Wow, some of those panels are huge, and some rather birght too Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:55 PM, 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 > >
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