Charleston Race Week

[Dan Tucker]

Sigh... There goes Justin getting ahead of himself again. And putting words/promises in my mouth...

We're working on booze for the debrief. It's a little problematic, but we'll work through it.

No, Rondar is not handing out prizes for decoration of boats. We will be handing out Rondar swag to every boat that attends the Friday debrief though.

Details on this and more (dockage, social, etc) will be forthcoming via email shortly. We'll also post what we're ACTUALLY doing here.  :-)

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[Justin Scott]

Sigh... There goes Justin getting ahead of himself again. And putting words/promises in my mouth...

We're working on booze for the debrief. It's a little problematic, but we'll work through it.

No, Rondar is not handing out prizes for decoration of boats. We will be handing out Rondar swag to every boat that attends the Friday debrief though.

Details on this and more (dockage, social, etc) will be forthcoming via email shortly. We'll also post what we're ACTUALLY doing here.  :-)

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Seriously?  You are not handing out a free all new Viper as an award?  I'm sorry if I misled anyone.

[Justin Scott]

Meanwhile I see that Jonesy hasn't registered for Charlietown after the ass whopping that the Mambo Kings handed out last year.

[Tim Carter]

There is a rumor that a Left Coaster may be sampling the Chucktown waters soon, hopefully while learning  how not to up chuck.

JJ has been my wingman in the past...  Justin, can you help a bro out?

[Jeff Jones]

Doh!   We are 1:1 at charleston, although last year ill give you the clinic.

That river sailin' just strange. 

@ tim - don't let mambo drag you into any of those college bars and remember, always check their id

Meanwhile I see that Jonesy hasn't registered for Charlietown after the ass whopping that the Mambo Kings handed out last year.

[Tim Carter]

Thanks for the local knowlege Jeffy...    ;)

[Drew Harper]

Watch the rivers and tide forecast there Timbo. It's like sailing your home turf with Rivers dumping into the sea.

My only CRW was tons of fun and we'd have done much better if the skipper and bow guy didn't keep falling out of the boat :-D

Tac Boston has some good general tips here.  http://truewindracing.blogspot.com/2009/04/viper-sailing-at-charleston-race-week.html

Comment from a Scow sailor

"CW: After piloting about six thousand ships in and out of Charleston, I still have moments where I scratch my head about the current. We have a usual range of tide about 5.5 feet. During the spring equinox, we will see ranges of up to 7 feet. That is a lot of water in and out every six hours. Some of our currents run as much as 3 1/2 knots. I am always looking over at the racing area trying to see what the current is doing on any given time of the tide. In Charleston, you have two rivers, The Ashley and the Cooper, converging at the battery (some say to form the rest of the world), where they meet and develop tide rips which move across various parts of the harbor during different stages of the tide. Being out there every day certainly is an advantage, but the old Pros like Lenny Krawcheck are still the wise men about the harbor."

[Justin Scott]

Doh!   We are 1:1 at charleston, although last year ill give you the clinic.

That river sailin' just strange. 

@ tim - don't let mambo drag you into any of those college bars and remember, always check their id

Meanwhile I see that Jonesy hasn't registered for Charlietown after the ass whopping that the Mambo Kings handed out last year.

Dont forget 2010 as well as 2012, Jonesy.  Not that I'm keeping score or anything. 


2012: Scott: 5th
          Jones/Miller : 18th

2011: Scott: 4th
          Jones: 20th (DNC) 

2010: Scott: 5th
          Jones: 8th

2009: Jones : 8th
          Scott : 9th

2008 : Scott: 1st
          Jones:  NVY  (No Viper Yet)

[Jeff Jones]

You had a very good result last year, and I didn't hear chuck have to scream back at you but a few times.     

2010 I registered and paid but someone else sailed under my name.  Someone owes me a beer.   2011, DNC.   Well Justin, I guess you have to take them any way you can get them.

;-)

Doh!   We are 1:1 at charleston, although last year ill give you the clinic.

That river sailin' just strange. 

@ tim - don't let mambo drag you into any of those college bars and remember, always check their id

Meanwhile I see that Jonesy hasn't registered for Charlietown after the ass whopping that the Mambo Kings handed out last year.

Dont forget 2010 as well as 2012, Jonesy.  Not that I'm keeping score or anything. 


2012: Scott: 5th
          Jones/Miller : 18th

2011: Scott: 4th
          Jones: 20th (DNC) 

2010: Scott: 5th
          Jones: 8th

2009: Jones : 8th
          Scott : 9th

2008 : Scott: 1st
          Jones:  NVY  (No Viper Yet)

[Justin Scott]

     

2010 I registered and paid but someone else sailed under my name. 

Damn I'm sorry to hear that Jonesy, being as it was one of your better results and all.

I'm sure you realize I'm just raggin on yah because regattas are twice as fun when you are around.

Its not too late to enter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Chucks or yelling on my boat last year,  the occasional giggle about the tide and folks going aground in succession on Panda's ledge. I'll be sailing with Tripp this year, same as last. Gotta love sailing with Tripp ( 6 years at various regattas). He is an F18 sailor on his own boat and the tactics of an F18 sailor are very simple. "Dont worry too much about which way we are going as long as we are going fast as shit and having fun getting there". Given the Charleston lottery, it actually works quite well.

2009, I brought two guys who had never sailed Vipers before....and they both bought boats afterwards. One was Jason and now he is buying his second. This stuff is seriously addictive.

[Drew Harper]

2009, I brought two guys who had never sailed Vipers before....and they both bought boats afterwards. One was Jason and now he is buying his second. This stuff is seriously addictive.

That was the year you went screaming into the leeward mark on the big air day, crashing wildly yelling "no, no, no, that's not how we do on the Viper at all." in your most dignified accent. Those guys LOVED the class. That was only eclipsed by 40 boats lengths earlier me yelling back at Dan T "what the f' are you doing?" as we crashed out of control, only to realize Dan had fallen off the boat! I think we holeshot that race...damnitalltohell. The only thing funnier was about 5 boat lengths after you were so politely educating your crew on the ways of the Viper, the bow guy fell out of our boat. I think we finished damn deep....hero to zero with two overboards!

Hope you guys have a BALL sailing CRW. I'll be back in the Bay Area sellin boats :'-{

[David Furna]

Bob McHugh (Viper 81) is coordinating dockage and will have more information for everyone shortly.

Now up to 29 entries...who will be # 30?

Any updates on docking arrangements?

[Peter Beardsley]

Dave, my understanding is that Bob sent an email to all registered skippers about docking arrangements -- did your skipper get an email about this?  If not, drop Dan Tucker a line since I think he is now coordinating that part. 

[David Furna]

I did respond to Bob and I'm pretty sure I'm on the list. I'll check with Dan though

[Justin Scott]

There goes Justin getting ahead of himself again.

We're working on booze for the debrief. It's a little problematic, but we'll work through it.

We will be handing out Rondar swag to every boat that attends the Friday debrief though.

Details on this and more (dockage, social, etc) will be forthcoming via email shortly. We'll also post what we're ACTUALLY doing here.  :-)

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Any details on the Friday debriefing forthcoming??  Time??  Place??
Looking foward to it.

Costco has got some great deals on coolers at the moment. I'm thinking that the class needs to own some logo'd coolers for events like this.

I'll be bringing some rum and ginger beer to the debrief....if anyone else wants to "throw in" to the cooler , feel free.