Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8 My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill" Gail
Turns out that my son's friend's team is in the lead. The Elsie Piddock. They made it thru the Seymour Narrows Rapids just before the window closed, leaving everyone else to wait for the next tidal window. Wonderful to live vicariously. If anyone knows if there is a Spot Tracker for this that the public can see, I would love to know how to find it. Gail On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
Just go to the Race to Alaska web page and the tracker is right there. I think the web page is r2ak.com. Willy Gorrissen
On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
Turns out that my son's friend's team is in the lead. The Elsie Piddock. They made it thru the Seymour Narrows Rapids just before the window closed, leaving everyone else to wait for the next tidal window. Wonderful to live vicariously.
If anyone knows if there is a Spot Tracker for this that the public can see, I would love to know how to find it.
Gail
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
I could not find it on the r2ak.com page, but did find it here http://tracker.r2ak.com/ On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Willy Gorrissen <gorrissen@hotmail.com> wrote:
Just go to the Race to Alaska web page and the tracker is right there. I think the web page is r2ak.com.
Willy Gorrissen
On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
Turns out that my son's friend's team is in the lead. The Elsie Piddock. They made it thru the Seymour Narrows Rapids just before the window closed, leaving everyone else to wait for the next tidal window. Wonderful to live vicariously.
If anyone knows if there is a Spot Tracker for this that the public can see, I would love to know how to find it.
Gail
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
Here is SPOT race link http://tracker.r2ak.com George -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Gail Russell Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:13 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: M-17 in Race to Alaska Turns out that my son's friend's team is in the lead. The Elsie Piddock. They made it thru the Seymour Narrows Rapids just before the window closed, leaving everyone else to wait for the next tidal window. Wonderful to live vicariously. If anyone knows if there is a Spot Tracker for this that the public can see, I would love to know how to find it. Gail On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
Team Excellent Adventure has been doing updates on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/billandtedr2ak?fref=ts Tyler
On Jun 10, 2015, at 5:55 PM, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Here is SPOT race link http://tracker.r2ak.com George
Great to see a Monty in this race! Looks like there was also an M-15 (Team Defiant) but it's withdrawn. Is there handicapping? There's also an F-27 and an F-24 and an F-85SR. Lots of fast Farrier tris. I see there's a couple cats too. Including a Wharram Tiki 21. And a sailing outrigger (OC-6 with sail rig). Wow, what a great collection of diverse boats. And I think Team Discovery (Roger Mann) is a near neighbor here in southern Oregon, I need to check on that but I heard about his preparations, friend of a friend... Thanks for posting this! cheers, John S. On 06/09/2015 07:53 PM, Gail Russell wrote:
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
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Question was - Is there handicapping? No handicapping. Boat for boat. Only rules: no motors; only human power besides sails; must pass 'gates' at Victoria, Seymour narrows and Bella Bella. :: Dave Scobie On Jun 10, 2015 10:21 AM, "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Great to see a Monty in this race! Looks like there was also an M-15 (Team Defiant) but it's withdrawn.
Is there handicapping? There's also an F-27 and an F-24 and an F-85SR. Lots of fast Farrier tris. I see there's a couple cats too. Including a Wharram Tiki 21. And a sailing outrigger (OC-6 with sail rig). Wow, what a great collection of diverse boats.
And I think Team Discovery (Roger Mann) is a near neighbor here in southern Oregon, I need to check on that but I heard about his preparations, friend of a friend...
Thanks for posting this!
cheers, John S.
On 06/09/2015 07:53 PM, Gail Russell wrote:
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
That F-25C sounds fun, I knew modern trimarans were fast but didn't realize they were that fast. It looks like the M17 seems to have weathered out the strongest winds in a harbor but is back sailing again. I would have thought they would seize the opportunity to get a lead since the M17 is one of the more seaworthy boats in the race, but I don't know what the conditions were really like, or if perhaps it was even too strong to make headway to windward without a deeper keel. Hopefully they will write up their story afterwards - this race will make for some great SCA articles. Tyler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Russell" <gail@zeliga.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 7:53:44 PM Subject: M_Boats: M-17 in Race to Alaska Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8 My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill" Gail
On 06/10/2015 10:55 AM, casioqv@usermail.com wrote:
That F-25C sounds fun, I knew modern trimarans were fast but didn't realize they were that fast.
Yep...I've sailed on a friend's Corsair 31 (F-31). Slowest they go is approximate speed of wind. Faster on most points of sail. Nimble too, like a dinghy (or an M-15 :-). There are some disadvantages in some situations...if one really needs to go very slow but anchoring is not an option for example. Hove to, in a stiff breeze, where a displacement hull will make a knot or less, he's doing 3 knots. cheers, John S.
It looks like the M17 seems to have weathered out the strongest winds in a harbor but is back sailing again. I would have thought they would seize the opportunity to get a lead since the M17 is one of the more seaworthy boats in the race, but I don't know what the conditions were really like, or if perhaps it was even too strong to make headway to windward without a deeper keel. Hopefully they will write up their story afterwards - this race will make for some great SCA articles.
Tyler
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Russell" <gail@zeliga.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 7:53:44 PM Subject: M_Boats: M-17 in Race to Alaska
Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8
My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"
Gail
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
Here is SPOT race link http://tracker.r2ak.com George -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Gail Russell Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 9:54 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: M-17 in Race to Alaska Maybe someone posted this already. An M-17 in the Race to Alaska. http://r2ak.com/registered-participants/#toggle-id-8 My son's friend is crewing on an F-25C that is captained by a superb navigator who has a bit of age on him. It appears to me that this race may well involve a test of whether this proposition is true or false: "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill" Gail
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