The monster
THIS is so not going to be able to cruise up the mallard river…
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08
Jun 2009
in a previous post, I wrote “I’d hate to take that monster up the mallard”.
Well, what can i say… I’ve tried it, and you actually CAN beat a VOJ70 upwind through the mallard river… if you know what you are doing.
It is also possible with a Trudeau J-Class, which is not that much smaller…
so what’s the next challenge? the Tradewind?
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19
Mar 2009
…ok, the first one is not that new:
WildWind VOJ-70
a few details:
- huge genaker
- canting keel
- race wind
sails very nicely and fast, good for long distance racing, not so good for explorative cruising because it has a rather huge turning circle… I’d hate to take that monster up the mallard.
the other boat is the
Flying Fizz 3.0…
a few details:
- no “sail by numbers” anymore, the first boat with actually working telltales in the sails
- real heeling
- tasks distributable to crew
this boat will make for interesting racing…
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