Jim Cate sailed by my marina today. No kidding. It was around noon,
and he came from the south. Looked like one of those Italian cruise
ships. Brand new dark blue hull, Brand New Matching Bimini, and
matching blue fenders hanging over the side. I saw him about a mile
away, new sail straining in a 14 knot breeze, his boat plowing across
the lake at 1 maybe 1&1/2 knots. My god, my jaw hit the deck. He came
within 40 yards of the shore and shouted Hey I'm Jim Cate! It was
truly sad to see him beating to windward, he had to lay off the wind
30+ degrees to keep his thin new sails from flapping, and once he
caught the wing he was blown sideways more than upwind. His new sails
look like a 100% jib and a main with get this NO reffing points, but a
nice M Logo that seemed just a little small. He had his kids , wife
and mother with him. They turned just as soon as I yelled back Im Joe
see ya on ASA. When he tacked he was almost blown down, made it to the
center of the lake and he furled his jib, took down the main and
motered towards the boadwalk. My jaw hit the ground. It was by far the
worst preforming boat Ive ever seen sail the lake.

No kiddin folks, there is a im, and he has a brand spanking new mac.
as a fellow Texan, I hang my head in shame.

But what the hell, Ill leave him so far behind in our race its going
to be a major skunkin.

OK Jim, I know your for real, When do you want to race?

Kemah to redfish and back.

& remember 20 KTS of wind plus, no were near the 70 that Mac can
handle!

BTW your son did a good job helping take down the main! And please
next time pull up your fenders, your an embarressement to all sailors!

Joe

Joe wrote...

Jim Cate sailed by my marina today. No kidding. It was around noon, Bigfoot
was at the helm and he was trying to outrun the Loch Ness Monster and doing a
good job as the Mac was running on a plane with a giant spin pulling hard. Just
then the whole boat was transported aboard the Enterprise shuttle bay. Capt.
Kirk said he thought the boat was the Galeao 7 shuttle craft and Spock said
it's design was not logical. 100% True!


RB

he learned that from bob****.


"Joe" wrote
And please
next time pull up your fenders, your an embarressement to all sailors!

Joe

On 9 May 2004 16:30:12 -0700, (Joe) wrote:

Jim Cate sailed by my marina today.

Come on, at least give the guy the chance to get familiar with his
boat! After that, you've enough time to bash his sailing
skills/McGregor... :-)


Cheers!


Remco

Remco (is that a subsidiary of Ronco?) stated:
Come on, at least give the guy the chance to get familiar with his
boat! After that, you've enough time to bash his sailing
skills/McGregor... :-)

Jim professed on this group to be a seasoned sailor who had woned previous
sailboats...You're inplying that someone with sailing skills on real
sailboats needs to "get used" to sailing a MacGregor? Maybe he needs to get
used to the idea of the folly he committed....maybe he needs to get used to
the fact that he's sailing a motorboat....but get used to sailing? nah....
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
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http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

(Bobsprit) wrote in message ...
Joe wrote...

Jim Cate sailed by my marina today. No kidding. It was around noon, Bigfoot
was at the helm and he was trying to outrun the Loch Ness Monster and doing a
good job as the Mac was running on a plane with a giant spin pulling hard. Just
then the whole boat was transported aboard the Enterprise shuttle bay. Capt.
Kirk said he thought the boat was the Galeao 7 shuttle craft and Spock said
it's design was not logical. 100% True!


RB

Bobster

Will you ever stop? Your constant seeking of attention is getting
annoying
After all the reponses on this NG to Jim's request for information on
the Mac's you tried to pass yourself off as Jim. Why?

Since Jim is real, And his boat is real(a joke but real) why are you
going to take credit for his stupity? Just for attention?

Joe

Since Jim is real, And his boat is real(a joke but real) why are you
going to take credit for his stupity? Just for attention?


Let me guess...You DIDN'T have a camera handy to take a pic of Jim's boat,
right?
Darn!

RB

"katysails" wrote in message ...
Remco (is that a subsidiary of Ronco?) stated:
Come on, at least give the guy the chance to get familiar with his
boat! After that, you've enough time to bash his sailing
skills/McGregor... :-)

Jim professed on this group to be a seasoned sailor who had woned previous
sailboats...You're inplying that someone with sailing skills on real
sailboats needs to "get used" to sailing a MacGregor? Maybe he needs to get
used to the idea of the folly he committed....maybe he needs to get used to
the fact that he's sailing a motorboat....but get used to sailing? nah....


Jim seemed to know what he was doing, Just his boat could not do it.
It was pitiful to say the least. 15 knots of wind and he was almost
stopped going upwind at all. When he layed off 30 degrees the back of
his sail flopped
wildly, when he layed off 40 degrees he was about blown over. Keep in
mind this is with brand new crisp Mac sails. He caught my attention
while walking the dog, I noticed him moving so slow and the sail
flapping so uniquely. I had no ideal it was Jim until he got close
enough to shout before turning away.

Poor Jim, He thought he was going to have a nice sail and ended up
having a nightmare and a slow motor boat ride, no way could he pull a
skier out of the water.

Joe

"Joe" wrote:

Since Jim is real, And his boat is real(a joke but real) why are you
going to take credit for his stupity? Just for attention?

Why didn't you take a picture of him? Why didn't you call him over for a
casual conversation? Why didn't you give him a few pointers on sailing his
"piece of ****"?

LP (yes, had too much to drink, hehee)

going to take credit for his stupity? Just for attention?

Why didn't you take a picture of him?


Because Elvis grabbed his camera and ate it.

RB