That particular owner was not from Liverpool, as far as I know he has always been based out of the PNW.
As to being extremely hungover at the time, there was this once I did mutiny owing to an extreme hangover. The scene of the crime was Lahaina (Maui, Hawaii), Sauza Cup regatta, 1985. (Sauza Tequila was the sponsor.) For the Saturday night party they mixed Margaritas in garbage cans. Hence the extreme hangover. Some background on the seriousness of a Sauza Cup: I had previously participated in the Sauza Cups of 1981 and 1982. During those events I observed and participated in both water balloon and food fights (boat to boat) often food stuffs left over from the recently completed Transpac or Vic-Maui races. As most of the Sauza Cup race boats sailed over in the Transpac or Vic-Maui they were often in top race condition except often the racing sails were replaced with delivery sails and most of the crack racing crews replaced with friends/family/delivery crew. In 1985 I was part of a group of west coast sailors that chartered the Barnett 52 “Climax” for Transpac. Our moto was “Nothing performs like a loaner”. We scored first to finish in class B and our navigator won the Navigation trophy. After repairing the nearly failed rudder bearings (leaking the last 3 days) Climax was sailed up to Lahaina. Climax had a Sauza Cup crew of 8, 2 of us from the Transpac crew, 2 guys that we race with in the PNW and our spouses. After Saturday’s races (round the cans in the lee of the island), and the epic race dinner/party getting back to the hotel around 2AM the 6AM wake up call for the Sunday race over to Molokai and back was unwelcome. The Molokai race starts in the lee of Maui then crosses in the trade wind exposed Pialolo channel between Kaanapali Maui and the Molokia rocks. We were flying a full main and a #3. After the first few miles in the channel the wind was freeing up a little and the skipper of the day asked me to do a sail change to a bigger headsail. So, big seas, lotsa wind, light on experienced crew, and a very hungover foredeck guy. This is where I pretty much pulled a munity by telling the skipper, possibly in crass terms: “If you want to change sails come on up I’ll come back there and drive.” Well, as nobody else wanted to take on the short handed challenge of changing a headsail in trade winds/seas we kept the #3. It all worked out, as we approached the Kaanapali mark and the turn downwind to the finish the wind increased and came forward. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Port Ludlow/Seattle Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 12:14 AM To: Stus-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Andrew Burton<mailto:a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Sea stories vs Fairy tales Was this owner from Liverpool, by any chance? And were you extremely overhung at the time? Because I recal this exact scenario taking place in Annapolis one year. Though nothing beats a certain southern gentleman known for both his somewhat coarse behavior in social situations and his success on the racecourse could be heard to occasionally explain, ‘goddamnit, you guys are makin’ me look bad!’ To which it was suggested that he “shut up and drive the boat.” Merry Christmas, everyone Andy Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260
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