Re: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing

I am in 100% agreement, racing is constantly keeping you up on your sailing skills and always improving them. We here in Santa Barbara sail in most benign conditions. It is only when crossing the channel or a front moves in do we get any real wind and we actually look forward to the challenge of it on the race course, although, since I am the one writing the checks I really try to keep the boat in balance as best we can, and my fingers are always crossed, hoping we don't break anything. We probably only have a handful of races in anything over 15 knots, and the most that I have personally sailed in is 30-35 knots. When planning our Island trips, weather is constantly monitored through the morning of departure to avoid getting surprised and we have canceled a few (but not all) trips due to high winds. It is truly a whole different animal sitting in an anchorage with 25 knots over the bow and worried about dragging and being stuck below-decks. But we do it every so often to keep us honest. 70% of all my sailing experience comes from racing. And might I ad, having only one boat and using it for both racing and cruising is a pain in the derriere. Getting the boat from race mode to cruise mode, takes half of a day of hard work, and then you have to reverse the process a few days later. I had a friend say " I have never seen a person work so hard to go have fun" which pretty much sums it up. Daniel Casey "Air Time" Cal 9.2R #75 Santa Barbara, Ca.

Hey all, I agree with the statements about racing as well. I have been sailing since I was 10 and I am now 33. All up until 2 years ago was cruising and weekending. Our club refuses to start a race if it is blowing over 25. Even though we are in sheltered water for the most part the waves can still get pretty steep. I crew on a S2 and they can get pretty boucy in the heavy air and we always try to vote as to when to reef and when not to. Alot of times we just go for it and put on a blade up front. lol. I feel since I started racing my skills have doubled. Never thought I would find thrills in racing but I love it. With the older population on my coast of florida it can get hair raising at times. The boat I crew on has been T-boned at hull speed and we just took off a few outboards too. Everyone wants me to get my Cal 29 up and going and race her. Not sure I want to. I like keeping her set up to be able to just jump on and go out for the weekend or a week here and there. Are there any other Cal boats in the SW Florida area? Robert Cal 29 --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, airtimeskipper@... wrote: > > I am in 100% agreement, racing is constantly keeping you up on your sailing > skills and always improving them. We here in Santa Barbara sail in most benign > conditions. It is only when crossing the channel or a front moves in do we > get any real wind and we actually look forward to the challenge of it on the > race course, although, since I am the one writing the checks I really try to > keep the boat in balance as best we can, and my fingers are always crossed, > hoping we don't break anything. We probably only have a handful of races in > anything over 15 knots, and the most that I have personally sailed in is 30-35 > knots. When planning our Island trips, weather is constantly monitored through > the morning of departure to avoid getting surprised and we have canceled a > few (but not all) trips due to high winds. It is truly a whole different > animal sitting in an anchorage with 25 knots over the bow and worried about > dragging and being stuck below-decks. But we do it every so often to keep us honest. > 70% of all my sailing experience comes from racing. > And might I ad, having only one boat and using it for both racing and > cruising is a pain in the derriere. Getting the boat from race mode to cruise mode, > takes half of a day of hard work, and then you have to reverse the process a > few days later. I had a friend say " I have never seen a person work so hard > to go have fun" which pretty much sums it up. > > Daniel Casey > "Air Time" > Cal 9.2R #75 > Santa Barbara, Ca. >

