Thread: Classic Yachts on YouTube

magnifique, I sink

...and here is Part II

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcnz3V-Fq5E"]YouTube - Classic Sailing Yacht Seabird PART 2 Boatyard STAGNOL - William Fife[/ame]

GregF

Je guet avec envie.......I think

Hah and I se your two French Fifes and raise you three Storer Puddle Ducks

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4HDGHOMZrQ"]YouTube - PDRacers at Goolwa[/ame]

Right back to task bit hard to see much but interesting all the same

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_U-GXkPoFc"]YouTube - 1899 Columbia Winning the International Yacht Race[/ame]

I mean, where do we go from here?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-REPv-ReY"]YouTube - America's Cup - Boats breaks and sinks[/ame]

GregF

Well if we're talking National Shame, I'll try to find my footage of William of Normandy sailing over to Blighty to knock off a few Saxons. Quality isn't good, and there are no sub-titles...

Originally Posted by rob540

Well if we're talking National Shame, I'll try to find my footage of William of Normandy sailing over to Blighty to knock off a few Saxons. Quality isn't good, and there are no sub-titles...

So would that boat be carvel or glued lap

As for you Pindimar taks this, I remember sitting up glued to the tube

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPC0lYVakA"]YouTube - 1983 Race 7 Americas Cup Last Leg[/ame]

Originally Posted by m2c1Iw

So would that boat be carvel or glued lap

As for you Pindimar taks this, I remember sitting up glued to the tube

YouTube - 1983 Race 7 Americas Cup Last Leg

Well, you can't really see, through the paint, but I don't think it's plywood.

And yes, that was a moment of pure magic at the time, after a HUGE build up.

Australia II !

It was amazing after all those years of struggle: Gretel; Dame Pattie; Gretel II; Southern Cross; Kookaburra; Australia; and then Lexen remembered what he'd put on the bottom of the centreboard of Taipan in 1959!

Did I miss any?

GregF

Originally Posted by pindimar

Australia II !

It was amazing after all those years of struggle: Gretel; Dame Pattie; Gretel II; Southern Cross; Kookaburra; Australia; and then Lexen remembered what he'd put on the bottom of the centreboard of Taipan in 1959!

Did I miss any?

GregF

No don't think so.

I still wonder if the win was to a greater extent due to a psychological advantage rather than boat speed......shuuuuu don't let Ben hear.

Who knows, but still, something worked that year which hadn't in the past, even when the Australian boat may have been considered the faster boat, such as Gretel & Gretel II.

But that keel as an idea was brilliant and actually not new. Ben Miller (Lexen) had the same concept on his radical 18ft'er Taipan, of 1959. Here's a picture of the rudder and Centreboard of Taipan on the wall next to the boat at the Wharf 7 display at the National Maritime Museum/Sydney Heritage Fleet at Darling Harbour:



GregF

Amazing!

I like anything with sails, if it's old and wood all the better

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7N7BgcEr0w"]YouTube - 16X30 Sailing Canoe - Past and Present[/ame]

When I have time next week I'll have another crack at finding a place that can convert video to DVD.

I have a clip of me taking Beth out on a camping trip from Hindmarsh island to meet up with others at Clayton. It was about 30 or maybe 40 knots. You can see the cameraman leeeeeaaaaan as the gusts hit ... and he is just filming me launch the thing. Most of the film BETH is a speck in the distance and I did not do a lot of sailing .... but the clip is a hoot.

I was so stupid to go.

I still would of course!

MIK