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Steve Milby
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Initially Posted - 06/09/2008 :  10:19:28  Show Profile
Since last year I've been crewing on a Pearson 32, sailing out of Solomon's Island, in Wednesday evening races, as well as occasional longer weekend races. I know that when most of the younger racers see me walk up, at age 65, with a noticeable tremor, and ask if they need crew, their first fear is that I might fall off the boat, and they'd have to go back and pick me out of the water. These fellows must have been desperate, because they took me on, and I've occasionally been able to "earn my keep" by helping with problems. Finally, last Saturday, we sailed a 30 mile middle distance race from Solomon's Island, MD to the Little Choptank River, and back to Solomon's Island for the finish. We had a bad day, and were fourth out of four boats, and about a mile and a half behind the next boat, and fading, so they decided it was a good opportunity to give me my first chance to steer the boat, figuring I couldn't do any worse than what they were doing. The windspeed was at about 7-9 for about an hour, and then it went just a hair above dead flat calm. Light air racing is one of my favorite racing conditions. It took us about four hours or more to finish the race, but during that time, I was able to regain the mile and a half and overtake the boat ahead of us, pass him, and put him permanently in our wake. We finished third in our class, just before midnight. When the back is aching and the knees are sore, it's nice to know that there are still some things we old guys can do better than the young guys.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 06/09/2008 :  11:09:18  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Steve Milby</i>
<br />.... it's nice to know that there are still some things we old guys can do better than the young guys.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">True, and not just on the water! Congratulations!
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 06/19/2008 :  08:18:37  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Steve Milby</i>
<br />We finished third in our class, just before midnight.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Correction - We did <u>not</u> finish third in our class. Last night I raced on the same boat again, and they told me that, in the dark, we didn't realize that we passed all the boats in our class, regained all our handicap time that we owed to other boats, and took first place!
Edited by - Steve Milby on 06/19/2008 08:21:28
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 06/19/2008 :  09:35:28  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
Well done!!
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Stardog
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Response Posted - 06/19/2008 :  10:08:17  Show Profile
Steve, ROCK ON! Well done! Guess who's driving the boat in light air from now on?!
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/29/2008 :  19:38:39  Show Profile
Old farts rock! You know, anybody can haul in the sheets and beat like crazy into a stiff breeze--light air is where special skills and tactics come into play. Apparently they have a few things to learn from you!
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 06/29/2008 :  20:47:51  Show Profile
Congratulations, Steve! Light air sailing is definitely harder.
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