Caught a few people out today including this unfortunate Northshore 38 kite.
Fortunately I'm home now watching my boat on the club webcam albeit in a blackout.
Select to expand quoteJethrow said..
Ooo, bugger. Sounds like the SailGP compound got trashed too! Not good... 
Yep
Not much in the way of waves but pretty good gusts.
Always more things happen when we get one on a weekend with lots of sailors out although this one was quite late so most weekend sailors had gone home.
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Select to expand quotejulesmoto said..Jethrow said..
Ooo, bugger. Sounds like the SailGP compound got trashed too! Not good...
Yep
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That clip needs to be forwarded to " idiots at work" on YouTube
A friend who's company paid many many dollars for SailGP experience/ viewing for the Sunday says it doesn't look like there will be any refunds ( he is going to try to sort it this week) Hmmmmm
Select to expand quotejulesmoto said..Jethrow said..
Ooo, bugger. Sounds like the SailGP compound got trashed too! Not good...
Yep
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Close up of the 'action'
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Select to expand quoteAzure305 said..julesmoto said..Jethrow said..
Ooo, bugger. Sounds like the SailGP compound got trashed too! Not good...
Yep
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Close up of the 'action'
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Not sure which is worse this damage to the Canadian boat or Ben Ainslie cutting the front of the Japanese boat off because he wasn't looking where he was going. He would have to be amongst the most experienced racing skippers in the world if not the.
I think a total rethink of the way these yacht races are started is in order because it was never contemplated that boats would be going this fast in a yacht race and the consequences of getting sliced in half by a foil or even just a bow are horrific. Nobody would ever contemplate starting a car race with cars going perpendicular to each other at 60kmh +++ and they have a hell of a lot more occupant impact protection built-in.
Current America's cup boats have an even more horrific dangerous looking foil arrangement but at least they are usually only racing 1 on 1 and you would hope that a skipper was capable of keeping clear of 1 boat. Doesn't protect a hapless soul who might be in the way of them whilst they are practising in a harbour however.
