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Adam
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Initially Posted - 06/24/2012 : 11:01:52

Hoping to crew with someone mid to late week (open Tuesday - Friday )
Please let me know when and where
Thanks

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PZell
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 07:31:50

Need crew for Beer Can Race on Tuesday, June 26th. Leave dock a little after 5 pm. Brisbane Marina just out of San Francisco past Candlestick Park.

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Lee Panza
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 07:50:32

I'm sorry I can't accommodate you this time, Adam, but next time you're in the Bay Area I'd be happy to if your schedule allows.

We're in our typical summer weather right now, which means little or no breeze in the AM, with the wind rapidly rising sometime around mid-day and blowing like stink out of the West or Northwest all afternoon (mid-20's with 'surges' often exceeding 30 knots). The Central Bay, where the Americas Cup course will be laid out, gets some of the strongest wind, usually starting the day in the 5-10 knot range and picking up earlier than the North Bay & South Bay, and a common sailing day involves beating back and forth toward (or beyond) the Golden Gate Bridge with a 'sleigh-ride' back in the afternoon. The North Bay and South Bay areas are oriented to provide more extended reaches on long tacks without much sail adjustment needed. For us on the San Francisco Peninsula that can mean 2 to 2 1/2 hours of close reach up to the Bay Bridge and 2 hours or less of broad reach with rolling wave fronts on the starboard quarter coming home - strong hand needed on the tiller both ways. Oh, and the current plays a big role in sailing here, with substantial ebbs and flows twice each day (one can enjoy a major boost or fight a major resistance all morning and then experience the very same thing in the opposite direction in the afternoon).

A Cat-25 is a good Bay boat, with high-enough topsides to be relatively dry (although you might still want to bring a waterproof jacket for the afternoon). On the other hand, it's small enough, and light enough, to feel almost dinghy-like in these summer conditions. I leave my main shortened to its first reef, and my furler is a necessity for single-handing. I might pole-out my 150 in the AM and reduce it to maybe 75% or less in the PM.

Your profile says you're from Alabama, Adam, so you're in for a hellava great experience if you can hook up with someone here. Good luck.

[edit: Paul posted the above while I was writing this; you oughtta try to take him up on his offer]

Edited by - Lee Panza on 06/25/2012 07:54:03

PZell
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 07:55:45

Lee, is you boat at Brisbane? We ought to hook up some time for a buddy sail.

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PZell
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 07:56:54

Adam, you missed the 35 knot winds...Looks like it will just be breezy Tuesday.

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Lee Panza
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 08:36:37

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PZell
 Lee, is you boat at Brisbane? We ought to hook up some time for a buddy sail.
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I'm looking forward to sailing alongside you, Paul; I've admired your boat for years (while I was fixing-up and sailing a boat that had been donated to our now-defunct Sea Scouts unit).

Right now this boat (and its skipper) are in a "sea-trials" stage as I'm fixing up and improving a boat that had been long neglected by its PO's. Pretty much each weekend I'm sailing it one day and fixing whatever I broke the following day. Or I'm adding new lines or hardware one day and finding out the next day how I should have done it.

By the end of July I'm hoping to have pretty much everything installed that I'm wanting, and I'd like to sail with you so I can start fine-tuning things. I sailed alongside another Cat-25 recently and it was a really enjoyable experience.

I hope Adam is able to connect with you - it was nice of you to offer.

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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 11:20:05

Lee, which boat are you working on - Great Escape? Everready? or another one? I'll drop by some time and take a look.

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Adam
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 18:38:58

Turns out I will not be there until later in the week. Any other offers? Thanks!

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Lee Panza
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Response Posted - 06/25/2012 : 22:13:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PZell
 Lee, which boat are you working on - Great Escape? Everready? or another one? I'll drop by some time and take a look.
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I'm dry-sailing for the time being, Paul, leaving the boat in one of the yards on Oyster Point when I'm not out on it. It's a lot easier to work on: I can back my truck right up to the transom for transferring tools, materials and boat parts easily. Also, when I drop something I simply climb down and retrieve it. It takes about 35 minutes to tow it to the ramp and launch it, and a little longer to retrieve it, which isn't that much of a hardship when I'm going out for the whole day.

In a month or so, if things continue to go well, I'll start spending more time sailing it than working on it, and I'd like to connect with you, Paul. I think you'll find interesting some of the mod's I've been making.

Adam, it's too bad you'll miss Tuesday's beer can races with Paul. but I hope you're able to connect with someone. Sailing on San Francisco Bay is a world-class treat, and if you watch the America's Cup competitions later this year and next (there's going to be heavy media coverage) it'll be fun to be able to say, "Hey, I know where that is!"

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