Re: M_Boats: Cruiser Challenge (long)
I do not know if you folks read the posting of the P-sailors, but I get the impression they have fashioned a course that suited the abilities of their boats and attempted to handicap the Montys. Is this a level playing field? And why is it so hard year after year to locate the bouys? Could you competitors comment? Unfortunatly Kentucky is a long way away. I gave a fleeting thought to making the trip as I do have a new tow vehicle and if I were going I would rather go in it now than say, waiting until I buy the next one 14 years from now. Maybe that passage from Steinbeck when Grandma died in the back of the truck on that last desert leg is stuck in my mind. And the Joads started from Oklahoma. Maybe some of us could meet and drive round the clock from Columbus or Louisville or St. Louis. Maybe even link up with others for a coast-to-coast excursion. Maybe we could chip in to award prizes to the highest finishing Montys so as to help defray their expenses. Is that legal? If not cash prizes, maybe gift certificates to WM or a restraunt or a pre-paid gas card? I like reading that Montys won. What can we do about it? steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY
The Montgomery sailboats that did attend (the M_15s) actually won First Place. !!!!!! That would be division C. RACE 1 4.12 nm TRIANGLE COURSE in moderate winds less than 15 kt 1.53 nm upwind => 1.13 nm broad reach => 1.46 deep reach TRUMAN C MONTGOMERY 15 1:34:44 1 REYNOLD C MONTGOMERY 15 1:35:10 2 PERSON C POTTER 15 1:37:04 3 BACON C POTTER 15 1:37:40 4 HIGGINS C HIGGINS 14 CATBOAT 1:48:58 5 WHEELER C POTTER 15 1:49:16 6 BECKER C MONTGOMERY 15 1:50:56 7 (After the race, Bob reported he rounded 2 marks on the wrong side -- but at least he FOUND the correct marks, so we didn't DSQ him!) KAUTZ C POTTER 15 1:51:05 8 BARNES C MONTGOMERY 15 1:55:55 9 GIBSON C BOLGER MICRO FINISHED 21 11 MCDEVITT C POTTER 15 FINISHED 22 12 BROOKS C SIREN 17 FINISHED 23 13 PHY C POTTER 15 FINISHED 24 14 TAYLOR C POTTER 15 FINISHED 25 15 LAWSON C POTTER 15 FINISHED 27 17 BRENNAN C POTTER 15 FINISHED 29 18 RACE 2 2.92 nm TRIANGLE COURSE in light winds less than 12 knots and diminishing with frequent lulls and occassional calms 0.98 nm upwind => 0.88 nm Reach => 1.06 deep reach REYNOLD C MONTGOMERY 15 1:07:58 1 TRUMAN C MONTGOMERY 15 1:10:13 2 BECKER C MONTGOMERY 15 X-DNF 17 (Bob gets 1 pt for being the first skipper to the bar!) PERSON C POTTER 15 1:19:06 3 KAUTZ C POTTER 15 1:19:10 4 BARNES C MONTGOMERY 15 1:19:20 5 BROOKS C SIREN 17 1:19:26 6 BACON C POTTER 15 1:19:34 7 HIGGINS C HIGGINS 14 CATBOAT 1:19:50 8 PHY C POTTER 15 FINISHED 22 9 GIBSON C BOLGER MICRO FINISHED 23 10 WHEELER C POTTER 15 FINISHED 24 11 GORDON C POTTER 15 FINISHED 26 12 MCDEVITT C POTTER 15 FINISHED 27 13 BRENNAN C POTTER 15 FINISHED 30 14 TAYLOR C POTTER 15 X-DNF 18 LAWSON C POTTER 15 X-DNF 18 OVERALL STANDINGS: TRUMAN C MONTGOMERY 15 1 2 3 1 REYNOLD C MONTGOMERY 15 2 1 3 2 PERSON C POTTER 15 3 4 7 3 BACON C POTTER 15 4 8 12 4 KAUTZ C POTTER 15 8 4 12 5 HIGGINS C HIGGINS 14 CATBOAT 5 9 14 6 BARNES C MONTGOMERY 15 9 6 15 7 WHEELER C POTTER 15 6 12 18 8 BROOKS B SIREN 17 13 7 20 GIBSON C BOLGER MICRO 11 11 22 9 PHY C POTTER 15 14 10 24 10 MCDEVITT C POTTER 15 12 14 26 11 BECKER C MONTGOMERY 15 7 17 24 12 GORDON C POTTER 15 16 13 29 13 TAYLOR C POTTER 15 15 18 33 14 BRENNAN C POTTER 15 18 15 33 15 LAWSON C POTTER 15 17 18 34 16 So we actually swept the field in class C with the Montgomery 15. We would have won our division in class B with a Montgomery 17 but no one attended with a M_17. Hence only the Potter 19s were racing against each other. But even the Suncat was faster than some of the Potter 19s. In fact the division B winner (a Potter 19) only beat the Montgomery 15 (division C) by 9 minutes. These little Montgomery 15s are FAST.! Here are the results: http://www.blumhorst.com/cruiserchallenge2004/cc6-results.htm Thanks for winning again, M_15 Skippers...! Fair winds Bob (949) 489-8227 Steve R. wrote:
I do not know if you folks read the posting of the P-sailors, but I get the impression they have fashioned a course that suited the abilities of their boats and attempted to handicap the Montys. Is this a level playing field? And why is it so hard year after year to locate the bouys? Could you competitors comment?
Unfortunatly Kentucky is a long way away. I gave a fleeting thought to making the trip as I do have a new tow vehicle and if I were going I would rather go in it now than say, waiting until I buy the next one 14 years from now. Maybe that passage from Steinbeck when Grandma died in the back of the truck on that last desert leg is stuck in my mind. And the Joads started from Oklahoma.
Maybe some of us could meet and drive round the clock from Columbus or Louisville or St. Louis. Maybe even link up with others for a coast-to-coast excursion.
Maybe we could chip in to award prizes to the highest finishing Montys so as to help defray their expenses. Is that legal? If not cash prizes, maybe gift certificates to WM or a restraunt or a pre-paid gas card?
I like reading that Montys won. What can we do about it?
steve
Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY
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