Re: [Cal_Boats] Papoose wins in light winds

You better be careful. Everyone is gonna protest your rating! Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >The wind was so light that at one point we did a 360 that cost us 6 >minutes. We nee to get better with steering with the sails when the rudder >quits. I think we were going under 1/2 kt at the time. But in the end the >finish was very close. We were the second boat across the line just 40 >seconds behind the T-10 which owed us about 1:40 so we won by a minute. It >turned out to be a huge advantage to be so far behind from our 360 as we >could see the T-10 stuck in absolutely no wind. We tacked north into the >pressure and made up about 10 minutes on them. Never give up. Here is a >45 second video of the finish You Tube Video <http://youtu.be/KDOmkz87Rno> >Not bad for a 56 year old wood boat. Go Lapworth. > >Allen

I keep threatening to get my own rating instead of using Leda's (L-36#71) rating. Leda has larger sails and aluminum rig. My "E" is shorter by over a foot and my leach is shorter although I don't think the leach length is a rating issue. I keep telling them my rating will go up if they do :-) Allen On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:17 PM, ge… [at] hotmail.com < ge… [at] hotmail.com> wrote: > ** > > > You better be careful. Everyone is gonna protest your rating! > Sent from my LG phone > > > Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > >The wind was so light that at one point we did a 360 that cost us 6 > >minutes. We nee to get better with steering with the sails when the rudder > >quits. I think we were going under 1/2 kt at the time. But in the end the > >finish was very close. We were the second boat across the line just 40 > >seconds behind the T-10 which owed us about 1:40 so we won by a minute. It > >turned out to be a huge advantage to be so far behind from our 360 as we > >could see the T-10 stuck in absolutely no wind. We tacked north into the > >pressure and made up about 10 minutes on them. Never give up. Here is a > >45 second video of the finish You Tube Video <http://youtu.be/KDOmkz87Rno > > > > >Not bad for a 56 year old wood boat. Go Lapworth. > > > >Allen > > >