[Public-List] Knockdown in an Alberg 30

[Gordon Laco]

Great story Roger!


On 12-Jan-10, at 12:31 PM, Roger L. Kingsland wrote:

> Gord,
>
> I did something similar to your friend Lynn only I was the cause of  
> the
> spreaders going into the water not the preventer of them coming  
> out.  To
> clarify, I am not absolutely sure "my" spreaders were all the way in  
> the
> water but I assume crew members hanging from the windward life lines
> qualifies me to offer a follow up story.
>
> In my 20s I had achieved experience racing small boats and cruising  
> big
> boats but not racing big boats.  Somehow I got on a CC 41' racing  
> IOR on
> Lake Erie as a novice crew.  During my first race I was assigned to  
> man the
> main sheet in the library where the afterguard could, in theory,  
> look after
> me.  We too were screaming along on a spinnaker reach when I noticed a
> bubble in the luff of the main.  I recalled when that happened on my  
> Hobie
> 16, if I pulled the main in, I could go faster; I mean, sailing is  
> sailing,
> right, so I cranked in the main, with predictable results.  We went  
> faster
> all right; turned real fast to windward as the mast dove toward the  
> water.
>
> After everything was sorted out Dick Newpher, our skipper (AKA  
> "Pirate")
> commenced a yelling at me and made the error of my ways perfectly  
> clear in
> no uncertain terms.  While he caught his breath between curses, I  
> apologized
> profusely and promised to never do that again, as long as I live,  
> Scout's
> honor, so help me God.  He was on a roll though and short of jumping
> overboard, I didn't know what to so I just kept apologizing.   
> Finally, the
> afterguard started to point out to Pirate that I had got the point  
> and they
> too felt I would never do that again; so, maybe it was time to  
> recommence
> racing.
>
> I sailed about 30 races with Pirate (I guess he appreciated a good
> apologizer) and learned as much during those two seasons of racing  
> as I have
> learned in years of cruising.  How right you are; it's all good.
>
> All the best,
>
> Roger 148
>
>
>
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