Saturday pics - 3 (during the time of race 4 and the beginning of race 5)
by Mary Krauss
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Butch will go back out and sail solo in race 5. A guy after my own heart!!
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----- Original Message -----
From: richard
watterson
To: al schonborn
Sent: Sunday, March 06,
2011 12:14 PM
Subject: saturday race at mids,
the 2 jims
The reason the 2 Jims had to come in on saturday was
because they broke their centerboard when they tried to
avoid an MC near the dock and the board got caught in
the mud. It is also how I got an excellent crew
for sunday's racing; we did very well due in no small
part to Jim M's great help and advice. His comment
to me was, "I'm not used to someone taking my
advice." He was also greatly impressed with the
jib ticker window in my new sail and the quite useful
trimming feedback it gives.
Richard w
----- Original Message -----
From: Al
Schonborn
Sent: Sunday, March
06, 2011 1:19 PM
Wow!!
Perfectly in time, Richard. Thanks for the help!!
Did you like the caption about the shirt? As I said
to Julia (mine) last night, I refrained from
pointing out that the highlight of
my 1979 honeymoon on Cape Cod was finding that same
"Russ Burrell" shirt in Provincetown. I used to wear
it to school under my sweatshirt to be able to flash
the kiddies as required. I think it was in 1979 or
80 that we won North Bay and the North Bay
Nugget wanted, as always, to capture the
winners on film. Their photographer smiled and
politely suggested I go change that shirt since
they'd only have to air brush it out otherwise.
Best regards,
Uncle Al
(W3854)
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before she takes the camera back to where it's dry.
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W2136 is today's new
player, Tom McNally who is steering Mike Tighe's boat with
the latter as crew. In race 4, they placed a fine 5th and
in this race they will place 2nd to Uncle Al but managed
to stay ahead of Jim and Cynthia Best, Jim and Linda H and
Richard and Michele all of whom were notified of a final
beat course change unlike the two race leaders, Al and
Tom. Well done, Tom and Mike!!!
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This pic conveys fairly
well the rather breezy conditions in which, at the end of
the first run in race 5 (I think!), Al pronged the
left-hand gate mark after nearly capsizing during a rushed
spi takedown that he left too late. The penalty turn was
promptly and perhaps over-efficiently done as Al let go of
the tiller for much of the procedure that involves a tack
and a gybe while turning in the same direction. Al he
always recommends, Al used mainsail trim to pivot the hull
under the sails while keeping the boat well heeled to
starboard to encourage his counter-clockwise turn. Tony
and I had not discussed this eventuality, so I did the
mainsail trim myself. We might have been better to do this
manoeuvre with a bit less panache with me steering and
Tony trimming but then again, I really needed him to back
the jib to help us bear away violently after our tack. In
any case, it was windy and the 200 (Imperial!) gallons of
water or so that we shipped were sucked back out of the
boat in fairly short order.
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