Dan, I just returned from a weekend of sailboat racing. The Tri-State Regatta starts at Chicago on the Friday before Labor Day. Start at 6PM, overnight race to St. Joesph, Mi, distance 50 km. This one was nasty. Wind on the nose, blowing right out of St. Joe. It was tack, tack, etc. all night long. Winds 14, seas 4+, we flew a full main and a 110 jib on a Cal 31 and were heeling 25-30 degrees. We went south, the wind went north and it took us 14 hours to finish. Ugh. Raft up at St. Joe and meet old friends, etc., party at St. Joe River YC Saturday night. Fleet was about 110 boats, everything from GL70s to J29s, 8 sections. Sunday race from St. Joe to Michigan City, In. This is sometimes a light air drift. Bingo, start in 8 knots and it's all downhill from there. We dropped out at 5pm with 17 miles to go and 3 hours time left with a drooping chute. Got to get in before all the spots are taken. Another party at the Michigan City YC. Monday it's back to Chicago, 31 miles, light air start, but the wind goes NE and fills and it's a chute run to the finish. Today was actually the best sailing of the weekend, seas were nominal and the wind did not do as predicted, but the sailors got the best sailing today. Bummer, I didn't sail today, I worked the race committee finish boat. My club runs the 3rd race and I always help out. Anyway, a great racing weekend in Chicago. David Dobbs Cal 29 411 ai… [at] aol.com wrote: I am in 100% agreement, racing is constantly keeping you up on your sailing skills and always improving them. We here in Santa Barbara sail in most benign conditions. It is only when crossing the channel or a front moves in do we get any real wind and we actually look forward to the challenge of it on the race course, although, since I am the one writing the checks I really try to keep the boat in balance as best we can, and my fingers are always crossed, hoping we don't break anything. We probably only have a handful of races in anything over 15 knots, and the most that I have personally sailed in is 30-35 knots. When planning our Island trips, weather is constantly monitored through the morning of departure to avoid getting surprised and we have canceled a few (but not all) trips due to high winds. It is truly a whole different animal sitting in an anchorage with 25 knots over the bow and worried about dragging and being stuck below-decks. But we do it every so often to keep us honest. 70% of all my sailing experience comes from racing. And might I ad, having only one boat and using it for both racing and cruising is a pain in the derriere. Getting the boat from race mode to cruise mode, takes half of a day of hard work, and then you have to reverse the process a few days later. I had a friend say " I have never seen a person work so hard to go have fun" which pretty much sums it up. Daniel Casey "Air Time" Cal 9.2R #75 Santa Barbara, Ca. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

I concur. Until you have been lead race committee, you have no idea how much involved it is. Most clubs require participants to do race committee, but still, many seem to avoid the responsibility. Daniel Casey "Air Time" Cal 9.2R #75 Santa Barbara, Ca. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Go Michael go! Enjoy. Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 From: "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: 02/02/2016 7:22 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Cal_Boats <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing All, My wife and I will be crewing on Sempre Amantes, a Hunter Passage 42. Fifty-five entries total. Start time 1300 2/10. SPOT tracking will be in place. Details at the link below. 2016 Miami to Havana Race 2016 Miami to Havana RaceWelcome to the Inaugural Miami to Havana Race! View on havanarace.orgPreview by Yahoo Michael

I went to that race site and saw the pictures of sun and warmth. It just doesn't calculate when we had snow yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Hard to imagine that when the daily question is whether there's too much snow to ride the bike to work. Chris Campbell On 2/3/2016 5:10 PM, saylorran sa… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > Go Michael go! Enjoy. > > > > Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > Date: 02/02/2016 7:22 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: Cal_Boats <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing > > All, > > My wife and I will be crewing on Sempre Amantes, a Hunter Passage 42. > Fifty-five entries total. Start time 1300 2/10. SPOT tracking will > be in place. Details at the link below. > > 2016 Miami to Havana Race <http://havanarace.org/index.html> > > image <http://havanarace.org/index.html> > > > > > > 2016 Miami to Havana Race <http://havanarace.org/index.html> > Welcome to the Inaugural Miami to Havana Race! > > View on havanarace.org <http://havanarace.org/index.html> > > Preview by Yahoo > > > Michael > > >

Just the opposite here in Toledo, could have left the boat in ,Jim Monaghan previous Cal 30-2 Dolcinea From: "ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: 02/04/2016 10:55 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing I went to that race site and saw the pictures of sun and warmth. It just doesn't calculate when we had snow yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Hard to imagine that when the daily question is whether there's too much snow to ride the bike to work. Chris Campbell On 2/3/2016 5:10 PM, saylorran sa… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: Go Michael go! Enjoy. Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 -------- Original message -------- From: "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: 02/02/2016 7:22 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Cal_Boats <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing All, My wife and I will be crewing on Sempre Amantes, a Hunter Passage 42. Fifty-five entries total. Start time 1300 2/10. SPOT tracking will be in place. Details at the link below. 2016 Miami to Havana Race 2016 Miami to Havana Race Welcome to the Inaugural Miami to Havana Race! View on havanarace.org Preview by Yahoo Michael Posted by: ccampbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> Reply via web post

