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Title: DN article in Sailing News letter Post by: DN 5449 on May 18, 2010, 01:40:49 PM Check out pg 13 of our Fleet News letter for an article on Ice boating.
http://www.fleet444.com/resources/Fleet_444_Newsletter_Spring_2010+Final.pdf Title: Re: DN article in Sailing News letter Post by: Geoff Sobering on May 18, 2010, 02:29:22 PM Wow. One dirt and two ice articles! ;D
Title: Re: DN article in Sailing News letter Post by: DN 5449 on May 18, 2010, 08:21:54 PM Not bad for a soft water sailing fleet. :)
Title: Re: DN article in Sailing News letter Post by: Geoff Sobering on May 18, 2010, 11:55:06 PM Not bad for a soft water sailing fleet. :) Well, they are catamarans... ;D Title: Re: DN article in Sailing News letter Post by: DN 5449 on May 20, 2010, 08:39:04 AM With my "very limited "experience of sailing ice boats,the one thing (among many other) I do find similar to sailing cats is your responce time has to be much quicker then with sailing monohulls.That includes decisions and reflexes( on the main sheet and tiller).
Also sailing upwind on a cat there is a wider groove (then monohulls),some are pointers and other footers and both styles can work.I am thinking Ice boats would be similar. |