For J45Nick - Would this work with a Gibson Acoustic Soundtrack?

[MorrisrownSal]

[j45nick]

Well, yes, I believe it might, although this is a long way from the type of sailing you think of when you hear Stephen Stills singing "Southern Cross".

 

For comparison, these are the type of boats I worked with for the last four years. At about 1:40 and later in the video, you get a fairly decent feel for the noise and feeling of speed onboard. The fastest I have sailed on one (in my role as a race manager) is 45 knots, or about 52 mph (about 83 km/hour). They have reached speeds of 50 knots. The new, smaller AC boats will be about the same speed. Not relaxing, but very exciting.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6dnOlE9sjk

[Fullmental Alpinist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6dnOlE9sjk

 

Can't help thinking that boat needs about 200 lbs more ballast. I'm not doing anything....

 

Thanks for posting the vid, Nick. Definitely made my video clip hit list.

 

FMA

[BluesKing777]

Phew!

 

Great footage!

 

Too much Red Bull and death metal soundtrack this early in the morning (for Me)...

 

Here is Southern Cross, put the feets up, strum the carbon fibre geetar a few licks, have a bourbon and beer chaser or a cup of tea:

 

 

 

 

 

 

BluesKing777.

[j45nick]

Phew!

 

Great footage!

 

Too much Red Bull and death metal soundtrack this early in the morning (for Me)...

 

Here is Southern Cross, put the feets up, strum the carbon fibre geetar a few licks, have a bourbon and beer chaser or a cup of tea:

 

 

 

 

 

 

BluesKing777.

 

Crosby and Stills were both pretty serious sailors for many years. Crosby had a big, beautiful Alden schooner for a long, long time.

 

Most of the kids on the AC foiling catamarans have probably never even heard "Southern Cross". Their loss.

 

That video is edited together from a lot of different training sessions. I can't figure out if the guy in the white helmet all by himself on the starboard side at around 1:50 is me or not. That is certainly the kit I wear on that boat, and he's sitting where I sit, and holding onto the trampoline for dear life just like I do. Unfortunately, those boats will almost certainly never race again. They were freakin' awesome, and I was thrilled to be one of the very few "civilians" to ever sail aboard one.

 

It has about as much to do with "normal" sailing as riding a roller coaster does with being launched into space.

[retrorod]

 

 

Most of the kids on the AC foiling catamarans have probably never even heard "Southern Cross". Their loss.

 

 

It has about as much to do with "normal" sailing as riding a roller coaster does with being launched into space.

 

I can certainly agree with that