ABYC Turkey Day

Tim Carter · November 21, 2011, 09:45:31 PM

Hi folks, we just wrapped up our Turkey Day event, or should I say Mother Nature stepped in and pulled the plug. Good racing on Saturday, then the front came throught that morrning. Ave 20-25 with 30+ gusts. 1st time to pull the plug in almost 30yrs. Anyway, 3 Vipers decide to go out and play... here is the 1st of the videos..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6baKLLxcxI

David Chapman · November 22, 2011, 12:24:06 AM

normal day on the solent, looks like fun :)

Drake Borer · November 22, 2011, 04:41:54 PM

Very cool Vid. Looks like nice long downhill ride. Did you guys have to slog it all the way back up?

Tim Carter · November 22, 2011, 07:47:51 PM

Yea, I hate physics also.... what goes down must come back up.. or something like that.. :)

Rachel Ellis · November 22, 2011, 09:22:30 PM

Going back was not as much fun... But there were some huge waves when we got outside the shelter of the break water. Kind of scary to see land disappear on a viper... Here is the other video from Saturday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7F9Un8Mwcs

Lee Shuckerow · November 23, 2011, 12:03:51 PM

Great videos. I'm glad you had the umm courage to put the kite up. We need more heavy air vids to show everyone that its all good in the breeze.

Rachel Ellis · November 23, 2011, 01:33:53 PM

Ha yeah.. "courage", the drinks at the bar before helped a lot too

Grant Hill · November 23, 2011, 04:29:57 PM

Hey great cleavage...ah...I mean great shots from the cleavage cam....no, I'll stick with the first comment.....

Jim Sears · November 23, 2011, 08:46:32 PM

From one of the other Vipers that went out that day... Timbo's been waiting for this vid like a kid on Christmas morning!
Here you go!

http://youtu.be/LHjnrJk85Is

Oh, and sorry for making fun of you at 1:25...
-Jimbo

Tim Carter · November 23, 2011, 10:21:34 PM

Thanks Jim.... it sure is hard to get a scale of the swell from the videos... Fun stuff, cameras and all.. Just make sure you keep room for a cooler. :)

Rachel Ellis · November 23, 2011, 10:37:16 PM

LOL, nice form... hahaha

Great video Jim!!

Jim Sears · November 24, 2011, 02:43:16 PM

This really was a great regatta! Saturday's racing was super tight... Pretty sure 5 of the boats were leading a race at some point. Most mark roundings saw multiple boats overlapped and every time we came into the last leeward gate, there was a 3-5 boat-battle for 1st! Sunday's blowout gave us a good excuse to just go out and play, which is great once in a while... Can't wait for "den" (of Vipers) to descend on Mission Bay!
-Jimbo

Glenn Vanheel · November 24, 2011, 03:35:13 PM

Mission bay?

Jim Sears · November 24, 2011, 04:31:24 PM

Hot Rum Regatta, Dec 17-18 at MBYC... should be a great time!

Glenn Vanheel · December 03, 2011, 08:59:17 PM

is mission bay yc still in abacus days? their web site has no info on this!