Shorthanded training in Holmsbu

We were at Holmsbu this weekend for the annual training session for shorthanded sailors. Great event, although the first day culminated with a 30 knot headwind. Got the sails down with no damage in the nick of time. Phew.

Here's a short video of Silverminken sailing in the beautiful weather the next day....

Out sailing again....

Went out today with my brother in the Oslofjord. Was blowing a bit more today, instruments said 10-12 knots in this video, though it probably was a bit more...max speed on video was just over 8 knots, and right after we stopped filming we hit 9. Nice!

...and she sails

I went out on the fjord today in the beautiful weather. Thought I'd motor off to meet up with the Formula 18 guys having a training weekend, and then attempt my first singlehanded sail with Silverminken back.

Here's a video of what it looked like. Awesome. Just have to gradually build shorthanded boathandling so that the assymetric comes out next time!

Elan 310 sailing movie

Even better pictures...

This time from the swedish distributor Nordic Yachts, where they are expecting their first 310 as we speak. Register there for testing the boat on the water in november...

And finally some pics with the assy up! Nice! It is always interesting to see how the water flows around the bow and how slippery the hull is. If we look at the ones where she is under assy it does seem that the bow is somewhat lifted reducing the wetted area. And on the beat she looks sexy. You gotta love those lines.

So if we could just get our hands on some images where she is on the beat heeling max we could also see how much "on the nose" she needs to be. After all - with such a wide stern it suddenly becomes dramatic when heeling and looking down a couple of meters to the sea level. :)