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Stinkpotter
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Initially Posted - 03/24/2011 :  11:39:25  Show Profile
Velsheda, Ranger, Shamrock V, and possibly a few others will be racing off Newport each day from 6/15 to 6/19. There will be viewing areas at Fort Adams, Castle Hill Inn, around Jamestown, and in USCG-approved areas on the water. Their base will be Newport Shipyard in town.

These are the most magnificent sailing yachts ever built--period.

It's on my calendar!

See this [url="http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/ClassicYacht/classicyachtmarchapril2011/2011031001/#12"]Classic Yacht magazine article[/url].
Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 03/24/2011 :  11:51:45  Show Profile
Sounds exciting! Hopefully, one of the sports channels will cover it.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/24/2011 :  11:59:44  Show Profile
I wouldn't count on that--they almost didn't cover the AC. (But I'd rather see this.)
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 03/24/2011 :  13:21:11  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Wow, magnificent is right! Take a camera!
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 03/24/2011 :  14:20:17  Show Profile
I posted this once before, but here is the official J class Association web site, with histories on the various boats:

http://www.jclassyachts.com/
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 03/25/2011 :  16:34:56  Show Profile
Wow! My buddy Mike races J boats, but not like these! I'd love to see these in action.
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 03/25/2011 :  17:00:12  Show Profile
Here is some just for fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1HwkVXUzk& feature=related
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klassi1
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Response Posted - 03/25/2011 :  19:20:58  Show Profile
Will be in the area at that time but will be on my own sailing adventure on a 1920's racing schooner. I can't wait!

http://www.windjammervacation.com/
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/26/2011 :  09:03:29  Show Profile
Here's another [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SDflJdsdM&feature=related"]vid of Shamrock V[/url]... Imagine three of those monsters jockeying for the start!

I have a 1/40th scale model of her in my living room--sails and all... I never get tired of that beautiful form.
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bear
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Response Posted - 03/26/2011 :  19:30:21  Show Profile
Dave, Do you have a website or info if there are any spectator boats
available? Are you viewing on "Sarge". Was down in Newport
for the Tall Ships several years ago, never seen so many
boats in one harbor at once.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/26/2011 :  21:22:58  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 bear</i>
<br />Dave, Do you have a website or info if there are any spectator boats
available? Are you viewing on "Sarge"?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I don't know about any other boats... I'm some 40+ miles away--a couple of hours on Sarge (in favorable conditions)--so circumstances with my lady will dictate... I'm guessing we'll go by car and possibly view from the NYYC, to which her brother belongs. It'd be fun out on the water on Sarge, but probably not practical. I wish I could say "absolutely" and pick up a half dozen association folks in Newport, but things will be fluid. But I expect those Js will draw a crowd!
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ruachwrights
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Response Posted - 03/29/2011 :  06:36:47  Show Profile  Visit ruachwrights's Homepage
Can't wait. I'll be aboard Hajime for sure!

Vern Wright
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OJ
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Response Posted - 03/29/2011 :  13:45:07  Show Profile
Yes, a boat you can stare-in-wonder at.

I have a picture of a J hanging in my home office.

It has secondary stays between the spreaders. Oddly (to me at least) it also has round windows (like you'd see for telltales) sewn into what looks to be an asymmetrical spinnaker (wrong period I know) pushed out with a long pole. The crew is dwarfed by the immensity of the rigging.
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