Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: desktop background photo (Chris)

Hell anybody would sail fast if they were throwing cookies to them !! C'mon let's be real here ;-) Paul In a message dated 2/22/2013 11:09:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cc… [at] lsnm.org writes: On 2/21/2013 5:44 PM, Elwers, George A. wrote: Chris, Of course you were passing them, they were in your wind shadow! Please, George, it had nothing to do with the Cal 20's massive sailplan, and everything to do with the skill with which her skipper took advantage of the boat's inherent capacity for speed. Actually, I use relative speed as a measure of the wind velocity. Some days I beat the schooners. Some days the schooners beat me. Chris