Wow sailing with the speed of 30 knots(movie)
 

http://siteworks.volvooceanrace.uk.k.../show/id=91479

amazing 30 knots. I feel slow now :S

http://www.justsexxx.net/rommel/z1.jpg
http://www.justsexxx.net/rommel/z2.jpg

Man sailing my 7.5 Tanzer is nothing like that. Cool!!!!!!

Awesome...........I've done low twentys on a reach in DC's Stars and Stripes, I can't even imagine surfing at 30knts. You gotta love the IROC fellas.

Cary

That one is a Canadian manufacturer right?

oh man, i should going sailing, what the hell am i we doing here,

I never considered 30 knots too be much... the bigger cruise ships CRUISE at a speed of 26 knots... and I thought those buggers were slow lol

Guess I was wrong

Lol it are yachts/ships not planes/cars.

30 knots in the sea under wind power would seem a lot faster than the same speed anywhere else.

Hull speed on the 30 foot Catalina I've sailed in Santa Monica bay is probably only about 8 to 10 knots and given the right (or wrong) conditions, even that can seem pretty fast.

Nice pic's!

Speed is all relative and pics don't do it justice. Hop on the bow when the winds blowing 20 or so and there's a nice 6 foot swell going.

Here's a little video from the Tour de France a la Voile that gives you a better perspective...

http://first317.janwil.nl/Mumm30.mpg

I should also mention that the second vid is a pair of 30 footers, which are less than half the size of the VOR boats.