Doug, Congrats on just finishing the race! And taking 3rd! I hear it was a miserable night with winds of 20+ on the nose. 40% of the fleet never saw the finish line.
Joel On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Doug Ellmore via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I ordered a fixed Mast gate / mastgates.com for my C&C 24 and installed > it last week. It was really useful when we had to reef and un-reef during > the 2017 Gov Cup race last weekend. We were able to get a better trim on > the main when reefed than before. > > Tom and I went back and forth a couple of times and talked on the phone. > > We sailed short handed in the 15-20-25kt winds beating south from > Annapolis to St. Mary's during the race. At the tail end of the race we > made a few head sail changes and reef and un-reefed to adjust for > conditions. > > The little C&C 24 took 3rd in short handed, but could have also been 3rd > in Spin C or N. > > It was a good night to have old sails I guess. > > -- > Doug Ellmore, Sr. > s/v Red Sky, 1976 C&C 24 > d...@ellmore.net > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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