I believe these boats are allowed movable ballast. Something outlawed in every other class of boat since way back. They are known as 'sandbaggers'. ...
I kept thinking shes got very little ballast or she needs a wing keel with a substantial lead torpedo at the end or less sail, but wheres the fun in that? No, full sail in a storm force wind and a nice lump of lead maybe a ton, on a 10 foot long wing, but is that even possible on a wooden yacht?
You can see the energy transfer through the low aspect sails, hardened up boom, down through the boats waterline, beautiful !
Beautful, beautiful, beautiful. Thanks so much for filming and sharing this! What a thing to see!
In the groove! Sails are nicely cut.
fantastic keep going
I believe these boats are allowed movable ballast. Something outlawed in every other class of boat since way back. They are known as 'sandbaggers'. ...
Superbe ⛵😉👍
The shape of these boats were an evolution of years of seafaring .
great !
Keep it alive!
I wonder how they would fair compared to Bristol Channel pilot cutters? Looked over canvassed to me.
Carrying a fair bit of weather helm, looking at the angle of the tiller, I wondered if a reef in the main might ease her and actually be quicker.
@@markalton6258 Almost certainly.What gets me is how bluff the bow is,you can actually see it pushing water forward in one of their video's.
I kept thinking shes got very little ballast or she needs a wing keel with a substantial lead torpedo at the end or less sail, but wheres the fun in that?
No, full sail in a storm force wind and a nice lump of lead maybe a ton, on a 10 foot long wing, but is that even possible on a wooden yacht?
Yikes, does that boat even have any ballast in her??????