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Watch this catamaran sailboat surf into port

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
9 years ago

The skipper was faced with the choice of a two day sail to Brisbane, or take a bit of a risk on some rough conditions. He chose to avoid the two day sail...

(via Jalopnik)

7 Comments

PlayhousePals

Crikey! That's a *ftw mate

Adding video to channels (Ftw) - requested by PlayhousePals.

Unlike a surfboard, I fail to see where this captain had any input whatsoever over this. You know, other than floating around until the wave happened. If he had the engine power to maneuver, why bother surfing? Unless he's just trying to capsize, sell the boat to the insurance company...

He would have had enough power to maneuver, but not enough to outrun the waves. If there was a big enough break in the sets, yeah, he could have just motored in.

The skill here was in timing the power to get in front of a wave and then steering it to keep on the wave. It's not actually that difficult to do, but the consequences of getting it wrong are pretty nasty.

Unlike a surfboard, I fail to see where this captain had any input whatsoever over this. You know, other than floating around until the wave happened. If he had the engine power to maneuver, why bother surfing? Unless he's just trying to capsize, sell the boat to the insurance company...

I'll bow to superior knowledge. Just didn't seem to be overly purposeful. Just happenstance and competent sailing.

He would have had enough power to maneuver, but not enough to outrun the waves. If there was a big enough break in the sets, yeah, he could have just motored in.

The skill here was in timing the power to get in front of a wave and then steering it to keep on the wave. It's not actually that difficult to do, but the consequences of getting it wrong are pretty nasty.

slow news day?

dag

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

I was down at Southport just a couple of weeks ago. Nice place.

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