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catching Newport - Ensenada fever!

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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 03/21/2006 : 16:29:50

Hey fellow Catalina 25/250 and Capri 25 owners. Hopefully you'll catch Newport-Ensenada fever with me and enjoy the world's biggest international, offshore yacht race. A month from now, Indiscipline is going to be there!

In the last few weeks I've done the following: got a crew of 2 to join me. Joined a yacht club (Cortez Racing Association). Joined PHRF of Southern CA. Picked up the following equipment: MOB pole, strobe light, Mexico flag, radar reflector, soft wood plugs for through hulls. I've dragged all the fishing gear home and equipped Indiscipline with her 2nd anchor, and dinghy. I've sailed all my sails to make sure they don't need repair. I've picked up a 2nd spinnaker. I am updating my nav lights (I put a new bow light on some time ago, tonight I'll put a new stern light on). The 1978 stock stern light shines in your eyes and ruins night vision. I also am working on reserving a slip in Ensenada. I have retuned the rigging and gone over all the fittings bow to stern (fixed lots of little things).

I'm ready for my inspection, and after that I'll send in my entry. I'll buy food and water the last weekend before we go.

Its going to be about 300 miles in 5 days, only touching land in Ensenada on Sunday April 30. A long ways in a little boat. I hope to win PHRF L or at least make a respectable showing. Hopefully we'll erase some of the "black sheep" image of the C25.

We have lots of practice races scheduled in the next few weeks to get the crew up to speed.

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 17:34:03

... Its going to be about 300 miles in 5 days, only touching land in Ensenada on Sunday April 30. A long ways in a little boat. I hope to win PHRF L or at least make a respectable showing. Hopefully we'll erase some of the "black sheep" image of the C25. - Jim

We'll be rootin' for you ... thanks for taking on all those hard core racers, and for showing them what our little boats can do ... GO Jim!

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 17:49:38

Go Jim Go! Fair winds and following seas!

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 18:19:49

Don't leave you camera at home Jim!

We'll all be thinking of you and day-dreaming.

Paul

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 18:27:43

I'm going to have the camera, and I'll update my website after the race. Hopefully I'll even be able to send email during the race (when we are close enough to shore), so you may even get an update to this forum during the race!

I hope to write an article for the Mainsheet about the experience.

This is for all the Catalina 25s out there. Lets come home with the Frank Butler trophy (fastest Catalina on corrected time)! Although I know its going to be hard to beat 38s and above.

I'm sure to be the smallest and slowest boat (on paper) in the race. My class will include everything PHRF 189 through 999. That includes Catalina 27s and 30s. I want to beat them, real bad.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 19:12:05

Jim - couple of things that some big regatta's require that might come in handy....not all regatta's list this as required

Small pair of cable or bolt cutters
Reflective tape on every life jacket
Whistle on every life jacket
spare tiller

Be sure to bring extra hanks, shackles, line, hasps, screws and bolts

Duane

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takokichi
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 20:12:26

Wow! So absolutely jealous I can't tell you.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 21:23:14

Go the Indicipline!

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clayC
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Response Posted - 03/21/2006 : 22:13:58

Jim,
I have been going to suggest an artical to Mainsheet for some time now. The Tech Tips are good, but the articals are only average. Your stories Rock! Give us a time table so we can live a bit of the race with you, send you a little enegry.

Beat Em!!

Clay C

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takokichi
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 07:11:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ClamBeach
 Go the Indicipline!
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Ah - an anarchist. Do you have a handle?

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Justin
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 08:39:45

Good luck! Looking forward to your pictures and story afterwards.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 09:39:32

I wish I could be there with you, Jim. Good luck and be safe.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 12:02:32

Last night I installed my new stern light, soldering wires over my head in the quarter berth was fun. I also put a new connector on my autopilot, fixing the nagging problems I've had with the wires pulling out of it from time to time (ever since I stepped on it during my Santa Rosa Island cruise this past summer). I put some epoxy on a few weak spots on deck. I put new cotter rings on my lifelines and topping lift (the old ones were bent and kept falling out).

Now I'm trying not to go crazy here but I've decided to install an electric bilge pump. I usually sail single handed, sometimes way offshore. If there ever was a leak I could not pump the manual pump and fix the problem, too.

Today I reserved a slip at the Marina Coral in Ensenada. Ye Ha.

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djn
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 12:23:34

Take pleanty of pictures Jim and be safe....and win. We'll be rooting for you.Cheers.

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Fantasy II
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 14:09:10

Choose your time for rounding Point Conception very carefully! We did it on a C&C 30, and we were surfing all the way. Ensenada was great fun, though, and we got to go aboard "Solar Wind", one of ther fastest power boats in the world. They were just returning from a circumnavigation of South America!!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 15:05:02

Duane,

Small pair of cable or bolt cutters - on board

Reflective tape on every life jacket - suggested for this race, not mandatory. I have a water proof light on mine.

Whistle on every life jacket - required for this race.

spare tiller - not required. My tiller is sound, I refinished it last year. I've had the rudder off recently, the pintles are sound. The gudgeons are too, but there is some free play in the rudder.

I have spare shackles, line, hasps, sail repair tape. What I don't have is spare spin sheets or sail hanks. Of course I have all 7 headsails on board. If I lose a sail I'll just fly the next one up or down. I've been thinking of spare spin sheets - those light lines could break or wear through pretty easily.

By the way I replaced my mast plate and boot last year, rebedding it. The deck is sound and I upgraded the mounting screws. All rigging checked end to end. I also have new stanchions on each side (only the middle ones are stock).

I'm going to take the Honda home for a winter service before the race. Last year replaced timing belt, motor mounts, thermostat, impeller, plugs, oil upper and lower. I have the old parts as spares. By the way my impellor only had 2 blades left.

I have charts, two compasses, extra flares, 2 VHF radios and Vessel Assist membership.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/22/2006 : 15:41:58

Now that's the kind of racin' I like!

Good luck...kick some a...!

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