Looks like the H-18 promo with Dean Froome. Perhaps the sail was dubbed in.
Caleb
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| Author: | Karl Brogger [ Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:17 pm ] |
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just found this on you tube. Anyone have these sails? Probably one off, but they'd be cool to find. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74JyDmAu ... re=related Anyone know who's on the boat? |
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| Author: | aschaffter [ Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:18 pm ] |
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The You-tube description says it is a Sunkist ad. So Hobie probably made them specifically for Sunkist and got free product placement. |
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| Author: | h17cat [ Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:56 pm ] |
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Looks like the H-18 promo with Dean Froome. Perhaps the sail was dubbed in. Caleb |
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| Author: | sunjammers [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:07 am ] |
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The Sunkist logo isn't in all the shots. I think it was computer enhanced for the commercial. Did they have computers in 1984....I was 2! |
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| Author: | localizer [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:30 am ] |
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Guys, on the 20th second of this video the guy who is hiking out is holding on to a rope with his left hand. What is this rope? I just want to try jumping like this.
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| Author: | J_Eaton [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:35 am ] |
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Yuri, That's the righting line. Standard procedure is for crew to hold the righting line in their rear/aft hand to prevent falling forward if/when the bow stuffs. Weight on the rear/aft foot keeps crew from falling backwards during acceleration. |
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| Author: | xanderwess [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:52 am ] |
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I learn something every day. Thats genius! |
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| Author: | J_Eaton [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:31 am ] |
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Chris we've been travelling with the racers who keep the righting line tied off to the dolphin striker and the rest stuffed in the tramp pocket. Sure makes for a clean looking boat and, of course, that righting line dragging in the water can't be fast. 
Back in the day of triangle courses there were a lot of folks racing with righting lines. Sometimes better to save that pitchpole on the screaming reach from A to B. In extreme winds and BIG fleets, generally a pointy side up trip all the way around the course would net a decent finish. Of course the fastest ones braved it without the line. 
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| Author: | xanderwess [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:44 am ] |
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And to think: some people out there say sailing is boring! The sport is not so boring when there is real danger involved! |
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| Author: | localizer [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:16 am ] |
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Thanks for explanation, John! Yep, my righting line is in the tramp pocket too. I will see how to thread it though to make it available for me to grab to it and try not to lean forward and then try to jump. 
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| Author: | pbisesi [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:39 pm ] |
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The style righting lines that are tied off at the back stantion are great for the crew to hang on to. We always called them "Chicken Lines" while on a hot reach. The crew didn't end up on the bridle during a stuff. |
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| Author: | Skipshot [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:39 pm ] |
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Nice! I took a closer look at that spot at 20 sec. and it looks like the crew has a rear foot strap and the chicken line looks like it has a handle, suggesting that it is tied to the front and rear cross bars. Special equipment? Who are those guys and where can I get lessons from them?! |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:14 am ] |
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Dean Froome and John Driscoll. Hawai'i. 
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| Author: | arievd [ Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:14 am ] |
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Skipshot wrote: Nice! I took a closer look at that spot at 20 sec. and it looks like the crew has a rear foot strap and the chicken line looks like it has a handle, suggesting that it is tied to the front and rear cross bars. Special equipment?
I crewed on a identically rigged H18 in the early 80's on the North Sea, which can get pretty gnarly...All it is is a footstrap and a chicken line consisting of a thin piece of line (3') attached to the transom, followed by a thicker piece (usually an old mainsheet) with some knots or loops tied into it, attached near the front crossbar with a piece of bungee to allow it to stretch. And yes, it would come in handy on broad reaches at or above Bft 5! |
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| Author: | swampcreek [ Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:20 am ] |
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sunjammers wrote: The Sunkist logo isn't in all the shots. I think it was computer enhanced for the commercial. Did they have computers in 1984....I was 2!
Waayyy back in the hazy fuzzy days of 1982 I remember most people who even had a "computer" had a thing called a "Vic 20". If you were really on the cutting edge you had a "Commadore 64". I had a Vic 20. I really can't remember much of anything except playing some very low tech games on it, these games were on a cassette tape instead of a disc...I can't even remember how that worked. I spent my time over a friends house playing "Intelevision" (A popular game system), it was much better than Atari. At least we did that when we weren't shooting each other with bottle rockets. |
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