Uh Oh.... Wipe OUT

[rgranger]

Stumbled on this today....

Fun watch.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

I don't think first one is going to "buff right out".

 

[capta]

We never, ever race our boat, but if someone wants to hire me to push their boat to the absolute limit, then here's my phone number.

 

[BlowMeAway]

I wonder if the Skipper on the Audi A1 ended the race with a new moniker...you know...Captain Crunch?

 

[Rick D]

We never, ever race our boat, but if someone wants to hire me to push their boat to the absolute limit, then here's my phone number.

You are either the most patient person on these boards or you found a bunch of bandwidth somewhere ;-)

 

[capta]

You are either the most patient person on these boards or you found a bunch of bandwidth somewhere ;-)

Yep, today the internet is running a bit faster than 'dial up'.

 

[Ned Ludd]

I only crew on others boats, don't have to pay to fix stuff then.

 

[Jackdaw]

I wonder if the Skipper on the Audi A1 ended the race with a new moniker...you know...Captain Crunch?

Its 99% certain its the main trimmers fault. Usually a jam. Big fractional race boats cannot turn down unless the mainsheet is given a big ease. The rudder just washes out. The vast majority of the time there is a P/S tee-bone in a high-end race, thats what happened.

 

[BlowMeAway]

Its 99% certain its the main trimmers fault

I'm not so sure that this collision wasn't simply bad steerage and timing. After finding a slightly different video, I see a lot of rail meat and not much trim going on at all. I do see the mainsheet being eased, but the helm seems to respond really late. Check this out:

 

[Joe]

Love those Aussie 18 foot skiffs..... rockets crewed by mad men.

 

[rgranger]

Love those Aussie 18 foot skiffs..... rockets crewed by mad men.

Yes! That was my favorite part of the video as well.

 

[Joe]

Here's a clip from the Grand Prix series circa 2008. Used to watch this series on the outdoor channel back in the 90's....

 

[All U Get]

I suppose if we stripped the inside of our boat we could do that, but then I'd miss my shrimp and grits.

All U Get

 

[Jackdaw]

I'm not so sure that this collision wasn't simply bad steerage and timing. After finding a slightly different video, I see a lot of rail meat and not much trim going on at all. I do see the mainsheet being eased, but the helm seems to respond really late. Check this out:

The Skipper (Jochen Schuemann) said the rudder was loaded up and they couldn't turn. That's pretty much code for the main wasn't out, without directly blaming the trimmers.

 

[rgranger]

Here's a clip from the Grand Prix series circa 2008. Used to watch this series on the outdoor channel back in the 90's....

That was great!

I love the way the commentator said... "Win or Swim".

 

[FastOlson]

Its 99% certain its the main trimmers fault. Usually a jam. Big fractional race boats cannot turn down unless the mainsheet is given a big ease. The rudder just washes out. The vast majority of the time there is a P/S tee-bone in a high-end race, thats what happened.

And... the driver gets some "fault" too.
I narrowly avoided a T-bone one time in fairly heavy air, racing my Niagara 26.
3/4 fractional rig with a huge main. I tried to turn quickly, as I had a starboard tack boat closing fast and I needed to go behind him. I put the helm over and the boat did not alter course one bit. (!)
I requested that the mainsheet be dumped, with vigor, and it was, we turned quick, and we missed the other transom by a few feet.
All good fun, as the saying goes. I had an awesome crew for that summer, and we won almost every race. It was Fun !