[Public-list] Re: RE: Port Huron to Mackinac Race (Gordon Laco)

[Gordon Laco]

Hello John - 

Thanks for the report - I would very much like to race with you in that
regatta next year.  It may take some doing to get ready but we may be able
to do it.

Gord






> The race was interesting and was a big learning experience.  I raced without
> a spinnaker which caused us to fall far behind during the first day when the
> wind was at our backs.  We had some heavy weather crossing Saginaw Bay on
> Lake Huron the second day during which we sailed with a storm jib and a
> double reefed main and still managed to make 7.5 knots.  As everybody on
> this list would expect the boat performed well.  She was not the fastest,
> but was likely the most seaworthy in the fleet.  Others suffered knock downs
> and broken rigs.  At the end of the race we had no wind and stood short of
> the finish line for 10 hours.  The race was really set up for "big time"
> racers.  We were probably the only boat of 260 plus that raced with white
> sails.  All in all, it was a great time and I am planning on making a go of
> it again next year.
> 
> John Manza
> Jante II    
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> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:36:24 -0400
> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] RE: Port Huron to Mackinac Race
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> Hello John - how did the race go?
> 
> Gord A30 #426
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> 
>> I will be racing Jante II in the 2005 Port Huron to Mackinac Race.
>> The race distance is about 200 miles and  we will have a crew of five
>> aboard.  We will stage on the Black River in Port Huron on July 21st
>> and the race begins around noon on Saturday, July 23d.  Our PHRF
>> handicap for the race is a whopping 231 - the highest in the fleet of
>> over 260 boats.  I would love to talk to any Albergers who will be
>> around prior to the race.  Details about the boat and crew are
>> available at http://www.byc.com/mack05/boatdetail.cfm?ID=1134.
>> 
>> John Manza
>> Jante II
>> # 150    
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