iheartskins Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Ladies & Gents: About a week ago, a huge sailboat entered the marina/cove right near where I live. I thought the ship interesting enough to merit sharing some photographs. I'm sorry they aren't reduced any better as I don't have a particularly good reduction program. Enjoy. --- From 34 stories above: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 From behind: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 From the side: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 A info sheet from near the ship: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyalligator Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Yeah I was about to say...that looks strictly like a racing catamaran not a touring one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenaa Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Very cool. Boats rock!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Looks fast but I don't see any rodholders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 That boat's probably worth 9 figures easy. The amount of engineering that goes into the design of those boats in mindboggling. They're made out of carbon fiber and they are as light as absolutely possible. Just an FYI, sailing it is possible to move faster then the wind, and the faster you go the easier it is to go fast. The sail is like an airplane wing and the low pressure wave behind the sail "pushes" the boat along. THe faster you travel, the lower the pressure drop (front to back) and the faster the boat will move. Theoretically, of course, in a frictionless and an entropy free society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 That sucker is too cool. I've done two races with a friend who was short a crew member. I'm no sailer, but he needed moveable balist:doh: Lots of fun none the less........... Looks like the lower west side from the ground level pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 Originally posted by Pete That sucker is too cool. I've done two races with a friend who was short a crew member. I'm no sailer, but he needed moveable balist:doh: Lots of fun none the less........... Looks like the lower west side from the ground level pics. I'm no sailor either. :laugh: The only substantive experience I have sailing catamarans was with my dad who had an old 18' Hobie. We tried to take it out to a lake one day, but everytime we tried to get the mast up something bad would happen. It even fell on me once. So we didn't even sail that day. You're right. It is the lower west side--right in Battery Park City. That boat's really something. Every day I'll just look at it for about 5-10 minutes. She's a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 The first time I ever sailed, it was on lake Teorotte (SP) in Haramen state park. I was 16, and by the time me and my friend mike got on the water, a serious thunder storm had started up. He had one of those little sunfish things. Did a real tough tach across the lake. On the return trip, we shouldn't have been on the water the weather was so bad. That little boat did speeds it was never designed to do which I really loved till we got close to shore. When Mike told me to drop the sail, he didn't tell me to pull in the boom as I did it. When the boom caught the water, the little boat flipped almost end over end. Being Mike was seated astern, he was shot clear of the boat. I wound up under the boat, tangled up in the sail. It seemed like I was under there for ever fighting with the sail. Thank God I could hold my breath for over 3 minutes, and foound my way clear of the sail. We went sailing two days later on a perfect day. It was much more enjoyable;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halter91 Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Originally posted by Kevin B. Looks fast but I don't see any rodholders. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick301 Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Originally posted by Kevin B. Looks fast but I don't see any rodholders. or skis :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 Originally posted by Pete The first time I ever sailed, it was on lake Teorotte (SP) in Haramen state park. I was 16, and by the time me and my friend mike got on the water, a serious thunder storm had started up. He had one of those little sunfish things. Did a real tough tach across the lake. On the return trip, we shouldn't have been on the water the weather was so bad. That little boat did speeds it was never designed to do which I really loved till we got close to shore. When Mike told me to drop the sail, he didn't tell me to pull in the boom as I did it. When the boom caught the water, the little boat flipped almost end over end. Being Mike was seated astern, he was shot clear of the boat. I wound up under the boat, tangled up in the sail. It seemed like I was under there for ever fighting with the sail. Thank God I could hold my breath for over 3 minutes, and foound my way clear of the sail. We went sailing two days later on a perfect day. It was much more enjoyable;) That's a crazy story Pete. I don't think I would have made it out of that situation. The only story that I have that's even close to that kind of thing was when my dad and I flew from New Mexico to Kansas in a rented Beech Bonanza. About halfway there, the engine stops. I don't mean sputters or coughs, but just plain stops. Naturally, I was not too thrilled, but followed my dad's lead and started looking for roads for us to make an emergency landing. Then, after doing another flight check, my dad realized he hadn't engaged the auxillary fuel pump. He turned it on, and then got the fuel from the auxillary tanks and then got the prop moving again. An enourmous "PHEW" moved in the ****pit. And we landed safely at our destination in Kansas unscathed but a little unnerved. To this day, I haven't told my mom this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Way to much info Chomerics..... just say it's a nice boat. :laugh: And.. for once.... can you leave politics (frictionless and an entropy free society ) out of a thread. :laugh: I'd love to take a ride in that thing. Add a cooler of beer, some great scotch, and a nice cigar and that's about as close to heaven as any mortal can get. Of course, if you want to talk about the engineering behind the Formula One cars or that of Nascar... cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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