March
2007
| VOR That Cat Puma, who you know as an athletic shoe and apparel maker, but calls themselves a Sportlifestyle company, has announced that they will be the sponsor of a new Volvo Ocean Race entry, to be skippered by Ken Read. We had heard rumors about this, but now it is official, and in our audio Innerview with Ken back in September, he hinted that this would be something he would like to do. Look for a 10 question print Innerview with Ken early next week. Here is the press release - comments welcome. 03/30/07 |
Not So Ugly, After
All Earlier in the week we had a picture with a couple of sprits (Butt Ugly) and commented on how ugly they looked. We now realize how wrong we were and would like to retract the statement. Sprits are beautiful. Very, very beautiful. Thanks to Christophe Launay for this shot of Morning Glory in her glory in Hawaii. 03/30/07 |
Different, and Built to Stay That Way Our friend Antony Barran, who works in advertising, will certainly appreciate the old Subaru referenced headline to this, the latest picture of his new boat. A custom Jim Antrim designed (who we met in Frisco sailing on the Lightspeed 32 and quite liked) 40', this boat includes a number of breaks from the norm: chines, runners, and look at those little cockpit love seats! As for the platform in the back, Antony said, "First it is to act as footholds for the main trimmer (next aft of the driver) tactician and navigator. The second is to provide slightly more volume below. There will be a hatch in the middle of it that will be for the life raft." With a full inventory of E/P Sails, we can't wait to give the boat a full review when it hits the water. 03/30/07 |
| Community Anarchy & Airwaves Gotta love how creative y'all are, and this one comes from anarchist Dayton, who put together an alternative sounding song about racing called Orange Tetrahedron. Dig it. 03/30/07 |
SA 40? Not exactly, but for the full story, see An Anarchist Steps Up! below... 03/29/07 |
| Question
of the Week Rank 'Em  So these are the March ISAF rankings (from www.sailing.org). As you all know, the Tornado class is being proposed to be left out for the 2012 Olympics by USSA. So here's the question: Given the number of Internationally ranked sailors in each of the 11 current Olympic classes, which should be included in the 2012 Olympic Games if you had to choose 10? What if you had to pick the best classes for the good ol' USA? Have at it! This week's Question of the Week is brought to you by our newest advertiser, FinCo, specializing in innovative fiberglass solutions. 03/29/07 |
| Cali All Bets Are Off After years of screwing around with first to finish rating limits for the big boats in the Transpac race to Hawaii, the TPYC has really thrown a wild card this time. Seemingly out of nowhere, and at an incredibly late date, the new eligibility limits will now allow boats up to 30 meters (98.5 feet) in length overall to compete in their maximum configuration. Apparently some loopholes have been found in the existing "speed limit" rule, and rather than try to fix them, it looks they simply threw the rating shackles off and said "Go." Just like they should have done from the beginning. Stupid. 03/29/07 |
What Is It? Time for another who, what and where. You guys are pretty good at this game (which pisses us off), but let's see what ya got this time. The first complete answer wins a bitchin' DryShirt or ProwiK shirt from SA sponsor DryShirt. Have fun! 03/27/07 |
Ugly No doubt about that being ugly! The 50' Infinity's old light No. 1 shedding just a bit...Thanks to Geoff Lyon for the shot. 03/28/07 |
| Community High Camp With the excitement of Skiff sailing growing every year and the US acknowledging the 29er as a Youth Developmental class, a 29er camp similar to CISA and other US High Performance camps is being organized. It will be
used as a way for NA 29er sailors prepare for the World Youth Trials
and summer regattas and get the most out of their summer season. They
have put together a website with camp
information, so be sure to check it if you are interested. |
Rock
It The Synergy 1000 Sapphire smokin' along in the Lightship race in Frisco. Plenty big asso on that thing! Be sure to see what happens when one Synergy meets another. Thanks to H20shots. 03/27/07 |
 Numbers Game  Turns
out our notion that DC was buying a sled to play in the new (old) -70
class out here in SoCal wasn't quite right. Oh, DC wants to play with
that group, just not with a sled. He has agreed to purchase the Farr 60
Numbers and plans on bringing it out west for some good light air ass
kicking. Reaching or running in a breeze he might have some trouble against
the 70' sleds, but those conditions hardly ever exist here, so we'd guess
Numbers will be likely getting a lot of number ones, kind of like this
