Lucas, TX
Boat Name: Hummingbird
Model/Year: '72
Hull No. 1110
Hailing Port: Lake Levon, TX |
 01/18/2007 7:18 PM Pacific Time
Hello all,
Gene and Rich have talked me into doing a C22 performance sailing column in the MainBrace. I hit upon the idea of a "Dear Himmingbird" column. Think of Dear Abby but for C22 racing. I see it as a way to give back to the C22 class.
The first edition comes out in the next mainbrace. I'm now looking for fresh ideas. Please send me you questions, anything goes as long as it is C22 sailing related. Don't be afraid the names will be changed to protect the guilty. ;-) I want to make it fun and informative.
Please email your ideas to [email protected]
Good Sailing,
Pete Harper
1110
Hummingbird
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Bob Keim
Nashville
Boat Name: Pursuit
Model/Year: C22/1976
Hull No.
Hailing Port: Nashville |
01/19/2007 7:15 AM Pacific Time
Thanks Pete!
Once a month may be too much. I am still learning from your tip at the 2005 Nationals! :D |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
01/20/2007 6:10 AM Pacific Time
Pete,
If I weren't so old I might even rejoin again to get your comments.
Al Ge |
Louis Plaisance
PRAIRIEVILLE, LA
Boat Name: Saint Benedict
Model/Year: C22/1988
Hull No. 14686
Hailing Port: Lake PONTCHARTRAIN, LA |
01/20/2007 6:31 PM Pacific Time
Hello Pete,
I am looking forward to your column. Thanks for sharing!
ljp
Larose, LA, soon to be Duplessis, LA |
Lynn Buchanan
Nevada City, CA
Boat Name: SAILYNN
Model/Year: SWING 1984
Hull No. 11994
Hailing Port: SCOTTS FLAT LAKE, CA |
01/23/2007 12:31 PM Pacific Time
Dear Abby - Sometimes I have great tacks and sometimes I don't. Can you walk me through step by step what you do (physically and mentally) to tack your boat and get great acceleration. Like what is in your decision when to tack, how far do you push your tiller, weight placement for you and your crew, adjusting rigging and shifting gears, and sail trim are a few areas I'm interested in imporving. Oh yeah and going fast! |
Linda Hoffecker
Lancaster, PA
Boat Name: t/c
Model/Year: '82 Cat 22
Hull No. t/c
Hailing Port: Havre de Grace, MD |
01/24/2007 12:11 AM Pacific Time
Hi HUmmingbird:
Add me to the list about the tacking. I just want to get enough steam to get thru a tack on a less than windy day, but windy enough to sail straight into the flats!!
Thanks. linda |
Tony Pacaro
Lansdale, PA
Boat Name: Provolone
Model/Year: Catalina 22, 1988
Hull No. 14733
Hailing Port: Quakertown, PA |
01/24/2007 6:47 AM Pacific Time
I'd appreciate your thoughts on "flat is fast" for the C22. Heeling over is fun for a thrill, but it ultimately slows you down, yet many racers seem to ignore this about the C22 hull design. |
Lucas, TX
Boat Name: Hummingbird
Model/Year: '72
Hull No. 1110
Hailing Port: Lake Levon, TX |
01/24/2007 4:02 PM Pacific Time
All my responses will be published in the MainBrace. You need to be a member of the C22 National Sailing association to get a copy.
Al, It is time for you to blow some dust off your wallet and join the C22NSA.
Good Sailing, Pete |
Bob Keim
Nashville
Boat Name: Pursuit
Model/Year: C22/1976
Hull No.
Hailing Port: Nashville |
01/25/2007 6:20 AM Pacific Time
Al Ge - come on out. Gene Furgeson won the Texas Spinnaker championship at age 78, IRRC, only a few years ago. |
Lucas, TX
Boat Name: Hummingbird
Model/Year: '72
Hull No. 1110
Hailing Port: Lake Levon, TX |
01/26/2007 7:37 PM Pacific Time
Bob, Are you sure about that? The last time Gene won the Texas State Spinnaker Champs was in 2000. That would make Gene 82?!
Since 2000 the Spinnaker States trophy wheel has sat in my front room. Hurricane Rita won it in 2005.
I know Al, that is why I tease him. He's older than Moses.
Good Sailing, Pete |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
01/27/2007 5:05 AM Pacific Time
Yeah, I'm 81, and slowing down, I think Gene is just a kid of 77-8.
Al Ge |
Bob Keim
Nashville
Boat Name: Pursuit
Model/Year: C22/1976
Hull No.
Hailing Port: Nashville |
01/27/2007 6:02 AM Pacific Time
LCYC, Wurstfest, 2005. I thought he won it and Hayslip was 2nd. You weren't there. |
Lucas, TX
Boat Name: Hummingbird
Model/Year: '72
Hull No. 1110
Hailing Port: Lake Levon, TX |
01/27/2007 11:06 AM Pacific Time
Bob, That would have been the Region 8 Spinnaker Champs. I've only been down to Wurstfest one time in 2004. Gene won it again last year.
The Texas State Spinnaker Champs are held in conjunction with the NOOD regatta in Galveston. In 2005 it was blown out by Hurricane Rita. You should make plans to come down to the NOODs. The NOODs are a first class event. This year we will be sailing out of Houston YC.
Good Sailing, Pete |
Lucas, TX
Boat Name: Hummingbird
Model/Year: '72
Hull No. 1110
Hailing Port: Lake Levon, TX |
02/13/2007 6:25 PM Pacific Time
Hey Lynn, email me off-line and I'll send you my draft of your Dear Hummingbird response.
Good Sailing, Pete |
Pat Lindsay
Huntsville, AL
Boat Name: Stargazer
Model/Year: 1983
Hull No. 11735
Hailing Port: Lake Guntersville, Al |
10/20/2008 4:12 PM Pacific Time
Pete,
Did the 'Dear Hummingbird' idea die? I don't see it in Mainbrace. |
