Martin Thanks so much for sharing. Last weekend was truly amazing around here with temps in the 80's and solid 15-20 Knt winds, I can see why you had the best race ever! What were your times out and back?
We got a little time put on Sunday and had a blast! Tom B Tom Buscaglia Alera, C&C 37+/40 Vashon WA > > Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 22:07:59 +0000 > From: Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Calypso's epic race weekend > Message-ID: <23eae197cc1b594fa8793397ebcd357d7a2...@dmi3.dmi.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?3482-Epic-Shorthanded-Racing > > The link goes to Pressure Drop's write up of last weekend's STYC Race to the > Straits. In more than 10 years of racing Calypso including this race 4 or 5 > times in the past, last weekend's race rates as the best ever. One of the > things that makes this event special is all boats are single or > double-handed. Competitors give extra allowance on crossings and mark > rounding's in consideration of the extra time it may take to maneuver. Old > school sportsmanship was in evidence both days. > > The C&C connection is Calypso (43 hull #1) raced Carmanah (43 hull #2). > Carmanah won the first day, Calypso the second and the series by a few > minutes. Carmanah gets bonus points as they race as a "Jack & Jill" team and > gave nothing away in sail handling or boat speed. > > After 43 years these old boats showed well upwind in 15 to 20 against many of > the light weight sporty boats that require weight on the rail. We also did > well against the other newer C&C's from the 80's and 90's but a direct > comparison is difficult as some classes were "no flying sails" and some > "flying sails" C&Cs used a cruising spinnaker. Those pesky light sport boats > did have an advantage gybing their asso sails compared to a double-handed dip > pole gybe in 15 TWS. > > Calypso and Carmanah raced against each other when new as Arieto and > Destination. The original owners spared little expense to obtain a slight > advantage against the other. Both had their sterns bobbed to gain a slight > IOR rating advantage in 1974. Today Carmanah has a semi-custom stern > restoration that includes a swim step that will be handy when John and Donna > take off on an extended cruise south beginning in several years. > > Martin > Calypso > 1970 C&C 43 > Seattle > > [cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] > > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
