Steve, Sorry to short-change you!
Sounds like it was a wild ride! Joel On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Steve Sharkey <stevebshar...@gmail.com>wrote: > We actually ended up 5th out of 9 boats that started in our class, with 3 > boats dropping out. While we were 5th we finished about 12 minutes behind > the 4th place and about 40 minutes behind 3rd place on corrected time. It > was a very tight race with our PHRF III class taking 5 of the top 6 spots > in the overall PHRF division (I was 6th in the overall division that had 31 > boats, and with 9 boats dropping out during the race). Not to bad for a > boat that is prepped more toward cruising than racing. > > Fun race, but lots of wind and extremely wet conditions. > > Steve Sharkey > Impromptu > > Steve Sharkey > > On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:00 AM, "Richard N. Bush" <bushma...@aol.com> wrote: > > **Joel, how did the C&C 37 fare? > > Richard > 1987 33-II Ohio River, Mile 584; > > Richard N. Bush Law Offices > 235 South Fifth Street, Fourth Floor > Louisville, Kentucky 40202 > 502-584-7255 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Wed, Jun 12, 2013 8:40 am > Subject: Stus-List Annapolis to Newport race > > 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 7 > thAnnapolis-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 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo > Albumhttp://www.cncphotoalbum.comcnc-l...@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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