I favor half models. : ) Seriously, if I get a trophy, it means that I have had a particularly good day/weekend/series and I want a tangible reminder of it; a souvenir, if you will. So services or clothing don't cut it. I want something I need to dust and that evokes good memories. Cheers Andy C&C 40 Peregrine
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Knowles Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > On a slightly different racing tack: Prizes > > I was at a club meeting last night at which prizes for racing came up for > discussion. The talk ranged from glasses and flags to club services such as > hull washes, and sponsored prizes like coats and other swag. > > I'm in the glass and little flag group which is a throwback to the 70's > and 80's. Others would like much bigger/ more opulent awards. > > What does your club do for the weekly races, series and regattas? > > Rich Knowles > Indigo. LF38 > Halifax > > On 2013-04-12, at 13:54, OldSteveH <[email protected]> wrote: > > This has been a really good thread, highlighting the risks of casual > racing. > There are some good lessons and solid reminders of the situation we're in > when we do these casual races. > > I started racing again last year after many years away from it. > That made me an experienced but rusty racer, and what's worse, racing > amongst folks with a wide variation in experience and acumen. > For example on one race I starboarded two boats just after the start, > completely in the right, but now realizing in hindsight completely ignorant > of the abilities of those skippers and whether they would respond. Although > there was no problem at the time, I won't do that again. Years ago we raced > against the same competitors week after week and everyone knew everyone > else. The crews were generally the same from week to week, even from year > to > year. It produced very close and well run races. I now realize I cannot > expect this beer can stuff to be the same. > > I have to say a couple things about the video. It does not appear the > leeward boat called out in any way. Should they have called "hardening up" > to the windward boat? They did not give any warning of their movements. It > didn't look to me like Blue was barging, they were on a close reach. Blues > crew were indeed clueless, as was the helmsperson, but the tactician also > made mistakes. He appeared to see the other boat but did not do or say > enough until it was too late. I think he acknowledged this in his post. No > question about windward leeward rule though, Blue was in the wrong but also > agree leeward boat seemed to do nothing to avoid the collision. > > Cheers, > > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:26:59 +0100 > From: Wally Bryant <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Race video > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Yup, it's a bummer about Mike (tactician.) He owns the sail loft in La > Cruz > and does the morning weather on the local radio net, and is a great guy. > > Banderas Bay is a major winter cruiser hangout, and the crews on these > races > are almost always pickup crews that don't know the boat and have never > sailed together. Probably not a good time to get aggressive at the start. > > Wal > > Chuck S wrote: > > <snip> The whole crew looked rather distracted and inexperienced. No > > one is looking for traffic. That's everyone's job. <snip> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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