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Taipanic

Taipanic is the name of my AHPC Taipan 4.9 F16 Class catamaran. This is just a personal page to share my sailing interests.

A Taipan has replaced a Nacra 5.5 SL I used to own.  You can also see my old Nacra pages.

The Taipan 4.9 is Australian High Performance Catamarans version of an F16 class beach catamaran.  For more infomation about the F16 class, visit http://www.formula16.org/

Sailing

One of my favorite pastimes is sailing catamarans.  My wife calls  it my passion. That is me in the photo to the right.  


 

 Patrick on Taipan

Patrick on Taipan

Me again.

 

Flying a hull upwind.

 

 upwind

Patrick on Taipan

Flying a hull downwind.


 


Family Sailing Photo


Family Sailing

We take the kids out sometimes.  They mostly just want to get in the water to play rather then sail.

Our older daugher (age 8 here) is learning to trapeeze. She loves it.

This is my previous boat, a Nacra 5.5 SL



 

CRAC

I also race with the Catamaran Racing Association of the Chesapeake (CRAC)

 

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SMCC and SMSA

I sail with the Southern Maryland Catamaran Club and race locally with the Southern Maryland Sailing Association

 

(Updated Aug 06)