Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-26 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List 
Dennis,

Congrats!  Nice McGyver!  On The Office my rigger made up a short wire and
turnbuckle to serve as a temporary adjuster when the NavTec was rebuilt.
Probably still in the lazarette as a spare.

Joel

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Dennis
>
>
>
> Congratulations on the race!
>
>
>
> Also – thank you very much for forwarding your fix.  If such a situation
> happens to others of us we will now have a ready solution in mind
>
>
>
> Mike
>
> Persistence
>
> Halifax, NS
>
>
>
> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Dennis
> C. via CnC-List
> *Sent:* Monday, June 25, 2018 12:59 PM
> *To:* CnClist
> *Cc:* Dennis C.
> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place
>
>
>
> Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  Unfortunately
> for Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I hope he can save
> the shirt he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid.  Pics of
> the repair can be seen here:
>
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL
>
>
>
> Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 knots
> for the first 4 legs (60 nm).
>
>
>
> It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull
> record fell by an hour.  The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44
> minutes.  It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2
> time Olympic silver medalist.
>
>
>
> For those interested, you can replay the race here:
>
>
>
> http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723
>
>
>
> It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark
> off Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm
> close reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, we loosened up
> to a beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy.  We
> passed the Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER come close to that
> previously.
>
>
>
> After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line
> without collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore where we
> could look at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second
> place boat so we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for
> wing on wing.  The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty
> squirrely and I didn't want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole
> (especially since that person was me).  I hate wing on wing!  We probably
> lost 10 minutes or so but safety rules!
>
>
>
> We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We might
> have given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.
>
>
>
> On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a
> McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national
> class sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after we rounded
> the sea buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't see any other
> boats set a chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's
> corrected.  Who'd a thunk it?  A McGregor 25.
>
>
>
> We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately
> exploded.
>
>
>
> As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we
> furled the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off
> the backstay while we stabilized the rig.
>
>
>
> Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.
>
>
>
> As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm
> taking it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they don't
> want to take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.
>
>
>
> Dennis C.
>
> Touche' 35-1 #83
>
> Mandeville, LA
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
> This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore
> sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1,
> over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class.
>
>
>
>  What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before
> the finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.
> Dennis quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led
> to aft winches.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -
> Paul E.
>
> 1981 C 38 Landfall
> S/V Johanna Rose
> Fort Walton Beach, FL
>
>
>
> http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-26 Thread Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List 
Dennis

Congratulations on the race!

Also – thank you very much for forwarding your fix.  If such a situation 
happens to others of us we will now have a ready solution in mind

Mike
Persistence
Halifax, NS

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. 
via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 12:59 PM
To: CnClist
Cc: Dennis C.
Subject: Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  Unfortunately for 
Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I hope he can save the shirt 
he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid.  Pics of the repair can 
be seen here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL

Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 knots for 
the first 4 legs (60 nm).

It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull record 
fell by an hour.  The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44 minutes.  
It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2 time Olympic 
silver medalist.

For those interested, you can replay the race here:

http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723

It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark off 
Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm close 
reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, we loosened up to a 
beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy.  We passed the 
Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER come close to that previously.

After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line without 
collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore where we could look 
at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second place boat so 
we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for wing on wing.  
The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty squirrely and I didn't 
want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole (especially since that 
person was me).  I hate wing on wing!  We probably lost 10 minutes or so but 
safety rules!

We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We might have 
given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.

On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a 
McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national class 
sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after we rounded the sea 
buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't see any other boats set a 
chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's corrected.  Who'd a 
thunk it?  A McGregor 25.

We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately exploded.

As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we furled 
the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off the backstay 
while we stabilized the rig.

Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.

As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm taking 
it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they don't want to 
take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.

Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List 
mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, over 
100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class.

 What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
winches.



-
Paul E.
1981 C 38 Landfall
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL

http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/


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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-26 Thread Gary Nylander via CnC-List 
Seven plus for the race! Wow – no spinnaker. More fun that one should be able 
to have. Good job.

Gary

30-1

 

From: CnC-List  On Behalf Of schiller via 
CnC-List
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 9:29 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: schiller 
Subject: Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

 

Way to go, Dennis.  We tied the cylinder off but didn't try to re-tension the 
backstay.  It would have helped us point better.  Our race was 68 nm but pretty 
much a straight course.  Everyone hopes that our prevailing NW winds will mean 
a Spinnaker drag race start to finish.  This was my second Queens Cup race and 
the first was no wind to light north winds, this one was pretty strong NNE 
winds.

Neil Schiller
1983 C 35-3, #028
"Grace"
Whitehall, Michigan
WLYC

On 6/25/2018 3:09 PM, Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List wrote:

Way to go Dennis!

Hope the repair goes well.

Ron

Wild Cheri

C 30-1

STL

 

 

On Monday, June 25, 2018, 11:00:04 AM CDT, Dennis C. via CnC-List  
<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>  wrote: 

 

 

Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  Unfortunately for 
Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I hope he can save the shirt 
he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid.  Pics of the repair can 
be seen here: 

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL

 

Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 knots for 
the first 4 legs (60 nm).

