Few weeks back, we went to Putrajaya to witness the Sailing Week of year 2009 at the Presint 6, Water Sports Complex , Putrajaya.
There was 30 teams with 11 international teams joining for this event.
They even hire a group of singer to spice up the event. Frankly said this local band is actually quite good.
Group of the participant who join the RC Sailing...look quite fun controlling their boat from far.
= p
Free Food?!! Not for us. It is for the participant only. = (
Repairing their boat or adjusting the alignment, just like our car. Hehe.
I managed to have a small talk with one of the participant. And I found that this RC Sailing was actually quite an expensive hobby. Starter package which include the boat and some basic stuff would cost you RM 2000.
I found that it was actually quite fun hobby. It just like car modification, we can modify our RC boat to fit the weather condition as well as our own preferences. May be one day I will get one of these. = )
Now back to the real thing. This is the real sail boat, which is for kids. The size is smaller.
This AngMo kid also come here to join the event. No need to study ah? = p
Beside that, there were sailor/boat from Portugal too.
And you can see, it is actually not that easy to sail the boat. There was so many rope and control point in the boat. Wow...
Everyone is preparing to go home as the race had finished.
Bye bye
posted by Dragon City at
Monday, July 27, 2009
4 Comments:
i wonder if the rc sail fell, how it going to sail back to shore??
btw, the angmo kid is from hk ! lol
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cypoi, at 7:51 PM
Cypoi, maybe can call for rescue ship? hehe.
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Dragon City, at 10:53 PM
Hahaha rc cars is nothing compare to rc sailing. If you punch throttle on the RC car it'll go. On RC racing yacht, you need to know and read wind direction plan your course and tactics. It's a challenge using the hydro and aerodynamics cause there's no motor or engine involved.
There's no motor turns for higher torque, faster speed etc etc. It's the most challenging RC cause it won't move when you punch throttle :)
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Anonymous, at 2:26 PM
Anonymous, yeah..u are so right. Been thinking, is there any backup motor in the boat? Coz if no wind, then how?
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Dragon City, at 11:30 AM
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