Off to The Worlds !

[makeitfit]

Reet oh guys I'm off to Ireland for a week's sailing. Competeing in the F18 Worlds in northern Ireland
Big fast cat racing is one of my hobbies and before my knees fall off I'm going to fight the Olympians and Pro sailors
There may be plenty of craic :naughty ( think that's how you spell it :lol )
For those interested this is what I do
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Wish me luck :beerchug:

 

[Sweety]

Good luck mate & hope you have a great time:thumbs you never know one of the old club members might be there watching ie Bluebull as that's his neck of the woods:thumbs

 

[makeitfit]

I think he'll be too busy doing fire stuff
hmmm , there's an idea :lol

 

[Sweety]

I think he'll be too busy doing fire stuff
hmmm , there's an idea :lol

He sadly can't work as an air port fireman any more due to ill health poor guy but is busy setting up his own fire station & is now covering some of the events held in Northern Ireland

 

[makeitfit]

Aye chat on FB a bit and he has a lot of toys :sly
Not sure how much fire safety cover we need at sea :nenau:lol

 

[firebobby]

Aye chat on FB a bit and he has a lot of toys :sly
Not sure how much fire safety cover we need at sea :nenau:lol

Those friction burns can be quite bad you know :augie:augie:lol

 

[makeitfit]

Those friction burns can be quite bad you know :augie:augie:lol

Now I really do NOT want a big burly fireman rubbing ointment on my friction burns thankyou
May checkout the first aid dollies though :naughty

 

[Fez_uk]

Have fun mate, Don't drink too much sea water lol

 

[firebobby]

How fast are those boats, vi looks impressive :thumb2

 

[makeitfit]

How fast are those boats, vi looks impressive :thumb2

About 25 mph I guess but they're fookin' leary then :naughty
Amongst the fastest sailing cats before you get on foils :sly

 

[firebobby]

About 25 mph I guess but they're fookin' leary then :naughty
Amongst the fastest sailing cats before you get on foils :sly

Fast enough then :lol

Ah, the old foils then.....yeah.....um, what's a foil :augie :augie

 

[makeitfit]

Fast enough then :lol

Ah, the old foils then.....yeah.....um, what's a foil :augie :augie

Like the Americas cup, boats on hydrofoils. They basically fly in/on the water.
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[firebobby]

That's awesome, they actually fly above the water

There must be very little wave affect on them when they are flying.

 

[johnb5177]

I used to sail fireballs and lasers and thought they were fast.......this new generation of hull design, composite materials etc......I think you need a pilots license these days not an RYA certificate:thumb2

 

[solarman216]

Looks really great fun, enjoy and get a placing, but not for me, Rick

 

[Barrbeast]

Enjoy bud, best of luck :thumbs

 

[makeitfit]

I'm back

but broken Awesome week's sailing against the best in the world
Turns out I'm top 40 material BUT took some serious wipeouts on the big wind day and ended 52 overall :clap
"IN THE WORLD" don't you know
my boat is also a bit old skool compared to the pro guys but what a blast . Learned so much my Mojo is bursting :naughty
See if this link works, it's filmed by one of my mates who was 39th
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[jims-terrano]

Nice, sounds like it has done you the "world" of good :thumb2

 

[Fez_uk]

Wheres the mud!!??? :camping:

 

[AlexD333]

Wheres the mud!!??? :camping:

:lol:clap:lol:clap loving it