 

It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull record 
fell by an hour.  The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44 minutes.  
It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2 time Olympic 
silver medalist.  

 

For those interested, you can replay the race here:

 

http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723

 

It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark off 
Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm close 
reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, we loosened up to a 
beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy.  We passed the 
Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER come close to that previously.  

 

After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line without 
collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore where we could look 
at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second place boat so 
we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for wing on wing.  
The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty squirrely and I didn't 
want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole (especially since that 
person was me).  I hate wing on wing!  We probably lost 10 minutes or so but 
safety rules!

 

We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We might have 
given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.

 

On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a 
McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national class 
sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after we rounded the sea 
buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't see any other boats set a 
chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's corrected.  Who'd a 
thunk it?  A McGregor 25.

 

We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately exploded.

 

As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we furled 
the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off the backstay 
while we stabilized the rig.

 

Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.

 

As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm taking 
it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they don't want to 
take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.

 

Dennis C.

Touche' 35-1 #83

Mandeville, LA

 

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote:

This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, over 
100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. 

 

 What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
winches.

 

 

 

-
Paul E.

1981 C 38 Landfall 
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL

 

http://svjohannarose.blogspot. com/ <http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/> 

 


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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-26 Thread schiller via CnC-List 
Way to go, Dennis.  We tied the cylinder off but didn't try to 
re-tension the backstay.  It would have helped us point better.  Our 
race was 68 nm but pretty much a straight course.  Everyone hopes that 
our prevailing NW winds will mean a Spinnaker drag race start to 
finish.  This was my second Queens Cup race and the first was no wind to 
light north winds, this one was pretty strong NNE winds.


Neil Schiller
1983 C 35-3, #028
"Grace"
Whitehall, Michigan
WLYC

On 6/25/2018 3:09 PM, Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List wrote:

Way to go Dennis!
Hope the repair goes well.
Ron
Wild Cheri
C 30-1
STL


On Monday, June 25, 2018, 11:00:04 AM CDT, Dennis C. via CnC-List 
 wrote:



Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  
Unfortunately for Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I 
hope he can save the shirt he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of 
hydraulic fluid.  Pics of the repair can be seen here:


https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL

Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 
knots for the first 4 legs (60 nm).


It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull 
record fell by an hour. The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 
44 minutes.  It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ 
and 2 time Olympic silver medalist.


For those interested, you can replay the race here:

http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723

It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a 
mark off Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed 
by an 8 nm close reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, 
we loosened up to a beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile 
sea buoy. We passed the Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER 
come close to that previously.


After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line 
without collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore 
where we could look at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion 
on the second place boat so we opted to sail gybe angles instead of 
putting up a pole for wing on wing.  The seas were fairly substantial, 
the boat was pretty squirrely and I didn't want to send anyone to the 
foredeck to set the pole (especially since that person was me).  I 
hate wing on wing!  We probably lost 10 minutes or so but safety rules!


We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We 
might have given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.


On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed 
a McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and 
national class sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after 
we rounded the sea buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't 
see any other boats set a chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of 
Melges 32's corrected.  Who'd a thunk it?  A McGregor 25.


We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately 
exploded.


As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because 
we furled the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take 
load off the backstay while we stabilized the rig.


Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.

As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm 
taking it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they 
don't want to take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.


Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List 
mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:


This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM
offshore sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed
Touche’, a C 35 mk1, over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st
place in his class.

 What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM
before the finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back
stay adjuster.  Dennis quickly kludged a temporary fix using a
couple blocks and lines led to aft winches.



-
Paul E.
1981 C 38 Landfall
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL

http://svjohannarose.blogspot. com/



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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-26 Thread LKL via CnC-List 
Congratulations Dennis !!.

Lloyd Lippe
Finesse
Landfall 39


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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List 
 Way to go Dennis!Hope the repair goes well.RonWild CheriC 30-1STL

On Monday, June 25, 2018, 11:00:04 AM CDT, Dennis C. via CnC-List 
 wrote:  
 
 Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  Unfortunately for 
Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I hope he can save the shirt 
he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid.  Pics of the repair can 
be seen here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL

Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 knots for 
the first 4 legs (60 nm).
It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull record 
fell by an hour.  The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44 minutes.  
It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2 time Olympic 
silver medalist.  
For those interested, you can replay the race here:
http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723

It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark off 
Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm close 
reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, we loosened up to a 
beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy.  We passed the 
Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER come close to that previously.  
After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line without 
collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore where we could look 
at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second place boat so 
we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for wing on wing.  
The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty squirrely and I didn't 
want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole (especially since that 
person was me).  I hate wing on wing!  We probably lost 10 minutes or so but 
safety rules!
We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We might have 
given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.
On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a 
McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national class 
sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after we rounded the sea 
buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't see any other boats set a 
chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's corrected.  Who'd a 
thunk it?  A McGregor 25.
We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately exploded.
As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we furled 
the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off the backstay 
while we stabilized the rig.
Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.
As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm taking 
it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they don't want to 
take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.
Dennis C.Touche' 35-1 #83Mandeville, LA
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List  
wrote:

This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, over 
100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. 
 What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
winches.