in this picture.03/27/07 |
| SA
Features You are aware that we have a results page, right? And a calendar of events page, right? And a page with the latest news? And a great classified section? And we have a great Cruising Anarchy Forum, and a Crew Pool forum, right? Good, now go use 'em! 03/27/07 |
| Question
of the Week One Step Beyond The America's Cup is dull. The Olympics are limited. The new Cayard-Coutts big multi challenge looks interesting, but elitist. IRC, TP 52's, STP 65's are what they are - big, expensive. Offshore OD classes - been there, done that? Dinghies? That's for the kids. PHRF? Uh, no. Most of us have sailed the same regattas in the same areas against the same people enough that it feels like the movie Groundhog Day. So what's the next step? In terms of new boats, classes, events or organizers, how does the sport generate something new and exciting. Something that can either offer a shift in direction, bring in new people, or generate a buzz? Or is the sport beyond anything revolutionary? Is it only able to evolve slowly, continuing, for the most part, being almost exactly what it is today. And maybe that's okay? Share your thoughts on what might be the next step in this sport. 03/27/07 |
Butt Ugly Say what you want about the functionality of bow sprits, but the new breed of sprits sure don't exactly add to the aesthetics of today's race boats. Pictured here are Skandia and Ichi Ban. Thanks to Marine Action Photography for this shot from Audi Sydney-Southport yacht race. Word is the new Beau Geste was quite a rocket. 03/26/07 |
| Coyote
Ugly Oh Yeah, That's Ugly  One of a bundle of entrants we've had in our Ugly Sail feature. Send in a picture of an ugly sail and if we publish it you get free SA swag. Thanks to Lindzy Dennis for this beauty! 03/26/07 |
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Yesterday Today 03/23/07 |
| Under
the Radar There hasn’t been a ton of buzz about it in the U.S., but there’s an IRC transatlantic race kicking off from Newport, RI this June that promises to be one of the more thrilling (and, literally, chilling) items on the summer calendar. The HSH Nordbank blue race is a 3,600-nautical mile thrash across the North Atlantic from the shores of Narragansett Bay to Hamburg, Germany. This event is looking for more U.S. participants: thus far, the one Yankee entry of note is ex-NYYC commodore Larry Huntington and his 50-foot Snow Lion. However, rumours abound that there will be several high-profile dudes on the starting line, including one East Coast industrialist who’s been on the sidelines awhile but is contemplating getting back into the game in the blue race with his recent purchase of a 90-foot Kiwi maxi. Hey, if you’re over there anyway, you might as well go the die-hard route and do the August Fastnet Race, then roll home next fall with the ARC Rally to the Caribbean. Interested parties should contact U.S. race rep Herb McCormick. 03/23/07 |
Old Man And The
C's While out sailing the Waikiki Friday night race at the Ala Wai, senior crew Charlie Dole who is only 92 showed the kids the secret to a long life. Lots of sailing and bring women! We hope at 92 we can be just like Charlie. Charlie is a past UH sailing coach and still races his J24 weekly. Thanks to Michael Roth. 03/23/07 |
Nice Pair A couple of Stars doing their thing near Nahant, MA. We love this shot. 03/22/07 |
| Multihull
Anarchy Looks like some good trouble a-brewin' between catamaran sailors and US Sailing. Incredibly, USSA has proposed a 2012 Olympic Events Submission that does not include a multihull class. We don't know the reasoning, but we do know that cat sailors are pissed. Check it out - there is a petition to amend or withdraw the submission. 03/22/07 |
| -70 That's pretty cool and so is the notion of a return of the 70' sled class to SoCal. California is the birthplace of the sled, they ultimately fled one by one to other parts, mostly the Great Lakes. Now they are coming home (there were 8 on the recent Newport to Cabo race) and will rightly so return the Cal Cup, once the big sled regatta of the year. One also hears that DC is getting a boat to go play (dominate) this group. In fact, and amazingly, look for your faithful Ed to be on board at some point... 03/22/07 |
| Under Build Coming Up Roses  We
are still on schedule to launch the new STP65 Rosebud in mid May. In the
attached photo the interior gets its last glimpse of sunlight before it
is forever closed in carbon darkness. The winch system has already been
fit to the deck and the boat is back inside, getting fitted for the deck
hardware. STP class is gaining interest and building momentum. Owners have commissioned designers and builders for boats that will be sailing in the spring of 2008. The announcement of which programs have made this commitment will be made shortly on the STP65 website. Thank you, Rosebud Racing 03/22/07 |
