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BikerGran
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Extreme sailing

#1 Post by BikerGran » Sun May 30, 2010 6:06 pm

They were talking about it on TV and I thought, how can sailing be extreme?



Um, well ................


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#2 Post by D-Rider » Sun May 30, 2010 7:37 pm

Nice ..... now that looks like fun :smt004
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Re: Extreme sailing

#3 Post by K_D » Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:40 pm

BikerGran wrote:They were talking about it on TV and I thought, how can sailing be extreme?



Um, well ................


Thats easy BG......just put my missus on the helm.............she has left/right issues that make for 'interesting' times,especially when close hauled or running.............the boom on our yacht is quite low and the best warning I will get is ............ooops...............as she gybes us.


Cant find piccies of our tub ,but heres one we hired in the Ionian a couple of years ago..........



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#4 Post by Jadaris » Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:37 pm

I love sailing and as for gybing you're lucky to get a warning before you land in the water!!! In a dinghy anyway lol, yachts not quite the same....they don't tend to fall over :smt003
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