What a blast!! Glad some folks remember not to take sailboat racing too seriously.
-- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Jun 24, 2015, at 15:55, Wally Bryant via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > So... For the marina's annual Sailsticecelebration we had a 'Downwind > Umbrella Race,' where you can sail using anything but an actual sail. I made > a joke (who, me?) about sewing my own sail out of women's underwear. Women > started giving me underwear, so I was committed. > > It took me three days, sitting in my bunk watching movies, surrounded by > piles of women's lingerie, sewing and hot gluing. > <http://www.wbryant.com/temp/2015sailstice/sail.jpg> > > Here's a shot of the start, although the sail doesn't look as good from the > back. > <http://www.wbryant.com/temp/2015sailstice/start1.jpg> > > Here's a low quality front shot: > <http://www.wbryant.com/temp/2015sailstice/start2.jpg> > It worked really well, and you can almost see how the legs of the two > bloomers fly out in front. That helped to depower the rig, because it was > blowing about 10-15 knots in the afternoon thermal push, and everybody was > out of control. > > Unfortunately my helmswoman, while cute and a lot of fun, had never been in a > kayak or held a paddle before, and didn't understand the concept of downwind, > or that her job was to steer the boat. As a consequence, when we were T-Boned > from port and pushed off course, she paddled on the wrong side and turned us > broadside to the breeze. That rig cannot handle a reach. So I won a prize > for 'most spectacular wipe out' as well as 'most creative entry.' > > There was one of those RC drones in the air taking video, and I've seen that. > I've also seen some really good high quality pictures including a 5 shot > rapid series of the actual wipe-out. However the owners of those pics aren't > giving them away yet, as they're being sent to Latitude38 and > summersailstice.com and who knows where else. > > I was pretty bummed out about the wipe-out so early in the race, because I > could tell that that rig could sail. However, I've been told that we're > going to do it again later this summer, just for fun. > > Wal > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
