X99 doing good speed; ends in a major broach

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Uploaded by on Oct 16, 2007

X-99, X-Zoom doing good speed and then broaching. Shot during Karvalakki regatta in Helsinki on October 13, 2007

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  • mnpd007 :

    I never fly it, unless in very light airs.

    The forces on the rig are terrible if the wind gets up.

  • @TroyaE117

    You know it!  I had a spinnaker once and it was great for light winds; scary in high winds... especially with gusts. You can get caught faster than you can run the sheet out. After a few scares (one big one), I left the sail in its bag.

  • You have to think in vektors in sailing with your spinnaker:)

    1) Number one rule, if in trouble, is to allways let the steering follow where the spinnaker is going, not the other way around. That allso goes for jibing in high winds.

    2) number two is to control the direktion of the top of the spinnaker.

    What goes wrong here is the strong sideways pulling from the top of the mast, that finaly let the rudder lose its grip. And then the only thing you can do is lose all power by sheeting out

  • The spinnaker is the most unforgiving sail imaginable when things go wrong. Apart from in very light airs, I have always hated the damn things. In strong winds, never use them close to obstructions. If the wind gusts, the spinnaker sails the boat.

    Be careful.

  • Who is the idiot in the dingey? Boats racing and you cross their bow!

  • @LisaheartFanta Very true.

  • when you ease the sheet on a spi thats what appens, it starts to flap and tangles

  • ease the sheet

  • slash care på denna skitvid

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