Well worth the Hi-Five

That is insane. It raises so many questions. Does the front guy have to duck low during the sail flip....How many stacks before they nailed it......How much bouy room do you have to give them......has the front guy got any teeth left, must be a very bumpy ride...any others

wonder if their uncle taught them to sail ??

Well, at least their uncle gave them his old world record-breaking tandem. Or so it seems to me.

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I remember sailing close to a mate and sitting on the front of his slalom board and sailing "tandem" for a while. It really felt like we went faster than we did individually. A form of synergism perhaps.

Well, sorry for my pathetic post above. It was meant to be a link, but doesn't work. I don't know how to edit it. Ouch!

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ZeeGerman said..
Well, sorry for my pathetic post above. It was meant to be a link, but doesn't work. I don't know how to edit it. Ouch!

for some reason there's a time out on the edit button, you have to be quick.

I wonder how hard it would be being the dude up the front ..
or how it feels to catapult .?
but great speed ..TWICE AS FAST .
i would like to try it.

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Belly25 said..
That is insane. It raises so many questions. Does the front guy have to duck low during the sail flip....How many stacks before they nailed it......How much bouy room do you have to give them......has the front guy got any teeth left, must be a very bumpy ride...any others

Mr Sailquik has a tandem... so he and I have been out a few times. Lets just say that I now always wear a helmet - and that is taken from real-world experience.

The front rider actually gets a really smooth ride - not bumpy at all. But the also feel like they are being thrown forward, as they really cannot sheet-in too far, as the sail/airflow stalls the rear sail.

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[b]mathew said..

Mr Sailquik has a tandem...

Two actually, and acces to a third....

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ZeeGerman said..
Well, at least their uncle gave them his old world record-breaking tandem. Or so it seems to me.

Yes, on closer inspection, that looks like the record tandem. What there me at the first viewing was that it looked a bit too big, but now I realise the sailors are smaller than AA and CB.

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[b]mathew said..

Mr Sailquik has a tandem...

Two actually, and acces to a third....

WWA have a Tandem Board too.

Unfortunately they didn't make the 50metre proximity reqs

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Stuthepirate said..

sailquik said..

[b]mathew said..

Mr Sailquik has a tandem...

Two actually, and access to a third....

WWA have a Tandem Board too.

What is the board? (brand, size etc)

My mistake. It was SBWC who had one. Not sure of the specs.

Theres one upstairs at WSP too.

SBWC

WSP = Windsurfing Perth

Board info would be great,

There was one out in Canberra on the weekend, and they were having fun.

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sailquik said..
SBWC

WSP = Windsurfing Perth

Board info would be great,

Correct about WSP.
Sorry but i dont know what it is. Long white and needs 2 pilots.
Ring Reg at WSP and Im sure that he could talk about it for a while or longer. He indicated that it got wet annually too!