Great video, it's some of the best high wind footage I've seen. Some people enjoy racing but my favorite part of sailing has always been hanging on for dear life in a reach in high winds. I remember doing it out on the pipe wings of an old scow Moth I used to own.
Cahoonas for going for the gybe in strong breeze with the webcam. Curious as to why I see so many aeros using a slack foot in that strength of wind. In a laser, it would be stretched out tight
I've been a dinghy and cat sailor for 43 years and still sail a full rigged Laser at 53yo. 35-40 knots? Don't believe it. Not for one second. In 35-40 knots 90% of the sail would be inside out and you would be trying to get drive off a couple of square feet at the clew. They are great sailors in very strong winds and are fantastic to watch but the Physics of how a sail works disproves the claimed wind strength. Sorry.🤨
I own one Aero with the 5 sail and downwind you easily can achieve 20km/h but if you manage well based in my experience I would say that approximately I reached a top Speed of 50 or 60 km/h
@@Intray yep ur right mate, When I wrote that maybe I exaggerated a little cause I was a little bit excited with what the aero can do, but yeah, that speed is mostly unreachable.
This is totally awesome. Going to get a dinghy sail boat to day in silver Springs NV. To start learning on. Wife and I are 52yrs young an decided to give it a go. Starting small an work our way up
Doesn't have to cost a lot to get out there and have some real excitement.......you don't need a state-of-the-art £10k boat......you can get an old Laser for peanuts and blast around in the knowledge that if anything breaks it isn't going to have cost you an arm and a leg. Friend of mine picked one up for £50 recently......ok it's old and it's not pretty, but you can still have a LOT of fun
@@XPSailing ya I've been looking around for old boats like used lasers and such but I don't get paid much and there aren't many good cheap used boats in my area.
OMG! I'm getting this boat. I've been looking for a single hander that I can use to access remote surf spots in Hawaii. Now I know she can handle. THANK YOU! What a blast!
I never sailed an Aero but they look similar to a Laser. If you're over 65kgs Lasers are a good choice (they have 3 diff. sizes of rigs), and probably easier to find fleets if you want to race.
@@SAWOK12 i have bought an aero now and they are super fun! Btw the aero also have 3 rig sizes with a fourth one coming soon. Where I live there is an aero/laser fleet that I can sail with we sail together
@@piggolearns5967 Just curious - is there any obvious difference in speed between the Laser and the Aero? Or maybe it depends on conditions/points of sail?
@@SAWOK12 The biggest sail on the laser is the middle sail on aero. The laser also weighs a bit more and is a bit longer. But the aero I would say is faster than the laser.
What is the weight of the sailor? We have similar weather tomorrow in Poland and i'm wondering if 9 won't be too much of a handful for a 90 kg of a sailor :)
Clicked for what I thought would be a good vid, commented and left before finishing because of the club music. The wind, the waves, and your boat going through the water would have made for a very good soundtrack.
Why don't these things have a vang? And why are the users always holding the mainsheet? Use a cleat and pinch and yank it out if you get hit too hard for pete's sake!
Believe me it is incredible fun. I used to race motorbikes at 160mph+ and I can honestly say that blasting along in a sailboat can be just as exciting at times; even though the speeds are so much lower it FEELS like you are going at warp factor 9 sometimes. Get out there.
