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Re: Is Your Favorite Ride a Segway?
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
if we are going to expand the box outside of pavement machines, then my favorite ride (by far) is my HobieCat !
With a steady 20 kt wind the power available from the sails is roughly the same as a 20HP outboard
except the boat is competely silent, and the power curve is instantainious. When I pull the main sail tight you better be holding onto the boat!
Ive always wondered what it would be like to make a windpowered land based vehicle, that moved like a catamaran, but rides on captive rails (like a steel rollercoaster track) ?
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A Hobie Cat is nice, but I like the rush from burying the rail in the water on the 42' yawls I race on.
Wetzel
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