But if you bring her up, You can spend the summer cruising New England; that's not a bad thing! Andy C&C 40 Peregrine
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:24 PM, <cenel...@aol.com> wrote: > I have thought about chartering a local boat for BIRW (hopefully a > C&C!). Will see what my crew thinks--time permitting I could bring Water > Phantom up 'north' from North Carolina but > that's a '..fur piece..." to move her. > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > C&C 36 XL/kcb > Oriental/New Bern, NC > > cenel...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 11:33 am > Subject: Re: Stus-List Block Island 2015 > > 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<http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > 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 > > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo > Albumhttp://www.cncphotoalbum.comcnc-l...@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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