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Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:04 pm**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSP6B9N7 ... r_embedded

Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:27 pm**

I don't know what to say, other than AWESOME!!!

Posted: **Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:27 am**

Funny!

That is the Whidby Island Race Week that we stumbled into when we went to Oak Harbor a week ago! I have some photos of the same Melges boats coming in on Friday night!

Scott

Posted: **Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:13 pm**

Funny!

Back when I took classes to learn to sail, they always had us practicing strange maneuvers, like sailing without a rudder, or center board, or no boom. They said it would teach us to handle any emergency situations and get good at improvising when a real emergency struck. Along with blow downs, man overboard, capsizing and putting it back upright and sailing on.

This is not one of the maneuvers we tried.

Thanks
Alan

Posted: **Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:02 pm**

Good speed. Maybe we've been doing this wrong all along... and, that's quite a spiniker pole they have.

Posted: **Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:41 pm**

I also had to note the extra blast needed on the nose of the boat to keep the stern up or it would have been shoveling not sailing.

Thanks
Alan

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:41 am**

I for one will be practicing the following maneuver until I get it just right!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNxLjCBJc

p.s. no offense but thats my "dream boat"

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:06 am**

I LOVE that movie. And back before reality sank in I used to believe I wanted a nice 40' ketch also. But I'll never be able to afford the boat, much less the upkeep on it.

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:09 am**

Here's the powerboater version of the Capt. Ron clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ez0C75 ... ata_player

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:52 pm**

Yeah great movie....and that last one was one of those " here, hold my beer and watch this " moves.

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