Full size 12's having it out
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:11 amby kahle67
Check out this video of some of the old classics fleet racing.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... g-sl&hl=en
Reichard Kahle
Charleston, SC
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:11 pmby Rick West
Wow, that was cool. I want to work on the fore deck!
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![[8D]](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif "Cool")
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:44 pmby yachtie
Mummy - can I go out to play with the big boys too??[:D]
Chris
NZL1 Longtack
NZL110 Swept Away NZL128 Ketch me if U Can
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:10 pmby MichaelJ2K
Slooowwwlllyyy I tuurrnn. Must have been a light air day. I noticed that no spinnakers were flown. Some guys have all the fun[:D]
Mike Denest
EC12 #899
Posted:
Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:08 pmby cchatain
Way, way back in 1970 I crewed on US 21 "American Eagle" on the Bermuda Race and the two Mackinacs. In a sense it's too bad EC 12 class did not evolve to allow models of all twelve meters ever built. Glorious yachts.
But you really do not want to work that foredeck on an ocean race. We used to keep the spinnaker pole attached to the mast, lowered down to just above deck level, to give the foredeck guys something to brace against as the bow would dip completely under the waves as they were trying to change jibs. Even then, they could be washed back by a wave to the limit of their safety harness.
Chris Chatain, Chicago, with a EC 12 a'buildin...