Also when you're flying a hull in a hobie you need to be damn careful that the other hull doesn't try to bury itself in the back of a wave. Gotta keep a hand on the mainsheet ready to pop it, otherwise you'll be going over too.
Been there, done that on a Hobie 16. Try as they might, the winds never mangaged to do it to my 18. With both hulls submerged to the front crossbar, it'd just come to a stop and pop back up.
Always sweated that shit happening. Always had the whole crew on the Stern end of the E-Scow. Flying a hull on the Tornado Catamaran was great and never sunk the low hull.
GUMS the brother of JAWS sucking another one dwon
ReplyDeleteThat's called "pitch poling". Pitch poling bad.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, flying a hull in a Hobie Cat is a hell of a ride.
Correct about pitch-poling.
DeleteAlso when you're flying a hull in a hobie you need to be damn careful that the other hull doesn't try to bury itself in the back of a wave. Gotta keep a hand on the mainsheet ready to pop it, otherwise you'll be going over too.
Been there, done that on a Hobie 16. Try as they might, the winds never mangaged to do it to my 18. With both hulls submerged to the front crossbar, it'd just come to a stop and pop back up.
DeleteWhy submarine commanders make lousy sailors.
ReplyDeleteAHOOOGA! AHOOOGA! Dive! Dive!
DeleteI know nothing about sailing, but it looks like a crew would really have to work hard to do that.
ReplyDeleteSomebody just dropped something heavy in the head.
ReplyDeleteAlways sweated that shit happening. Always had the whole crew on the Stern end of the E-Scow.
ReplyDeleteFlying a hull on the Tornado Catamaran was great and never sunk the low hull.