Posted: 23 Jun 2005 11:52This was e-mailed by a Kiwi who is right into the M Class boats (mainly from Auckland)
"At least when we go out and get knocked down, we STAY knocked down. It’s a known situation and one we enter into quite willingly, unlike many of these poor sods who think that because they have a keel, everything will be hunky-dory and if they just wait long enough it will all ok again..
http://sail.zacman.us/
There’s no M’s or Historics in this lot but some rather insane 49’er and skiff action plus a lot of over powered sport-boats. Tee Hee.
My personal favourites are the series of the Hong Kong/Chinese yacht sailing straight into the side of a container ship, and one of a harbour beacon with two guys perched on it, plus the remains of a mast, mainsail and rigging wrapped around it, with a bare hull about 50 metres away. EXCELLENT work chaps!!!"
Haven't found the link to those ones yet, sounds like a good thing to do at work... :;-):
"At least when we go out and get knocked down, we STAY knocked down. It’s a known situation and one we enter into quite willingly, unlike many of these poor sods who think that because they have a keel, everything will be hunky-dory and if they just wait long enough it will all ok again..
http://sail.zacman.us/
There’s no M’s or Historics in this lot but some rather insane 49’er and skiff action plus a lot of over powered sport-boats. Tee Hee.
My personal favourites are the series of the Hong Kong/Chinese yacht sailing straight into the side of a container ship, and one of a harbour beacon with two guys perched on it, plus the remains of a mast, mainsail and rigging wrapped around it, with a bare hull about 50 metres away. EXCELLENT work chaps!!!"
Haven't found the link to those ones yet, sounds like a good thing to do at work... :;-):
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