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Wind Power is excited to introduce the latest, fastest, and coolest sailing machine for kids!!!

The O'PEN BIC

Lesson Information:    O'pen Bic Programs Watch the O'pen Bic YouTube Videos
   
Watch the Un-Regatta Video
from Aug. 22, 2009
Lake Winnebago Event

Official Press Release
2009 un-Regatta

Download un-Regatta images here
(18MB .zip file of reduced jpg images)

Technology has done wonders in improving the ease of learning many sports now days. The short parabolic skis enabled the rebirth of skiing. Short and wider windsurfing boards has made learning 500% easier. 2-3 hours and you’re sailing and returning right back to the dock. If you have tried these sports in the past and struggled you owe yourself another chance at these great sports.

Kids sailing has been blessed with new technology also. The O’pen Bic is very simple to setup yet it sails very predictable and easy. As your child grows and improve they will grow into the performance the boat is capable of. The O’pen Bic is a modern shaped planning hull made out of durable polyethylene. It’s wide in the back for stability and equipped with 3 carrying handles so kids can easily carry the 100lb hull. The best thing about this modern design is the elimination of Bailing. Tipping over is all part of the fun of sailing with an O’pen Bic. The water just drains out the open transom and the boat is ready to sail away. Now there is freestyle sailing for kids where tipping over is part of the style.

Wind Power feels the O’pen Bic is a much safer design with the elimination of swamping like older designs. Parents don’t have to worry about their kids tipping over and needing to be rescued. We feel that’s a big deal!

 

Energized Sailing !!!

A modern hull:
The fast, planning hull of the O’pen Bic gives a dynamic sailing experience of a true dinghy that heels. Being at the helm of this powerful machine gives you the same excitement normally experienced on a boat for adults. With its 6-foot Open design, including a totally open self draining stern, even capsizing is fun! Young sailors are fully independent on the water and will be proud to sail such a modern-looking and elegant boat, one that both sails and looks like the boat of today’s champions.

Futuristic equipment:
On the hull, the shaped daggerboard and rudderblade, and all deck equipment and fittings are worthy of the most modern dinghies: Cunningham tackle, mainsheet with ratchet block. The rig includes a fully-battened, 4,5m2 mono-film sail with mast pocket, similar to that of a windsurf board. Rigged on an epoxy mast, the sail has been designed with an open leech to give sailors maximum control and performance in windy conditions.

An upgradable concept:
Upgrade is a key word for the O'pen Bic. First, sailors start off by buying the hull only - they can keep the rig that they already have with the Optimist. Given that they are familiar with the handling of the Spiritsail, this combination gives them a boat that is more fun and more powerful, yet still easy to handle and progress with. Later on, with the purchase of the 4,5m2 O'pen Bic rig, the O'pen Bic comes into its own, becoming the true glide machine it is meant to be! The O'pen Bic offers fast and powerful sailing while still remaining easy to control.


Hull characteristics
Length:2.75m
Width:1.14m
Weight:45kg /90lbs(hull only)
Hull technology:Thermoformed polyethylene
Max. ideal user weight:65kgs/150lbs
Max. possible weight:90kg/200lbs
Daggerboard and rudder blade Technology:Composite Epoxy
Design:Vitali Design and BIC Sport

Rig characteristic
Sail:4.5m2; K.Film - Polyester; 4 with adjustable tension Adjustable head
Mast:3.90m (2-part mast); Fibreglass - Epoxy; IMCS 16; 2.1kgs
Boom:2.00m; Aluminium


Easy to rig: Mounted on automatic snaphooks: Short set-up time
Ergonomical cockpit: No angles, great freedom of movement and comfort
Liftable rudder: Easy to handle
Integrated carrying handles: Easy to carry
Flat skin: No risk of injury when capsizing
100% self-draining open cockpit: Child is safe and autonomous
Chine bilged: Good stability on both sides

O'PEN BIC Accessories:

O'pen Bic Top Cover

O’pen Bic Trailer

O’pen Bic Dacron Sail 3.8
Select a Video
#1:  O'pen Bic Intro
#2:  '08 Miami Regatta
#3:  '07 Miami Regatta
#4:  Extreme Sailing
#5:  Winter Sailing
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O'pen Bic YouTube Videos

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2009 Lake Winnebago un-Regatta Video

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