Kayaking Bob's Tandem Island

What the others said Bob!
Interested in Matt's reply re the batten.

All;

Sunday

1. Great ride < 10 knot winds top speed 6 MPH mostly around 4.5 MPH.
2. Need to change the aspect ratio on the main sheet so that Denise can run it. We agree that it is a two handed sheet.
3. Love the way it handled the 1.5-foot waves, we need spray skirts also.
4. We logged about 2 miles today before the wind quit.


Tell us where this was taken????????



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Larry

Larryhts,

Looks like the Florida Keys to me, but could be elsewhere in Florida.

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Hobie Island Sailing since 2006

Bob;

It was in Tampa Bay, that’s the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. We had a great day. We love the tandem.

Larry & Denise

Jealous - so very jealous. Gotta sit on my hands for awhile...

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Mitch

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Drop over to Maui and you can try mine.

(I know how you feel, it felt like forever waiting for my TI to get here.)

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Hobie Island Sailing since 2006

Whosyerbob; Come on down to Lakeland, Florida and try our’s any time.

Kayaking Bob; What is going on with your batten?



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“Remember life is short- eat dessert first.”
The world is 70% water – So that means we should spend 70% more time sailing than mowing lawns!
Larry

I think I just tied it a little too tight. I loosened it just a little, and it's looking fine now. I'm use to the AI where everything needs to be TIGHT and I've got to keep reminding myself that the TI is not just a big AI, but a whole different animal!

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Hobie Island Sailing since 2006

My batten will look like that in higher winds when I'm on a close reach. The mast is very bendy and the lower part of the sail distorts along with the batten. Once I get on a broader point of sail the batten flattens back to the way it should be.

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Mitch

2010 Tandem Island
2010 Revolution
Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore

My sailing blog
Our sailing videos