We took out the Pornstar with just 3 people over the weekend in late november; winds starting around 12 knots when we headed out building to over 20 knots in the mid afternoon; just in time for a nice kite ride back downhill.
Speedwise, the boat was sitting on 10-13 knots 2 sail reaching; under kite initially about 12-14 knots then as the wind strengthen a consistent 14-18 knots of boatspeed; all completely in control.
Friend Marco (who is the guy who works selflessly as a volunteer here in Thailand on the emergency rescue services) had not sailed since age 12 back in NZ on the P-class; not exactly experienced in this sort of boat, but as you can see here, sailing on a Shaw really is not so hard; just great fun and fast! You can check out red shirt (just shirt, not politics stuff) Marco here
www.bkkfreeambulance.com and what he does.
Another example of our graphic designer’s skill; sail off trapeze + shoot footage + be batten monkey – what a great araigodai 