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andy
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Response Posted - 04/06/2005 :  12:01:49  Show Profile  Visit andy's Homepage
I agree with Arlyn. My first impression was that the guys were shy on sailing skills. I looked at the pictures again in highest rez and have changed my mind. That boat is set up for racing, its a Shock? Santana? and the bottom is sanded slick. I think they were shooting the gap and I bet they'd done it before. Look at the first few frames. They're running with a laminate headsail poled out. All they had to do was dump the pole, come up and they would have rocketed right out of that mess. They just didn't plan on getting pooped by that 15ft breaker!
Edited by - andy on 04/06/2005 12:09:45
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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 04/06/2005 :  12:05:19  Show Profile
A quote from the guy that took that photo,

"The monohull out of the water was crossing the Wide Bay Bar just south of Fraser Island on the Queensland coast where waves stand up quickly and steep even on days with no real swell running. The bottom goes from 50 meters to 4 meters in a 20 meter distance and only one wave in this spot jacks up so once you are through you are again in calm water. (Sorry about you non metric dudes). There is always a spectacular photo op here and this mono crossed just after us but timed it badly. No damage just a jaw crunching expierience."

I'm sure thats a bulb keel and I don't know how he kept from snapping it off!

(EDIT) Just to let you know I was referring to the photo Mark L posted
Edited by - Charlie Vick on 04/06/2005 13:22:53
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