sam walker wrote in post #2396952
hokey smoke a kite on a cat looks like a screamer I'm a slow blowboater on a Cal 29. Great color and action in your shot.
Sam
thanks sam. the shots were pretty much point, zoom, shoot. i told the driver to bring the boat in as close as he dared to the pier so i could get some decent closeups. all i had at the time was the 35-80mm lens.
it wasn't extremely windy that day, about 12 knots of wind. the cats will go faster than the wind on a reach. with a kite, the rig and foils start to hum. this was the first time i'd been on a cat in years, so it was quite the workout for me. a lot of the development is now into a-kites on the cats. all the formula classes carry them, the hobie 20 has them, the tornado wrote it into the class rules. this particular cat was a nacra f18.
we only do about 12 knots downhill on our keelboat, a 34' dash, absolute kaos, with a sym kite.
Canon Rebel 300D - EP-EX15 - BG-E1 - EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 - EF 28-135 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM - EF 35-80mm 1:4-5.6 - EF 50mm 1.8 MKII - EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 USM - Speedlite 550EX - 420EX w/off shoe cord 2 - opus monopod - opus umbrella kit - some filters - a few cheapie tripods - too many camera bags
with no experience, and now no money!
