Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Well, I finally won a race. Sort of bittersweet.
Obstacles of another nature: We finally made it across the finish line before Wings at the Around Islesboro Race on Saturday. Wings is a Newick tri, really cool, and if her owner had a taller mast and better sails, we would always be toast.
It was a really weird day, sailing wise. We didn't even go around the island. Not enough wind. So, they redirected us around Hewes Ledge. A bunch of guys from the Maritime Academy showed up in Aftermath, of all things, the San Juan 28 I crewed on very slightly a couple years ago, and they did this really bizarre thing: sailed clear across a flooding tide to the Cape Rosier shore, HUGE angles, - probably only one tack! - and won their class. It made absolutely no sense. The only reason it worked is that they probably knew exactly where Hewes Ledge was. Lots of buts to that argument, but... They spent the party afterward with their ringleader plotting to get them all out to some river to pan for gold.
Wings did somewhat the same thing, only closer in, and got us at the mark. So then I took the chance on the way back, and left them 30 minutes behind. We had an exhilarating dash across from Turtle Head or Point or whatever it is to the finish line. We rolled a couple mono-slugs, which is always fun.
I don't know why I am doing what I am doing today. For some reason, I am trying to finish my college degree as some sort of useful contributor to the need at hand on this planet. I got my Computer Science Associate's last spring. So now I am trying to finish in Public Administration. Since i am a city councilor, I figured I might as well learn some of this stuff that the pro staff does.
But, I want to find a ride in the next Transpac. I went to Hawaii this past August, and spent some time tracking down Hokule'a, the Polynesian Voyaging Canoe that has been part of the effort to reinvigorate indigenous multihull sailing culture in the Polynesian Triangle. Check them out:
pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu
Here, I will include a picture of me with Hokule'a:
It was a really weird day, sailing wise. We didn't even go around the island. Not enough wind. So, they redirected us around Hewes Ledge. A bunch of guys from the Maritime Academy showed up in Aftermath, of all things, the San Juan 28 I crewed on very slightly a couple years ago, and they did this really bizarre thing: sailed clear across a flooding tide to the Cape Rosier shore, HUGE angles, - probably only one tack! - and won their class. It made absolutely no sense. The only reason it worked is that they probably knew exactly where Hewes Ledge was. Lots of buts to that argument, but... They spent the party afterward with their ringleader plotting to get them all out to some river to pan for gold.
Wings did somewhat the same thing, only closer in, and got us at the mark. So then I took the chance on the way back, and left them 30 minutes behind. We had an exhilarating dash across from Turtle Head or Point or whatever it is to the finish line. We rolled a couple mono-slugs, which is always fun.
I don't know why I am doing what I am doing today. For some reason, I am trying to finish my college degree as some sort of useful contributor to the need at hand on this planet. I got my Computer Science Associate's last spring. So now I am trying to finish in Public Administration. Since i am a city councilor, I figured I might as well learn some of this stuff that the pro staff does.
But, I want to find a ride in the next Transpac. I went to Hawaii this past August, and spent some time tracking down Hokule'a, the Polynesian Voyaging Canoe that has been part of the effort to reinvigorate indigenous multihull sailing culture in the Polynesian Triangle. Check them out:
pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu
Here, I will include a picture of me with Hokule'a:
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