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baja-mama Senior Member Registered: July 2005 Posts: 214	· Date: Mon July 8, 2013 · Views: 4273 · Filesize: 32.0kb, 540.4kb · Dimensions: 2500 x 1875 ·
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Rattlesnake Gal

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Registered: November 2003
Location: Central NH
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Tue July 9, 2013 12:31pm

Wicked cool! Thanks for posting it.

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ApS

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Registered: January 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
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Fri August 2, 2013 10:06am

NACRA makes some very speedy catamarans, and this one (number 8) looks like they've done everything right... That huge jib (with long bowsprit) adds huge amounts of speed. Notice the windward daggerboard is down. A crewmember might raise it to reduce drag but—trust me on this—this one skipper is a very busy skipper!

The skipper is "out on the wire", so he's got a steel cable attached to near the top of the mast, and to a quick-release harness around his belt line.

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ApS

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Registered: January 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
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Sat September 28, 2013 8:49am

The same boat, seen in an on-board video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJZG...ature=youtu.be

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