[C320-list] Commitment #867

[Christian]

Chris,
have always enjoyed your contributions here.  Should you ever find yourself
in Chicago with an itch to sail a 320 again, Canuck would be happy to host
you.  Some of my funnest sailing days have been sailing on someone else's
boat.  :)
-Christian

1994 C320 #138 "Canuck" Monroe Harbor, Chicago, IL

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 12:52 PM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the kind words Allan. This has been one of the most collegial
> forums I’ve had the privilege of participating in.
>
> Best Regards,
> Chris Burti
>
>
> > On Dec 2, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Allan Field <allanfield47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chris - Congrats on the sale of *Commitment*. And many thanks for
> > sharing your story with us. Linda and I also are realizing that we will
> > eventually be aging-out (I'll be 74 next week) of sailing and wonder
> what's
> > next. But most of all, I want to acknowledge your commitment (no pun
> > intended!) to the Association for so many years. It was a pleasure to
> serve
> > on the Association Board with you, to always value your wisdom and input,
> > and to know that what you put back in was so appreciated and always
> > spot-on. Best wishes always in your sailing retirement and may "what's
> > next" always "float your boat!"
> >
> > Allan S. Field
> > Sea Shadow - C387, #103 (formerly C320, #808)
> > Columbia, MD
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 9:39 AM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Commitment has a new Owner, Richard Sloop. Hopefully, he will join the
> >> Association. I'll continue to stay on the forum for a while as we shop
> for
> >> a trawler.
> >>
> >> For those wondering why...We loved Commitment, but last June we were
> >> crossing the Pamlico Sound with a forecast of SW winds at 16 -17 kn,
> which
> >> should have been a perfect reach to Ocracoke. Unsurprisingly, NOAA got
> it
> >> wrong. What was surprising was how wrong.
> >>
> >> By the midway point, the winds had increased to the 20-25 kn range and
> by
> >> the time we reached the entrance channel into Ocracoke, they were
> steadily
> >> in the thirties with gusts into the mid forties..Needless to say, it
> was a
> >> fast and rough crossing. Preparing to go into Big Foot channel, it took
> all
> >> my strength in the big Lewmar's low speed to winch in the genoa
> (something
> >> I rarely do)  and we had to crab all the way up the channel to avoid
> being
> >> blown out of it into the shoals (another sailboat coming in 9 Foot
> channel
> >> was blown out of the channel and had to be pulled off by the USCG).
> >>
> >> Our C-320's are great sailing boats and with the sails properly trimmed,
> >> they can handle far more than we can. As we were heading in crab style
> >> under WOT, I was thinking to myself: "This is the time a lot of less
> >> experienced sailors decide it is time to sell the boat". Sure enough, as
> >> soon as we were tied up at the dock and things were settling down, the
> >> Admiral shocked me by saying it was time to think about it. Well, the
> rest
> >> of the trip was great, good weather and good sailing, but the seed had
> been
> >> planted.
> >>
> >> We are in our seventies, the Admiral is petite and I came to the
> >> inescapable conclusion that if i were incapacited in those conditions,
> she
> >> could not have gotten the sails in and in those winds, the engine would
> >> have been inadequate to overcome the sails, so rescue was improbable.
> >>
> >> I'm not ready to limit my sailing to light wind days, a little
> daysailer is
> >> fine for that, and I ascribe to the wisdom of Clint Eastwood as Dirty
> Harry
> >> where he observes that "A man has gotta know his limitations." The
> Admiral
> >> is capable at the helm and can get a powerboat to safety, we are not
> ready
> >> to give up being on the water, so ...stinkpots. here we come.
> >>
> >> We've made a lot of friends, virtual and in person from this group over
> the
> >> years and wish everyone fair winds and following seas...
> >>
> >> Fair winds
> >> Chris Burti
> >> Farmville, NC
> >>
>