[C320-list] Commitment #867

[Chris Burti]

Thanks Chris,
I might combine my love for woodworking into a sailing dinghy or even a
small daysailer...
Chris Burti
Farmville, NC



On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 12:01 PM <cinichols at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Many thanks for all you hard work Chris. Might I suggest you can scratch
> your sailing itch also with a radio yacht?
> As we sail about in C320 no. 476 I take aboard a radio yacht and regularly
> fund groups of ex big boat racers gathering to compete in radio sailing.
> Look it up as it is great fun and means all your sailing experience can
> still be used to great advantage.
>
> Best
>
> Chris Nichols
> +44 7963 190 667
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of
> Allan Field
> Sent: 02 December 2021 16:00
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Commitment #867
>
> 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
> >
>
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