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  • Watch the first foiling cabin-cat on her first sea-trials.

    https://vimeo.com/125378004

    Its a Gunboat G4, Dutch design and build in by
    Holland Composites.
    Apparently, it has a hydraulic mainsheet adjuster.
    Watch them release the traveller just that tiny moment
    to late.
    At the end of the video I can hear the Dutch guys say;
    " what a classic stupid mistake"

    Grtz, André



    Edited by catmodding on Apr 22, 2015 - 08:20 PM.

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  • no worries about the "Expensive " ... this is for the "champagne and cheese" demographic

    https://vimeo.com/124676763
  • What do you think made it expensive? I never heard about significant damage.
  • joejedyWhat do you think made it expensive? I never heard about significant damage.

    They broke two battens... that probably cost more than most of the beachcats you'll see. icon_lol

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  • Also turn the sound down low if you are at work, loud F bomb at the end of the video.
  • joejedyWhat do you think made it expensive? I never heard about significant damage.


    Design failure, clients walking away. Not a good start for a building-yard
    which almost went bankrupt on previous projects.
    Expensive in the meaning of bad publicity.
    If the waters over there were shallow, expensive carbon mast.
    Nevertheless, I really love the boats they are building at that yard.

    A



    Edited by catmodding on Apr 22, 2015 - 10:11 PM.

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    Tornado (80's Reg White)
    Prindle 18-2 (sold)
    Dart 16 (hired and hooked)
    13 mtr steel cutter (sold)
    Etap 22, unsinkable sailing pocket cruiser.

    Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • MN3no worries about the "Expensive " ... this is for the "champagne and cheese" demographic

    https://vimeo.com/124676763


    Yes,different worlds..

    A

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    Tornado (80's Reg White)
    Prindle 18-2 (sold)
    Dart 16 (hired and hooked)
    13 mtr steel cutter (sold)
    Etap 22, unsinkable sailing pocket cruiser.

    Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • QuoteDesign failure

    design seemed ok to me
    - looked like human error (allowing the foils to foul, not heading downwind, and not traveling out or dumping the main in time)
  • that video of the capsize really shows how good the Kiwi's were in the near capsize in the America's cup. they reacted perfectly to prevent the capsize and the interesting thing is that in the spectacular capsizes the crew does not react at all and the boat goes over.
  • MN3
    QuoteDesign failure

    design seemed ok to me
    - looked like human error (allowing the foils to foul, not heading downwind, and not traveling out or dumping the main in time)


    Design looks ok, allright. Most French monster-multihull build for atlantic
    record crossings and races have some sort of inclino-meter which is programmed to
    release any sheet/rope/tiller you want after a certain moment of angle is achieved.
    Something like this.http://www.oceandatasyste…veloppement-ods-upsideup
    On a radical design like the G4, wouldn't it make sense to put on a system
    like that from scratch?
    Especially when its purposed build for the "champagne and cheese" demographic icon_smile

    As for human error, you can see in the vid, they are just to late releasing the traveller.

    So much for design talk.

    Grtz, André

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    Tornado (80's Reg White)
    Prindle 18-2 (sold)
    Dart 16 (hired and hooked)
    13 mtr steel cutter (sold)
    Etap 22, unsinkable sailing pocket cruiser.

    Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • gotta push the limits to know how far you can push it
  • I love the guy in the comments section talking about not drinking. I thought he was kidding but I don't think he is! Good frickin advice, that's for sure.

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