 10, 2009, 05:11:32 PM
Cant wait to see how the swiss will counter.

more whining.  ;D
-- derby

'07 Suz GSX-R750

Retired rides: '05 Duc Monster S4R, '99 Yam YZF-R1, '98 Hon CBR600F3, '97 Suz GSX-R750, '96 Hon CBR600F3, '94 Hon CBR600F2, '91 Hon Hawk GT, '91 Yam YSR-50, '87 Yam YSR-50

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Airborne

#132
November 10, 2009, 06:16:40 PM
2007 Monster S2R, Vespa GTS 300, Vino 125

Howley

#133
November 11, 2009, 04:21:19 AM Last Edit: November 11, 2009, 04:25:54 AM by Howley
Reminds me of my (highly experimental) free sailing 'MC40' catamaran. A few friends and I designed a class with a few rules:
Max 40cm long excluding foils and 40cm wide. Max 60cm Mast, and it had to be made of balsa. This is what I came up with. The hulls are interchangeable, and I came up with heaps of other shapes. Foils are removable, as are the sails. I made so many sails, even a double surface wing sail. The thing kept evolving, pretty good fun. It's different again from these pics. Balanced headsail with a batten head, different main (fat head, 7 or so battens, really square) Still hell light and fast.

















mitt

#134
November 11, 2009, 05:46:47 AM
very cool project
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