| Gitana
Heads Back Gitana 13 busted a starboard rudder, forcing them to end their Discovery Route Record. They apparently hit something in the water, and they are heading to island of Gran Canaria in the Canaries before heading back to Trinité-sur-Mer. It is amazing how often how things like this happen to the big multihulls. 03/22/07 |
I Love Me No apologies, really. Just a picture of your Ed and crew winning overall at the 2007 NOOD. Figured we'd milk another day out of it. A bunch more photos of the regatta are available, thanks to Da Woody. 03/21/07 |
He Hate Me It is not exactly a secret that I don't like Scuttledbutt US, primarily because they locked me out of their little circle jerk of friends years ago when I tried to get a couple of letters published and they rejected them. Their exclusion actually became my primary motivation to start SA. I'd say it all worked out pretty well! We now find it funny and actually a bit pitiful that those jack asses continue their bias against me to this day. Take a look at how they "reported" the 2006 NOOD - nearly the entire piece was about the overall winner, but this year they didn't mention the overall winner at all. They couldn't possibly have omitted that part of the story just because it was me? It is biased, chicken shit "journalism", delivered by chumps. Thanks for the continued motivation, you two idiots. 03/21/07 |
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OCS |
| Velux 5 Dude, Where's My Bulb? Graham Dalton, the lesser Dalton, is sure his bulb is at the bottom of Fortaleza Harbour, where he thinks it fell off, and he's looking for it. It sounds like a longshot to find it, raise it, attach it and race it the final 3,000 miles, and we'd bet it ain't gonna happen. Check it out in our Latest News feature, brought to you by BYM News. 03/21/07 |
After The Fall Cracker Boy Boatworks, 4p Fri. 16 March, 2007. 55 knots TWS. Rain, Hail, 3 meters visibility. These are the Farr 60 Rima and the Harrier the R/P 77. Amazingly, someone was down below Harrier - bruised and shaken, but OK. Thanks to Anarchists Joe and also Jan, the owner of Bon Bon which happened to be in the water for sail testing - that is their cradle next to Rima. Talk about good luck... 03/20/07 |
| Community Say It, Brother! This from one of our brethren. Gotta love it. I am up on a panel in LA with and exec from ABC, a journalist who is completely full of herself, and a couple of other folks. We were debating the impact of user generated content on the major media companies in front of 500 people and a bunch of cameras. At the end
of the session comes a question to each panelist meant to further explain
how we see digital media evolving: 'what is your favorite website?'
(lame) I get the question first, and out of my mouth pops Sailing Anarchy,
which is immediately met with blank stares and an occasional snicker
from the back of the room. However, everyone else's answers were so
predictable and lame that ultimately I think I got some cred, so fuck'em. |
Loopy Looks strange to us, but what the hell do we know? We know it will catch weeds (and anything else) like a mother. Check it out. 03/20/07 |
Anarchy Over All Here's
a bit of a shocker - you're faithful Ed (and crew) aboard the Flying Tiger Anarchy, was declared the overall winner of the San
Diego NOOD regatta! The organizers must have seen something that we
didn't, because while we did sail fairly well and had consistent finishes,
we barely hung on for the class win, but apparently that was good enough
to get the overall win. We'll take it, of course and the trip to the BVI
in November to race against other NOOD winners. Pretty cool. Gotta give
a shout out to my posse - Erik Shampian on tactics, Danny Shields and
my partner John Rickard trimming, Kenny Blackington in the pit and Mr.
& Mrs.Clean an the pointy end. As y'all know, it's all about the team.
That's my boys and I in the picture above getting the NOOD booty. Funny,
that Sailing World guy behind us doesn't look all that thrilled...actually
they were all very cool and it was a good, fun event. There is a thread
on the Anarchy win should you wish to check
it.03/20/07 |
| Tragic We have not been keeping up to date with Eathrace, the bio diesel powered trimaran that is going around the globe to promote alternative energy sources, but this story is not how we wanted to hear from them. Sadly, they collided with a fishing boat in Guatemala, killing one and seriously injuring another. An awful story but one that can be read here. 03/20/07 |
Horn Bound The
Open 60 Paprec Virbac departing Tauranga to Auckland for a quick stop
before heading to the Horn. Boat speed is thought to be above 20 in this
nice shot from Greg Prescott from Southern
Ocean Marine Limited.
