In the Chesapeake, there is CHESSS, Chesapeake short handed sailing society. They run a number of single and double handed races, spin and non-spin. It was started by a friend on West River who got fed up trying to put together crew. https://www.chbaysss.org/
I started racing in middle school, and again in college. Then started racing as a way to get to sail OPB when a boat was not in the budget. I still do Wednesday and Friday OPB for the challenge, the social aspect and as away to get me on the water during the week. I started racing offshore because the thought of just a cruise to Bermuda was foreign at the time (not any more) and non of my friends were interested in just a 5-6 day cruise. After my Covid shots I'll start weekday racing again. Joel On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 12:53 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Why race? > > If you consider the benefits of racing; learning to sail better, getting a > boat to perform at it's highest efficiency, learning how to trim sails > properly, learning to use the tide and currents, learning a few racing > rules and signal flags, learning how to develop and manage crew members, > building a team, etc. I enjoyed the challenge and personal growth that > came with it and I'm grateful for all the people I met along the journey. > > > Racing has a stigma about it that diehard cruisers avoid at all costs. > Cost being the most important. Risk of collision and risk of breakage is > another. Next is prep time. Next is learning new skills associated with > learning the start sequence, flag signals, racing rules, etc. > > I followed the cautious route learning to race my boat. I crewed on some > racing boats and learned the start sequence and how to get round the course > and then had some experienced racers coach me aboard my boat on a couple > races. It made the greatest difference to have their experience and skills > to make the races safe and I would encourage any yachtclub to foster that > program of coaching cruisers in a few races. I was lucky and found some > really good guys to help me learn. My mentors were soft spoken experts who > were firm but never raised their voices, so all my pickup crew members had > total respect for their wisdom and we prepped the bottom and I had good > sails and we did very well. > > Why do others race? How did you learn? > > Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 C&C 34R Pasadena Md > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Joel
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
