May 14

Re-blogging – Bravura Flying Spinnaker and Blooper, 1984 SORC

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Bravura Flying Spinnaker and Blooper, 1984 SORC, originally uploaded by Larry Moran.

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via messingaboutinboats.typepad.com

Reblogging this as there are some quite interesting comments about sailing in this way:

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i wonder how much speed did it add?..

Posted by: orandzh | March 17, 2010 at 07:35 AM

I'd say quite abit i'd imagine

Posted by: SVG | April 27, 2010 at 10:30 AM

I was on the boat in that series. They helped sail the boat deeper by adding stability. Never much more than a .25 knot improvement, but lower VMG

Posted by: Nick Gibbens | May 14, 2010 at 01:30 PM

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