[Public-List] A30 Team for Eastport/Annapolis Tug'o'war.

[Gordon Laco]

I can't come to your event, Andrew, but the invitation reminds me of a bad
memory.

I worked for Tom Taylor Co in Toronto for many years after I graduated from
school (those Canadians on the list who are my age will remember the
department store sized chandlary down town)  I still dream sometimes about
what that old building was like when I would come in to open up.

Among the gear we handled was the distributorship for British Seagull
outboards.  I loved them and had one myself on TOUCH WOOD, my old Folkboat.
I used to tell everyone that they were the greatest, and I sold a lot of
them.

One day my soon-to-be wife and I were sailing back from a weekend in Niagara
in TW, in company with friends in their Shark class sloop.  We were becalmed
so both fired up the aux outboards.  My 'Gull was vibrating and hammering
away, smoking like crazy on the heavy oil mix as usual, but as I said, I
loved it.  

Boyd decided to challenge me to a tug of war in the glassy calm.

We quickly rigged up a line - I was confident of victory.  My Seagull was
rated at 170 pounds of thrust, had the extra long shaft and the five-bladed
11" diameter high torque prop.  Boyd's boat had a buzzy 6hp Johnson with a
tiny high pitch prop...both engines about the same displacement.  We knew
his boat had a higher top speed but I loyally attributed that to the
Seagull's superior design, which produced fantastic torque at low speeds -
like a farm tractor, I used to say.

Well, he towed us backwards with a foaming 'bow' wave at our stern.  He took
pictures which he still occasionally emails to me.   Over the roar of our
engines I could hear him triumphantly shouting "Ha Ha, you bastartd!  All
those poor people you lied to, all those poor people!"

Gord #426




On 10/23/08 9:23 PM, "Meinhold, Michael J." <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com>
wrote:

> I am in! 
> 
> Mike
> Rinn Duin #272
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Andrew L.
> Cole
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:36 PM
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> Cc: 'Robert Martensson'; 'Eric Schwartz'; tlochner at boatinglaw.com; 'Marc
> Stanley'; 'Staller, Phillip B'; 'William Lagman'; 'Lawton, Ike'; 'Andrew
> Stephenson'
> Subject: [Public-List] A30 Team for Eastport/Annapolis Tug'o'war.
> 
> One of my crew is involved with the annual Tug'o'war across Spa Creek
> and has asked if we could put together an A30 team to compete this year.
> He's trying to get the Cal 25 group to put up a team to oppose us (the
> fools).
> 
> 
> 
> We can have as many as 33 people on the team, the entry fee is $20.00
> per person, and my understanding is that the proceeds all go to charity
> (I will have to check which one).
> 
> 
> 
> The Tug is on Saturday November 8, registration opens at 11, and the
> tugs will take place between 12 and 1.
> 
> 
> 
> I'll have coffee and donuts at our house for the team before
> registration (everyone can park on our street and walk over to
> registration after we're sufficiently caffeinated and sugared up).
> 
> 
> 
> If you're interested, send me a note and I'll start compiling a list.
> Don't forget to pass this on to your crews as well.
> 
> Andrew L. Cole, Esq.
> Franklin & Prokopik
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