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Steve Milby
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Initially Posted - 04/30/2007 :  10:34:19  Show Profile
On Saturday, I crewed on a friend's Pearson Triton 28 in Annapolis in a tune up race, and we had mixed results -- some things went well, and some things didn't. But the 30 mile trip south along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay Sunday, from Annapolis back to our marina, was spectacular. The sun was shining, the blue sky had little puffy white clouds strewn across it, the west wind was about 10-15, and we had a beam reach all the way. The seas were very smooth.

The full-keeled Tritons were built in the late 1950s and early 60s, and were among the first, if not the first, fiberglass-hulled production sailboats. They're lovely, traditional old boats with long overhangs and graceful sheers, and don't let anyone kid you; those old full-keelers can still make your heart sing! In those conditions, we were making 7-7.5 kts for long periods, and briefly touched 8 kts. Not bad at all for a full keel boat with a relatively short waterline.

Many hundreds of sailboats were out yesterday while we were heading back to our marina, and most were racing in large fleets around the Bay. Some fleets had set up race courses north of Annapolis, all around the bridge, and others set up courses south of Annapolis. We sailed through two of the fleets, because they were so huge, and we couldn't get around them. We believe one was a fleet of J 105s. There appeared to be perhaps 50-60 boats in the fleet, all flying chutes as we passed through. Even though we were on starboard tack and most of them were on port tack, we yielded to them, to avoid interfering with them. We tried to cross ahead of some of them, instead of ducking behind them and blocking their wind briefly, but found it very difficult to do, because we weren't accustomed to dealing with boats making such speed, and it was very difficult to judge whether we could cross them without making them alter course, and that was the last thing we wanted to do. What a thrill to sail through a fleet like that!

I think I caught a glimpse of Heaven yesterday. It looks just like the Chesapeake Bay, near Annapolis, on a sunny spring day!
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Edited by - Steve Milby on 04/30/2007 10:51:42

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/30/2007 :  11:24:30  Show Profile
Wonderful area--my late wife and I thought hard about moving there, or to the Easton/St. Michaels/Oxford area on the Eastern Shore (sorta like moving a century back in time). And the Triton is indeed a sweet, seakindly boat. When a classic hull like that heels, the LWL increases as the overhangs meet the water--thus the speed that defies the standard equation. She's designed to sail--not to motor--and it sounds like you certainly made her happy!

In my old Daysailer, I once found myself being overtaken by a huge fleet of J-24s (regional chapionships I think) flying kites in a big breeze. I thought they were turning at a mark far to windward of me so I was well out of the course, but they were going to another one far to leeward. What a mess! I luffed up (steering backwards) as they screamed by, and a couple of them made some unnecessary moves toward me as if to teach me a lesson... probably taking out their frustrations. ("If it wasn't for that a-hole in the Daysailer, we would have placed... !")
Edited by - Dave Bristle on 04/30/2007 11:28:42
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