Guest Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/anything-but-plain-sailing-when-hi-tech-falls-flat/story-e6frg6nf-1226065212121 Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Sweet looking yacht thou - even side on!! Link to post Share on other sites
otto 31 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Very interesting yacht http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/The-flying-Q-capsizes-in-Sydney-Harbour---images/84119 Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 makes one crew members hiking easier, and takes walking the plank to a whole new level! How long before they work out they can get crew sitting out the end of it, then they might work out that if you make it float instead of sink you can put winches on it and make it symmetrical and lighter, then oh thats right its a catamaran, how silly of me Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I saw pics when it was launched and thought... what a piece of sh*t... and it is... wat the f**ks the point? Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 maybe he is wanting to buy some carbon credits and the boat builder sold him a lump of carbon instead? Link to post Share on other sites
otto 31 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 makes one crew members hiking easier, and takes walking the plank to a whole new level! How long before they work out they can get crew sitting out the end of it, then they might work out that if you make it float instead of sink you can put winches on it and make it symmetrical and lighter, then oh thats right its a catamaran, how silly of me Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Feck me I thought Monohulls always came back right side up, Looks like this guy has taken the worst of both forms and combined them. Somebody has to much money and too little grey matter. Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 346 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I saw pics when it was launched and thought... what a piece of sh*t... and it is... wat the f**ks the point? ahahahahahaha Tell us what you really think sam! I am also struggling with the point. Wonder if they have to run an engine all the time to swing the keel out there? Imagine the pain of shifty conditions, will be swinging back and forth all over the show. A crash tack aint gonna be pretty either. I think you summed it up well actually. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 beauty, sh'dnt be too hard to put one on the mini Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Yeah but it does 10.2 knots hard on the wind. Which is faster than pretty much any other monohull around. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mental outlook Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 ...but not quicker than a 8.5 upwind. And from what I have read about the leeway I'd say it points (sorry 'tracks') lower than a multi too. Good on them for giving it a go though. If you have the 'tin' why not. He'll see the light eventually. Or two lights. Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 faster than pretty much any other monohull around. yea but do canters really get their jollys beating fixed keel boats? its a bit lame isnt it? like a cat owner getting jollys from beating a leadmine... if you want to go fast theres only one way, and if you wanna keel boat get a proper keel boat. that thing is just the worst of both worlds Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Enough poppy knocking, it's cool, different and fast, and to please the multihull guys it even turns up side down every once in a while. What more could you want? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 saying no to swingers and development is a bit like saying no to lifting foils on multis. bring it all on I say Link to post Share on other sites
Bogan 8 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I wonder what they declare as max beam? Certainly brings new impetus to "keep clear". Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 346 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Does anyone know if it needs an engine running all the time? If so, its a stupid piece of sh*t. If not, its a pretty out there, impressive design (although I still wonder why) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Also proves the old adage "there is nothing new under the sun". Remember Uffa Fox and his sliding seat sailing canoes. Well, perhaps some of you can't remember, but we're talking 1930s. http://www.intcanoe.org/iclife/hist/uffa_flying_fish.html Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I think it's great!!!! Well you see, it's one thing to have a theory on paper, but you are never really sure about the theory till you put it into practice. So this theory can now be buried somewhere real deep as a miserable failure that should have stayed on the paper. Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Enough poppy knocking, it's cool, different and fast, and to please the multihull guys it even turns up side down every once in a while. What more could you want? yea it certainly is a cool color... What happens when they add a larger but lighter water ballasted bulb? so in the light stuff its empty and just floats on the surface and they fill it up in the breeze? and/or to tack? a very real possibility. Soon the definition about whats a hull and whats a bulb may need to be looked into other wise more of these mono/tacking proas will start springing up! Link to post Share on other sites
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