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After I took this one last week, I sent it to the Vanilla Duck. So he went out and bought an orange trys'l.

SHTP Marketing...

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Didn't Tracy Reed (also British) sing "We'll Meet Again" in the movie? She played the part of Miss Foreign Affairs (aka Miss Scott).

Miss Foreign Affairs

"We'll Meet Again"

Motivational shot. Connie took this a couple days ago:

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I had an ATN Gale Sail for Ragtime! (J/92). We discussed trying to work around your main to set a trys'l. Similarly, I wouldn't want to turn a jib loose on the foredeck to hoist a storm jib. The...

The bug light is LIT.

That looks like an absolute blast! I don't know how to do any of that stuff.

This is a beautifully designed and built singlehander's dinghy. There are 184 of them in the UK and two in Australia. There's only one in the U.S. and as Sled states it was never launched -...

Ants, the "rocket launcher" is just the jib furler wrapped in foam.

Sled, at the bottom end of that sticking-up thing is a 60 kg bulb.

Hey Sled, I put 1,600 miles on Connie's Prius since Friday, driving to pick up my new ride.

Since you like guessing games, what is it? One random guy thought it was a Jet Ski.

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I couldn't watch it. Inexcusable is right.

The in-person 3BF awards meeting was great. It sounds like we'll be having more of those. It's hard to know what works post-Covid - I recall there were already complaints (pre-Covid) about our...

Love the rainbows and the green hills! Here's one over the ravine behind the Johnston yard and sail folding area.

When we moved here 29 years ago there were no houses back there, just the hills....

Jiri and Kato did the SHTP in 2016. I don't recall meeting Jiri but I raced against the boat and its previous owner when it was kept here in Benicia (small world!)

Adrian and Idefix did the 2012...

Hi Scott,

Welcome to the forum. The volume of posts has dropped off significantly but there's a wealth of information in the Archives.

Do you know Eric Thomas in Duluth, MN? He nearly won the...

The diver costs $140. The late fee is $10. I will continue to wait for a weather forecast before entering.

As with the AIS transponders, what bugs me is the lack of concern for the skippers who...

Hi Bryan,

Surprise! has had this package for about three years. It works fine as long as I keep the all coax connectors tight.
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You were flying the big sails on Sunday. Main trim looks good!

The racing was close. Here are Sunday's podium finishers in the Singlehanded fleet:



Start: 02/11/24 at 12:30:00
Wind: ---...

Likely the old problem of your login timing out before you posted it. It doesn't tell you - your unposted post just goes into the ether.

Cliff Notes version?

Here's what the other end of the tow line looked like:

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When I was the SSS Treasurer, it was understood that the Treasurer’s job included handling the swag. I was a busy CPA and asked if I could do just the financial part, and ask someone else to do the...

https://store.pirateslair.com/singlehanded-sailing-society/

I have no word about Beetle but want to point out Sled's suggestion about getting together Friday afternoon:
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Sometimes you find the crowd; sometimes the crowd finds you. Regardless, we needed to round that mark. It's in there somewhere.

You need to know at least the fundamental racing rules and...

I could answer your questions but let me ask you a question first. Are you sure you want to do this as your first race?

This is one of the rounding marks during last year's 3BF:

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