That's a great line which undoubtedly went over better on your boat than it on theirs. Now that we're telling stories here is one of my favourites:
Years ago when we were racing a C&C24, our arch rival Eric was sailing a Kirby 25. When the wind blew we couldn't touch them but in lighter air we were competitive. And they owed us time. One weekend we did a distance race to another marina in prep for another distance race (about 65 nm) the following week. On the way over we got caught in a bad hole. Eric had successfully gone way out, found the wind and cleaned our clocks. He couldn't resist rubbing it in, saying "Guys if you see wind go for it". Well in the following week's race they got caught in the same hole in the same place. We went out and found the wind. On the way to the finish line we raised him on the VHF and politely asked if we should keep the barbeque warm for them. Eric radioed back, "No thanks, we're eating crow tonight". Cheers, Steve Hood S/V Diamond Girl C&C 34 Lions Head ON > ** ** > > One race, on a +-7 mile headsail reach leg from Blakely Rocks to > Duwamish Head the J42 rounded ? mile ahead. Calypso enjoys a good > headsail reach in > 12 to 15 TWS and we were catching up. I was a little more attentive > to sail trim and put off making sandwiches in my competitive fervor. > As we closed, (constant bearing, decreasing range, from astern) > Calypso?s co-owner with helm in hand asked what course to steer to > avoid close quarters. I stated my preference for pointing the bow > directly at the J42?s backstay until we were at biscuit tossing range. > Once Calypso was within a boat length I went forward to the pulpit and > politely inquired if the J could ?get out of our way as we were > racing?. Based on the J?s owner?s reaction I suspect the Calypso crew > found this comment funnier than the J?s crew. Fortunately I do not > recall which boat one that race on corrected time but the J42 did > cross the line first.**** > > ** ** _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
