Re: [Cal_Boats] 8 Bells

Chris, Words well spoken. My prayers goes out to the family. Sound like he led a very rich life. It's great to live a long life, but to me it is important for how I live it. I have a saying,,,, The number of years you mark on your stone is not important, but how you lived your dash. I firmly believe that we all should try to live life everyday to the fullest, with no regrets.... Glad to here that your new equipmental will be installed shortly! Enjoy! Have a great day everyone and please be safe! Jim Ives - kool Beans Rochester, NY Sent from Huawei Mobile "Chris Campbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >On 7/9/2014 11:34 PM, Gerald Sobel so… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: >> >> >> From the Scuttlebutt Newsletter, >> Eight Bells: Wade Paul Hill >> <http://email.sailingscuttlebutt.com/t/j-l-ihjiuhy-hdpkjjtk-tj/> >> Wade Hill, of Friday Harbor, WA passed away at his home as he wished >> (July 7, 1920 – June 17, 2014). >> Wade’s great passion in life was yacht racing and in this he was very >> successful. He crewed on the Cal 40 Psyche when they won the 1965 >> Transpac . After moving to the Northwest, he won the Cal 20 Nationals. >I've edited the full post, just to observe that obituaries often remind >us how many interesting people there are around us. For Mr. Hill, it >makes me wonder what he would have had to say about how Cal 40s and Cal >20s handled--were there any characteristic Bill Lapworth features shared >by the big boat and the little boat? Of course, by the time we're >reading an obit, it's way too late to ask. What a shame. > >I knew the first owner of my Cal 20, long before I had sailed one, and >he died long before I bought the boat. He was an avid sailor and racer >and sailmaker and general eccentric, so it would have been fun to talk >about the boat. > >Meanwhile, we all need to remember that some day each of us will be the >subject of an obituary, and we need to lead our lives in a way that will >make it interesting. > >I sailed the Cal 20 last night in moderate air, lacking the stbd. >forward lower shroud (that one sacrificed its turnbuckle lower end to >the aft lower, which broke). The new turnbuckle ends are scheduled to >arrive today. If the new style toggle fits, I'll replace all of them, >not just the three that were bent. > >Chris Campbell > >

Well said Jim. "...we all should try to live life everyday to the fullest, with no regrets..." My sailing, cruising and racing life has been the "fullest" and I have few regrets. I met Jack Jensen and Bill Lapworth, but regret I did not seek more time with them. They were outstanding humans. Thanks Tom Vandiver, past owner Cal 20, Cal 25 and still have my Cal 46 after 32 years. I don't regret any day I have spent on my Cal Boats. From: "Kool Beans ne… [at] hotmail.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] 8 Bells Chris, Words well spoken. My prayers goes out to the family. Sound like he led a very rich life. It's great to live a long life, but to me it is important for how I live it. I have a saying,,,, The number of years you mark on your stone is not important, but how you lived your dash. I firmly believe that we all should try to live life everyday to the fullest, with no regrets.... Glad to here that your new equipmental will be installed shortly! Enjoy! Have a great day everyone and please be safe! Jim Ives - kool Beans Rochester, NY Sent from Huawei Mobile "Chris Campbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >On 7/9/2014 11:34 PM, Gerald Sobel so… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: >> >> >> From the Scuttlebutt Newsletter, >> Eight Bells: Wade Paul Hill >> <http://email.sailingscuttlebutt.com/t/j-l-ihjiuhy-hdpkjjtk-tj/> >> Wade Hill, of Friday Harbor, WA passed away at his home as he wished >> (July 7, 1920 – June 17, 2014). >> Wade’s great passion in life was yacht racing and in this he was very >> successful. He crewed on the Cal 40 Psyche when they won the 1965 >> Transpac . After moving to the Northwest, he won the Cal 20 Nationals. >I've edited the full post, just to observe that obituaries often remind >us how many interesting people there are around us. For Mr. Hill, it >makes me wonder what he would have had to say about how Cal 40s and Cal >20s handled--were there any characteristic Bill Lapworth features shared >by the big boat and the little boat? Of course, by the time we're >reading an obit, it's way too late to ask. What a shame. > >I knew the first owner of my Cal 20, long before I had sailed one, and >he died long before I bought the boat. He was an avid sailor and racer >and sailmaker and general eccentric, so it would have been fun to talk >about the boat. > >Meanwhile, we all need to remember that some day each of us will be the >subject of an obituary, and we need to lead our lives in a way that will >make it interesting. > >I sailed the Cal 20 last night in moderate air, lacking the stbd. >forward lower shroud (that one sacrificed its turnbuckle lower end to >the aft lower, which broke). The new turnbuckle ends are scheduled to >arrive today. If the new style toggle fits, I'll replace all of them, >not just the three that were bent. > >Chris Campbell > >

