[C320-list] Racing opportunities

[pat reynolds]

Thank you


--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Chef Adam Weiner <esquirecatering at rcn.com> wrote:

> From: Chef Adam Weiner <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Racing opportunities
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Cc: "'Mike Straus'" <straum_rpi at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 6:34 PM
> Pat, one of the funniest things I have ever read on the
> internet.
> 
> Adam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of pat reynolds
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:08 AM
> 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
> > >