[C320-list] Fw: Broaching

[Kirk McCullough]

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From: "Kirk McCullough" <kirk.mccullough at telus.net>
To: <bruceheyman at cox.net>; "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Broaching


> It is indeed a great way to live life, as long as one doesn't say head 
> way; but rather headway.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <bruceheyman at cox.net>
> To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Broaching
>
>
>> One of our favorite quotes from Captin Ron, "if it is going to happen it 
>> is going to happen out there.".
>> What a great way to live life!
>> Bruce
>> Somerset 671 SoCal
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Kirk McCullough" <kirk.mccullough at telus.net>
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:24:53
>> To:"C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Broaching
>>
>> If you don't go sailing nothing ever happens. If you are out there a lot,
>> stuff happens. If you never fly your spinnaker, you'll never get a 
>> spinnaker
>> wrap, or find yourself suddenly overpowered, when only a moment earlier 
>> you
>> were enjoying great downwind run. On my Newport 28 years ago, I blew out 
>> the
>> foot and part way up the luff, of my mainsail. I should have reduced 
>> sail,
>> but I was making great head way beating into a 35 kt breeze. We were on 
>> the
>> edge but having fun. Not so much fun when we had to motor 20miles after 
>> the
>> main blew out, but so it goes.
>>
>> Kirk McCullough
>> Boomerang #124
>>
>> Its all good, as long we come out safe and sound.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
>> To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>> Cc: <CraigEneboe at aol.com>; <straum_rpi at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:09 PM
>> Subject: [C320-list] Broaching
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> After the Broach article came out in the Mainsheet I received several
>>> comments from this list (even from people in the SF Bay Area) that the
>>> problem is that I sail at night and that at night you can't see the wind
>>> coming.  I gave a defense to these people that broaches occur in the day
>>> and that when people distant race the California coast, race to Hawaii,
>>> etc. they don't take their chutes down at night.
>>>
>>> For those of you with access to Latitude 38 you might want to look at
>>> the picture on 164 of the January issue.  It is a great shot of a Merit
>>> 25 taken IN THE DAY and the photo is captioned "Shake, Rattle and Roll."
>>> The boom is in the water, the rudder is out of the water, the spinnaker
>>> has water in its belly and you can see in the Bay the ripples of where
>>> it just was, and finally water is cascading into the cockpit.  The
>>> caption mentions other broaches which were photographed and put in the
>>> magazine over the years including far better sailors then me like Tom
>>> Blackaller and Paul Cayard.  I guess I feel slightly redeemed.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
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