I once as a lad raced 18s out of Sydney Flying Squadron for a season 1977. That was hard hard sailing on the forward hand. In a breeze like that it becomes barely controlled. Admiration for these boys!
Not too bad for a training video. Lack of tuning, but they are doing ok. Far better than most of the crap you see on this class these days. Hope they can live up to the great Rob Brown and others in the future (including myself). Skimming across perfectly balanced is probably beyond these w@nkers though.
Well worth getting up in the early hours to watch some exceptional boat handling from the Rag.
Rag were amazing, and so was everyone else who had a go.
Awesome highlights video, thanks 👍
I once as a lad raced 18s out of Sydney Flying Squadron for a season 1977. That was hard hard sailing on the forward hand. In a breeze like that it becomes barely controlled. Admiration for these boys!
The Rag boys were on top form, amazing control in a truly hectic race and punishing conditions.
Epic stuff! Thanks for the video!
Looks like a nice relaxed coffee sailing in the afternoon...😁
Great to hear the crews on those "close" right of way calls
Great feeling with what's happening 🍻⛵️🇦🇺
Brilliant sailing from all.
Great footage more please
years of evolution in 18 skiffs and nobody considered to double the bow volume and reverse it too - then sheet in and have fun -
Control is a relative term...
So good
What's happened to Bucko?
Dad sailed back in the day,as he would have said,if ya got no balls don't bother
Harry Price with his feet in different states…. #manspreadforthewin
fuck yeah!
@18footersTv where does the 30 kilonewton come into this video? I watched the whole thing and there was no reference to it?
Not too bad for a training video. Lack of tuning, but they are doing ok. Far better than most of the crap you see on this class these days. Hope they can live up to the great Rob Brown and others in the future (including myself). Skimming across perfectly balanced is probably beyond these w@nkers though.
Harry Price with his feet in different states…. #manspreadforthewin