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Dan86
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Initially Posted - 07/11/2005 :  21:57:05  Show Profile
Not necessarily Catalina related, however, sailed in a regatta as crew on a J30, first race was barely any wind, second was much better with a short course and 4 legs, so lots of spinnaker work. The third leg started just as a gust front from a large thunderstorm in the distance caught us. We had a series of problems that lead to a broach and a broken boom due to sea conditions and uncontrolled jybes (2 or 3) The sea state rolled us through the wind and we had a spinnaker jump out of the jaws on the pole. I literally was climbing up the deck to stay on board! In the same race a Santa Cruz 50 put the spreaders in the water in what was called a "death roll" by some of the others in the race. It popped back up, the spinaker caught wind and literally exploded. Whew, what an adrenaline rush, and very scarey. Learned a lot, which is the purpose of crewing
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 07/12/2005 :  08:57:29  Show Profile
Wow. Sounds like you were sailing ahead of hurricane Dennis.
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Don B
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Response Posted - 07/12/2005 :  11:08:04  Show Profile
Hope nobody was hurt. I'm new to sailing and also find that sailing on other peoples boats is always a good learning experience. You can keep the extreme conditions though.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 07/13/2005 :  20:26:29  Show Profile
This reminds me of the time we were practicing with a new C&C 33 on Lake Erie off Cleveland. We couldn't wait to try the spinnaker for the first time when a wind gust just about put the boat on its nose. Someone fed the spinnaker halyard out too fast and the next thing you know we're pulling the sail into the cockpit over the transom (from beneath the boat.)
Brand new spinnaker covered with brand new bottom paint .
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