Distant Tiger capsize, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.
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Wildwind race day
Race day was comical, with lulls followed by moderate gusts from various directions. In a mixed fleet, Remko and I were first over the line in a Tiger two out of three in the morning. For the third, Remko took a unilateral decision to put in a capsize in the last minute before the start, giving us a finish of third on the water. In the first of the afternoon, we were part of a bizarrely mixed group of boats […]
Tags: Boats, Greece, Hobie Tiger, Sailing, Travel, Wildwind
Hobie Tiger at Wildwind
Wildwind 58 – Version 2, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. No photos of me today — Beth was busy — but a few good shots of others. This is a Hobie Tiger, the boat I used to own.
Tags: Boats, Greece, Hobie Tiger, Sailing, Wildwind
Wildwind day 4: peace persists
A steady force 2 all day. A touch dull. Practice races all day of one lap, windward leeward. Far too small for a Tiger, but not a bad way to get practice starts. Mostly won, although humilated by a Hobie 16 (no gennaker) helmed by an Olympian. Cross-shore tomorrow I hope. And the jeep was fixed too 🙂
Tags: Boats, Greece, Hobie Tiger, Sailing, Wildwind
Boat choice
Monohulls can be ruled out. They are either too boring or too unstable. Rule 1. The Fox – Formula 20 – is too much unless you need it to support crew weight. So rule 2 is don’t overreach yourself. (Never tried a Tornado, but they have the advantage of a broad beam.) The FX One is a great single-hander, if perhaps a little heavy. The one here has no gennaker, so running is a bit pointless. Rule 3: have a […]
Tags: Boats, Fomula 16, Hobie 16, Hobie Fox, Hobie FX One, Hobie Pacific, Hobie Tiger, Sailing
Wildwind day 2
Hired a Suzuki Vitara (it’s a total lemon), relaxed with a book and waited for the cross-shore breeze to kick in: one of the cool kids now? The wind duly arrived at 14:30. Took a Pacific 18 – like a Tiger, but simpler and a little heavier – and hooned around with a splendid fellow who only learned to trapeze yesterday. Great fun. Then hooned around at the helm of a Tiger with another good guy. Mostly reaching and beating: […]
Tags: Boats, Greece, Hobie Pacific, Hobie Tiger, Sailing, Wildwind
A satisfactory day at Wildwind
Minced about in the morning on an FX One in light winds. Then the promised “cross-shore” breeze kicked in on schedule at 15:15 with a perfect force 4-5. Absolutely screamed to and fro in the FX One, hull out, trapezing at the very back of the boat. And no pitchpoles: not a capsize of any sort. Bloody marvellous. Laughed my heart out flogging a Pico on a dare as the breeze built. What a horrible plastic pig. (It is, of […]
Tags: Boats, Greece, Hobie FX One, Hobie Tiger, Laser Pico, Sailing, Wildwind
