Put a waterbuoy on the top of the mast, Its a keyring float Will pop some pics up tomorrow

Dan

Originally Posted by offshore1987

Put a waterbuoy on the top of the mast, Its a keyring float Will pop some pics up tomorrow

Dan

A float on the mast might avoid this....

Originally Posted by willey

From all the reading and vids I have seen on other trimarans and cats, If its windy I think we are going to need our swim trunks too.

Who will be the first to post a pic of the Volans...... inverted????

And The Winner Is.....mrpenguin.

great photo, thanks for sharing. I will defiantly be needing my swim trunks the way I sail...

Ha Ha , thats tri sailing ,if its not a lot end going to float ,I tell before use this type of rod with on the end a tennisball with little hol`s in it trow over the boat and let the ball sink then pull in simpel .

EPIC

At least the middle hul stays clear of the water! Should stop any water gettin it, turned mine on its side and the only place water got in was the rudder arm gatter things

Hopeing to get out this week again for a sail, the waterbuoy inflates when it goes under water and a bollon fills with gas and lifts upto 1kg ( bit like a auto inflate lifejacket )

Mr Penguin you win respect from all rock your world sailer! lol

Dan

Originally Posted by willey

And The Winner Is.....mrpenguin.

great photo, thanks for sharing. I will defiantly be needing my swim trunks the way I sail...

Congratulations mrpenguin and welcome to the club!

Looks familiar to me.

But since I use a float
on the mast, it looks better this way







I am usually looking for onshore-wind-conditions, after capsizing it won't
take more than five minutes to be on track again.
Well, sailing is water-sports and it is fun!

Kentermaran Tornado Laprello.avi (3 min 30 sec)

wolfgang

What a terrific video! Some tough going there! Lot's of fun that day I am sure. Wondering how fast the wind was blowing?

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Boomer

Thanks Boomer,

must have been 4 - 5 Bft, perhaps a bit more, but allways too much for both rigs.

On high winds, you need a fast sheeting-out, most winches cannot handle.
Since I use arm-winches, I got much more performance!

Not sure, but the winch could be a problem for the volans.


wolfgang

Mini40 Rettungsaktion (8 min 26 sec)

Look here, I am not the one(I am Dutch) with the rod they are german 40M sailers ,last time 8 trow its on and .thats what y mean , hope its helps for idee`s .

Rexonamen

Great fun watching - that fellow must not do much fishing! It looks like in a few more minutes, the boat would have been blown to shore by the wind with out any help.
Still great fun to watch!!
Boomer

Could not stop watching that vid till the end Boomer your right he dosnt seem to be a fisherman lol

This is the float iv fitted, not sure how well it will do but going to give it a try







Dan

Great Videos Guy's, holy cow! those boats really move when you get the right angle in the wind.

come'on Dan! tip that baby over I want to see it in action

The boat or the float? They cost about £10 each so dont wanna turn it over lol Hopefully her next outing will be sat to race against some magics ( we normaly race magics over here at are local lake on sat mornings )

Dan

Originally Posted by willey

And The Winner Is.....mrpenguin.

I guess I win for posting the photo of the inverted Volans, but the owner/skipper is a couple of hundred Km from me in Lauderdale, Tasmania, Australia, likewise the photographer, so I shall not be claiming credit for the capsize, the photo or the (successful) rescue.... (without a fishing rod like our friend earlier in the thread...)

Tut tut thought it was you, nice one for posting the pic though good to see the thing upside down and how she sits

Polished mine this morning ready for some racing maybe over the weekend ( gota say she does look good all sparkley )

Dan