[Rhodes22-list] Saturday at the races

Wally Buck tnrhodey at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 9 07:43:49 EST 2004


Braver or just crazier ......

Wally


>From: Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Saturday at the races
>Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:37:21 -0500
>
>you are a braver man then I, that is cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>MJM
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:22 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Saturday at the races
>
>
> > Warning shameless bragging below ..
> >
> > We had our February races yesterday. After 3 races in January I was in 
>first
> > place and I really wanted to do well. The forecast was calling for 20 
>plus
> > with strong gusts. Temps were supposed to stay in the 30s with a 30% 
>chance
> > of snow. Saturday morning looked okay so I headed out to the marina. We 
>only
> > had 7 boats for the skipper's meeting but everyone voted to go out.
> >
> > We had 4 boats in the "A" Fleet (J33, Hunter 34, O'Day 28, and a  
>Seaward
> > 23. The "B" Fleet included a C30 (crew of 3), Newport 28 (crew of 2), 
>and
> > me. The A fleet usually has crew of 3 or more and the B fleet is single
> > handlers or boats with crew that don't want to fly spinnaker. We usually
> > have a bunch more boats in each fleet but the weather kept the sane ones
> > home.
> >
> > Heading out the weather was fine, a nice wind but nothing like the 20 
>plus
> > forecasted. As the actual race count down approached the wind jumped 
>from 10
> > -15 to something like 15 - 25. Plenty of white caps now and of course it
> > started to snow. I have good gear so I was dry and warm. I started out 
>with
> > main lowered and furled and my 125 out all of the way. The boat was 
>balanced
> > but twice gusts had me taking water over the rail. I furled the genny in 
>a
> > little more and was fine for the long beat upwind. The Catalina 30 soon
> > pulled out of the race because they had way too much sail up and the 
>guy's
> > wife and crew were freaking out. You could hear yelling across the 
>water! So
> > now we were down to 6 boats.
> >
> > I had a great start (first over) but the J33 flew by me. Like many J 
>boats
> > you sit on the deck. Waves were rolling down the side and they were 
>already
> > soaked with crew scampering across the deck. I was nice and dry drinking 
>my
> > cup of Joe with the CD-player on. After the Catalina 30 pulled out I 
>only
> > had to stay close to the Newport 28. Well the Newport was forced to put 
>a
> > reef in soon after the start so I was able to build a huge lead. The 
>snow
> > quit and the wind kept blowing. Our windward mark was a big island 3 
>miles
> > down river for a race total of about 8 miles. For the run home I raised 
>the
> > boom and let everything out. I hit 7.3 MPH on the GPS. The A fleet 
>finished
> > well ahead of me but I finished over 30 minutes ahead of the Newport 28. 
>The
> > C30 did not finish so I got First Place in my fleet.
> >
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