As for the snow, Chris, one does not realize how many things on a boat are sticking up or out from the deck and cockpit until one tries to shovel that snow out (plastic shovel, of course). Makes the process kind of a pain. Full to the top of the coamings. Since the 2 feet of snow, things have been relatively temperate. We’ll be racing again this Sunday in Annapolis in the balmy 30s. Cheers Charlie CAL 25 Annapolis From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 10:56 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing I went to that race site and saw the pictures of sun and warmth. It just doesn't calculate when we had snow yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Hard to imagine that when the daily question is whether there's too much snow to ride the bike to work. Chris Campbell On 2/3/2016 5:10 PM, saylorran sa… [at] yahoo.com <mailto:sa… [at] yahoo.com> [Cal_Boats] wrote: Go Michael go! Enjoy. Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 From: "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com <mailto:md… [at] yahoo.com> [Cal_Boats]" <mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: 02/02/2016 7:22 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Cal_Boats <mailto:ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing All, My wife and I will be crewing on Sempre Amantes, a Hunter Passage 42. Fifty-five entries total. Start time 1300 2/10. SPOT tracking will be in place. Details at the link below. 2016 Miami to Havana Race <http://havanarace.org/index.html> <http://havanarace.org/index.html> <http://havanarace.org/index.html> 2016 Miami to Havana Race Welcome to the Inaugural Miami to Havana Race! <http://havanarace.org/index.html> View on havanarace.org Preview by Yahoo Michael

On 2/4/2016 2:15 PM, 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > As for the snow, Chris, one does not realize how many things on a boat > are sticking up or out from the deck and cockpit until one tries to > shovel that snow out (plastic shovel, of course). Makes the process > kind of a pain. Full to the top of the coamings. Since the 2 feet of > snow, things have been relatively temperate. We’ll be racing again > this Sunday in Annapolis in the balmy 30s. > My Cal 20 lives under a cover, a silver tarp with the mast as a ridge pole. Heavy snow makes it droop. I've used my roof rake twice and need to do it again. Last night I stopped at the hardware store on the way home and bought some line for tying the cover down. The old line has stretched but the knots are frozen, so I bought some new and slightly stouter stuff. Getting the snow off and the cover taut is high on my list because a couple days after the last rake we had a bunch of heavy wet snow. I grew up in Michigan with a mother from Alabama. She regarded snow removal prowess as a measure of civic responsibility. Respectable people shovel their driveways and sidewalks. Some of that rubbed off on me in general, so when people neglect their boats, I regard them as slobs or worse. And when my boat cover is sagging, it's a reflection on me. Responsible sailors look after their vessels. Chris Campbell > >

Have fun and enjoy. I personally would like to see your Cal 29 competing., mine loves longer races. Good luck, it is always an experience. Randy Cal 2 29 Out Patient Channel Islands Ca Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 From: "david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: 09/03/2016 19:28 (GMT-08:00) To: yahoogroups <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing Folks,Tomorrow I get to have my race committee baptism by fire. 55 mile race from St. Joe, Mi. to Chicago, 70 plus boats entered, we get to finish them. I'm in charge for the first time I know, the finish is the easy part, except when 4 boats come roaring to the finish, and it always happens. Never been in charge before, wish me luck.David Dobbs, CAL29 411

When any part on the boat crosses the finish line Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.com,tm… [at] yahoo.com Cc: Sent: 2016-09-04 4:06:25 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat Racing Do you finish when : 1. Tip of Bow crosses ? 2. Any. Part pulpit ? 3. Stearn ? 4. Mast ? 5. Spinaker ? 6. When race committee gives You your time. Edward On Sep 3, 2016 7:39 PM, "david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" < Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > wrote: Folks, Tomorrow I get to have my race committee baptism by fire. 55 mile race from St. Joe, Mi. to Chicago, 70 plus boats entered, we get to finish them. I'm in charge for the first time I know, the finish is the easy part, except when 4 boats come roaring to the finish, and it always happens. Never been in charge before, wish me luck. David Dobbs, CAL29 411