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Author:  vetgam [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:02 am ]
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A different perspective can be good when you get bored...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz9E1Sei7u4[/youtube]
Author:  Salty Dawg [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Sailing Backwards- Well, Kind Of
:D It's been said that it's good to know where you came from ! :D
Author:  tonystott [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:50 pm ]
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Don't laugh, but did you know that wsithout a rudder, you can most easily paddle a TI backwards? Try and be surprised!
Author:  aussieonyak [ Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:32 pm ]
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tonystott wrote:
Don't laugh, but did you know that wsithout a rudder, you can most easily paddle a TI backwards? Try and be surprised!

Done that a few times trying to get out of a dock - but steering was a bit difficult :lol:
Author:  tonystott [ Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Sailing Backwards- Well, Kind Of
aussieonyak wrote:
tonystott wrote:
Don't laugh, but did you know that wsithout a rudder, you can most easily paddle a TI backwards? Try and be surprised!

Done that a few times trying to get out of a dock - but steering was a bit difficult :lol:

That is the point, you need to have the rudder raised, so the natural stability of the hull (while going backwards) is not upset by the rudder blade. Weird eh...
Author:  Slaughter [ Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:40 am ]
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I've peddled backwards a few times and on the last trip to Tasmania, that little trick of quickly turning the mirage drive around, saved some damage to the hull for sure.
Author:  dougc405 [ Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:46 am ]
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Try putting one Mirage drive in backwards on a TI. That's what my wife and I did a few weeks ago. When we pushed off from the dock, we went nowhere fast, with both of us pedaling furiously. Doh!
Author:  tonystott [ Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sailing Backwards- Well, Kind Of
I was onc racing my old yacht when a gust of 55 knots arrived (some gust!). The airborne spray was so vicious (and painful!) that the only way I could steer was by looking backwards, keeping the wake straight. Luckily one of the other crew warned me in time before we sailed into the broken mast of our competitor!
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