Papoose is back

After 11 months of waiting Papoose has a new mast, new pushpit, and assorted repairs and it back in racing form. Our first race was last evening and we nailed it. Every boat in the race owed us time and we beat them all across the finish line. There was some luck to that as the wind varied from dead calm to 19 knots and we were pretty much the only boat with wind, not much, but enough to keep us going forward. I love the new mast so all is good. Allen

Far out, Allen. Especially glad you are pleased with the mast. Take Care Charlie Annapolis From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 11:29 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Papoose is back After 11 months of waiting Papoose has a new mast, new pushpit, and assorted repairs and it back in racing form. Our first race was last evening and we nailed it. Every boat in the race owed us time and we beat them all across the finish line. There was some luck to that as the wind varied from dead calm to 19 knots and we were pretty much the only boat with wind, not much, but enough to keep us going forward. I love the new mast so all is good. Allen

On 5/3/2017 11:29 PM, Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > After 11 months of waiting Papoose has a new mast, new pushpit, and > assorted repairs and it back in racing form. Our first race was last > evening and we nailed it. Every boat in the race owed us time and we > beat them all across the finish line. There was some luck to that as > the wind varied from dead calm to 19 knots and we were pretty much the > only boat with wind, not much, but enough to keep us going forward. I > love the new mast so all is good. Congratulations on having your boat back! And as to luck... yeah, there's always some luck involved, but there's also the important variable of skill and knowledge. Those last two things are what make competition interesting, aren't they? Otherwise, it would only be a question of which boat was inherently faster. Chris Campbell > >

Congrats Allen. Stay away from big ol schooners! And if you continue winning by that big of margin YRA might revist your PHRF rating. Have fun!! Mike Robinson S/V Eleanor May (916) 705-3200 our blog: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/eleanormay/ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> on behalf of ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 2:17 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com; Allen Edwards Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Papoose is back On 5/3/2017 11:29 PM, Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com<mailto:al… [at] gmail.com> [Cal_Boats] wrote: After 11 months of waiting Papoose has a new mast, new pushpit, and assorted repairs and it back in racing form. Our first race was last evening and we nailed it. Every boat in the race owed us time and we beat them all across the finish line. There was some luck to that as the wind varied from dead calm to 19 knots and we were pretty much the only boat with wind, not much, but enough to keep us going forward. I love the new mast so all is good. Congratulations on having your boat back! And as to luck... yeah, there's always some luck involved, but there's also the important variable of skill and knowledge. Those last two things are what make competition interesting, aren't they? Otherwise, it would only be a question of which boat was inherently faster. Chris Campbell

".Stay away from big ol schooners! ." Unless it looks like this!! Then, full steam ahead! From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 8:44 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com; ccampbell Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Papoose is back Congrats Allen. Stay away from big ol schooners! And if you continue winning by that big of margin YRA might revist your PHRF rating. Have fun!! Mike Robinson S/V Eleanor May (916) 705-3200 our blog: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/eleanormay/ _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> on behalf of ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 2:17 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com; Allen Edwards Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Papoose is back On 5/3/2017 11:29 PM, Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: After 11 months of waiting Papoose has a new mast, new pushpit, and assorted repairs and it back in racing form. Our first race was last evening and we nailed it. Every boat in the race owed us time and we beat them all across the finish line. There was some luck to that as the wind varied from dead calm to 19 knots and we were pretty much the only boat with wind, not much, but enough to keep us going forward. I love the new mast so all is good. Congratulations on having your boat back! And as to luck... yeah, there's always some luck involved, but there's also the important variable of skill and knowledge. Those last two things are what make competition interesting, aren't they? Otherwise, it would only be a question of which boat was inherently faster. Chris Campbell