03/16/07 |
| Coyote
Ugly That's Ugly  We asked you to send in your pictures of ugly sails to win SA swag, and we have some beauties. This is Moonraker 26 main from which the owner was said to be struggling on the wind and wondered if a small re-cut might be needed...Thanks to Linton Sails for the submission. Want in on the fun? Just send your pictures of ugly sails right here. 03/16/07 |
Three Days I can't even tell you the last time I did a three day regatta, but I'll be doing one again starting Friday at the NOOD regatta here in Dago. We are racing our Flying Tiger 10M Anarchy in an eight boat fleet, which is a nice number for this fledgling class. If the three days don't kill me, I'll be sure to give y'all a bleary report on Monday.  Speaking
of Tigers, one of them found some pretty good breeze down under as evidenced
by this nice shot. We haven't had ours in that much breeze with a kite
up (maybe15 true), but it seems like it might be not only quick, but maybe
not so hard to get it right. Uh, that's probably what these fellas thought as well. 03/16/07 |
Not So Swift Ed Earlier
in the week we ran a picture of the Schumacher 54 Swiftsure with a less
than impressive looking asso. We then received this anonymous e-mail in
response:Ed, f you were still a sailmaker you would know that that sail is a code 2 runner, with the long luff & closed off leach for running.… Fair enough. but who would fly a code 2 runner in three knots of breeze on a tight reach? Maybe an owner who should have a code 1 VMG?
03/16/07 |
Pacific High This great shot of the Antrim 27 ET ranging in on Hawaii from last year's Pacific Cup reminded us that summer and summer time sailing is on its way! Thanks to Jeff Canepa for the shot. 03/15/07 |
| Race Report The Win We asked Steve Howe from the Farr 40 Warpath to give us this brief look at their win at the Acura SORC.  This
was a come from behind win. We had a less then average first day with
27 points, but managed to close the gap the last 3 days of the regatta
with 6 top 5 finishes. In typical Farr 40 fashion, the regatta was decided
during the last beat of the last race, we beat Twins by 6 seconds. This
was our first time sailing with Ian Williams as tactician (who is currently
ranked 1st on the match race circuit), he did an amazing job getting us
around the course in the shifty conditions.Ed Reynolds and Dave Armitage have been an intricate part of the Warpath Team. They also happen to be a major part of Quantum Sails. Quantum has done a great job developing their Farr 40 sails. Our results show how successful Quantum is in the Farr 40 class. Last week, it was nice to have boatspeed on our side. The Farr 40 class has a lot of momentum at the moment. There are 5 new boats on order at US Watercraft, Rolex has renewed their sponsorship, offering more money then before over the next 4 years. There looks to be 34 boats confirmed for the Copenhagan Worlds and a couple more unknowns. Picture courtesy Rolex. 03/15/07 |
| Question
of the Week Who Is It? This week's question comes from Wendell Liljedahl and it does give a good opportunity to talk about the important influences that you have had in our sport. This week's Question of the Week is brought to you by Gul Performance Sailing I recently found out about a good friend and sailing icon that has run afoul with some health problems. The thought of him being vulnerable stunned me for a couple of days. Of course it's irrational to think that anybody would be immune to the forces of nature, but there are certain people that we encounter in our lives that just seem larger than that, somehow. This news has caused me to reflect on a man who helped lift me (along with multitudes of others) from the ranks of the aspiring club-racer to the world of big-time yacht racing. He apparently saw something in me that he believed was compatible with competitive sailing and held the door open for me. For all of us who weren't born with unlimited resources to play with, there was probably someone who reached down to lift us up into the sport. Somebody that saw in us a glimmer of potential, figured we were worth a shot. I will forever be indebted to my friend and mentor for giving me the opportunity. Most SA readers will have their own personal hero. Someone who inspired you and kept you coming back for more. So, who is your big Kahuna of sailing? Who is it that helped you believe that you could actually excel at this sport? 03/15/07 |
Rollin'
With Olin  So dig this - a 1911 Rolls Royce Woody - with a body drawn by Olin Stephens! It is the only car he ever designed. How unbelievably cool is that? Care to imagine what it might fetch in the classic car market? Thanks once again to DaWoody.com for the shizzle. 03/15/07 |
