Thanks for the writeup, Martin. It's always good to see someone having a helluva good time.
On 7 May 2013 17:08, Martin DeYoung <[email protected]> wrote: > The race course took us through 4 or 5 “gates” of both wind and current > where a boat could lose or gain 10 minutes by choosing poorly.**** > > ** ** > > On the outbound day (Seattle to Port Townsend) Calypso had a 15 minute > lead on Carmanah at Double Bluff (1/2 way time point). We chose to > continue on the Whidbey Island side, Carmanah crossed to the Marrowstone > Island side. We looked great for about 90 minutes until the westerly shift > came through. That day we finished behind Carmanah by +-10 minutes.**** > > ** ** > > On Sunday, the return to Seattle day, Carmanah pulled out in front early > on and lead us by 15 minutes at Double Bluff. They choose to head to the > east side of Puget Sound. Two container ships in the VTS lanes forced us > back towards the west side which turned out much better. We looked far over > the stern to find Carmanah as we close reached to the finish.**** > > ** ** > > Sunday’s finish was exciting as Calypso was at max spinnaker reach (80 to > 90 TWA) and just barely making the finish line. A spin out was expected if > the wind built just a little to over the 15 to 16 we had. As the R2S is a > pursuit race we were to be sharing the finish line with smaller sportier > boats. A pack of 4 were locked in hand to hand combat just in front of > Calypso. In the last 90 seconds or so the pack of 4 ended up beam to beam > close enough to hold hands but fortunately did not stall at the line. I > expect our 24,000 lbs. at 8.5 knots (frothing at the mouth and looking > hungry) made a convincing case for getting across the line and out of the > way.**** > > ** ** > > Earlier I did state this was my favorite weekend of racing on Calypso (+- > 10 years of active racing this boat). Not to pile on but I bet it was one > of the best in all my 40 years of racing up and down Puget Sound and > Admiralty Inlet. 10 to 20 TWS, medium currents, sunshine and 70 to 80F and > 117 boats all being raced single or double handed plus a ½ way party filled > with racers knee deep in sea stories. Hard to beat.**** > > ** ** > > Martin**** > > Calypso**** > > 1970 C&C 43**** > > Seattle**** > > > [image: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck > S > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:30 PM > > *To:* CNC boat owners, cnc-list > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Calypso's epic race weekend**** > > ** ** > > Great write up. Really enjoyed the tactical explanation of using tides > and avoiding wind holes. **** > > Chuck > *Resolute* > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ**** > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"DeYoung, Martin" <[email protected]> > *To: *"CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:07:59 PM > *Subject: *Stus-List Calypso's epic race weekend > > > **** > > http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?3482-Epic-Shorthanded-Racing > **** > > **** > > The link goes to Pressure Drop’s write up of last weekend’s STYC Race to > the Straits. In more than 10 years of racing Calypso including this race 4 > or 5 times in the past, last weekend’s race rates as the best ever. One of > the things that makes this event special is all boats are single or > double-handed. Competitors give extra allowance on crossings and mark > rounding’s in consideration of the extra time it may take to maneuver. Old > school sportsmanship was in evidence both days.**** > > **** > > The C&C connection is Calypso (43 hull #1) raced Carmanah (43 hull #2). > Carmanah won the first day, Calypso the second and the series by a few > minutes. Carmanah gets bonus points as they race as a “Jack & Jill” team > and gave nothing away in sail handling or boat speed.**** > > **** > > After 43 years these old boats showed well upwind in 15 to 20 against many > of the light weight sporty boats that require weight on the rail. We also > did well against the other newer C&C’s from the 80’s and 90’s but a direct > comparison is difficult as some classes were “no flying sails” and some > “flying sails” C&Cs used a cruising spinnaker. Those pesky light sport > boats did have an advantage gybing their asso sails compared to a > double-handed dip pole gybe in 15 TWS.**** > > **** > > Calypso and Carmanah raced against each other when new as Arieto and > Destination. The original owners spared little expense to obtain a slight > advantage against the other. Both had their sterns bobbed to gain a slight > IOR rating advantage in 1974. Today Carmanah has a semi-custom stern > restoration that includes a swim step that will be handy when John and > Donna take off on an extended cruise south beginning in several years.**** > > **** > > Martin**** > > Calypso**** > > 1970 C&C 43**** > > Seattle**** > > > [image: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F]**** > > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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