-
Paul E.1981 C 38 Landfall 
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL
http://svjohannarose.blogspot. com/

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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
Attaboy Dennis!

Cheers,
Randy

> On Jun 25, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List  
> wrote:
> 
> Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  Unfortunately for 
> Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I hope he can save the 
> shirt he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid.  Pics of the 
> repair can be seen here:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL 
> 
> 
> Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 knots for 
> the first 4 legs (60 nm).
> 
> It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull record 
> fell by an hour.  The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44 minutes.  
> It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2 time Olympic 
> silver medalist.  
> 
> For those interested, you can replay the race here:
> 
> http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723 
> 
> 
> It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark off 
> Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm close 
> reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, we loosened up to a 
> beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy.  We passed the 
> Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER come close to that previously.  
> 
> After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line 
> without collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore where we 
> could look at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second 
> place boat so we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for 
> wing on wing.  The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty 
> squirrely and I didn't want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole 
> (especially since that person was me).  I hate wing on wing!  We probably 
> lost 10 minutes or so but safety rules!
> 
> We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We might 
> have given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.
> 
> On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a 
> McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national class 
> sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after we rounded the sea 
> buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't see any other boats set a 
> chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's corrected.  Who'd a 
> thunk it?  A McGregor 25.
> 
> We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately 
> exploded.
> 
> As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we 
> furled the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off the 
> backstay while we stabilized the rig.
> 
> Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.
> 
> As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm taking 
> it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they don't want to 
> take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.
> 
> Dennis C.
> Touche' 35-1 #83
> Mandeville, LA
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List  > wrote:
> This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
> sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, 
> over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. 
> 
>  What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
> finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
> quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
> winches.
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Paul E.
> 1981 C 38 Landfall 
> S/V Johanna Rose
> Fort Walton Beach, FL
> 
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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List 
Yup, interesting race.  Paul and I swapped driving duty.  Unfortunately for
Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose.  I hope he can save the
shirt he was wearing.  It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid.  Pics of the
repair can be seen here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL

Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race.  We averaged 8.3 knots
for the first 4 legs (60 nm).

It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest.  The monohull
record fell by an hour.  The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44
minutes.  It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2
time Olympic silver medalist.

For those interested, you can replay the race here:

http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723

It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark
off Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm
close reach to the Gulfport sea buoy.  After the sea buoy, we loosened up
to a beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy.  We passed
the Mobile Sea buoy before sunset.  We've NEVER come close to that
previously.

After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line
without collapsing the genoa.  We were back close enough to shore where we
could look at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second
place boat so we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for
wing on wing.  The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty
squirrely and I didn't want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole
(especially since that person was me).  I hate wing on wing!  We probably
lost 10 minutes or so but safety rules!

We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class.  We might
have given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.

On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a
McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national
class sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us).  Soon after we rounded
the sea buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up.  We didn't see any other
boats set a chute.  He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's
corrected.  Who'd a thunk it?  A McGregor 25.

We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute.  It immediately
exploded.

As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we
furled the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off
the backstay while we stabilized the rig.

Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.

As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm
taking it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it.  If they don't
want to take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.

Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List 
wrote:

> This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore
> sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1,
> over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class.
>
>  What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before
> the finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.
> Dennis quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led
> to aft winches.
>
>
>
> -
> Paul E.
> 1981 C 38 Landfall
> S/V Johanna Rose
> Fort Walton Beach, FL
>
> http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
>
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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread William Walker via CnC-List 
Outstandingcongratulations..

Sent from AOL Mobile Mail

On Monday, June 25, 2018 Josh Muckley via CnC-List  
wrote:

That's awesome!  Congrats Dennis! 


On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 10:33 AM Dreuge via CnC-List  
wrote:

This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, over 
100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. 


 What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
winches.




-
Paul E.

1981 C 38 Landfall 
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL


http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/


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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List 
Congrats, Dennis!  Now I owe YOU a drink…   :^)

— Fred

Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI

> On Jun 25, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List  
> wrote:
> 
> This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
> sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, 
> over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. 
> 
>  What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
> finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
> quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
> winches.
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Paul E.
> 1981 C 38 Landfall 
> S/V Johanna Rose
> Fort Walton Beach, FL
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Re: Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List 
That's awesome!  Congrats Dennis!

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 10:33 AM Dreuge via CnC-List 
wrote:

> This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore
> sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1,
> over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class.
>
>  What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before
> the finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.
> Dennis quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led
> to aft winches.
>
>
>
> -
> Paul E.
> 1981 C 38 Landfall
> S/V Johanna Rose
> Fort Walton Beach, FL
>
> http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
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Stus-List C 35 wins 1st place

2018-06-25 Thread Dreuge via CnC-List 
This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore 
sailboat race.  Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C 35 mk1, over 
100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. 

 What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the 
finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster.  Dennis 
quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft 
winches.



-
Paul E.
1981 C 38 Landfall 
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL

http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/

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