[C320-list] Racing opportunities

[pat reynolds]

Certainly


--- On Thu, 3/12/09, annika brancato <annikabrancato at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: annika brancato <annikabrancato at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Racing opportunities
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 8:01 PM
> 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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