Enterprise dinghy racing on the Marine lake in Southport. Wind blowing at about 30-40mph. Increased later to 66mph (force 11)! Related articles by Zemanta Saiboat Dinghy Racing Capsize — Surviving Total Inversion (boatsafetymaintenance.suite101.com)
Enterprise dinghy racing on the Marine lake in Southport. Wind blowing at about 30-40mph. Increased later to 66mph (force 11)! Related articles by Zemanta Saiboat Dinghy Racing Capsize — Surviving Total Inversion (boatsafetymaintenance.suite101.com)
You have to be slightly mad. I mean to spend 8 months with no women around, sharing a pillow with 11 other men, sleeping in 4 hour shifts and having to ‘dump’ on a gimbled toilet. Madness! Oh yes, and you are permanently wet from spray or sweat, you’re dirty and the food is pretty…
If you love Formula 1 and you love boats, it should follow that you’ll enjoy powerboat racing. But…aren’t the best bits of F1 at the start, the crashes and the finish? Surely the rest is just boring. Not so, say I. I love the thrill of the speed as you get to see the race…
Rule 19 is a brand new one and applies when the obstruction is: Not also a mark or ‘continuing’ obstruction ‘Continuing’, including if this is a mark aslo. Part of this new Rule 19 used to be covered in old rule 18, but to be more precise about the difference between room at a mark…