[C320-list] Broaching

[Kirk McCullough]

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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