Aquarius Sail Owners

Freeburd had a monster day moving up 7 positions to 5th place. They should be in 4th place sometime tomorrow! They passed the Soggy Beavers late today and sailed on after the beavers put in for the night.

Freeburd from another perspective!!!

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Team Freeburd on the move again! Wing racks, reefed main, wave jumping, THIS IS AWESOME!

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Massive fun watching the spot tracker! The Soggy Beavers in the OC6 are kicking butt in really adverse conditions. Horses for courses, what type of gear will win in an 'anything goes' race is always a bet on the weather conditions. This year the weather provided a clear advantage to the sailboats. I...

Good Morning Bill, Since righting moment = weight x moment arm, I typicaly just add weight to the narrower beam boat and arrive at the same righting moment of the wider beam boat. In bigger air I just call up another "bag of hammers' (boat groupie) and have them ride along (3 up). The overpower...

I get your drift, if we trap to leeward we can pull the windward hull up. Not very comfortable but doable.

Bill, thanks for the great review of righting moment. How does wetted surface factor in? What I have noticed is that I fly the hull sooner than any of my peers, my wetted area drops immediately and the boat takes off. The sooner the better, the 20 with the greater beam will stay down and push more w...

Bill, here's a question, relating to MY BOAT and very specific. I bought a Supercat 20 and cut the cross beams to create a boat with a 9 foot beam. This is similar to the ARC 21 which has an 8' 6" beam. For the greatest percentage of the time I sail, these are the conditions, 14-18 mph winds, m...

Bill, I have the utmost respect for what you have done. Never would I count the design and building of the Supercat and ARC line of boats a failed endeavor. I will re-phrase my question at a later date, I have enjoyed and will always enjoy our chats on this board.

Appears to be a Supercat 20 entered in the Race to Alaska that starts Thursday. If you haven't read about this race, take a minute and visit the website. It's a no motors, no support, get there under your own power affair, should be fun to follow, all the competitors must carry a spot tracking devic...

Gunboat will see an uptick in orders, before the knockdown the boat was 'haulin the mail.' It was righted with relative ease and the damage was superficial. The capsize isn't going to scare folks away. My 2 cents. We can discuss the Oracle thing for the rest of our days, I offered no excuses, just n...

That's the point, world titles, championships, years of experience, doesn't matter who you are CRASHES STILL HAPPEN. We learn from errors and failures, we learn what doesn't work, we get better and we move towards success. Failure is not a bad thing. Failures leading to loss of life are regrettable ...

Bill, Experience is no guarantee. Experienced people also crash boats. Oracle One had over 200 years of combined sailing experience, the sailors onboard held 10-15 WORLD TITLES between them. How can you say the main wing trimmer had no experience on a beach-cat? Who could know? All of the sailors on...

Many many thanks T. Really great account of your trip, I gleaned some tips that I will definitely use. I am currently working on my reefing system, the SC20 carries a large amount of canvas for a solo sailor, so reefing is going to be critical. I have been doing all my sailing (this season) solo for...

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