[quote=erice]on our small gusty lake we don't really need any emergency electronics, within 30min after a capsize the boat would probably be getting smashed up on the steep rocky shores and the crew could bushwack up to the ring road and then flag down a car or walk home
but as i have a waterproof, shockproof casio g-shock type phone i always sail with that. in 4 years of high pressure water sailing it has never failed
if sailing coastal i would still sail with it, possibly over a uhf as it would also report a gps position back with a call to emergency services
but as said in an earlier post while there is a certain thrill to mastering a bucking big 2man cat solo in the rough
i find more fun in the shorter, wider weta that planes like a skiff under it's flat gennaker in big air
an excellent video here of the recent san fran bridge to bridge
the 18 skiffs were there for a championship, coincidentally won by the nz team which is crewed by 1 of the weta factory owners
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nLUcCW9xoM] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nLUcCW9xoM[/url]
their skiff is C-TEC
[i]note how the big cat just doesn't look as much fun ploughing through the waves as the planers who skip along the crests;o) [/i]<!-- editby --><em>Edited by erice on Sep 04, 2012 - 08:47 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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