| Coyote
Ugly Not So Swift One of the prettiest race boats, the Carl Schumacher 54 Swiftsure, had one of the ugliest asymmetrical kites we've seen in quite some time. While sailing on the LightSpeed 32, we crept up and over Swiftsure, and couldn't believe how bad the leech on this kite looked. It wasn't strapped, just ugly. Hope it didn't cost much.... Have you got a picture of an ugly sail? Send it in for our new Coyote Ugly feature and if we print it, some fresh new SA swag is yours. Have fun! 03/15/07 |
| Beached...and
Gone The Farr 40 Piranha, being delivered up from Cabo San Lucas after a good race down to Cabo (from Newport Beach, Ca), ended up beached about halfway between Cabo and Magdalena Bay. After some hopeful hours about rescuing the boat, this message came from the owner, Dave Voss: Well, it appears to be over and the sea won. Although hull, keel and rudder above the sand (It's half buried) are perfectly intact and show no sign of hitting a submerged object, a large (est 12' wave) rolled through a few minutes ago and broke the mast in half at the lower spreaders. Further inspection of the debris field showed several large curved sections of balsa core that are almost certainly sections of the hull from where it is under the sand. Odds are the reason there is so much sand inside is that the buried side of the hull isn't even there. The recovery team is eating canned food and bottled water from the interior of the boat found on the beach that most likely fell out the side when it broke open. The waves are making any salvage too dangerous presently, but so much sand is in the boat they couldn't get anything out anyway without digging. She is sinking fast in the sand and may be gone by morning. Sadness prevails. Dave |
Swan Dive 30-40 knots of breeze will tend to make anybody look bad. Here a Swan 45 racing Memorial Giorgio Falck at the Club Nautico Scarlino shows how to do it. great photography by James Robinson Taylor. 03/12/07 |
Frisco: No
Blow It's
always windy in San Francisco, right? Wrong. Your Ed went
up to sail the Big Daddy Regatta pursuit race Sunday on board
the new LightSpeed 32, but there was one major ingredient
missing: wind! The boat still did well, finishing fifth out
of 100 plus in shall we say very trying conditions. A late night means the report later today.... 03/12/07 |
| Dominator Hamish Pepper and David Giles won yet another big Star regatta, this time the prestigious Bacardi Cup. They are the team to beat for sure, but speaking of teams, it is interesting to note that there was not one US team in the final top ten... 03/12/07 |
Power A beautifully shot Mischievous from the Heineken Regatta in St. Maarten. Photo from Amory Ross. 03/08/07 |
Ed To See The Light I sure am, as in Lightspeed 32. Hull No.1 is on the west coast, and I am flying up to Frisco to race in the Big Daddy Regatta with a bunch of good sailors including Trevor Baylis. I'm just going for the ride (because I suck) and I'll be sure to give you my impressions next week. It should be a blast! 03/09/07 |
| A
Regatta A mixed bag of IRC and one design boats are racing in Florida. If the race promoter even once acted like we exist, we'd almost care about the event. Almost. 03/09/07 |
Kris
Kross Uh-huh, uh-huh. Boards doin' they thang. For all the dope, see the Calema story below. 03/08/07 |
| SAYC GO So we are going ahead with the soon to be world famous Sailing Anarchy Yacht Club (we have our USSA number!), and since it will of course be community based, we want to ask y'all to take a whack at designing the burgee. We thought we'd see which of you creative types can come up with something good. Anything goes, but obviously it needs to be something that one can proudly fly at their real yacht club! post your design here, and the winner gets our deluxe membership package (details to be announced shortly). Have fun! 03/08/07 |
| New Good Sport?  Another
entry into the sport boat race. Like almost all the new
designs of today, this one, the Esse
990 looks very attractive and based on the success
of little sister 850, this might get some traction...03/08/07 |
What
Envelope? There is not much doubt that Juan k is the most adventuresome big boat designer around. Sometimes they work (ABN AMRO in the VOR) and sometimes they don't (forked rudder TP 52, 115' Maiden Hong). Maybe we're late to the party with this one, but at least from a rig perspective, it surely is radical. Check it out. There is a thread in the SA forum should you be interested. 03/07/07 |
Airport
Anarchy The
SA opinion of the whole "war on terror" airport
security charade is that it is nothing more than trumped
up bullshit that does little other than to harass people.
