mdeyoung said " I took part in a 1985 Transpac charter of a Barnett 52 named “Climax”. “Climax” was owned by two lady part doctors. I sailed several Sauza Cups (Lahaina YC, Maui) on a Choate 40 named “Phoenix” as the owner’s previous boat burned to the waterline after his spouse over-primed the alcohol stove and the fire got out of control."
// We must have crossed paths at some point. I raced on Climax when Mike Campbell owneb her, before he built the Andrews-70 "Victoria". and I spent a *bunch* of time on Choate-40s in SoCal, including Spirit (hull #1), Sixpence (Dennis Choate's boat) and Audacious. Some great names from that bunch of boats, including "BigWig" (built by an owner who was tired of losing races to a boat called "Fiver", both of which are names from the book Watership Down); "Red Shift" (owned by a physicist at JPL, painted to reflect the "red shift" in the color spectrum as a celestial object moves away from you)... etc. My personal favorite boat names, besides the aforementioned FUJIMO, came from a guy who named his boats from headlines in the Weekly World News... he had an Olson-30 called "Aliens Ate My Buick", a Schock-35 called "Psycho Betty", etc... Bruce _______________________________________________ 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
