2012 Texas 200 completed - Rough sail

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Postby GreenLake » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:37 pm

My take would be that if you ever find yourself "stucK" with not being able to release your main as smoothly as you had intended to, then it's high time to fix whatever gets in your way - while accounting for your personal style --- and that of any crew....
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Postby jeadstx » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:26 pm

Andrew Linn of Oregon got a couple pictures of my boat capsized on the Texas 200. These pictures were taken about 20 to 30 minutes after the capsize and the boat had settled some. I'm hanging on the centerboard since I had been trying to right the boat. Andy jump in and together the boat righted.
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This weekend I was cleaning up the boat and noticed that my mast head had sand on it. One of the sheeves was jammed. I lost the windex in the capsize. I believe that during the capsize the mast head initially hit the shallow bottom of the area we were in. The two feet of floatation I added to the mast head brought it back up after the impact. I know the mast head was up when I swam back around to the cockpit to release the main sheet. Image

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Postby adam aunins » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:12 pm

My kids are just old enough to start getting into sailing so they were looking over my shoulder as I went through this thread; and the first thing one of them said was "He needs to paint the bottom of his boat". I thought you may get a chuckle out of that.

In a couple of years I would like to take them down and sail that.
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Postby GreenLake » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:16 pm

Yes, orange! (Although I admit, I wasn't curageous enough to go for such a bright color....)
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Postby Bob Hunkins » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:50 am

John,
I hope you will be pleased to know the DSA governing board had awarded you the Day Sailer Association Cruising Award for you 2011 Texas 200 exploits. Well done and congratulations!
Bob Hunkins
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Postby jeadstx » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:42 pm

adam aunins,
My first thought on seeing the capsize picture was "I need to get that old paint off". I don't need to repaint it as I don't keep the boat in the water when not sailing.

GreenLake,
Orange, now there's a thought. Actually one of the Tx200 sailors suggested just putting advertising on the bottom.

Bob Hunkins,
Thanks for the award. I just sent my 2012 article in to the DS Quarterly.

John
1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas
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Postby GreenLake » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:13 pm

What kind of advertisement? Wasn't there some company that use a really fitting tag line? Now what was it again? Oh, here I remember: "Help, I fell and I can't get up..." That would work! :shock: :P :roll: :D

How about an orange centerboard?

Last, but definitely not least: CONGRATULATIONS!
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Postby jeadstx » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:02 pm

An Orange centerboard has already been done by Mistermoon when he sailed the Everglades Challenge in 2010.

John
1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas
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Postby GreenLake » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:33 pm

My kid says: "nice, bright magenta then!"
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