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2nd May 2008, 12:50 AM #16
Which reminds me... my Dad & I popped in on the Midge the other week for a squiz at his fleet. Much appreciated.
There is rather more of GIS than the videos suggest. A bit like the AT802 water bombers the CFS rents each year. From a distance one's eye says "what a sleek little boat/plane". Up close they are both huge! All the more so for being tucked up under the verandah I suppose. (The Goat, not an AT)
Dad was rather taken with the PDRs, & I have to admit they are growing on me too.
I wonder how they'd go in conditions like these Optimists off Argentina...
And whether a square sail is an option rather than the leg'o'mutton.
cheers
AJ
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3rd May 2008, 01:37 AM #17
Howdy BOAT,
the video is finally up here
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=71862
Those pics of the Oppies are fantastic - when I first saw them I thought they were faked.
I must admit I haven't had the PDRacer out in swell like that.
However ... there are two things to think about.
1/ While a large boat might have a really hard time dropping off waves that size and risk doing big damage ... what is the worst thing that can happen to an Optimist?
Answer - the wind can knock it over. (and I suppose the risk is that one can go over and the rescue boats overlook them in such a big swell with whitecaps)
2/ And one has to have a pretty high regard for the saling skills of Oppie sailors - some of the angles of the boats and the positions of the crew indicate a great deal of excitement!
MIK
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