Cal 40 Article, Dancing with Dancing Bears and Cal 40 fleet

--- Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com wrote: > There are 12 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Cals in the North Chesapeake (was Dancing Bear) > [Bill] > From: "Alfred Poor" <ap… [at] bellatlantic.net> > 2. Re: Catalina Trip? > From: Dirk Van Proyen <va… [at] yahoo.com> > 3. Re: Cal 40 Dancing Bear in Cruising World > From: "Michael Robinson" >Last summer my Matie and I were most fortunate to be at the Shorline Yacht Club, which was the destination after the Redondo Bch YC Queen Mary Race, as well as the sponsor of the Transpac at the starting end. So we were in on the pre-race festivities of the Transpac <I saw Dancing Bear, as well as half a dozen other Cal 40s at Rainbow Harbor the day before the Cal 40 Transpac Start. Dancing Bear owners modernized the cockpit, put in modern fiberglas sparyskirts wide enuff to sit on...got rid of the teak boards. The boat looked as modern as a current production cruiser/racer. The owners had connections with, or included, someone who builds new boats, racers, I think. Maybe we have a pic or two, I'll have to look. I'll look for the article in the issue of Crusing World. Oh, how cool! Jerry PS, these boats were pretty fast. Despite the light winds we had to go full throttle with sails up to stay with them as we tried to escort the fleet towards Hawaii, we got about quater the way to Catalina/West End before we turned around and motored back to Marina del Rey. By the afternoon the wind had nearly died and it took them a day just to clear Catalina. They'd have maybe won the transpac if they'd had good wind at the start. Very competitive, dedicated, and spirited group of racers! Jerry, Cal 24 Shpritz (my boat does have a certain family resembelance to the 40, by the way, the snub nose, hull shape above water, and the low freeboard, and the windglass stern---oh, they don't have a wineglass stern?)

Jerry, The article on Dancing Beard in this month's Cruising World is part one of two. Next months issue continues on the rehab of the boat. Next time you make your way to SF Bay you will have to come by Richmond. Between RYC harbor and a djacent Brickyard Cove there are 8 Cal 40s... And one Cal 36. Mike Robinson Cal 36 #4 Pt Richmond. From: Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> Reply-To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Cal 40 Article, Dancing with Dancing Bears and Cal 40 fleet Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:43:06 -0800 (PST) --- >Last summer my Matie and I were most fortunate to be at the Shorline Yacht Club, which was the destination after the Redondo Bch YC Queen Mary Race, as well as the sponsor of the Transpac at the starting end. So we were in on the pre-race festivities of the Transpac <I saw Dancing Bear, as well as half a dozen other Cal 40s at Rainbow Harbor the day before the Cal 40 Transpac Start. Dancing Bear owners modernized the cockpit, put in modern fiberglas sparyskirts wide enuff to sit on...got rid of the teak boards. The boat looked as modern as a current production cruiser/racer. The owners had connections with, or included, someone who builds new boats, racers, I think. Maybe we have a pic or two, I'll have to look. I'll look for the article in the issue of Crusing World. Oh, how cool! Jerry PS, these boats were pretty fast. Despite the light winds we had to go full throttle with sails up to stay with them as we tried to escort the fleet towards Hawaii, we got about quater the way to Catalina/West End before we turned around and motored back to Marina del Rey. By the afternoon the wind had nearly died and it took them a day just to clear Catalina. They'd have maybe won the transpac if they'd had good wind at the start. Very competitive, dedicated, and spirited group of racers! Jerry, Cal 24 Shpritz (my boat does have a certain family resembelance to the 40, by the way, the snub nose, hull shape above water, and the low freeboard, and the windglass stern---oh, they don't have a wineglass stern?)