Funny you should have a pic of "Phaedra". Mark Phelan (we associate at the same club, NOYC) has been after me to sail w/ him in some up coming regattas and I'm looking forward to it. Mark Want to keep your WHOLE PAYCHECK? PLEASE VISIT http://www.fairtax.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:07 PM Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: a whole week!
> Sailor Chef wrote: > That's always the case when you buy a new condition specific sail. > > It happened to me with a whole boat. I bought a Soverel 33 (light air > > rocket) and for the first time in the recorded history of Galveston > > Bay, we went a whole summer with no light air regattas! > > > > Mark, "Gratis" (6115) and others > > HAH! me too, bought the Evelyn 32-2 > http://www.nbayracing.com/evelynPage.htm > and every wednesday a wicked convection breeze would pipe up! start at > 15-16 and build > into the 20's all evening. I thought, "what the heck I buy this thing > for? Should've bought a Valiant or something." > > never fails. > > Then the next year I took it to Screwpile (big regatta on the Ches) and > had a newish Heavy number 1, a newish 2, a brand > spanking new 3 and of course, it never blew over 8 kn and I had to use > the crappiest sail in my inventory all weekend, a > ragged-out Quantum Light #1. > > Life is just so unfair. > > tf > > > > > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.19/953 - Release Date: 8/14/2007 5:19 PM > >
