Slaughter wrote:
That is about as quick as I've ever seen on a video clip for an AI. I'm guessing the wind speed was pushing 30 knots based on the spay coming off the bow.
Bet you can't wait to duplicate it on HD someday !
Oh yeah, that was fun. It was tough to get video of it all though! I'd sailed in winds like that throughout the summer, but never took a camera with me. I just decided to take the camera out in that wind and see what I got. If you watch from the beginning, you'll notice that the boat was dry as I started out. One hand for the sail, a foot on the tiller handle, and another hand for the camera! Last year I was younger and more foolish!
The speed is a little addictive! I couldn't hold the boat straight using just my toes to steer, so the many edits are caused by me steering offline. My strategy was to just drop the camera (it was tethered to my life jacket) when things got out of hand, so most of what was edited out was video taken with my camera hanging from my body.
My goal this year is to learn to enjoy the boat equally in ALL wind, and not just the crazy stuff! But as the Cat guys say, "There's nothing like flying a hull!" (or ama in my case!)