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full circle

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should have posted this topic here and not in sailing anarchy but...

from the video on the front page "shit show", i'm thinking these boats and teams will have such a high learning curve to control them, that any team that does not mostly master them will be a joke. the video makes it look like it just fucking spun up and out of the water.

 
maxmini

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I posted this in the “ what will they look like  “ thread a few hours before this one started and it’s gone from there as well . It’s possible there was a serious situation which might have made the publicity in bad taste . It was a rather violent capsize , crew were tossed and with carbon fiber blades exposed there is no telling what may have happened . It’s bound to come out at some point  but the removal of the video is ominous.

 
rh3000

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full circle said:
should have posted this topic here and not in sailing anarchy but...

from the video on the front page "shit show", i'm thinking these boats and teams will have such a high learning curve to control them, that any team that does not mostly master them will be a joke. the video makes it look like it just fucking spun up and out of the water.
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Can you describe the video?

 
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sunseeker

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rh2600 said:
Can you describe the video?
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The boat is sailing in what looks like minimum foiling conditions, there’s no sea to speak of as is evident by the fact the RIB in the frame is barely bouncing around at all. Boat starts to rise a bit, and then does a sideways flop into the water. Happened very quickly.

i think someone was just butthurt the crash was caught on tape. If people had been hurt, the jungle drums would be beating loudly.

boat looks utterly ridiculous with the foil sticking out to weather, and even dumber when it’s laying on its side and waving in the air.

this is going to go down as the dumbest piece of technology ever. Seriously, who gives a fuck any more about the AC? What other sport has done anything this stupid? 

 
maxmini

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The boat was heading upmwond . Close hauled . The commentator following says “ it’s getting higher” and then it just lays over to leeward quite quickly and the crew is ejected . There were comments like ,” that’s got to hurt “ and “ the guys are in the water “were mentioned . The filming stopped shortl after as the follow boat made its way to the crash . 

 
Tornado-Cat

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It seems that the foil suddenly provided too much lift, so the boat went bow up and to winward.

Either a mistake of AoA or were they pushed the foil down too quickly, imo.

The wipeout was strong and harsh. I would not rule out injuries and material damage.

 
Forourselves

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sunseeker said:
The boat is sailing in what looks like minimum foiling conditions, there’s no sea to speak of as is evident by the fact the RIB in the frame is barely bouncing around at all. Boat starts to rise a bit, and then does a sideways flop into the water. Happened very quickly.

i think someone was just butthurt the crash was caught on tape. If people had been hurt, the jungle drums would be beating loudly.

boat looks utterly ridiculous with the foil sticking out to weather, and even dumber when it’s laying on its side and waving in the air.

this is going to go down as the dumbest piece of technology ever. Seriously, who gives a fuck any more about the AC? What other sport has done anything this stupid? 
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Tornado-Cat

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BTW, I don't think if would have crashed if it was a multi, and it follows my prediction that this boat would crash to winward.

@rh2600 will hate me for being right :)

 
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Boybland

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I have seen the video but not sure you can draw many conclusions from an experimental 28 foot version compared to a 75 foot one.

A 28 footer is almost certainly more likely to go over than a full 75 foor version, this is the same with basically every type of sail boat, the smaller they are the easier they tend to tip up.

 
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