After 3 years of sailing my TI, I finally came up with a suitable name for this amazing craft.
Betelgeuse (the Hobie TI not to be confused with BeetleJuice the movie ghost).
Known scientific facts.
“A semi regular variable red super star that can outshine others.”
Probably due to its versatility to perform under sail, pedal or paddle.
“It is classified as a pulsating red supergiant with periods of stableness.”
The stableness occurs in the garage, in water it surely pulsates.
“Only about 13% of its energy is visible to human eyes.”
Much of its time is spent in the garage or out of sight over the horizon.
“Betelgeuse is a very large and cool star classified as a red supergiant of M2Iab class.”
That speaks for itself.
“It could easily be over 400 light years from you at a given time.”
It is just so dam fast under sail and pedal.
“Betelgeuse is surrounded by a circumstellar envelope composed of matter ejected from the star.”
This occurred when I capsized and the wife and I were ejected.
“Multiple-aperture interferometers are now used to capture speckled images, which are synthesized using Fourier analysis to produce a portrait of high resolution. It was this methodology that identified the hotspots on Betelgeuse.”
The hotspots would include carbon mast, furling main, mirage drive, akas and amas.
“Betelgeuse is travelling supersonically through the interstellar medium at a speed of 30 km per second creating a bow shock.”
It certainly feels fast sitting so close to the water and being covered in spray.
“The most likely END scenario is that the supergiant will continue to burn (through the water?) and fuse elements until its core is iron, at which point Betelgeuse will explode as a type II supernova in possibly 100,000 years.”
Until then we will continue to enjoy this magic versatile red supergiant called Betelgeuse.
Brian & Marie
Ah, I do love being on the water in the dark. We missed the last half due to clouds to the west but the sunrise was pretty.
Wish they came out as clear as it looks in the scope! Last night we had act II ! Moonrise was amazing. Huge... Deep red and then passed through some layers of clouds that made it look like a bandit! Spooky!!