Sailing "Balls Out" deedsphotos
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Sailing is fun. Sailing can be expensive or inexpensive, relaxing, exciting or terrifying.
Note: "Balls out" refers to ball governor valves on steam engines. As the pressure increases, the ball governor spins faster and centrifugal force causes the balls on the valve to extend outward. On Mississippi River steamboats the engine room man would inform the captain "balls out" when the steam engine had reached its maximum capacity. Sailors use the term to mean "as fast as possible."Photo linked below.
Note #2: The picture of Flying Circus is not a deedsphoto, I'm not sure who the photographer of this exciting photo was. Same for the picture of Punk Dolphin taken in the Detroit NOOD 2008.
Punk Dolphin Balls Out
Balls Out on Express 27 Punk Dolphin
Steam Engine Ball Governor
Express 27 Flying Circus "balls out"
"Balls Out on a Melges 24 in the 2009 BYC North Channel Race
"Balls Out" at the Moth Worlds 2009
Flying Scot "balls out" deedsphoto
Express 27 Great White "balls out" deedsphoto
Express 27s "crashed and burned " in 40-knot gusts on San Francisco Bay deedsphotos
Wild 470 Video
this is yacht racing
Relaxed Cruising on New York 32 Night Heron deedsphoto
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O.O
it's sounds... dangerous :O
Sailing's actually one of the safest sports.
but fishing is one of the most dangerous. :hmm:
I have a friend who sails a lot. It does seem relaxing. beautiful pix.
Commercial fishing in Alaska is dangerous. Sport fishing is safe.
*cedes the point*
ya, I found that out from reading "the perfect storm" which was a much better book than it was a movie and the movie was tops. every bit of data in it, and there was a lot, was sourced. an amazing read.
It was a great book and movie about a quite unusual situation.
I have a thing about big waves. If it has a big wave in it, I've seen it. I lived for the beginning of Hawaii 5-0.
Ralph Deeds Hub Author 4 years ago
Anybody interested in sailing "balls out?"