Happy Friday everyone! My old boat and it's best speed run to date (17.46 kts. = 20.1 mph) made the Global Speed Stick coming in at #26. Thanks to my friend Curtis Crotts as crew for the run.
Here's the listing:
Here's the video (my boat at about 10:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8_hmsSZr8&t=26s
Relax and enjoy yourself this weekend, no need to hoard TP or anything else.
Cool
That's really cool!!! I subscribe to Joe's channel on YouTube as well.
Edited by martyr on Mar 15, 2020 - 08:33 AM.
I'm up at spot 18 or so ant txtuma is on the top
How long must the speed be maintained? The foiling A-cat is probably capable of breaking some of those numbers. Provided somebody could survive the results. 😉
Love the speed stick challenge. I'm sitting right behind you Nac daddy @ 17.4 solo on h16. Look forward to a going faster soon.
81' Hobie 18
Lake Michigan South Shore Line
Wow. That's a fast 1st place 18-2.
Bob
Yeah that's moving along pretty freakin good. According to Navionics, 19.7 knts is the best I've ever done. Would be hard to image being passed by another cat doing 6 knts better.
81' Hobie 18
Lake Michigan South Shore Line
geepaks wrote: Wow. That's a fast 1st place 18-2.
Bob
To be clear, it is a modified 18-2; 9'6" beam, square top main, jib on a bow foil, and a whole bunch of other boat parts rolled in...
texastuma wrote: [quote=geepaks]Wow. That's a fast 1st place 18-2.
Bob
To be clear, it is a modified 18-2; 9'6" beam, square top main, jib on a bow foil, and a whole bunch of other boat parts rolled in...
I want that boat measured
😀 😎 😆
Scott,
Yup. I remember that 18-2 and the rating from 2019 Texas 300 DASH.
Enjoy
Kevin219 wrote: Love the speed stick challenge. I'm sitting right behind you Nac daddy @ 17.4 solo on h16. Look forward to a going faster soon.
The Nacra 5.0 is capable of much higher speeds than I've been able to put up so far. My runs are all upwind close hauled and hiking (no trap) due to the extremely gusty/shifty local conditions. Hopefully this season I can get the boat to a larger venue and employ the trap to get the warp drive engaged.
I've seen Hobie 16s find mid to high 2_ mph. Here's Bennett at 29.5 mph on one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RczXCgrVGZY
He's off the wind best I can tell on a beam reach double trapped with heavy crew (400 lbs) in a 25 - 35 kts breeze.
I'm planning on trying to throw some big numbers out with the 19 later
Hiw fast are the Capricorn F18s?