tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post7562994227561365575..comments2024-03-28T19:22:15.683+00:00Comments on Interesting Sailboats: SILVERRUDDER 2018 - A VERY HARD SOLO RACEPaulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910018730823789405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-43260677203375710032018-09-29T17:07:06.797+01:002018-09-29T17:07:06.797+01:00Thanks PauloThanks PauloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-37392394598474058192018-09-27T12:37:07.415+01:002018-09-27T12:37:07.415+01:00Great to have you back- very interesting postGreat to have you back- very interesting postRogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06211998685988124460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-42132509243877073362018-09-26T20:52:01.735+01:002018-09-26T20:52:01.735+01:00Hi Chris!
Two times in a year: one for sailing ot...Hi Chris!<br /><br />Two times in a year: one for sailing other for writing about sailing. I would not miss the fun of sailing. Have a look:<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/paulo.pernao/videos/1182661631874398/?t=4Paulohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910018730823789405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-25173527225983015792018-09-26T20:46:57.597+01:002018-09-26T20:46:57.597+01:00Maybe but on this race there is a lot of upwind sa...Maybe but on this race there is a lot of upwind sailing and probably it would not be the best type of hull.<br /><br />A very impressive performance was the one of the little Farr 280, a narrower boat and not a solo boat, but with an impressive performance upwind and downwind. The little 28ft took only more 2 hours and a half than the fastest monohull, the XP44.<br /><br />I was also very Paulohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910018730823789405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-41575104902852137152018-09-26T17:37:46.063+01:002018-09-26T17:37:46.063+01:00Thank you for being back!
The only criticism of th...Thank you for being back!<br />The only criticism of the best sailing blog on the Internet is the many too long summer break ;-)<br />Best regards from Frankfurt<br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-73512929131818623372018-09-26T15:56:25.942+01:002018-09-26T15:56:25.942+01:00Thanks Paulo, insightful and good to have you back...Thanks Paulo, insightful and good to have you back online. To reiterate your point, on video 2 above, from 35 seconds, we can see the winning boat, XP-44 with Paal Stiansen handling it. Looks quite a challenge, and this is at the beginning and in daylight..<br /><br />Very curious what you think of the new Dehler 30od. Seems very adapt to this type of sailing. Ivarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040298242273642927noreply@blogger.com