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I tend to favor plywood box boats as well Howard- but 110s at the CBC ? The Santa Cruz 110 fleet ? Surely you jest.

It was a very interesting, cultural contrast between the Hokule'a and the Matthew Turner.

I can't go there next Sunday, but am going to at least look at her tomorrow

Wow- what a splendid photo ! I wonder how much breeze they had on the Oregon coast.

I might be looking over my right shoulder at that and thinking " yikes !"

Plan on Improvising

Very bright here last night in Inverness- Marine layer and higher cloud deck obscuring it tonight.

How amazing that a Saildrone was able to withstand those kinds of conditions, and what hugely valuable data ! I have dear friends who just left here for St Pete- not a good place right now- but...

Thanks for the map Sled, and the answer, Bob. I didn't do the math, or find the map until you showed it here, but somehow, it just sounded wrong.

[QUOTE=sleddog;33814]Condolences to Commodore and the extended family of Nancy Potter Tompkins on her recent passing. Nancy was an excellent sailor and generous to a fault. We will miss her smile,...

Thanks so much Skip ! And SO much thanks for your HUGE tips on my sail trim ! It made all the difference on Sunday. What perfect conditions on our beautiful Bay. I echo your huge thanks to Skip...

Such a weird confluence of weather to create such almost instantaneous devastation! It is truly hard to imagine what those poor people are going through right now.

Well done Jim and crew !

What a huge bummer Sled - Ouch !!!!!!

That looks really, really bad.

Avert your eyes. IMP seriously overpowered and on her ear at the start of currently ongoing Fastnet Race. What are they thinking? The mast is inverted a whole...

[QUOTE=Dazzler;33622]There are several hints in Sled’s text and one BIG hint in the photo. And the photo file name is a red herring.

1) That’s not just any International 14, but THE Original 1927...

[QUOTE=sleddog;33584]Here's Milly on PINK with Carter, a high school high hurdles track star, looking comfortable for his first time on a trap. Bren on red LADYBUG to leeward and ahead. Carter is...

It was pretty fun to have the Youth Sailing instructors as crew. My crew Carter really nailed it- despite no prior trap or spinnaker experience.

I did a TON of work on Starbuck in the early '90s for sailmaker Don Goring, who had recently bought her back. We put in new floor timbers, coamings and added the " sugar Scoop" on the transom

Wow Sled- what a story ! Thanks for sharing it !

It looks like there is another Tropical Depression developing further NE and much closer to the Baja peninsula. TBD

Tom Wylie of course ! What a beauty !!!!

Go Pestou indeed ! He has some work cut out for him if he wants those steak knives !

This sounds like a wise decision on their part- especially knowing that the owner is new to the boat. Do you think that was Erik on Pestou's reason to drop out too ? That weather report looks overly...

[QUOTE=sleddog;33301]3 tris, including RUF DUCK, MOJO, and PESTOU are leading R2AK exiting Active Pass into the Salish Sea. Good progress for them. PESTOU is being sailed solo by Eric, a iron man...