Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A Short i550 Video (and Little Walter)
Here's a short video taken from a J24 that was sailing downwind under main and genoa. The J24 was traveling at about five knots. According to our Speedpuck, we were moving at about eleven knots in the i550 at the time the video was taken.
The main and jib on the i550 were made by Ryan Malmgren of Mad Sails in Madison, Wisconsin. The spinnaker is a used Melges 20 spinnaker.
The music is Little Walter's 1952 harmonica instrumental, Juke.
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Great selection for the sound track
ReplyDeleteNice to see some video with kite !!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice video, but what happened to your cabin roof???? (saw pic in your slideshow)
ReplyDeleteThe cabin roof blew up along with the compression post when I eased the main too far in about 25 mph winds. We stuffed the bow in a wave doing about 16 knots. Shortly afterward we lost the rig which ripped out the mast step and halyard cleats. So we are doing a cabinectomy which is going pretty well. Put a layer of glass on the new flat deck last night. Should be back sailing in a couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteThe result looks good!
ReplyDeleteSooo, what's in the heated mini-tent? Mast repair, or an extension to make up for lost height with the missing cabin?
ReplyDeleteMast extension.
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