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windsong
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Initially Posted - 07/21/2009 :  09:20:59  Show Profile
I'm competing in a race on Saturday in Southport, NC that just goes to show everyone what serious racers we are here in the Carolinas. Race starts with crews on land. Boats are anchored offshore. Racers sprint, paddles in hand, to their dinghies, paddle to their boats. Climb aboard. Pull up anchor under sail alone, race the course, then return by anchoring under sail, paddling to shore and finishing with a sprint to the finish.
They call it a "triathalon event."
Take that, Lance Armstrong!
Info here:
http://www.southportsailing.com/Wooden%20Boat%20Flyer%202009%20-%20all%20PDF.pdf

Michael Hetzer
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2009 Catalina 250 WK HN984
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 07/21/2009 :  14:50:22  Show Profile
Good luck Michael. At least you don't have to swim to the boat!
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glen
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Response Posted - 07/22/2009 :  06:14:41  Show Profile
Very interesting, has anyone ever filmed the start.
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windsong
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Response Posted - 07/22/2009 :  06:31:52  Show Profile
I can hear the film soundtrack - Vangelis doing "Theme from Chariots of Fire."
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windsong
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Response Posted - 07/25/2009 :  18:20:38  Show Profile
I feel obligated to report the outcome of our Triathalon "Wooden Boat Race," having begun this thread. We took the "Oh sh--" award and entertained about 100 spectators for two hours. I was crewing on a friend's Beneteau 37.6 with a crew of 4. We got to the boat in our dinghy, released from our anchor and began to sail out, only to discover that our dinghy anchor had wrapped around our keel. Damn! We rounded downwind to try to free it, got too close to the shoal and ran aground. We worked for a half-hour to get free, all within a hundred feet of a bar filled with spectators, who were really enjoying our antics. We finally got a second anchor out in deep water and kedged off. Free at last, we hardened up the sails to try to catch the back of the fleet, only to discover that our kedge anchor had wrapped around the dinghy anchor. We ran aground again trying to fix that. Meanwhile the crowd in the bar was growing ever bigger. Spent another half-hour trying to disentangle the two anchors, and in the process one anchor, rode and all, went to the shallow bottom. Skip dove in to retrieve, I got in the dinghy to help, yacht began to sail away with two crew aboard. Ran aground again. Skip pried his anchor from the very hands of Davy Jones and got it safely aboard, we turned on the engine, freed ourselves and got a round of cold ones at the party - just in time to collect our "Oh Sh--" award.
Ah, the sailor's life.
Edited by - windsong on 07/26/2009 05:31:08
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/25/2009 :  18:46:21  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Well, it sounds like you had fun, nobody got hurt (dignity excepted), you entertained the peanut gallery, and hopefully got some free beers for your efforts. I can think of far worse ways to spend a weekend.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/26/2009 :  06:32:04  Show Profile
Things like that always happen when a crowd is present, but when you execute a difficult maneuver brilliantly, nobody is ever there to see it. Thanks for a good read!
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