The "C" Factor !!!

Well last week we had the X factor with the shadows but having just attended the Weston Open the only letter on anyones lips was definately C after Paul Larsen turned up with his truly inspiring C Class cat "Invictus".

With a 3 day event for the 20ft plus cats it was great to see this beast in action, we missed fridays proceedings as for some reason the loft has just filled up with work and i couldnt escape but watching the c class on the water especially Sunday when there was a bit of breeze to get it going was just epic. Slender 25ft long hulls with a masive wing rig and a wide beam of some 14ft this thing really is the cat equivalent to the dogs doo dahs !!!

Paul was equally inspiring saturday afternoon as he took the time to give a talk on all things C class before the fireworks, i must say he was about as passionate as you can get on the subject and welcomed questions afterwards which he fielded with relish and for some (me included) the bit on the wedge sailed foils that only work above 55 knots was mind boggling, i managed to set my iphone voice recorder to listen and pray that it captured the best bits and hope to figure out how to load them on the site if you have the time it really is worth the listen. !!!