Andrew, Which C&C 39 and year? In the late 70's there was 4 or 5 active 39s racing in the PNW. Many of the crews would hang out together after racing and tell sea stories. The names "Blackwatch" and "Mistress" come to mind. The "Midnight Special" set a Vic Maui record for boats under 40' in either 74 or 76 under its original ownership, Steve Crary IIRC.
I did a similar thing sailing a C&C 39 (the "Midnight Special" under its 2nd owner) sailing back to Seattle from a Transpac 77. I dove over for a baseball sized glass float. I took the crew a few moments to drop the spinnaker and turn around. I could not see the boat for about 10 minutes but I was young and a good swimmer. We were +- 1,000 miles from dry land. I have 9 glass floats picked up while delivering boats back from Hawaii. That baseball sized one is the smallest, the largest is the size of a small beach ball. My wife has them nicely displayed in our home. The bigger floats always had a "beard" of sea life hanging below the water's surface. The big float still had its netting attached which allowed extra sea life to attach. When I extended out from the deck to grab the float it almost pulled me off the boat. Another crew grabbed my legs allowing me to hold onto the float until the boat slowed more. I cut off the netting and returned it to the sea. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________________ From: CnC-List [[email protected]] on behalf of Andrew Burton via CnC-List [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:41 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Andrew Burton Subject: Stus-List Pacific Sea stories So I just had dinner with an old mate of mine and he had a great story about sailing a C&C 39 back to Seattle from Maui a few decades ago. Japanese fishermen used to have these beautiful blown glass fishing floats that would occasionally get away and were highly valued by sailors. They were reaching along with the kite up when my friend, who was driving, and his watch mate saw one the size of a basketball. The watch mate tried to grab it but missed. So he called "man overboard!" and jumped in after it. My friend stopped the boat by going head to wind as the rest of the guys ran on deck. They retrieved the glass ball and then their errant crewman. Apparently the owner was quite impressed! :) Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
