I will have to remember that line.
We do have our revenge in other ways, however - a memorable weekend race up to Ashtabula from Erie some years ago put the sportboater in his place - (Who is also a friend and oftentimes crew). He did a horizon job on the fleet in his Melges 24, they were yukking it up half-bagged by the time we got there, of course they had a 3 hr head start on the keg - The next day was supposed to be a moderate reach back, and off they went, an hour and a half in they were out of sight. Then a classic bad forecast, the wind went NNE and hit 35 - there were no smiles when we passed them, also no main, as they scudded off downwind into the closest port with their tail between their legs! (they hit the highest speeds of the weekend with just that jib!) My buddy said, "I can see Barney working out that boat's want ad in his head right now!" Next spring it was on a container to Brazil. On the other hand, I did a race on that boat and had a blast. They are just not suited for open water. Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 <<<I inform the sporty boat that they will need a liferaft before a protest flag if they stick their bow into that closing space.>>> Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:15 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Handicap review Sucks only if you're not in with the handicap committee. If you've got contacts on the rating committee and you own a boat that is one of a kind in your area, you're golden. That's why I call PHRF racing a "contact" sport. End of rant. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com> wrote: Man.... just skimming all this discussion makes it increasingly clear while sailboat racing is in decline. I've certainly got more than my share of racing trophies on the wall (both handicap and one-design) but this handicap stuff really sucks the soul out of the sport (IMO, of course) Cheers, Colin On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: C&C 39 99 2283 16.9 51.1 45.2 12.7 39.5 32 11.3 6.3 16000 C&C 39 CUS1 99 2277 16.9 51.1 45.2 12.7 39.3 32 11.1 6.3 16000 C&C 39 CUS2 99 2300 16.9 51 45.5 14.4 39.5 32 11.3 6.3 16000 C&C 39 CUS3 99 2303 16.9 52.1 46 14.1 39.5 31.7 11.5 6.3 0 99. These are our ratings up on the frozen north. I imagine at least 2 of these are not around anymore, all these 4 ratings have modifications, from keels to spars. I am probably the cus3, I got docked 6 seconds for adding a foot to my boom and a Roach Which, I might add was worth it. BTW, that 16000 should be 21000. Which would probably bring these ratings to 110. Bill Coleman
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