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Madness Sailing Video

Submitted by John, CLC - Sun, October 30 » 8:05 AM

Clips from the launch and first sail of the 31-foot proa, "Madness." John Pollard and John Harris undertook the shakedown sail, about five hours down the Wye River and out into Eastern Bay and back. We started out under single-reefed mainsail alone, added a 110% jib, and sailed home under full mainsail alone. The boat was definitely not "dialed in" yet---there were sundry issues with halyard tension and so on, but we still managed 15.1 knots in one burst. We were busy tinkering, and there was no accompanying photo boat or second unit, so the videography isn't fancy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-oBqn725I

The web page for Madness, and the construction video, is here.

3 replies:

RE: Madness Sailing Video

» Submitted by John, CLC - Sun, October 30 » 10:34 AM

Here's a sort of walking tour of the proa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK2sNr6-EwA

RE: Madness Sailing Video

» Submitted by ludwigd - Sun, October 30 » 11:30 PM

That has to be one heck of a rush to test drive such an innovative sailing craft. Congrats, John, to you and the team! Someone(s) should get an honorary PHD in sail boat rigging ;). Thanks, and looking forward to more updates.

RE: Madness Sailing Video

» Submitted by Laszlo - Mon, October 31 » 7:05 AM

John,

Impressive how little wake there is. Also missing is the tacking maneuver, however. How about a video showing that process (including grabbing the beer)?

Congrats & enjoy zipping around the Bay in your new toy.

Laszlo

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