[C320-list] Racing opportunities

[annika brancato]

This list is great.  My husband is in charge of the racing program at our club, and if it's okay with Pat #249 I'd like to use some of these for our next newsletter.  

Annika
 

> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:08:25 -0700
> From: lorasalum at yahoo.com
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Racing opportunities
> 
> 
> Bob, some of the opportunities racing provides are:
> 
> 1. The opportunity, after paying all those insurance premiums, to finally have a claim to show for it.
> 
> 2. The opportunity to zig-zag past those boats you could never beat in a straight line.
> 
> 3. The opportunity to know that no matter how much time and effort you spend laying out the best race course, power boaters will find it.
> 
> 4. The opportunity to spend thousands of dollars to win a ten dollar burgee.
> 
> 5. The opportunity to learn a whole new set of rules to ignore.
> 
> 6. The opportunity to check out that new blood pressure medication
> 
> 7. The opportunity to pretend you really have six friends
> 
> And lastly of course, the old stand by, the opportunity to yell at some one other than a spouse
> 
> Pat R #249 (dinged but still moving, both of us)
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Rick Evans <ericstillwellevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Rick Evans <ericstillwellevans at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wing vs deep keel
> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 7:22 PM
> > Bob
> > 
> > I race cause it makes me a better sailor gets us on the
> > boat during the night one day a week and they call em beer
> > can races for a reason. 
> > 
> > Rick
> > 724
> > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Seastream
> > <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
> > 
> > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:05:15 
> > To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wing vs deep keel
> > 
> > 
> > Why buy a sailboat to race? Seems to be a contradiction of
> > terms. 
> > We're out there to relax. The less time constraints,
> > the better.
> > 
> > Bob Seastream
> > Intuition # 906
> > 
> > 
> > On Mar 10, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Rick Evans wrote:
> > 
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > You are probably right. The fact is there are so many
> > factors that 
> > > who knows what it is.
> > >
> > > Is he a better downwind sailor is the keel the sails.
> > >
> > > I do believe I am an above average sail trimmer (far
> > better than I 
> > > am a helmsman) and I have a good crew. So the down
> > wind factors with 
> > > his newer larger sails makes sense.
> > >
> > > Rick
> > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew Santangelo
> > <andrew_santangelo at mac.com>
> > >
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:37:19
> > > To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wing vs deep keel
> > >
> > >
> > > Hard to follow what you are saying, but if I follow
> > your statement:
> > >
> > > * A wing C320 has racing sails and a 150 genoa and
> > beats you in light
> > > air. No surprise if you are running old sails and a
> > 135 - less sail
> > > area, less power. He will win regardless of keel.
> > > * You beat him above 10 kts with a fin and less sail
> > area. Sounds he
> > > has some sail trim problems.
> > >
> > > All I know is my fin wins in all conditions. Yes, I
> > do have a large
> > > sail inventory for all conditions too.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Andrew
> > > C320 "Dawn Treader"
> > > #333
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Rick Evans wrote:
> > >
> > >> I also have to add that sailing ability aside the
> > wing 320 has a
> > >> brand new set of racing sails with a 150 and mine
> > are original beat
> > >> and 135. He basically beats me if the wind is
> > light. Which it is a
> > >> lot on a thursday night in LIS. But when the wind
> > is above 10 I
> > >> usually crush him.
> > >>
> > >> Rick
> > >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> > >
> 
> 
> 

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