Emmessee Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Here is the place to talk about general 14 foot cat racing about. There is still the Maricat Forum which can now just be for Maricat 4.3 and 5m, but this is a great place for general 14 foot catamaran discussions. It is great to see a resurgence in interest in this class of sailing and it is up to the sailors to keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berny Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 I've posted some links to current discussions of interest elsewhere on the site for people from other classes who may be just joining in here. Have fun catching up In short there are two regattas being run next season (2004-2005) for 14ft cats, one at Mannering Park on Lake MacQuarie and the other is the annual regatta for 14's at Koonawarra Bay SC on Lake Illawarra which is celebrating it's 12th anniversary. A third has been mooted if there's sufficient interest. A new F14 division is on the move and the idea so far is to use these regattas to run a 14ft series for two divisions in this class, one for outright F14 line honours and the other for fastest retro fitted existing F14 over the series. Should be a lot of fun. Bern http://www.catsailor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum11/HTML/000027.html http://www.catsailor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000049.html http://www.catsailor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000048.html http://www.catsailor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000047.html [This message has been edited by berny (edited 28 June 2004).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berny Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 What is that Darryl???? Bern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 It is a file on his computer that we can't see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 How the Hell do we post a photo onto this site?? Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 to get a image on here: first you need the image to be on the interent, on your personal webpage or somewhere else. then you just need to link to it using the command example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Who's a pretty boy then!! Thanks for that HOOD, (which is driving which the mini or the "T"?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darryl J Barrett Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 still doesn't seem to work?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berny Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Hood, which Maricat is that? Bern Just like this I think Daz? [This message has been edited by berny (edited 01 July 2004).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 ok, what you have there is the link to the page, not the image. try it again with http://www.catsailor.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10032/normal_%2072%20dpi.jpg and you will find it will work fine. the easiest way to get the address is to right click on the photo, and then click properties, it will give you the address that you can just copy and paste. looks just like my old alpha omega, its a real pity they are such are mongrel to tack, otherwise a very cool little boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berny Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Who's on the wire Darryl? Sail looks similar to the 14square Nacra. I thought you'd be posting pics of the *new* 14 by now. Neat Mini Darren, nice looking package. Bern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I remember when the AO came out with Bob Lawrence sailing one for a couple of seasons. Hey Bern, when you get up close to them they are not like anything else you have ever seen with a "tear drop" shaped hull. They are very bouyant and as you read in an earlier message, and absolute bugger to tack at times. They are pretty quick and a lot of fun to sail, but I think that you would get a Nacra 14sq over one of them at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 What was that old saying about the Nacra and the Hobie?? " I'd rather be sailing the mini towing the "T"?" besides the mini has the better paint joB!!http://www.catsailor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/icons/icon6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 How can you guys see that?? It still won't show up on my screen???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 you need to learn to use the space bar young jedi. Looks like Berny is onto it now way to go [This message has been edited by HooD (edited 02 July 2004).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 The space bar??? what are we sailing? the star ship Enterprise??? I always like a little "space" when I belly up to the bar! Berny the 14sq Nacra, by all accounts was loosely (very loosely) based on the 4.4 Alpha,some years after the Alpha came out, so there should be some similarity. There never was a problem with the tacking ability of the alpha, only with the way that sailors tried to tack it! If the mainsheet wasn't let off going through the tack then the boat would tack and then tack back into irons well before the sailor had time to get over onto the other side of the boat. "We know what the horse is like, it's the jockey that we are unsure of". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 All you smart people that "know" how to operate these pictures give me the proverbial "S---s. (I'm not dumb when it comes to posting photo's! I just want you all to think I am) well that's my story anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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