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tzk53s
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Initially Posted - 04/11/2003 : 21:21:35

Im sure most folks have received the notice about the upcoming Regatta in Indiana. I would like to offer myself as ....ballast or crew on someones boat for the race weekend. If this means practice time then Oh darn, twist my arm. Really, this is a selfish motivation on my part as I want the time on the boat of someone to learn racing more competively. My recent purchase of a Catlina 25 SK #0711 is not quite ready yet for the water. Several years on the hard has left her in dire need of most everything. In the mean time I would appreciate the time spent with someone learning more about how this boat likes to sail. Racing usually works. So should someone need extra crew who is planning on going give me a holler. My name is Jim Ethington, I live in Southeast Michigan, my E-mail is pakaleus@aol.com Thanks and have a great day. Maybe there are some other sailers with the same thoughts? ps I have club raced C-scow 22's for a number of years. I lack keel boat experience.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/11/2003 : 23:04:59

Hi Jim...

I've sailed the C-scow a little, and love 'em. The first thing you'll need to learn after racing them is what to do with the other sail on the C-25. <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>

Sorry we can't be there--I couldn't find a waterway to that lake and don't have a trailer for our fin keel (or much time this summer)... I'm sure you'll get a bite.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 04/12/2003 : 11:09:33

Anyone who wants to crew for a racer in the regatta should contact Bill Meinert and let him know. I expect that anyone who wants to crew will be able to find a position on a boat. I will be happy to have anyone who is assigned to my boat by Bill. At the last regatta, I had three assigned crew, and others were assigned to other boats. You can contact Bill at:

Bill Meinert
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wmeinert@kconline.com

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554

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tzk53s
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Response Posted - 04/12/2003 : 19:55:07

Steve, Thanks for the lead on Bill. I will contact him to see whats what. This forum seems to attract a wide variety of experience. I was hoping that someone would know of a way into this race. I really do need the time on one of these boats and the typical dockside chatter that surrounds racing to gain a better understanding of their characteristics. Appreciate the reply. Jim

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OJ
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Response Posted - 04/13/2003 : 12:30:09

Gosh, this thread reminds me of when I was always chosen last for sports teams as a child . . . <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> Maybe there's hidden psychological agenda for me wanting to own my own boat . . . man's inhumanity to man!

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/13/2003 : 15:57:06

>I was always chosen last for sports teams as a child>

OJ.....

You too? Coach would pick two captains....they would take turns picking class members for their teams.....when it came down to me and my buddy the captains would look at each other and shrug.......we weren't even chosen, they just left us there, and we decided between the two of us who'd go where.....or, if we thought we'd get away with it we'd just sort of evaporate into the bleachers....they'd rather not have us on the field anyway......I'ts a miracle I did not end up more twisted than I am...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>....then again, I'll readily admit that the main attraction that sailing has for me is that in the middle of one of the biggest concentration of people in the world, Boston to DC, I can go three miles off-shore on the Chesapeake and not see any of them......sort of a limited withdrawal from society, without having to move to a log cabin in Montana.....
As far as racing crew, Dennis Connor is not returning my calls, and it's either him or no one, so if I can make it I'm bringing the wife, and the kids 5/10....my five year old can nail a competing helmsman 50 feet away with a super soaker 9 out of 10 times..........any way, I'll conclude this rant with saying, yes....you need a boat.<img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

Oscar
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Lady Kay 250 WB #618
In the driveway in Behtlehem, PA ready to go anytime.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 04/13/2003 : 18:29:51

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
we weren't even chosen, they just left us there . . .
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Oh, Oscar! that's so tragic! This experience must have catalpulted you right into post tramatic stress disorder. Are you still recovering?

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/13/2003 : 22:30:47

>This experience must have catalpulted you right into post tramatic stress disorder<

I denounce the victim scenario........it's easier to retreat into once self....become a loaner......ego supremacy is a delectable form of denial.....work at the post office.......go to a lot of gun shows.....and maybe move to Montana and complete the unfinished work of the great Theodore Kaszinsky......ahhh the man with the white coat is here with my medication.....we'll chat later.....<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

(switch personality ed.)

You were saying? I got the graphics I received in the mail on Lady Kay this afternoon, looks very nice. Now she's properly annointed. Matching registration numbers to boot. Got the starboard side waxed, port side tomorrow. Watching the weather channel with great interest...there is a mini school vacation the end of this week....the troops are ready to go.....

Oscar
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Lady Kay 250 WB #618
In the driveway in Behtlehem, PA ready to go anytime.

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Jody
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Response Posted - 04/14/2003 : 12:31:27

I'd like to chime in with a "me too" on wanting to crew for someone. I've never raced before but I'm enthusiastic and a quick study. I wish I had a trailer, Indiana isn't that far from SE MI. Thanks for the info on contacting Bill Meinert, I'll do that.

I'm looking forward to meeting some of the folks who post here. The depth and breadth of knowledge is amazing!

To reveal something about myself...

I can *really* relate to being the dead last choice in picking teams. I am legally blind (acuity approximately 20/200) so I couldn't see the ball until it was almost too late.

My eyesight is also one of the main reasons I love to sail. I get to "drive". I don't have a driver's license but when I'm on our C-25 I get to be in control of our vessel. The speeds aren't that high and there are (almost) no obstacles out on Lake Erie. It is as close as I've come to feeling equal and free.

Jody Larrow, '84 SR/FK

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/14/2003 : 19:40:41

Jody,

That's a cool story.... I can see where your other senses come in and give you a "seat of the pants" ability to sail. You can feel the wind on your neck, and the motion of the boat. You find the groove and stay in it....very cool. As one who has enjoyed driving cars/trucks/planes/tanks and boats I'm glad you found a way to enjoy that feeling. Speaking of airplanes, I have heard of people that do what you do in airplanes, under supervision, to be sure, but by the seat of their pants, and with a few (large enough) gauges right in front of them to complete the picture........I'm not sure what the URL is, but find the web site of AOPA, (aircraft owners and pilots association)......there might be some more driving thrills for you out there....

Oscar
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Lady Kay 250 WB #618
In the driveway in Behtlehem, PA ready to go anytime.

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