Check out the Name and Home Port

Power boaters as a group, are generally considered to be assholes and for good reasons. You almost by definition have to be a douchebag to own a power boat instead of a sailboat. Most of their "crafts" are heinously ugly, poor performers, and gross violators of our ecological common sense. Now of course there are cool points to be gathered if you own something power that is retro, or very stylish or super fast, in addition to your sailboat, but that is not the crowd we are addressing. And power boaters also let their assholeishness shine through with the names they pick, like Reel Deal, Our Luv, that kind of shit. That and they mostly don't know fuck-all about being seaman. Until now. Here is the first power boater that is brutally honest about how he got his boat: he simply was lucky enough to swim out of a moneyed sperm pool. Good times.

 

 

No More

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We have a winner for last week's Guess contest. Reader Kent correctly guessed the speed - 20.7 knots! We know because the mainsheet trimmer had a GPS strapped to his arm, and that was their top speed on that run. The boat, btw, is something called a Shaw 6.5, designed by Paul Shaw. Kent drop us an email and we'll hook you up with your SA hat.

Guess how fast this little rocket ship is going. Top speed only, in knots and tenths, like 16.5 Winner gets a Sailing Anarchy hat. Ties broken by the determination of the fascist Editor. Oh yeah, bonus points if you can identify what kind of boat it is.
Good times.

 

 

 

Trademark No. 2,750,448

We just received the official Federal Trademark Registration for our Sailing Anarchy logo, as found on our masthead. I guess it makes us official, whatever the hell that means. More to the point, it protects what we've created here. In an age of rip-off artists at seemingly every turn, we thought it made sense to cover our asses. So now we're copyright and trademark protected. Geez, who knew?

08/21/03

 

J/105 N.A.'s

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the team of Perkins/Wilson of 'Frisco, with their early hull # 35 Good Timin', won the '03 NA's in 'Frisco. The So Cal boys on Bold Forbes, led by Jack Franco, looked like they were going to steal the show and send all the homeboys home sad when they won races three and four, but a fourteenth in race five did them in. They ended up third overall. Full results and pictures can be found at the St Frances YC website. Good Time-in!

 

No Mo'

Russ Lenarz, who in my opinion was doing a nice job writing our YD 101 articles, will no longer be contributing here at SA. Aside from a difficult family situation that I completely empathize with, Russ got nervous about being associated with us a while back after the whole Nelson incident, but I talked him into staying. He then found the Juan K guest commentary distasteful and decided again that maybe SA wasn't the place for him. Though I'll miss his excellent understanding of design, I agreed that it was best to sever the ties. A seemingly bright guy with a keen interest in the sport, we wish Russ the best.

We like the YD 101 concept and beyond, and will begin actively looking for a designer (or designers) who would like to contribute on a semi-regular basis. The Ed.

08/18/03

 

Caption Contest Winners Here are the three winners of the Caption Contest. They are not necessarily the best, but they are the ones that I liked, and as Lord God King Bufu of this site, well that's just the way it goes. Thanks everyone - these things are fun and I've got a great photo for the next one. If any of you have a pic that you think would be good, send it in. - Ed.   3rd Place - From Grasshopper: The Sailing Anarchy team wipes out after driver Scot Tempesta is pushed overboard by tactician Bruce Nelson. 2nd Place - From Phil: Trimmer to skipper...What do you want to do with this guy on starboard? 1st Place - From A Bowman: Tactician: "One and in", which actually turns into two and in with five boat lengths to go. Thirty seconds later...Tactician: "Get the fucking kite down." Anyone who has had to put up with a tactician who can't make up his fucking mind (all of them) surely can appreciate this one! Those of you Big Winners, just e-mail me and we'll hook you up. Send and third get SA T's, and first gets a Sailing Pro Shop duffle bag. Ironically, we only have large and 2xl in shirts, so you can chose a hat instead if you wish. 08/18/03

 

Science, Say Hello to Art Truly a beautiful shot of Alfa Romeo Shockwave drifting along in the light at Cowes. Courtesy of Rick Tomlinson.   Skandia Cowes Week   These are some great shots from Rick Tomlinson at Cowes which is underway. Just some nice visual treats for y'all. If you'd like to see the results, then www.cowesweek.co.uk is your place in cyberspace. Pic | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |     08/06/2003

 

 

 

 

This was taken from the TP 52 Yassou during the June Coastal Cup in about 35 true. Good times!

 

 

 

 

Peter The Great

That I have no love for Peter Isler is well known. His Mr. Nice Guy image notwithstanding, I have found him to be arrogant and self-serving. Apparently at least one of you is not so quick to join his fan club either, as we received this the other day. Hey, Good times, right?

On the back of Wild Oats success in the Admiral's Cup, The Dailysail have published an article on CBTF, with a number comments from Peter Isler on the concept and its future. Aside from this, the article then moves on to discuss Isler's own sailing career, and especially the risible Stars & Stripes 'effort' from last time. The quote that had me in fits was 'You can't judge success solely on your performance'. I suppose that's fortunate given that when he got on NewsCorp the boat did worse, S&S was poor, and Pyewacket lost out to Pegasus.

Still, it must come in handy to remind the owner of this as he writes out your cheque.