Way to go Dennis!Hope the repair goes well.RonWild CheriC&C 30-1STL
On Monday, June 25, 2018, 11:00:04 AM CDT, Dennis C. via CnC-List
<[email protected]> wrote:
Yup, interesting race. Paul and I swapped driving duty. Unfortunately for
Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose. I hope he can save the shirt
he was wearing. It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid. Pics of the repair can
be seen here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL
Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race. We averaged 8.3 knots for
the first 4 legs (60 nm).
It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest. The monohull record
fell by an hour. The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44 minutes.
It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2 time Olympic
silver medalist.
For those interested, you can replay the race here:
http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723
It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark off
Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm close
reach to the Gulfport sea buoy. After the sea buoy, we loosened up to a
beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy. We passed the
Mobile Sea buoy before sunset. We've NEVER come close to that previously.
After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line without
collapsing the genoa. We were back close enough to shore where we could look
at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second place boat so
we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for wing on wing.
The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty squirrely and I didn't
want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole (especially since that
person was me). I hate wing on wing! We probably lost 10 minutes or so but
safety rules!
We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class. We might have
given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing.
On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a
McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national class
sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us). Soon after we rounded the sea
buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up. We didn't see any other boats set a
chute. He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's corrected. Who'd a
thunk it? A McGregor 25.
We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute. It immediately exploded.
As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we furled
the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off the backstay
while we stabilized the rig.
Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race.
As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm taking
it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it. If they don't want to
take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle.
Dennis C.Touche' 35-1 #83Mandeville, LA
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List <[email protected]>
wrote:
This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore
sailboat race. Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C&C 35 mk1, over
100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class.
What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before the
finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster. Dennis
quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led to aft
winches.
-
Paul E.1981 C&C 38 Landfall
S/V Johanna Rose
Fort Walton Beach, FL
http://svjohannarose.blogspot. com/
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