[Rhodes22-list] Captain of the Metaphor - Happy New Year

[Metaphor]

Tootle wrote:
> 
> So Captain Wager, you are still with us?  Great to see that you are still
> here.  And this time you tell us that you are an experienced 'racer'. 
> Welcome back.
> 
> 

Thanks, Ed, though it's more Crewman than Captain, as I generally do
foredeck and spinaker on one boat and cockpit and jib on the other.  As the
tiller, I'm a snake-waker, and as as tactician, I'm a nit-wit. The boats I
crew aboard are a Bristol 35, "Terroir" and until this season, a Triton 30,
"Inka". Prior to these boats I was on a Catalina 27, "Cool Breeze."
Unfortunately, the skipper of 'Inka" passed away this November at the ripe
age of 92 -- until early September, he was still sailing with us. The same
crew is planning on regrouping aboard a Pearson 30, if we can get it rigged
for racing ($$$) by late April. 

My own boat has not seen as much sea time as it deserves, because of the
schedule above (24 Wednesday nights and 15 Saturdays a year) and my time
working on OB boats (anywhere from 2 to 8 weeks per year.)  I lurked the
list for a long time, picking up a lot of good information from it from a
lot of respectable sailors, until it seemed to have drifted away this year. 
Now that it seems to be heading back on course, maybe in some small way, I
can add to the collective knowledge base accumulating here.

Mike


  




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