Andy,
Love the idea. If I can get another two or three of my crew to commit,
we will be there.
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
On Sep 13, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not that I believe in planning ahead or anything, but I just want to broach
> an idea to the group on the east coast that formed in my head yesterday while
> talking to Dave off Corsair and Adam off Double Black, who also have C&C 40s.
>
> Last June, with Peregrine still new to me, I entered the Storm Trysail Club's
> Block Island Race Week. Because we were sailing "navigator's courses" ie one
> race a day around government marks, the entry fee was half. And because we
> were sailing non-spinnaker, I didn't have to house a ton of crew. In fact, we
> stayed aboard Peregrine and another cruising boat rafted next to us,
> belonging to one of my crew. This kept costs down and was a lot of fun. There
> was plenty of room to anchor out in the harbor. We didn't take the racing too
> seriously and had a tremendous time. And with the guys chipping in for food
> and booze, it didn't break the bank.
>
> Why don't we try to get as many C&Cs there for the next event? We can even do
> separate, additional prizes for the C&Cs in our class. The regatta management
> is excellent, the tent parties terrific, the competition keen, but not
> cutthroat, and the courses fun and long enough--but not so long they get
> boring. For sails, I used a 10 year old composite #1, my blown-out foam-luff
> #2, a dacron #3 and the dacron main that I used for cruising all summer, so
> this regatta can be approached in a casual way.
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions? I know the organizers will be pretty flexible in order
> to get as many C&Cs on the line as possible.
>
> Andy
> C&C 40
> Peregrine
>
>
>
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