Fantastic, I live for stories like this... These people in the zone. Grat job
On 6/12/13, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amazing stories being told: > > At 1530 on Tuesday, 11 June, the last boat sailing to Newport in the > 34th running > of the biennial Annapolis to Newport Race was 39.4NM from the finish doing > 5.9kts. The Hunter 340 Brigadoon will surely welcome the sound of the horn > as they cross the line after one of the wettest and most trying Atlantic > offshore races in recent memory. ****** > > Actaea had one of the most challenging races they can remember. Out of > their compliment of sails onboard the Bermuda 40, with the exception of the > storm canvas and the code 5, they used 13 sails during the trip ONLY > blowing out the #2 early on during their trip down the Bay. This is > the 7thAnnapolis-Newport > Race for Actaea and the most demanding owners Michael and Connie Cone could > remember both physically and intellectually. It was rough, wet and wind > was unpredictable but the crew was pumped up for the race and kept their > sense of humor. George Fallon was the watch captain on the helm at the > finish for the 3rd consecutive time.**** > > On its first offshore race and only the 2nd race since its commissioning 3 > weeks ago, the J/122 Orion owned by Paul Milo finished at 0056.25 this > morning after experiencing an extended knockdown situation just south of > the Patuxent River. After the first 6 hours of great sailing in heavy air, > during a takedown at 2200H the chute wrapped around the head stay and the > boat was knocked down and stayed on its side with the keel out of the water > for close to an hour. The crew spent a good 30 minutes working out a plan > as to how to proceed safely when the plan of action was formulated and crew > member Mary Cox, a class of 2013 graduate of the US Naval Academy, went up > the rig and cut away enough of the spinnaker to allow the boat to right > itself. With Mary now at the top of the rig with the boat vertical, > additional sail was cut away and with a brief trip down to the deck for a > break Mary went up one more time to release the balance of the chute still > wound in to the head stay and then it was back to business as usual. The > crew was safe and knuckled down to try and make up what turned out to be a > drastic loss of time having been the class leader prior to the knockdown > and post the incident finding themselves about 12 miles behind. They made > up time and were back with their class by the time they reached the Light > tunnel. Orion’s team did a great job making sure Mary was as safe as > possible during the maneuver and she enjoyed the experience of driving most > of the balance of the race from Block Island to Newport and over the finish > line. > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > -- “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
