Do they really call individual races 'heats'?

Somehow that's just the wrong word for a sailboat race.

Maybe she should change it to "go 'round" or "race" or
"round" or even "splash". Heat is for a car race but it
doesn't seem to fit for a sailboat which is never hot.

CN



OzOne wrote in message ...


I did, back then.
And made amends by winning that same championship the next year with
one heat to spare. ;-)


On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:13:55 -0500, Capt. Neal®
scribbled thusly:


I'd drown my sorrow, too, if I were as inept . . .

CN

OzOne wrote in message ...
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:27:27 -0500, DSK
scribbled thusly:

Last time I talked to Pete, he mentioned that capsize

DSK

Yep, you always remeber the dunking that cost, or near cost a
champioship win.

I will till the day I die remember my mistake as a crew that cost us
an Oz national champ, when we gybed in 25kt+ and I'd left the dagger
board just an inch or so too high and it caught the vang.
We were far enough ahead, and recovered quickly enough to scramble to
a 3rd, but needed a 2nd to take the champ. Bugger!

I'll be seeing some of those guys for a Xmas beer tonight...It will
come up...again (hangs head in shame) :-(


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.



Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...

I'd drown my sorrow, too, if I were as inept . . .

CN

So, when was the last time you were sober? I will give you credit, you are
remarkably literate under the circumstances. Come to think of it, a lot of
famous authors were drunks, so I guess it isn't so odd.


OzOne wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:27:27 -0500, DSK
scribbled thusly:

Last time I talked to Pete, he mentioned that capsize

DSK

Yep, you always remeber the dunking that cost, or near cost a
champioship win.

I will till the day I die remember my mistake as a crew that cost us
an Oz national champ, when we gybed in 25kt+ and I'd left the dagger
board just an inch or so too high and it caught the vang.
We were far enough ahead, and recovered quickly enough to scramble to
a 3rd, but needed a 2nd to take the champ. Bugger!

I'll be seeing some of those guys for a Xmas beer tonight...It will
come up...again (hangs head in shame) :-(


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

OzOne wrote:
Yep, you always remeber the dunking that cost, or near cost a
champioship win.

In this case, it was complacency. We'd already gybed at least a dozen
times, with few if any problems. I remember *exactly* how it happened...
in fact I can still see it all in slo-mo... didn't time the gybe with
the waves and as we slowed down into the gybe (normal mode was blasting
over & past them) the stern at first refused to swing and then slewed
around too far too quick. I was caught a little off balance and could
not get the bow back down. We swung broadside-to and a combination of
the waves and the spinnaker blowing thru put the boat on her ear. I
managed to not fall out...


I will till the day I die remember my mistake as a crew that cost us
an Oz national champ, when we gybed in 25kt+ and I'd left the dagger
board just an inch or so too high and it caught the vang.

Ouch! I've done that too.


We were far enough ahead, and recovered quickly enough to scramble to
a 3rd, but needed a 2nd to take the champ. Bugger!

Hey, it's still a darn good showing. We still beat one boat and almost
passed for a 2nd. Everyone else had gone in by that point, except the
Vipers.


I'll be seeing some of those guys for a Xmas beer tonight...It will
come up...again (hangs head in shame) :-(


Hope the story has gotten better with age!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Crap'n Neal® wrote:
I'd drown my sorrow, too, if I were as inept . . .

Tell us about the last time you were leading a national level one-design
race.

For that matter, tell us about the last time you went sailing. Or the
last time you were sober.

DSK

Only if you tell me when was the last time you actually
showed some interest in a woman. With the psychotic
Gay One stalking me I figure that's more than enough
perverts in my life.

CN



"DSK" wrote in message ...
Crap'n Neal® wrote:
I'd drown my sorrow, too, if I were as inept . . .

Tell us about the last time you were leading a national level one-design
race.

For that matter, tell us about the last time you went sailing. Or the
last time you were sober.

DSK

OzOne wrote:
Yep, can't get slack in the fresh.
In the Skate, we didn't fall out / off. When you capsize one of them
you either get gently dumped into the mainsail when the hiking plank
unlocks and slides down, or get catapulted out over the end of the
mast if it doesn't.

That doesn't sound so bad. One thing I like about the Jn-18 is that it
has little tendency to bite. Many fast boats like to bounce you off hard
fiberglass (usually with metal chunks sticking out at the exact wrong
place) at 20 mph.

I like pain less & less as I get older....


We were lucky this time and both managed to stay on the boat so the
mainsail was no sooner in the water than it was out again and with the
spinnaker pole on a shockcord back to the mast, we just release it, it
stows on the boom, and we can just reset the kite and get going again.
Nothing to untangle.

Could you leave the chute up & flogging? Done that and got away with it
a few times, but it's better to tuck it away if you can spare the time.
A dousing line is really nice!



I will till the day I die remember my mistake as a crew that cost us
an Oz national champ, when we gybed in 25kt+ and I'd left the dagger
board just an inch or so too high and it caught the vang.

Ouch! I've done that too.


Yep, way too easy to do. We were surfing a 3-4 metre storm swell in a
real good 25kts and there was not a second chance .... hell, we even
had a black line on the board that lined up with the deck when the
board was down just enough.
I still think it might have floated up that extra inch, but wouldn't
use taht as an excuse because it sounds lame, and I just don't know.

Y'know, boats really *are* just like women. Sometimes they are all hot
and cooperative, other times they are slyly awaiting the perfect chance
to make a fool of you.

I wonder if, in a Skate, can you make that pause at the near-DDW point
to double check these things. Some boats put you under too much
pressure, not to mention fast competitors close astern (or close ahead),
to do this. You can see stuff like this out of the corner of your eye,
but if you can't get to the middle of the boat to do anything about it,
then what's the point?


Hope the story has gotten better with age!


Nope, unfortunately it hasn't. :-)
I still cop a pasting every time we get together over a few too many
beers.

But it still beats not being there, eh?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King