.ygrp-photo-title { HEIGHT: 15px; CLEAR: both } DIV.ygrp-photo { BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 62px; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: no-repeat; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; BACKGROUND-POSITION: center 50%; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } DIV.photo-title A { TEXT-DECORATION: none } DIV.photo-title A:active { TEXT-DECORATION: none } DIV.photo-title A:hover { TEXT-DECORATION: none } DIV.photo-title A:visited { TEXT-DECORATION: none } DIV.attach-table DIV.attach-row { CLEAR: both } DIV.attach-table DIV.attach-row DIV { FLOAT: left } P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 15px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; CLEAR: both; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px } DIV.ygrp-file { valign: middle } DIV.attach-table DIV.attach-row DIV DIV A { TEXT-DECORATION: none } DIV.attach-table DIV.attach-row DIV DIV SPAN { FONT-WEIGHT: normal } DIV.ygrp-file-title { FONT-WEIGHT: bold } My life has been so enriched by knowing Wade some, Bill Lapworth and his wife Peggy quite well, and having sailed my first long-distance race into Mexico (La Paz) with Jack on the Cal-33 (No. 1) he had just commissioned for Dick Deaver in 1971. They all gave so much to what it is we love. Fin Beven Cal-40 No.24 Radiant San Pedro, Ca From: Tom Vandiver bs… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]<mailto:bs… [at] yahoo.com%20[Cal_Boats]> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com<mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] 8 Bells Well said Jim. "...we all should try to live life everyday to the fullest, with no regrets..." My sailing, cruising and racing life has been the "fullest" and I have few regrets. I met Jack Jensen and Bill Lapworth, but regret I did not seek more time with them. They were outstanding humans. Thanks Tom Vandiver, past owner Cal 20, Cal 25 and still have my Cal 46 after 32 years. I don't regret any day I have spent on my Cal Boats. From: "Kool Beans ne… [at] hotmail.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] 8 Bells Chris, Words well spoken. My prayers goes out to the family. Sound like he led a very rich life. It's great to live a long life, but to me it is important for how I live it. I have a saying,,,, The number of years you mark on your stone is not important, but how you lived your dash. I firmly believe that we all should try to live life everyday to the fullest, with no regrets.... Glad to here that your new equipmental will be installed shortly! Enjoy! Have a great day everyone and please be safe! Jim Ives - kool Beans Rochester, NY Sent from Huawei Mobile "Chris Campbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >On 7/9/2014 11:34 PM, Gerald Sobel so… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: >> >> >> From the Scuttlebutt Newsletter, >> Eight Bells: Wade Paul Hill >> <http://email.sailingscuttlebutt.com/t/j-l-ihjiuhy-hdpkjjtk-tj/> >> Wade Hill, of Friday Harbor, WA passed away at his home as he wished >> (July 7, 1920 – June 17, 2014). >> Wade’s great passion in life was yacht racing and in this he was very >> successful. He crewed on the Cal 40 Psyche when they won the 1965 >> Transpac . After moving to the Northwest, he won the Cal 20 Nationals. >I've edited the full post, just to observe that obituaries often remind >us how many interesting people there are around us. For Mr. Hill, it >makes me wonder what he would have had to say about how Cal 40s and Cal >20s handled--were there any characteristic Bill Lapworth features shared >by the big boat and the little boat? Of course, by the time we're >reading an obit, it's way too late to ask. What a shame. > >I knew the first owner of my Cal 20, long before I had sailed one, and >he died long before I bought the boat. He was an avid sailor and racer >and sailmaker and general eccentric, so it would have been fun to talk >about the boat. > >Meanwhile, we all need to remember that some day each of us will be the >subject of an obituary, and we need to lead our lives in a way that will >make it interesting. > >I sailed the Cal 20 last night in moderate air, lacking the stbd. >forward lower shroud (that one sacrificed its turnbuckle lower end to >the aft lower, which broke). The new turnbuckle ends are scheduled to >arrive today. If the new style toggle fits, I'll replace all of them, >not just the three that were bent. > >Chris Campbell > >

On 7/10/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Vandiver bs… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > Well said Jim. "...we all should try to live life everyday to the > fullest, with no regrets..." > My sailing, cruising and racing life has been the "fullest" and I have > few regrets. I'm not famous, and far from wealthy, but extremely lucky. How do I know? Because I don't have much to regret. Oh, we all kick ourselves when we remember a few dumb decisions and stupid plans, but haven't we all known people who are crushed by their regrets and past choices? They spend their time grieving for things they did not attain or successes that eluded them. Maybe that's because most of them aren't out sailing or doing something else that is rewarding and challenging. I do regret not replacing the turnbuckle terminal on the Cal 20 before it broke, but that problem has been solved by the arrival of three nice new C.S. Johnson model 33-616 1/4-28 LH thread ends with toggles. The new toggle design is a big improvement. My only gripe is that whoever rigged my boat has the thread directions reversed, so operating the turnbuckles is a righty-loosey maneuver, completely counterintuitive and contrary to the action on my other boat. Was that a Jensen Marine choice, or a previous-owner decisoon? In any event, I am a lucky guy to have such minor woes to complain about. Chris Campbell Cal 20 #1220, Martha C.