THE STREAKER DINGHY. A race onboard and the story of how it came about.
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2022
- This week, as the sun was out and we had a good forecast, we thought we would bring you on board and show you what kind of dinghy we are sailing now. Unfortunately for reasons that will become obvious when you watch the film the race itself didn't go to plan. So while you watch Ian sailing we will also tell you the story of why we bought one, and why it was even designed in the first place!
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I very much like your high priced video camera booms. Great sail. Enjoy your videos.
Hi Eric. No expense spared :-)
Brilliant Ian nearly missed thiis as we were on holiday!!! Love your knowledge of wind and tide when racing taught me a lot !! Massive thumbs up to your channel!!
Thanks Andy, glad you liked it
Very enjoyable watch. Whilst you guys are looking at a potential 40°C next week we have rain and 3°C overnight here in Aotearoa, so coming out on the Medway with you was an armchair-by-the-logfire treat, thank you. I restored a Pacer that I had found in the weeds outback of the Seasalter Sailing Club, huge fun for this novice sailor. South Seas Sean.
Hi Sean we are having some unusually warm weather at the moment, it is very HOT at the moment
Lovely! Nothing as satisfying as a dinghy! Instant feedback! Very satisfying racecraft! Thank you for the detailed explanations of your tactics. Ace!
Thanks Ruaraidh, glad you enjoyed it
@@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily Giving away the win for a shortcut though…. 😬 racer in me struggles with that. What an epic lead though. Just shows, read the line well and all the puffs. Brilliant.
It is where Hannah and I differ. She isnt happy if she doesnt win, i just like to have a good sail. Some times the two go hand in hand but not always
@@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily It was a lovely sail but that win….. 😬 Def with Hannah. Come to MTC next time you’re in Woking.
Would love to!!!
Great video Ian, I'll take a dozen more please. Glad to hear you are sailing the wrinkles out of those sails.
Hi Ray. Thanks, nothing wrong with the sails on the Streaker... we treated it to a nice new North when we got it and its proved to be an excellent sail
@@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily Sorry, I kind of made that expression up. Like driving the tires off of your car. I'm glad to hear that you are getting lots of good time on the water. Your experience with the tides is an interesting part of your racing to me. I'm a lake sailor, so light to moderate winds are my norm. Can't imagine pointing towards the mark and having the shoreline tell you that you are backing up the river!
Tides do make tactics far more challenging
looks a very fun boat to me. I enjoyed it!
Thanks David, they are great fun
I enjoyed the story Ian.
Hi Chuck. Thanks
i had no idea Jack Holt designed so many boats that are staples world wide. Imagine how many boats have been built to his designs, would there be any other designer more prolific?
Nice clip mate, picked everything really well
Hi guys. There are a few in the big boat arena that have a lot of successful designs but there cant be many others with such a large number of successful designs in the dinghy world. Certainly if you measure it as the number of boats built by a designer then you would be hard pressed to come up with any one as successful as jack Holt
Hi Ian. So what is your personal dinghy fleet now then? I seem to recall you had a Nat 12 and a Wayfarer. Are you just down to the Streaker now?
Hi Tim. The Streaker and a 59er now... the others have moved on
bit of an odd question but what is faster a streaker or a laser. i am asuming a blaze is faster than all of them right?
A Streaker is a little bit faster than a Radial but slower than a full rig Laser. And yes both are much slower than a Blaze