[C320-list] Racing opportunities

Fri Mar 13 17:33:46 PDT 2009

Allan, you have reminded me why we all love the 320 so much - it  
embodies two oxymorons (at least relative to its peers) - it is a  
spacious and swift sailboat. Catalina really got it right on this one.

 From a 320-moron,

David Nolte
Beach House #4
(this racing opportunities list is a hoot)

On Mar 13, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Allan S. Field wrote:

> Pat - These are priceless and a side of you I had not seen before!   
> I have
> passed them along to some of my friends who also "sailboat  
> race" (one of the
> world's biggest oxymorons). - Allan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of pat  
> reynolds
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:12 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Racing opportunities
>
>
> Larry, there are endless possibilities, pick any three of these:
>
> the opportunity in a night race to experience the sudden thrill of
> discovering new constellations, like Orion's freighter
>
> the opportunity to step on things you thought you'd lost long ago
>
> the opportunity of learning to wash your clothes by tieing them to  
> the boat
> and tossing them overboard with you inside
>
> the opportunity of being prepared should your wife hose you down  
> and lock
> you out some cold night
>
> the opportunity of learning how to eat on a seesaw
>
> the opportunity to experience the joy of driving a convertible thru a
> carwash
>
> the opportunity to show that big ship captain how to really play  
> chicken.
>
> But in spite of it all I wouldn't give up a thing, after all, what  
> else is
> there to do on a cold, wet, miserable Wednesday night.
>
> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, windswept at stx.rr.com <windswept at stx.rr.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> From: windswept at stx.rr.com <windswept at stx.rr.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, 6:53 PM
>> It would be great to add 3 more to the list to have a top
>> ten.
>>
>> I am not that creative, but I know the talent lurks on this
>> list.
>>
>> Larry
>> WindSwept #246
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- Chef Adam Weiner <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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David Nolte
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