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I used to think sailboaters were weak
« on: December 06, 2016, 01:39:15 PM »
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2016, 01:41:11 PM »
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2016, 02:09:28 PM »
Always wanted to sail...just not on anything I could handle by myself.

That is, unless they've automated something like this to the point of being a one-man boat.
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2016, 02:16:42 PM »
I think I would rather be the monkey in sidehack racing than sail that hard


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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2016, 02:19:22 PM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on December 06, 2016, 02:16:42 PM
I think I would rather be the monkey in sidehack racing than sail that hard


Not sure what a sidehack is, but that video is insane.

His keel was barely in the water and he had already reefed his sails! That wind must have been... rather swift.
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2016, 02:38:33 PM »
Sidehack racing is racing motorcycles with a sidecar. Sorta


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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2016, 02:46:37 PM »
Quote from: makattak on December 06, 2016, 02:19:22 PM
Not sure what a sidehack is, but that video is insane.

Sidehack = Sidecar motorcycle rig. The "monkey" reference is the sidecar "rider" when a sidecar rig is raced. They are called this because... well here, watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YiD5flIPF8&ab_channel=DukeVideo

They Motocross sidecars too!  [popcorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFpLdWzcac8&ab_channel=01Team3V

And if ya thought the motorcycle riders were insane, the monkeys are NUTS!  :facepalm:

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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2016, 04:27:38 PM »
Yea I got invited to monkey at a motocross event . I said no

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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2016, 04:36:02 PM »
Quote from: makattak on December 06, 2016, 02:19:22 PM
Not sure what a sidehack is, but that video is insane.

His keel was barely in the water and he had already reefed his sails! That wind must have been... rather swift.

28 knots, he said. That's what to us landlubbers -- about 35 MPH?
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2016, 06:11:56 PM »
Quote from: HeroHog on December 06, 2016, 02:46:37 PM
Sidehack = Sidecar motorcycle rig. The "monkey" reference is the sidecar "rider" when a sidecar rig is raced. They are called this because... well here, watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YiD5flIPF8&ab_channel=DukeVideo

They Motocross sidecars too!  [popcorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFpLdWzcac8&ab_channel=01Team3V

And if ya thought the motorcycle riders were insane, the monkeys are NUTS!  :facepalm:

 :old:

Aight, so what happens if you lose your monkey, like about 20 seconds into this vid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUa0dduw9o

Well, I imagine it doesn't end well for the monkey, but does the racer have to stop to pick up his dropped monkey?  DQ'd?  or ???
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2016, 07:20:51 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on December 06, 2016, 04:36:02 PM
28 knots, he said. That's what to us landlubbers -- about 35 MPH?

32 mph and change. I've been out in 25 knots on my little sloop and even on the little lake I sail on it gets intense.
Forecast was 18kts max but things didn't work out. Even with a reefed main and only about 50% of the jib out it was brisk. More work than I care to usually engage in but it was fun.
Those guys that race the Vendee Globe are nuts. I could handle a single handed around the world trip but I have no desire to play around in places like the roaring 40s
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2016, 07:27:40 PM »
Quote from: AmbulanceDriver on December 06, 2016, 06:11:56 PM
Well, I imagine it doesn't end well for the monkey, but does the racer have to stop to pick up his dropped monkey?  DQ'd?  or ???

Well, the rules are that both you and your monkey have to cross the finish line together for it to count, going by the testimonial of one who got to keep their 8th place finish because, while he'd fallen off the bike just before the finish line, both him and the bike crossed in the #8 spot.  Otherwise it would have been a DNC.

So, assuming the monkey isn't too bruised up to continue the race, the racer would indeed have to stop to pick up the passenger.  Or maybe circle around with the lap not counting.  Monkey calls it quits, Did Not Complete.
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Re: I used to think sailboaters were weak
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2016, 09:06:19 PM »
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