Trolling Speeds

[Mike Fox]

Found this clip on another site, and while not entirely practical for mackerel fishing with a paravane in Poole Bay, it makes you realise that traditional angling boats are looking a bit slow these days...

 

http://www.hydroptere.com/

 

Might amuse a few...

 

Mike

 

 

[great white]

Not exactly a quiet sunday sailing trip on the Frisky Fox

 

More like a white knuckle ride at Alton Towers

 

Hell of an adrenalin rush though

 

Charlie

[Newboy]

Well, at least it will get you to the fishing marks in no time .....

[Gnasher]

i'd rather drift the bridge on on a blow up lilo than get on that thing

Edited May 1, 2007 by Gnasher

[Sam]

that would be so much fun sod the lilo

 

we had a yacht come in the other day which had a set up like a windsurfer mast right at the bow with large sail with a windsurfers boom around the sail

 

sam

[toerag]

I've had one of the Gitana trimarans come past me once - I was on my own one minute, knelt down to gut a couple of pollack, looked up and there it was, 100yds away doing 20knots+!!! What a machine, but nothing compared to this one! - speaking of which, have you noticed that the mainsail isn't even fully hoisted

 

On the subject of Hyrofoils - did anyone see the documentary about surfing huge waves a couple of years ago? They were using surfboards with a hydrofoil on as it's difficult to get a normal board to go fast enough to catch the waves, and a hydrofoil has a smooth ride due to 'chop' not having any effect on the vertical leg.