[C320-list] They Say You Want A Resolution

[Robert Seastream]

Mind you, Adam doesn't state whether KELE sailed with him at the helm, 
or simply broke loose from her docklines.
Makes a difference.  :-)

Bob

On Dec 31, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Jeff Hare wrote:

> Adam,
>
> Outstanding!  We were lucky if we got out 15 times last season.  (I 
> think it
> was 15).
> We logged just under 1200 k-miles.  I almost went up river a mile or 
> so to
> try to flip it to 1200, but the weather stunk when we hauled out and 
> we're
> stuck at 1193 for the season.  (couldn't convince the yard manager to 
> do a
> few laps around the parking lot either).
>
> Two of the trips were 10 days apiece,  so do I count them as 2 "sails" 
> or 20
> individual "sails"?  5 more of them were overnighters or weekend 
> trips, same
> question?
>
> We did however, have (I think) 9 days worth of 10+hr legs.   
> Unfortunately,
> since nearly 1/3 of that was either under motor, or motor-sailing, 
> there's
> got to be some disqualification on my part. :(   Heck, it's New 
> England and
> the wind simply looks at where you're headed on any given day and veers
> around to be on the nose.
>
> Merry New Year.
> -Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Adam Weiner
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:27 PM
> To: 'C320-List'
> Cc: CraigEneboe at aol.com; straum_rpi at yahoo.com
> Subject: [C320-list] They Say You Want A Resolution
>
>
>
> A blessed, prosperous, and good sailing New Year to everyone (that
> includes you Orlando) for 2008.
>
> My resolutions:  Sail more and be less irritating on this list.  Now, I
> won't discuss the latter, but since this is my last chance to be
> irritating for 2007 I want to pose a question.  If I told you that KELE
> sailed 52.3 miles more in 2007 then 2006 would that be considered
> shattering the 2006 record? This mileage increase sounds pretty
> shattering to me. My concern is that was only a 4.97% increase from 
> 2006
> which percentage wise doesn't sound very shattering.
>
> So, the statistics from the KELE log book:
>
> 2007:	47 sails, 1105.5 nautical miles, 236.85 hours.  This is an
> average 23.5 miles per sail and an average of just over five hours per
> sail.
>
> 2008: Goal--50 sails, 1200 miles.
>
> By the way, for you poor folks who have your boat winterized (and now I
> will get really obnoxious) KELE was out of the dock eight times in
> November and December 2007 sailing 236.7 miles (average of 29.6 miles
> per sail) on those trips which is 21% of the year's mileage.
>
> Oh yes, all miles are nautical and were GPS readings.
>
> Finally, to be really obnoxious, all miles were done without a folding
> prop and with no clue of the battery charger that was installed on the
> boat when my wife bought it (the boat) for me.
>
> Happy Non-Noxious New Year,
>
> Adam
>
>
>