Casual fun in 25+ knots
Posted by WhatIsOn@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 28 comments
Some casual fun sailing on my Preste18 in 25+ knot gusts using the small sail set.
Clip taken on Kierskie lake in Poland.
TheFluffiestRedditor@reddit
Having sailed and windsurfed a lot in strong breezes, where are the white caps? I'm used to seeing windswept waves at that wind speed. It looks to me more like 12-15kts. Fun, yes. But that's a mild breeze at best.
ppitm@reddit
As they say, 25-kt gusts, not sustained. The seas will look totally different between those two conditions.
Also, I see dozens of whitecaps, but the camera effect makes your brain ignore them because they look so puny.
the-montser@reddit
1.) There are small whitecaps in this video.
2.) The breeze is coming off a nearby shore. It takes distance for waves to build up enough to be breaking consistently.
There are plenty of situations where the breeze can be up and the water can be flat.
I posted a photo in 18 knots (confirmed by instrumentation) the other day and had a redditor screaming at me about how it was really only 6 knots because there were no whitecaps.
the-montser@reddit
1.) There are small whitecaps in this video.
2.) The breeze is coming off a nearby shore. It takes distance for waves to build up enough to be breaking consistently.
There are plenty of situations where the breeze can be up and the water can be flat.
I posted a photo in 18 knots (confirmed by instrumentation) the other day and had a redditor screaming at me about how it was really only 6 knots because there were no whitecaps.
WhatIsOn@reddit (OP)
I don't blame you for doubting, it doesn't look that breezy indeed. It's a small lake though, wind base was close to 15knt, gusting over 25. I actually had a friend coach measure it.
garma87@reddit
You do know we can see it based on the white caps? I hardly see any and that means it’s less than 15 knots
WhatIsOn@reddit (OP)
I don't mind you doubting, but it's so easy to actually check.
darylandme@reddit
What does this forecast prove?
connorvanelswyk@reddit
Bless your heart
Get a speed puck
winesponioni@reddit
In the series I sail in we’re required to do two races a year on RC. There is this guy on the RC who loves looking at apps. So we’re setting the windward mark and his head is buried in his phone telling the chase bot where to go. I go up on the bow with a telltale and the wind is clearly out of the west. Guy starts arguing with me saying no it’s NNW wind,
garma87@reddit
Yes so what I see here is that you had 14-17 knots of wind gusting 17-23. You weren’t night sailing. Tell me how I’m wrong
ClonedToDeath@reddit
This is a forecast, not the actual wind speed.
tom_gent@reddit
Same rules apply for fishermen and the size of their catch and for sailors and the windspeed/wave height...divide by two to get closer to the real number
AKL_wino@reddit
Agree. No way that's 25+ kts.
Naive_Adeptness6895@reddit
That is sailing! Nice and flat and planing. What a blast.
ihatebaboonstoo@reddit
What does a set up like this cost ?
RedditIsRectalCancer@reddit
There's a 2022 listed used for 22k euros.
Specific-Manager-125@reddit
It looks like the video ends just before the boat creams a windsurfer ....
darylandme@reddit
That wasn’t a windsurfer
alex1033@reddit
But it was
darylandme@reddit
That was definitely a wing foiler
alex1033@reddit
Does it matter from the rules-of-the-road POV?
darylandme@reddit
I think that here in the sailing subreddit we would want to be accurate about describing sailing vessels accurately—and that is in no way a windsurfer.
As for rules of the road, I don’t think there was any risk of collision here.
alex1033@reddit
The video ends too early! What happened to that wing surfer?
lexopocles@reddit
I dont care how fast the wind actually is. I'd much rather be doing this today.
nicefoodnstuff@reddit
Beautiful boat
IDreamOfSailing@reddit
Ohh that looks like a ton of fun!
WhatIsOn@reddit (OP)
We had a blast, and the crew never sailed in more than 15 knots of breeze, he was pumped :D