Nothing says Bush's Failed War on Terror better than
making your grandmother take her shoes off while being "screened"
at the airport. What a load of bollocks. A good friend of SA, who had never been singled out for further scrutiny at any airport ever, got called out of line the other day and given a closer look by security. He was a bit surprised by it until he realized what he was wearing - an SA hooded sweatshirt, with the big fat anarchy logo on the back. You can all sleep better tonight knowing that some angry TSA 'tard patted down a half drunk sailor wearing anarchy gear. The world is safer. 03/07/07 |
Chinese
Junk? As we all know (some of us more than others), you get what you pay for. We don't know anything about this particular offer, but it simply can't be what they want you to think it is. How about a little Anarchy investigation and y'all let us know what you find! 03/07/07 |
| Bacardi & Pepper Okay, we have to admit that we are bored with Stars. Outside of the people that sail them, they have little appeal to anyone else, other than seeing them in pictures. What is worth paying attention to however, is the total domination of this class by Hamish Pepper. Winner of the 2006 Worlds and NA's, second in the Miami OCR and now winning the Bacardi Cup, he's on quite a run, and one not seen in this class for a while. Impressive. 03/07/07 |
Dollars
and Sense What's a sled kite worth? Not much after this! This is Titan in something less than a picture perfect moment at the Heineken Regatta. On the other hand it is perfect for our purposes! Thanks to Bob Grieser /Outside Images for the shot. Be sure to read the Fear and Loathing report below. 03/06/07 |
Pure Essence  There are plenty of fantastic sailing photos about, but we really love this one for the way it brilliantly captures the absolute beauty of big boat racing. This is the "little" Wild Oats, wonderfully photographed by Christophe Launay at the 2007 Audi Sydney Harbour regatta. Good times indeed. 03/05/07 |
| Deal
of the Weak Gotta Have It!  Wow,
there are some beaters, and then there are
some beaters. This 'lil darlin', though, just
needs a bit of love to get her up to speed. Speaking of speed, be sure to check out the drug reference. Nice! 03/05/07 |
A
Win, But... As
far as we know, there is no way to discredit Bernard Stamm
for any of his numerous sailing accomplishments, nor would
we want to try. And while his total domination of the Velux
5 Oceans race (a nearly 3,000 mile lead) is surely impressive,
what has become of the race is not. Of course the course
and conditions and sailing were sufficiently brutal to make
us crawl into the corner in the fetal position, but all of
his serious competition has dropped out and it leaves what
could have been an awesome race, simply an awesome Bernard
Stamm. Again. Image courtesy of onEdition Photography. 03/05/07 |
Sun Day At the risk of pissing off anybody who is not from SoCal, this is a sunset from last week, right here in Encinitas, CA courtesy of Doug Kinear. See below for the yang to this yin. 03/02/07 |
| SAYC
Update The response to our Sailing Anarchy Yacht Club has been great, and as a result we were shocked to receive this press release: Newport, RI - October 20, 2007 In a stunning move, the membership of US Sailing voted today to elect Scot Tempesta, Commodore of the new Sailing Anarchy YC, as President of US Sailing. With
the advent of online voting for US Sailing officers, it was
a foregone conclusion that the owner of the largest sailing
website on the planet would be able to garner enough votes
to win the Presidency of US Sailing. In an exclusive "Innerview" on
Sailing Anarchy, Tempesta simply said "Today US Sailing,
tomorrow ISAF. Anarchy wins again. And now that we're in
charge, we're lookin' around to see who else needs a good
ass kicking." |
Snow Day You know, you just have to love the spirit that so many of you have for this sport. Or is that insanity? Either way, we dig it, and we know you do too. More shots here. 03/01/07 |
| Question
of the Week When Did You Know? So this week's question relates nicely to the above photo. Most of you that hang here at SA, love this sport like no other. You get geeked for it, you jones for it, you do it no matter what, where, who or how. You gotta have it. So, when did you know that you had it bad? When did you realize that this was the sport for you and you were going to jump into it big time. Have fun. 03/01/07 |
| Community SAYC  So
we've had a number of people over the years (Years? Years?
We've been doing this for years?) ask us about starting the
Sailing Anarchy Yacht Club. The recent Paige Railey controversy
prompted a few tell us to start our own YC so that we can
have a greater influence within the sport, or perhaps mount
various YC challenges though SAYC. So we called and had a
somewhat uncomfortable phone call with someone named Joe
at US Ailing about starting our club, but there seems to
be no (real) reason why we can't make it happen. It will
of course be a paper club, and maybe we'll charge 10 bucks
to join. Post up and let
us know. how many of y'all want to join.03/01/07 |